Intepat

OCTOBER 6, 2024

One of the most controversial topics is the patentability of an idea , as it creates confusion between the understanding of an idea and an invention. Therefore, it’s the invention that could get patented and not the idea. As aforementioned, an idea is the start of an innovation, but the idea alone cannot be patented.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

The Copyright , Designs and Patents Act of 1988 in the United Kingdom specifies in Section (1)(1)(a) that copyright exists in “original literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works.” Here, merely automated and mechanical work that lacks originality is also protected by the said copyright doctrine. can have copyright.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law. In 'Denaturing Bacteria', Daniel Schneider discusses the controversy over the patenting of biological sewage treatment and questions of the public interest.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2021

Katfriend Dr Sabine Jacques , Associate Professor in IP, IT & Media law at the University of East Anglia and author of The Parody Exception in Copyright Law (OUP 2019), provides the follow review of The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection is Stifling Cultural Creativity – by Martin Senftleben.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

Is copyright, patent, or trademark infringement applicable to AI creations or not, and who owns the material that AI platforms generate for you or your clients is still an unanswered question. Copyright law protects just the expression, not the idea itself.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Copyright Office denied the registration application on the grounds that copyright law requires human authorship. Thaler challenged the rejection in court, but Judge Howell upheld the Copyright Office’s decision.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 18, 2023

Because the jury is charged with determining whether the defendant copied original elements of the copyrighted work, Judge Gilstrap held an evidentiary “copyrightability” hearing to “filter” out the non-original, non-copyrightable elements of the plaintiff SAS’s software.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Such apparently creative outputs are not protectable as a matter of the American copyright law – or the law of the European Union (see Blaszczyk ). This thesis is supported by the curious failure of the United Kingdom’s Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 ( CDPA 1988 ) to protect “computer-generated works.”

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Recently, the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks granted a patent to a ragi walnut soup mix prepared by the 52-year old woman, Shubhangi Patil. In her patent application, she claimed that her soup is free from preservatives and artificial additives. The answer is yes. The answer is yes.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

Because the jury is charged with determining whether the defendant copied original elements of the copyrighted work, Judge Gilstrap held an evidentiary “copyrightability” hearing to “filter” out the non-original, non-copyrightable elements of the plaintiff SAS’s software.

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IIPRD

JULY 4, 2021

However, the word emoji itself is not subject to protection awarded to intellectual property in general, but unlike the Indian Law, the US Law awards protection to emoji in certain cases. This may be explained by taking into consideration copyright, trademark as well as other intellectual property regimes. Copyright Law.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 8, 2024

Copyright Bill, 1955: the Best Copyright Law that India Never Had Image by Shivam. Generated via Gencraft Read our latest addition to the IP History series, discussing the Mahatma’s take on copyright and the interplay between the 1955 Copyright Bill and the Berne Convention, by Shivam.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Authors Kennington Groff and Jaime Chandra Kozlowski delve deep into the potential implications of a landmark Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) case that sent ripples through the art world, impacting copyright law including fair use and commercial licensing.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In doing so, unfortunately, the DB has seemingly missed out on considering some of the crucial aspects of the SB order, especially with regard to its findings on the originality of Hulm Entertainment’s concept note and the copyrightability of GUIs. However, the current case discusses the protection of GUIs under the Copyright Act.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2024

On 1st January every year we celebrate the array of works entering the public domain, as their copyright term expires. This year, entering the public domain [generally speaking] are copyright protected works created by people who died in 1953, for countries with a copyright term of life plus 70 years (e.g.,

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

‘Overhaul Copyright Law to Protect National Security’ Shortly after we published an article on the AI “forbidden fruit” conundrum and potential consequences, site operator Anna Archivist published a call to action , stressing the need for a strong and urgent response. This is absurd.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 10, 2023

, “Does the author of any such work loses every right in terms of Copyright after the expiration of the time period mentioned under Section(s) 22, 26 and 27 and have no recourse to the same since the works are in public domain thereafter?”. Then, are we doing enough to protect the rights of the authors or copyright owners?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summaries of the posts on unreasoned patent grants and rejections, the One Nation One Subscription initiative by the government, and the DHC order on missing reasons for ex-parte injunctions. The plaintiff successfully proved his copyright ownership.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Its massive use brings legal consequences for classic IP rights and offers real challenges in particular to trade marks, copyright and related rights and patents. FIDE - The Metaverse As A Challenge To Classical IP - 29 June 2022 - Online The Metaverse steadily developed, and its role became even more central to the business.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Authors in the subsequent section explore industrial property rights, with Nari Lee delving into inventors and patents, Giorgio Spedicato shedding light on industrial design, and Genevieve Wilkinson discussing trade marks.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

All copyrights, except one, expire.*. Preface: I wanted to learn more about the concept (and applications) of “derivative works” and adaptations under copyright law, and I was searching for a useful example that might also be interesting for readers of Velocity of Content to read about.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2023

That’s right, because he focused more on patents — their ever-greening, their negative social impact — where facts are your primary weapons. Although clubbed under IP, copyright is a world away from patents and trademarks, and when you talk about history, facts need to be placed in their context and perspective.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Running from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022, the “ Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents ” consultation formed the latest round in an ongoing national conversation between the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and interested stakeholders (see here ). Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

A three-person board was entrusted with reviewing a 2019 verdict against a man called Steven Thaler, who had applied for the copyright of an art piece titled A Recent Entrance to Paradise, created by an AI system he called Creativity Machine. ” In the United States, only human creators have copyright.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. Trademark law has something to say about use.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

A three-person board was entrusted with reviewing a 2019 verdict against a man called Steven Thaler, who had applied for the copyright of an art piece titled A Recent Entrance to Paradise, created by an AI system he called Creativity Machine. ” In the United States, only human creators have copyright.

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Copyright Artwork Public Domain Art 98

Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

In that case, the Court found that Google’s use of Java API naming conventions in its Android operating system was fair use under copyright law. Because its fair use decision decided the case, the court did not rule separately on whether the API was even copyrightable in the first place. Oracle America, Inc. ,

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. Karp says that librarians attack (c) protection for authors; on information, he says, a copyright doesn’t restrain information, b/c it doesn’t protect facts or ideas, only expression.

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The IPKat

JUNE 12, 2024

The reference for a preliminary ruling The Hungarian court noted that LEGO owned expired patents (such as US patent no. It is rather akin to the protection of technical characteristics afforded by a patent. 8(3) CDR , in particular whether it grants the holder a right similar to that of a patent.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

A: author of Esperanto consigned it to the public domain. Authors have options: they can surrender to the public; they can assert complete control; or something in between. In most cases, the spouse doesn’t contribute copyrightable creativity. Recent patent case: patents must come from humans.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

To fully understand these conflicting views of the majority opinion, it is necessary to understand both the specific facts of the case and the history of the Supreme Court’s case law concerning the fair-use doctrine. Feist Publications, Inc. 102(a)(5) , a category that is defined to include photographs, 17 U.S.C.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine—but you’re not alone: An avalanche of copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. public domain on January 1, 2024—and that’s a shame. copyright terms. copyright terms. Here’s what it all means.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. In 2006 Kibow had applied for registration of its invention for a certain composition that augments kidney function and was granted patent protection.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2025

With no pirate sites mentioned at this stage but all other tell-tale signs present, this is unmistakably an application for a blocking injunction under Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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