SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

Trade Wings Hotels Limited , the Single Bench (SB) held that organizations such as Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) and Novex Communications can grant licenses for the musical works owned by them, even if they are not officially registered as copyright societies under Section 33(1) of the Copyright Act, 1957. The SB was adjudicating w.r.t.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

The lawsuit was originally filed by a company named Designworks and its owner, Charles James, against two real estate companies that he claims violated his copyright by posting floor plans for houses that that James had designed. This has led to a four decades long dispute over ownership of the character Ms.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Issues of ownership, counterfeit goods, and infringements are rising concerns, threatening the sustainability of creativity in the metaverse. Copyright and Ownership in the Metaverse In the metaverse, copyright applies to digital creations such as virtual art, music, designs, and even entire virtual worlds.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

All the creations of the human minds such as designs, inventions, artistic works, names, symbols, etc. These rights include exclusive ownership benefits and rights against any misuse, alteration, modification etc. For example, the Tata Nanos rear-engine design and lightweight body structure is patented by Tata Motors.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Intellectual property, inherently, can be sold, licensed or marketed. A trademark is a symbol or design or word or phrase that acts as an identifier for a business goods or services. A business may come up with a unique design to stand out from its competitors, to act as a differentiating symbol for the company.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

billion) fine over allegations that the company abused its ownership of the Android mobile operating system to unlawfully push its other products. In 2017, partially based upon that report, the European Union voted to renew the license for glyphosate. Back in 2018, that resulted in the European Commission handing down a 4.1-billion-euro

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The termination of this seven-year partnership, most famously known for its development of the Yeezy sneakers, raises important questions about IP ownership when business collaborations collapse. This includes at least eight US design patents filed by Adidas in 2016 that claim the ornamental design of the Yeezy sneakers.

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Intepat

APRIL 7, 2025

United Kingdom: Since the establishment of patent law in the UK, there has been a consistent emphasis on the necessity of ‘industrial use/application’ as a fundamental prerequisite for granting patents to inventions, processes, or designs.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 10, 2024

Indian Copyright Act, 1957 – sections 30 to 32 provide for licensing. It allows for both voluntary and compulsory licensing. Further Trademarks Act, 1999 and Designs Act, 2000 allow licensing of trademarks and designs respectively. Image Sources: Shutterstock] The transfer is initiated by a license agreement.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

In the latest example of the escalation of tensions between Russia and the West, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin last week issued a decree that owners of Russian patents from countries that Russia considers to be unfriendly are no longer entitled to any compensation for compulsory licensing of their patents. underlining added).

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. A trademark can be any word or phrase symbol design combination of things that identifies your goods and services in the marketplace. Your NFT drop will license your copyright-protected digital asset (i.e.,

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Tokenization refers to the process of creating digital tokens that represent ownership of an asset. The assets can be physical or digital, and tokenization allows for fractional ownership of assets, making it easier for investors to buy and sell them. Tokenization of IP assets has several benefits.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. The court explains: They describe steps in the process of fashion design and capture much (if not all) of the creative output that Gutman might produce in her role as a designer.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

is to “offer a resource to the organizations designing, developing, deploying, or using AI systems to help manage the many risks of AI and promote trustworthy and responsible development and use of AI systems.” How must the compliance obligations of open source licenses be met in this context and by whom (developer or user)?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Prior to trial, Intel sought to amend its answer to assert a licensing defense. Intel argued that due to a recent change in ownership of Finjan, Inc., Intel was covered under Finjan’s license with VSLI because both Intel and Finjan were under the control of Fortress Investment Group LLC. The district court denied Intel’s motion.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

The value of a business is now closely tied to its IP assets, which can be licensed, transferred, or used as capital in a joint venture. It is crucial in establishing a transparent record of ownership and transfer, while also safeguarding the rights of all parties involved in the transaction.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 22, 2024

CMO SGAE arranged their licensing fees according to the “flat rates” instead of “effective use rates.” While there was no dispute regarding the terms of copyright ownership, reproduction, and making available to the public, the German Supreme Court discussed the plaintiff’s implied consent.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 30, 2023

Famous for its easily-recognizable design of breathable and water-friendly clogs, Crocs was founded in 2002 in the US by three college friends who enjoyed sailing. Crocs Canada is a licensed distributor of the US company, and Double Diamond Distribution Ltd is a direct competitor for clog-style footwear operating under Dawgs and Canada Dawgs.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 28, 2022

Trade mark ownership is an important consideration for any business. Unfortunately however, while seemingly obvious, the concept of ownership is sometimes overlooked and can be more complex than originally imagined. Even font designs can attract specific intellectual property rights. At this point, it may be too late!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 27, 2023

The court says: “whether YouTube has a license for a particular work will be a matter of intense inquiry at trial.” The opinion explains how the named plaintiff Schneider didn’t understand her own chain of ownership. For these reasons, I remain skeptical of all class action lawsuits by copyright owners.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage. The court also held that the coders did not have standing to seek damages, but they did have standing to pursue injunctive relief. Complaint at 2. Complaint at 31.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

Bose, represented by its authorized signatory in India, laid out a comprehensive case: Trademark Ownership: Bose is the registered proprietor of the trademark “BOSE” in India across several classes, including electronics, and has common law rights stemming from decades of use.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 3, 2021

In the modern world, things such as overseas inter-company transactions of IP, franchising models, licensing, mergers, and acquisitions, etc., Even for authentic inter-company transactions for royalties or license fees, tax authorities of most developed nations necessitate tax on IP assets. The United States of America.

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Intepat

JANUARY 24, 2024

*Written by Uttara Nair INTRODUCTION The administration and assignment of intellectual property rights, encompassing patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, geographical indications, and proprietary knowledge, are critical for all business entities, particularly those in the technology sector.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Jenks licensed the beat non-exclusively to Jordan White (a/k/a G-BABY GVVAAN), who incorporated it into a song called “ Oi! Despite UMG’s lack of ownership in the beat, UMG’s “content protection specialist” found the song Oi! online, matched the beat to Right Now, and assumed that Oi! infringed Right Now.

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IPilogue

MARCH 9, 2022

Behind every video game, there is a video game designer. And behind every designer, there is a publisher. In Sony’s case, it is likely more cost-efficient to purchase Bungie and gain some ownership over its future games than to create games itself for its PlayStation consoles. billion USD.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Pio, as a platform advisor from Microsoft, endorsed this solution as ownership of the IP also comes with difficult questions about transparency, bias, and uses. Dykeman expressed concerns about how much of the development of AI for health is under the research designation, and the challenges that that may introduce down the road.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As the parties wait in their respective corners for the opening bell to ring, here’s what you need to know: Alexander Has Already Established Ownership and Copying. A plaintiff typically has the burden at trial to prove ownership of a valid copyright. Skull arm design. Bible verse design. Upper back design.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. It covers architectural design, software, graphic arts, motions pictures, sound recordings, and more, and it is adaptive to new technological advances that would likely apply to NFTs.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

The book covers the rights of performers, particularly the rights conferred under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended). Naturally, having followed closely the streaming inquiry , this Kat was keen to read chapter 3 on ownership, licensing, equitable remuneration and the copyright tribunal.

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Intepat

JULY 3, 2024

On the other hand licensing is a strategy used by individuals who lack resources to independently produce and promote their patented innovation. Licensees remunerate licensors for their privileges, but the ultimate ownership remains with the licensor. Licensing reduces risk but may restrict potential profits.

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Intepat

APRIL 2, 2022

Any product, design, or process that does something using a novel methodology or solves an existing technical problem is an invention. Sense of ownership. You can share your invention with the scientific community and investors without any fear of losing ownership of your invention. Patents as assets. Benefits to the society.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 13, 2024

The Owner and Architect of a Project may sometimes strongly disagree on who should or does own the designs, plans, and specifications that the Owner pays the Architect and its consultants to produce. The meaning of “ownership” is a core part of this argument.

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IPilogue

MARCH 2, 2023

Recently in Alexander v Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc , a jury of the US District Court of the Southern District of Illinois concluded that tattoo artist Catherine Alexander has a valid copyright claim in the designs she tattooed on World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. megastar Randy Orton. For now, the law is still hazy.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

If you’re using an online logo generator, such as the one in Canva, a very popular online program for creating all kinds of visual projects, or Logo.com, you need to look at the license terms of the software. Canva and other logo generators are licensing the use of their product and the generated logos in it to you.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

In the latest example of the escalation of tensions between Russia and the West, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin last week issued a decree that owners of Russian patents from countries that Russia considers to be unfriendly are no longer entitled to any compensation for compulsory licensing of their patents.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

Therefore, an NFT can refer to a digital art piece or can be linked to a physical product for proving the authenticity or ownership of the said product. What will the future trademark licensing deals in the Metaverse look like? These are non-fungible, implying that they are unique and can never be replaced by something.

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