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We are very happy to announce the results of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IntellectualPropertyLaw! The Third Prize goes to Kartik Sharma , from National Law School of India University, Bengaluru for the essay titled Whats in a Name? Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009.
Shamnad Basheer’s 46th birth anniversary today, we at SpicyIP are proud to announce the third edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IntellectualPropertyLaw. The third was an essay competition held by CREATe on the topic of how Artificial Intelligence would change the practice of intellectualpropertylaw.
Pelton & Associates (EMP&A) is a boutique firm focusing on intellectualproperty protection for businesses and brands, including trademark and copyright applications, trademark disputes, matters with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, trademark clearance searches, and other matters.
This is the question the European Parliament addresses for the first time in its Resolution on policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company commercial and intellectualpropertylaw issues, published on October 17, 2024, in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This is a book review of Teaching IntellectualPropertyLaw: Strategy and Management edited by Sabine Jacques, Associate Professor in Information Technology, Media and IntellectualPropertyLaw, University of East Anglia Law School and Ruth Soetendorp, Visiting Academic, City University of London and Professor Emerita, Bournemouth University.
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Copyright Office issued a Federal Register Notice (Notice) announcing the offices’ joint study of intellectualproperty (IP) issues related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs). On November 23, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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This book review of IntellectualPropertyLaw in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice by Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) and Ifeoluwa Olubiyi (Afe Babaloloa University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria) is kindly provided by Kasim Waziri , Professor of Law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.
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This is a book review of “ Harmonizing IntellectualPropertyLaw for a Trans-Atlantic Knowledge Economy ”, edited by Péter Mezei, Hannibal Travis, and Anett Pogácsás. Anett Pogácsás examines the divergent legal approaches to copyright waivers, discussing how to mitigate the lack of uniformity. A meow-velous cover!
Copyright Office (“Office”) has published guidance on its policy and practices for examining and registering works that contain material generated by the use of artificial intelligence technology. The Office recognizes that AI-generated works implicate other copyright issues not addressed in this statement.
The theme of this year’s World IntellectualProperty Day, “ Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity,” provides an opportunity for all of us to reflect on the importance of these women creators and the challenges that still exist. Studies based on U.S. of authors of registered works in 2020.
Nigerians have been making an impact in the world through creativity and innovation and there’s no end in sight, with the backing of intellectualpropertylaws such as the Copyright Act 2022, which continue to provide avenues for accelerating innovation and creativity. By: Dentons
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I head the pleasure of speaking yesterday at the Law Society of Ontarios 29th IntellectualPropertyLaw Program: The year in Review. I was speaking on a panel “Artificial Intelligence: Substantive Legal Developments in Copyright Claims” along with Sana Halwani. Program can be found @ [link].
Trier in summer As readers know, the Katfriends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier are always busy organizing programmes and courses on all aspects of European law, including IP and digital and IT law. For those looking to get a deep dive in either subject, ERA is organizing two distinct summer courses this year.
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Copyright Office (USCO) launched a new AI Initiative to examine the copyrightlaw and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI), including the scope of copyright in works generated using AI tools and using copyrighted materials in AI training. On March 16, 2023, the U.
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Introduction Copyrightlaw plays a crucial role in regulating the distribution and protection of creative works, but its impact is not uniform across the world. In the Global South, the challenges posed by copyrightlaw are particularly significant, often hindering access to knowledge and limiting opportunities for development.
However, beyond the gameboard and dice, an interesting legal question arises: Can these games be protected by copyright? Even though the mechanics of a game cannot be protected, both the game as a whole and its creative elements are copyrightable. The question therefore is: Can board games be protected by copyright?
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