IP and Legal Filings

MAY 10, 2024

It’s the first important step towards protecting owner’s rights and its lawful public use. Indian Copyright Act, 1957 – sections 30 to 32 provide for licensing. Well, it helps in commercialisation of the invention by allowing its public use. It allows for both voluntary and compulsory licensing.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JANUARY 12, 2024

On January 1, 2024, a significant shift in intellectual property rights occurred with the iconic American pop culture figure, Mickey Mouse, entering the public domain. This momentous occasion follows a prolonged journey shaped by numerous extensions and revisions of copyright laws.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 6, 2024

In its genericness analysis the Board relied on dictionary definitions, on third-party usage, and on Shepherd's own use of the proposed mark to refer to a type of product rather than a source. Its finding that the public used the proposed mark generically was supported by substantial evidence. Text Copyright John L.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

This week the Senate gave the bill a unanimous green light and welcomed its ‘ provisions for the prevention and suppression of the unlawful dissemination of content protected by copyright via electronic communications networks.’ From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

Below are three possible situations in which you can use intellectual property tools with respect to a product’s nature, originality, consumer driven features, and potential for growth. Scenario 1: Protecting the Work by Copyright. Take, for example, a T shirt which features a painting, sculpture, or even graffiti. ” [8].

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Intepat

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Additionally, intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, and trademarks, is governed by territorial laws, and enforcement varies by jurisdiction. Whether it’s protecting inventions through patents, respecting copyright on the internet, or securing trademarks, businesses and individuals must stay informed and proactive.

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Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Where it is known as compulsory licensing in reference to patents, it is known as statutory licenses in reference to copyright and related rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

4996/2022 in November 2022 ( ΦΕΚ Α´ 2022/24.11.2022 ), which amended the basic Greek Copyright Law ( L. 2121/1993 on “Copyright, Related Rights and Cultural Matters” ), as well as L. 4481/2017, on “Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights” ( ΦΕΚ Α’ 100/20.7.2017 ). 51B, which transposes the much-debated Art.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Unlike patents or copyrights which protect specific products or works, a trademark distinguishes your company from others. This means that this name has become the name the public uses broadly to identify the goods or services and no longer identifies the brand. Trademarks are an excellent way to protect your brand.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 25, 2023

In this regard, the role of legal frameworks such as copyright law, data protection laws and contract law in regulating and structuring data access is significant. Need for data: A survey From a legal perspective, a taxonomy of data used in AI research and development shows that there is copyright data (i.e.,

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

Below are three possible situations in which you can use intellectual property tools with respect to a product’s nature, originality, consumer driven features, and potential for growth. Scenario 1: Protecting the Work by Copyright. 1] The best part about a copyright is that its registration is typically inexpensive and straightforward.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Instead, cognizant that such varietal denominations would eventually become the generic designations upon the expiration of plant patent and PVP certificate protection, Applicant risked the integrity of its IFG trademark by using IFG to name new varietals. Text Copyright John L. more than five years old - ed. ] Welch 2022.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 21, 2022

The Board observed that "any term that the relevant public uses or understands to refer to the genus of goods, or a key aspect of a sub-group of the genus, is generic." Text Copyright John L. Spiritual Arts Institute , Cancellation No. 92074236 (April 19, 2022) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Mark Lebow). Welch 2022.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Unlike inter partes reexamination, post-grant review can be sought based on any grounds that can be used to challenge the validity of a patent claim (with the exception of failure to disclose the best mode).

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Just days before the festival, Tintinimaginatios in-house counsel sent an email to Duke Laws Center for the Study of the Public Domain , disputing the Center’s conclusion that the earliest Tintin comics are now free of copyright protection in the United States. Public Domain Status Isnt Up for Debate As a matter of U.S.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Genericness: The Board found that the word “sneaker(s)” is generic for retail services featuring sneakers because it is a term that the relevant public uses or understands to refer to a key aspect or subcategory of the genus, which Nike did dispute. Text Copyright John L. In re Nike, Inc. Serial Nos. Ielch 2023.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Publication of invention before the priority date. Invention is publicly known or publicly used in India. They are as follows: The invention is wrongfully obtained. Prior claiming of invention in other specification. Invention is obvious and lacks any inventive step. Invention is not patentable.

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Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The copyright lawsuit between the data-software company SAS Institute and its scrappy copycat World Programming has been interesting to follow over the past several years, and the Federal Circuit has now issued a controversial opinion in the case. WPL , the Federal Circuit squarely addressed the copyrightability question.

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IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Thus, as a new year approaches, those in the field of copyright look to see which works will expire at the end of the year. As a general rule in the U.S.,

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

994 (2020) , a decision holding that the sovereign immunity of individual states prevented a copyright holder from recovering damages for infringement, I was a bit disheartened. Copyright Conundrums, Sovereign States, and IP Piracy (2020). Cooper, 140 S.Ct. ” Flynn, Queen Anne’s Revenge, Indeed!

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IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Thus, as a new year approaches, those in the field of copyright look to see which works will expire at the end of the year. As a general rule in the U.S.,

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Patently-O

JULY 31, 2024

How long the descendible right lasts beyond the initial 10-year period depends on continued “authorized public use of the voice or visual likeness of the individual.” The bill proposes that the Copyright Office will maintain a registry/database of these post-mortem rights.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The parties are currently engaged in supplemental expert discovery on Hospira and Pfizer’s on-sale bar and public use defenses, and the court has resolved two discovery disputes this year stemming from these issues. 9,643,997, which is directed to protein purification. A jury trial is scheduled for May 17, 2021.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 10, 2025

Introduction Discussions about copyright have once again returned to the political agenda in Brazil. Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Regulating AI systems is complex, yet urgent and necessary. Various national – and international – regulatory initiatives seek to address the accumulating challenges.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2022

Probably can’t know whether copyright is empirically justified, we can still study copyright empirically and understand how it will be difficult. Skepticism: good for parties, but systemic effect has third party costs to the public—extralegally erodes spaces that law preserves for public use, like facts being in the public domain.

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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. ” US Const.,

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