IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 24, 2023

The Designs Act, 2000 (“the Act”), is a complete code in itself and protection under it is totally statutory in nature. It protects the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian. Designs are registered in different classes as per the Locarno Agreement. These classes are mainly function oriented.

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azrights

JUNE 7, 2022

If you design IP protection into the business through your agreements, choice of brand name and other identifiers you strengthen your position against the most common and damaging forms of copying in business. Although I engaged a designer for my “branding”, all I essentially got from the expensive exercise was a logo, and a website.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With a number of major reforms to the European Union's design protection system set to take effect in the first half of 2025, U.S. companies need to stay informed about specific details to maintain effective intellectual property management in the EU market, say lawyers at Finnegan.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Thank you for reading the September 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. In this issue: - FTC Guidelines Influence How Influencers Influence - How Design Patents Can Complement Brands' Trademark Portfolios. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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The IPKat

MARCH 8, 2022

Kat friend, Vishv Priya Kohli , reports on an interesting development in Denmark regarding design law protection, with the establishment of the Danish Design Board. In Denmark, the challenge facing designers and artists in enforcing their rights against infringement has been an area of concern for at least the past two decades, here.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 18, 2023

Introduction The Plaintiff asserted that its hipster whiskey bottle design, which was inspired by the shape of a smartphone and intended to fit into a hip pocket, was novel due to its rectangular shape, smooth rounded shoulders, V-shaped neck, rimmed rounded cap, and dimpled bottom.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 1, 2024

In today’s competitive market, the visual appeal and unique ornamental design of a product can be as crucial to its success as its name or functionality. One way to protect the look and feel of your company’s products is with a design patent. By: McAfee & Taft

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

WIPO administers the WIPO-administered Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. In 2015, the US linked its design patent system with Hague — this gives U.S. designers easier access to global design rights; and non-U.S. design patent system. applicants easier access to the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 2, 2023

However, owners may not appreciate another type of intellectual property right that can complement their trademark portfolios: design patents. Below is an overview of the potential benefits of filing design patent applications to protect two types of designs: trade dress and graphical.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Founded in 2016, Los Angeles-based streetwear brand formerly known as Chinatown Market offers everything you’d need to fit in on Fairfax Avenue. Appearing on the “ Business of Hype with jeffstaple ” podcast, founder Mike Cherman cites the New York street markets that he visited as a kid as inspiration for its name. Photo from Market.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“Influencer Marketing” and “Social Media Brand Endorsement” have become big business. Our law firm represents some of the business’s largest social media marketing agencies and influencers. One reason is that many influencer marketing campaigns allow the brand to measure the return on investment.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

In it, the CJEU confirmed that an Unregistered Community Design under Regulation 6/2002 may vest in a partial design (which the CJEU defines as “a section of the ‘whole’ that is the product”). In August, Advocate General (AG) Øe advised the Court to answer that partial designs may indeed be protected under UCD rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 14, 2023

A trade name often is designated by the term “doing business as,” “trading as,” or “operating as” to make this distinction from the legal name. For a marketer, a brand is what represents the values of a company and aims to create awareness and trust. The majority of businesses are worth more than the whole of their physical assets.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Try as he might to make his claims about the way Instagram is designed, his claims are inherently grounded in third-party content posted to the app. Implications I look at the “product design” workaround to Section 230 as a type of Rorschach test. Meta appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Corsearch

JANUARY 23, 2024

However, whilst international trade fosters economic growth and exchange, it also creates opportunities for grey market goods to emerge. Table of contents : • What is the grey market? • Supply chain inefficiencies: Misallocation of products or product returns can lead to grey market sales.

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Marketing Marketing Social Media Branding 59

Kashishipr

JANUARY 19, 2022

The role that trademarks play in the marketing of a brand can help us unwind what commercial players and business houses should consider in the development of their brand marketing strategies to best incentivize their assets for better returns. How Does a Trademark Help in the Marketing of a Brand?

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Patent Trademark Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Is it too late to apply for a design patent after product sales? Should they apply for a design patent first or sell the product and see how it goes? How long after selling a product can you still file a design patent? Need to file a design patent application promptly? There might be good news depending on your situation.

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WIPO Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Taibo Bacar, the celebrated Mozambican fashion designer, talks about what it takes to build an international fashion brand and the next steps in his pioneering business adventure.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 23, 2022

The European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) recently published a deep dive report, titled Study on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Infringement and Enforcement of Copyright and Designs. The report is a product of the Impact of Technology Expert Group, which was established in early 2019.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

One of the most common brand protection issues involves gray market sellers and counterfeits on Amazon. Introduction Are grey market sellers and counterfeiters damaging your brand’s reputation and undercutting your sales on Amazon?” There’s both good news and bad news. Let’s start with the bad news.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I’ve repeatedly expressed my opposition to the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC), and now I’ve put my opposition into more formal terms for a judge. With the pro bono assistance of Jenner & Block, I filed an amicus brief in support of NetChoice’s motion to a preliminary injunction against the AADC.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2022

The Finished Article: Essays on Indian Designs Law. I am delighted to take this opportunity to share with the SpicyIP community the release of my book, The Finished Article: Essays on Indian Designs Law (Thomson Reuters, 2022, ISBN-13: 978-9393702173). Eashan Ghosh. Both have historically been the site of some confusion.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2024

By decision of 24 January 2024 ( T-537/22 ), the General Court of the European Union (GC) confirmed the validity of the Registered Community Design (RCD) by Lego A/S (Lego) “Building blocks from a toy building set” by stating that an RCD is invalid only if all its features are excluded from protection. On 2 February 2010 Lego obtained RCD No.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

This post is based in part on the Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 23 January 2023 on the ‘Design Package’, but expresses the authors’ own personal views. Third, the (now even more pronounced) detachment of design and product and what this means for a theoretical approach to cumulation.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 27, 2024

EU Intellectual Property Office — that Lego's registered community design for a building block was valid — helps clarify when technically dictated designs can enjoy IP protection, and demonstrates how companies can strategically use design rights to protect and enhance their market position, says Christoph Moeller at Mewburn Ellis.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 8, 2022

One of them is ‘Design’ which is a composition of colors, shapes patterns, etc which add value and attraction to the product. Designs are advantageous assets that can be protected only if registered under the Designs Act, 2000. Website Designs. PROTECTION OF DESIGN. Picture Credit: Shutterstock].

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued its one millionth design patent on September 26, 2023. D1,000,000 claims the ornamental design for a dispensing comb. This milestone comes during a particularly prolific period for design patents.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With the challenges posed by name saturation and the reduced availability of work marks, industrial designs are increasingly important within intellectual property strategies. When people think about designs they typically think of patents, but the world of protecting designs is far more extensive than that.

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The IPKat

JUNE 12, 2024

Designs are meant to protect the appearance of the whole or a part of a product. In order to minimize the overlap with technical IP rights, no protection is granted for designs whose appearance is solely dictated by their technical function ( Art. 8(3) CDR does not require the design to serve an aesthetic purpose. 8(2) CDR ).

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Investing in the creation of industrial designs is critical in modern business practice, as it allows a company’s product to stand out in an increasingly competitive market dynamic. Just as important as creating distinctive product is ensuring its protection in the country where the company does, or intends to do, business.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 8, 2022

The Designs Act is an act that protects one of the most significant Intellectual Property Rights of a person. Therefore, many acts govern several IPRs one of which includes the Designs Act,2000. Therefore, many acts govern several IPRs one of which includes the Designs Act,2000. The Designs Act, 2000 is one such act.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

The concerns voiced by witnesses and congress members today centered around harm and cost to consumers as a result of technological protection measures (TPMs) and increased use of IP tools such as design patents to thwart competition for after-market parts.

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Design Patent Design Designs Intellectual Property 98

IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

On 28 November 2022, the European Commission adopted proposals for a revised Regulation and Directive on industrial designs. The proposals, that are now sent to the European Parliament and Council for adoption, are aimed at modernizing the EU design system and the harmonized national design protection laws.

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The IPKat

MARCH 14, 2023

Designs are meant to protect the appearance of a product or a part thereof. 6/2002 (‘Design Regulation’) stipulates:-- A Community design shall not subsist in features of appearance of a product which are solely dictated by its technical function. The existence of other design alternatives was considered irrelevant.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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Patently-O

JULY 20, 2023

2023) The Timberland Boot trade dress case is pending before the Fourth Circuit, raising some interesting questions about the role of product trade dress vs design patents vs copyright vs utility patents. Timberland boots were first sold in the 1970s with a unique design that quickly resonated with consumers. Vidal (4th Cir.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. Still, ornamental logos found on the accused product can still be relevant as visual distractors in the process of evaluating similarities and differences between the claimed design and accused design.

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