LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

However, the success of any tokenization project depends on the laws applicable to the asset being tokenized and the terms and conditions governing the project. Blockchain-based transfers also make it easier to track ownership and automate the transfer of assets, leading to more liquidity, transparency, and accessibility. Background.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Another December is here which means “The Africa IP Highlights” are here! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Any form of Intellectual Property (IP) , be it a trademark, patent, or copyright, can be licensed to third parties. Through IP licensing, IP rights holders grant third parties the exclusive right to use their IP while retaining their ownership. Understanding the IP License.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . user ownership of digital assets)?

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IPilogue

JANUARY 16, 2023

Egin Kongoli is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive program. As I quickly learned, businesses that haven’t traditionally dealt with IP rights are facing a rising tide of related challenges as they seek to capitalize on new opportunities.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Africa IP Highlights! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2021, here. It’s December and time for.drumroll.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Is there a contract template for this scenario? Below is a sample agreement that's based on our downloadable work-for-hire contract on our Crafts Law website. A work-made-for-hire agreement is used so that the hiring party acquires ownership of the work. Governing Law.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 27, 2022

The Canadian government plans to extend the term of copyright from the international standard of life of the author plus 50 years to life plus 70 years without mitigation measures that would have reduced the harms and burden of the extension. Freeland has a long history with copyright term and surely understands the costs to Canadians.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s December and time for what is now an annual ritual for this Africa Correspondent – The Africa IP Highlights! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Ownership of intellectual property (IP) used as collateral often belongs to the borrower. A lender may, however, impose restrictions on how the IP may be used in the future. The ability to licence the IP or transfer it to others may be impacted by this. Applying for IP Financing.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Joint ownership of IP rights is one of the areas that, in practice, may generate some of the biggest headaches, in particular when it comes to determining what each and every joint owner can do independently of the other owner(s). A relaxed discussion between IP co-owners.

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IPilogue

JULY 7, 2021

While an employer may have invested significant resources to facilitate the production of an invention and wish to capitalize on their investment, their employee also likely devoted significant time and energy into developing the invention and may feel entitled to benefit from its associated IP. Private Sector Employees.

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

Tanzim Rashid is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 2L JD/MBA Student at Osgoode Hall Law School & the Schulich School of Business. Pina D’Agostino’s Directed Reading: IP Innovation Program course. This article was written as a requirement for Prof.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, a Senior Fellow with the IP Innovation Clinic, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where she teaches contracts, international IP, patents, copyright, and courses on Biblical Law. Professor Ruth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith Jr.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 22, 2023

Ownership restrictions There also exists certain restrictions that must be considered while purchasing a property in the UAE. Under the UAE Civil Code property rights include “freehold”, “usufruct” and “musataha” Long-term leases in the UAE are generally governed by the laws of each respective emirate.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Nor is it clear whether—or how—NFTs might trigger liability under the 76-year-old federal Lanham Act , which governs trademark infringement and unfair competition. NFTs are units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of (supposedly) unique digital media items.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

United States , [1] the Federal Circuit rejected a strict temporal limitation on when the Government’s license rights in patents stemming from federally funded research is triggered under the Bayh-Dole Act.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

Presently, any person who sells the goodwill of a business or who disposes of their ownership interest or other specified assets in a business may agree with the buyer to refrain from competing in the geographic area in which the sale occurred.

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IPilogue

JUNE 1, 2022

Luna Li is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. With more businesses developing and using AI-based automated decision-making (ADM) systems, algorithmic discrimination (at work , social media , or public services ) has been in the spotlight (in both the public and governments’ eyes).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Firstly, buyers must be aware of designated areas for foreign ownership, known as freehold properties, as per UAE laws. Legal Due Diligence: It is essential, involving verification with government authorities such as the Dubai Land Department or Real Estate Regulatory Agency. Such contracts are considered invalid.

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IIPRD

JUNE 21, 2021

ii] With India steadily coming to grips with concept of digital currency, it is bound to raise questions of ownership, legal protection and Intellectual Property law’s role in as it has been said ‘growth to the moon.’. According to experts, it is the absence of IP protection that helps such cryptocurrencies to grow at such an extreme rate.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The NFT art market, that is NFTs which specifically link an artwork or a digital file (a song, for example), have already gone mainstream and, of course, artists and projects owners have asked lawyers to prepare IP licenses to protect their IP. Let alone was it clear how to protect the IP rights in the artwork linked to it.

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Chicago IP

JANUARY 10, 2022

The counterclaim and the affirmative defense both claim that plaintiffs gave up their interests, but the counterclaim also claims that to the extent plaintiffs did not give up their interests, defendant AMF6 still retained an ownership interest. The Court denied as untimely arguments plaintiff made in its reply brief.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2022

The counterclaim and the affirmative defense both claim that plaintiffs gave up their interests, but the counterclaim also claims that to the extent plaintiffs did not give up their interests, defendant AMF6 still retained an ownership interest. The Court denied as untimely arguments plaintiff made in its reply brief.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 14, 2023

CTA defines a beneficial owner as an individual who, directly or indirectly, either (1) exercises substantial control over a Reporting Company or (2) owns or controls at least 25% of the ownership interests of a Reporting Company. What is Considered an Ownership Interest? What is Substantial Control?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

To explain, an NFT is a unique digital token stored on a blockchain—it acts as a record of ownership of an item, like a certificate of authenticity of a cat painting. On the Ethereum blockchain (where most NFTs exist) all NFTs must conform to the ERC721 smart contract standard. What is the (Legal) Bottom Line?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Under typical Phase 1 contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), such as the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), default ownership of domestic and international intellectual property rights belong to the Contractor. The inventor of the invention and the corresponding contract number that the agreement was conceived under.

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Intepat

JUNE 19, 2023

IP assets are primarily directed towards economic gain, either directly or indirectly. Thus, it makes no sense to register your IP in order to avail statutory protection but then keep them locked away out of the public eye. The ownership is not transferred. It can be understood as renting out one’s intellectual property.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Instead, the Federal Circuit held simply that the defense needed to be more fully developed either through “fuller analysis of the governing law.or ” Following Delaware law, the district court denied the motion as futile because it determined VLSI could not be bound by a contract to which it is not a party.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 5, 2021

This partnership is regulated by the Indian Partnership Act 1932 which governs and regulates the firms in India. The partnership is conducted and governed by the contract between partners which is known as a partnership deed that regulates the relationship among the partners and also between the partners and the partnership firm.

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IP Intelligence

JANUARY 1, 2024

Trademark owners should be wary of official-looking email solicitations from attorneys or law firms that claim to specialize in trademarks and are masquerading as Good Samaritans who wish to aid in protecting the company’s brand against another company that has contracted that firm to register the same mark. Over time, owners of U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Layered by the blockchain, cryptocurrency and NFT driven Web3 technology whose decentralised approach allows buyers total ownership over their purchases in the virtual universe, the Metaverse has been steadily gaining financial, cultural and social traction in the world. Contract Law .

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 28, 2023

Introduction In the United Arab Emirates, inheritance and wills are governed by a combination of Sharia law and civil laws. 28/2005 states that non-Muslim expatriates with assets in the UAE have the option to make a will under the laws of their home country to govern the succession of their Dubai-based assets. Dubai Decree No.

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

Contracts should clearly state who owns the rights to the prompts. This includes specifying whether the creator of the prompts, i.e. the prompt engineers, retains ownership or if the rights are transferred to another party, such as the employer or clients, as the case may be. exclusive vs. non-exclusive rights).

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

Big data is a relatively new concept that has created a greater conundrum in the realm of Intellectual Property (IP) laws. Where does IP come from in the Said Scenario? ” Therefore, the domain of big data cannot escape the interplay of IP laws in its administration and protection against third parties. What is Big Data?

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 12, 2024

Comparing a partnership firm to a corporate entity or an ownership firm reveals a number of benefits. Its result is that a partner will not be able to sustain a lawsuit about a right that was granted to him or obtained below a contract whenever he joined as a partner. Most of the time, a partnership document would be sufficient.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The law governing maritime in the UAE is Federal Law No. This can be done by entering into a mortgage contract, under Article 99, which will contain the details of the vessel as well as the terms and conditions of the mortgage. This article outlines the major highlights of the maritime law in the UAE.

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