IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 24, 2023

The Designs Act, 2000 (“the Act”), is a complete code in itself and protection under it is totally statutory in nature. It protects the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian. Designs are registered in different classes as per the Locarno Agreement. These classes are mainly function oriented.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 23, 2021

Obviousness of a design patent is governed by 35 U.S.C. Importantly, the Federal Circuit suggests that the obviousness inquiry should begin with a primary reference whose whose “design characteristics … are basically the same as the claimed design” and that creates “basically the same visual impression.” Samsung (Fed.

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Patently-O

JUNE 11, 2024

GM is perhaps as dramatic a change for the design patent arena as Alice was for utility patents. The old Rosen-Durling test made it almost impossible to reject a design patent as obvious except for extreme cases involving either direct copying or extremely broad claims. ” However, it does not appear that Dir.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Design Gaps, Inc. 21, 2023) Design Gaps produces custom cabinetry for high-end homes; Hall is a former employee of Design Gaps who signed a nonsolicitation/noncompete clause but went to work for a design studio that was part of Design Gaps’ main competition, Peters. Hall, 2023 WL 8103156, No.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the filing deadline for a US design patent based on a foreign priority application? A US design patent application must be filed within six months of your foreign priority date. What is the cost to file a US design patent application with a priority claim? any known prior art references material to patentability.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

On November 29, 2022, the European Commission published the long-awaited proposals for a revised Regulation and revised Directive on designs. New definitions for “design” and “product” (Art. 3 Draft Regulation) Draft Directive and Draft Regulation suggest a new definition for “design” and “product”, respectively.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2022

In a welcome move the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks by public notice dated December 16, 2022 eliminated the mandatory requirement of filing physical copies of the forms for filing a design application in India. efiling #designs.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 8, 2022

The Designs Act is an act that protects one of the most significant Intellectual Property Rights of a person. Therefore, many acts govern several IPRs one of which includes the Designs Act,2000. Therefore, many acts govern several IPRs one of which includes the Designs Act,2000. The Designs Act, 2000 is one such act.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

GM Global Technology Operations LLC , the court will consider whether to apply a more stringent obviousness test to design patents. In a 2010 article, I concluded that “the current design patent examination system operates as a de facto registration system” with very little obviousness analysis except in cases of clear copying.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Christine Farley, Authenticity and Design: Why sell a chair for 10x a visually identical chair? The claim is authenticity: authorized manufacturers and retailers; they call copies counterfeits. and design patents were hard to get/not as valuable at the time. The claim is that coming from certain retailers = authenticity.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 25, 2024

Astral Design Infringement Case By Aarav Gupta The High Court of Bombay issued an ad-interim injunction in the design infringement complaint filed by Pidilite Industries Limited (“Pidilite”) against Astral Limited, on the 13th of June, 2024. How are Competing Designs Assessed?

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. Still, ornamental logos found on the accused product can still be relevant as visual distractors in the process of evaluating similarities and differences between the claimed design and accused design.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As a result, intellectual property refers to creations such as innovations, industrial product designs, literary and creative works, and symbols that are later used in business. As an artist or designer, one should be aware of two forms of intellectual property (IP) rights: copyright and Industrial design.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 26, 2021

5, 2021) The plaintiff benefits from very generous treatment of its false designation and copyright claims, in the process stripping false designation of anything other than a prohibition on copying/vitiating both Wal-Mart and Dastar. 2021 WL 1253803, No. 20-cv-06957-VKD (N.D. The court agreed!

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IPilogue

AUGUST 5, 2022

IP, design, development, and engineering are cornerstones of this sport, with teams having to design, build, and race their cars. With large sums of prize money at stake and teams’ inability to patent the designs on which they spend millions in innovation , F1 is in a difficult position. New Name, Same Concerns?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 6, 2022

Design patents, sometimes referred to as industrial designs, protect the aesthetic appearance of a product. In other words, unless international or regional treaties are available, a grant of design rights has to be obtained individually in each country of interest.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As a result, intellectual property refers to creations such as innovations, industrial product designs, literary and creative works, and symbols that are later used in business. As an artist or designer, one should be aware of two forms of intellectual property (IP) rights: copyright and design rights. Design Rights.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The conclusion of that lawsuit declared that an emulator like Yuzu, that circumvents Nintendo’s technical measures, decrypts Switch games using unauthorized copies of Switch cryptographic keys, allowing games to be played on anything other than a Switch, violates copyright law. “In fact, Defendant has posted links to copies of [.]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2021

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy. The draft law on the rights of professional artists will significantly change how the private copying levy system has been functioning in Poland so far.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

How does an influencer and fashion designer become so despised? However, an equally long list of controversies accompanies this list of accomplishments, the majority of which involve alleged copying. Nordstrom removed the pieces at issue, and everything seemed to be fine on the copying front—until 2020 hit.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

70% of the funds received from the allottees for the real estate project from time to time must be put in a separate account to be kept in a designated bank to pay the cost of construction and the cost of the land, and must only be used for that purpose. References: [1] The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 Act no.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 12, 2022

the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s finding that Gamon’s design patents on gravity-fed displays for soup were non-obvious. Campbell comparison of solid-lined portion of claimed design to primary (Linz) reference. In Campbell Soup Co. Gamon Plus, Inc. , 4th 1268 (Fed. 19, 2021) (“ Gamon II ”).

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Board sustained Section 2(d) oppositions to the word-and-design marks shown immediately below, for Asian-themed cuisine and for restaurant services featuring same, finding confusion likely with opposer's common law mark RAMEN HOOD & Design (shown to the right) for Asian-themed restaurant services. menus and other printed items.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Did the Board err in finding that a POSITA would have had a motivation to combine the cited prior art references to Robinson and Greim? 2) The Board did not err in finding that a POSITA would have had a motivation to combine the cited prior art references to Robinson and Greim.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

It allegedly sold or gave away unauthorized copies of the I-Codes and Custom Codes to both customers and prospective customers. Although in the copyright decision, the court made reference to “rather surprising oversights,” UpCodes corrected issues when notified by ICC. International Code Council, Inc. UpCodes, Inc.,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 4, 2022

Fish Principals Craig Deutsch , Jennifer Huang , and Grace Kim , discuss challenging design patents at the PTAB in their Law360 Expert Analysis article. PDF copy available. As an initial matter, design patent trials at the PTAB are relatively rare. The numbers can partly be explained by the nature of design patents.

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

A very popular design of one of these boots is based on a traditional Spanish riding boot - the Regina boot or Heeled Regina - which looks like the below (and for a closer look click here ). Although their products have the "country" look and feel about them, the products aren't designed for serious country wear.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

CJEU judgments and AG Opinions Ocilion, AG Opinion, C-426/21 This is yet another preliminary reference on the private copying exception in Article 5(2)(b) InfoSoc Directive coming from the Austrian courts. The copyright aspects of their position statement focus on the culumative protection of design and copyright.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 10, 2024

For good measure, copies of the Yuzu judgment and the injunction that restrains its developers are supplied for reference. The yuzu emulator is primarily designed to play Nintendo Switch games. A DMCA takedown notice sent to GitHub dated July 5, 2024, is a perfect example.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This is a preliminary reference from the Portuguese Supereme Court, which interprets the notion of “cable restransimission”. WIPO, Agreement on diplomatic conference on Design Law Treaty. In July, the WIPO Member States agreed to go ahead with a diplomatic conference on the protection of designs to ease cross-border trade.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We’ve seen a flood of terrible Internet laws in the past few years, including the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC). The court says the impact assessments don’t require businesses to look at service design configurations or to mitigate any identified risks, so they aren’t likely to advance the state’s child welfare goals.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The case concerns the protection under Dutch copyright of the iconic “DSW” chair designed by American designers Charles and Ray Eames. Kwantum, a popular low-budget furniture store chain, sold copies of the chair without rightholder Vitra’s permission. Vitra referral is remarkable in several ways. That’s basically it.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

While copyright is concerned with the creative part of jewellery, design is concerned with the shape, configuration, pattern, and mix of lines or colours in two or three-dimensional forms. After examining the above cases, it is difficult to predict whether a single piece of jewellery will be considered an artistic work or a design.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 16, 2024

When competitors start copying your innovative product, what is your fallback strategy to stop them? With a life cycle of three years or less, for example, consider filing design patents to protect the appearance of your consumer product. That way, you will obtain a design patent as you continue prosecuting your utility application.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 11, 2022

This meant that the matter was referred back to the Federal Claims court, to determine the appropriate damages amount. 600,000 ‘Infringing’ Copies. This is based on the installed copies and the price both parties would have reached in a ‘fictitious’ negotiation.

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The IPKat

APRIL 2, 2024

Additionally, the Mark enjoyed a narrow scope of copyright protection, and since Tesco had not copied several of the original elements of the work, the Court held that Tesco had not infringed copyright. However, the framing of the referred questions does not directly address this issue. We will await the judgment from the CJEU.

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