The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The book which is presented in four (4) parts and a total of 25 chapters touches on many areas of IP law taking into account the developments in both domestic and international IP frameworks. Part One: In this introductory part, the authors carefully laid out definitions and conceptual clarifications of the subject matter of IP.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2022

CC has a recent trademark registration for a design mark “consist[ing] of the stylized wording ‘COLOR COPPER.COM”, [with] a diamond shape between the wording ‘COLOR’ and ‘COPPER’ made up of four smaller diamonds, each diamond having a pattern inside of it,” COPPER.COM disclaimed. There’s no written agreement” will do it.]

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2021

In this post, I will be analysing the recommendations pertaining to the amendment of patent laws in order to facilitate inventorship and ownership by AI. I will be restricting the discussion to the evaluation of the Indian patent regime, as the implications of AI on Indian copyright law has been previously dealt with here.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 28, 2023

One of the primary legal concerns is related to copyright – both in terms of protecting the work generated and the concern of infringing someone else’s work. Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including literary works like blog articles. Many are concerned with the potential for plagiarism.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 10, 2021

In a 91-page report and recommendation, a magistrate judge finds that the new version of the Philadelphia Phillies’ mascot falls within the “derivative works exception” to copyright termination. H/E), a creative design firm, which in 1984 assigned the copyright in the mascot for a term of “forever.”

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Something has recently gone awry with the law of copyright ownership in a movie or other film — a “cinematographic work”, as s. 2 of the Copyright Act RSC 1985, c. Part I of the Act deals with the ownership of copyright in works. A copyright owner may of course transfer the right as it wishes (s.

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Ownership Copyright Intellectual Property Designs 92

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria's Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to copyright as movable property.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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Copyright Artwork Public Domain Copyright Law 98

Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

As long as the owner continues to sell products or services under a particular mark, then trademark rights do not have a definite expiration date. Failure to renew a trademark registration can lead to a canceled registration, but the owner may still have common law rights by continually using the mark. How much does IP cost?

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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Copyright Artwork Public Domain Art 98

IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The primary goal of copyright law is to safeguard the interests of creators of original, publishable works. The purpose of copyright protection is to make sure that the artist reaps the rewards of creating their original work and that no one else benefits unfairly from it. right to copyright will exist. Corel Corp.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

Nineties grunge-rock band Nirvana, already embroiled in a long-running legal battle against fashion company Marc Jacobs over its “happy face” t-shirt designs , now finds itself on the less happy end of a new copyright infringement lawsuit worthy of Dante’s trip through the underworld. copyright law. and Germany.

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Public Domain Copyright Copyright Notice Publishing 85

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It’s not possible to “trespass” an intangible asset; any legal protection for the asset comes from contract law (but the plaintiffs gave a license) or IP law, such as copyright law, which the plaintiffs aren’t invoking. Google responds that whatever it means, it’s preempted by copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

According to the complaint, these separate entities are just one big data-sharing family, leveraging their combined resources in non-standard ways such as Microsoft sharing hardware and cloud infrastructure resources in exchange for an ownership interest in OpenAI. Complaint at 31.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 2, 2021

Goods or items produced outside Bangladesh involving infringement of the Copyright Act, 2000 or infringement of layout design of integrated circuits that are intended for sale or use for commercial purposes within the territory of Bangladesh. Images of genuine goods (for trademarks and designs).

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Hulm asserted ownership of copyright on the app on the basis of a copyright registration of a literary concept note detailing the working of its app, arguing that the app is an adaptation of the literary concept note. However, the current case discusses the protection of GUIs under the Copyright Act.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 17, 2023

An Abitron employee had unearthed documents that suggested that Abitron (rather than Hetronic) had retained ownership of the trademarks in question after a series of business restructurings. Now that the Court has now applied it to both the federal patent and trademark statutes, perhaps copyright law is not far behind.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Although cloud offerings are often global and multi-jurisdictional, the IP laws governing services generally remain territorial and national. Copyright laws, for instance, vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. What constitutes copyright infringement in one country may not be in another. Thus, in Tiffany(NJ) Inc.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Copyright safeguards also encourage the top-flight playmakers or shot-stoppers to inject an innovative originality within their victory dances thereby increasing the thrill of the sport and advancing the enthusiastic involvement of the spectators, all of which furthers the broader vision of the copyright law, i.e., of public welfare.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Now here he claims this infringed his copyright, when in fact this is merely a retaliatory claim due to my filing a DMCA claim based on his appropriation of my design and copyright computer code expressions on multiple occasions without written or verbal permission. I proceeded to do that. It seems like it did.

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Blogging Fair Use Copyright Copyright Notice 97

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 20, 2022

1. Hors d’oeuvre: deconstructed Article 17 served on traditional copyright law principles. The Ministry bases its assessment on the definition of a service and the Commission’s guidance, referring in this part of the proposal to page 5 of the guidance (Ds 2021:30, p. 133-134). 158, 288).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court interpreted the clause on ownership of work made during a contract of service (Section 17(c)) to not apply in situations where there is a contract between equals.

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IIPRD

JUNE 8, 2024

Abstract In the dynamic realm of the fashion industry, the saying ‘following in someone’s footsteps’ takes on a new dimension, where the replication of designs is not a mere stride but a strategic dance. At this stage, it is pertinent to mention the difference between a knockoff [1] and a counterfeit [2].

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The new rules provide an amended definition of ‘educational institutions’ under Rule 2(ca) and includes universities established under Central Acts, Provincial Acts, State Acts and any educational institution as recognized so by the Central or State Government. Revocation of Pepsico’s PVP certificate by the PPV & FR Authority.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

2014: ECJ said that the court didn’t need to designate technical measures—could order an outcome prohibition; transmission entities have to effectively achieve site-blocking. Group III: Others, like China’s 3d amendment to Chinese copyright law. Authors’ rights are designed to protect that intellectual and emotional bond.

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The IPKat

MAY 25, 2022

As IP aficionados, many readers of this blog will have strong views about the proper scope of copyright law. Can and should those beliefs be protected under the Equality Act 2010, protecting copyright believers against discrimination in employment law and in the exercise by public authorities in their functions?

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The company also asserts copyright ownership in two “director’s statements” written by Coakley about the alleged on-set bullying, as well as in Coakley’s planned derivative project about the making of Runt.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

This further called into question whether an assignment document satisfied the requirements of the applicable law and the ability of the assignee to even file the application. It is the formation in the mind of the inventor, of a definite and permanent idea of the complete and operative invention, as it is hereafter to be applied in practice.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Based solely on the complaint that was filed, there are six major issues raised by the case: First, were the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”? Second, if so, who is the initial owner of the copyright(s)? Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

That then plays off the rest of the title’s allusions to separating “subjects” from the “predicates” of copyright ownership, themselves words connoting the foundational elements of both “ any complete sentence ” and at times a court’s jurisdiction over infringement matters.

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