The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs. The case serves as the springboard for a discussion on whether owning both rights may put the rightsholder at risk. With a focus on EU and US approaches to the issue, Musker suggests arguments that may be useful to litigants in similar situations.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

Image Sources: Shutterstock] Basic understanding of Copyright Copyright is a legal theory that provides artists complete ownership over their creative works, preventing unauthorised use and copying. A linguistic model lacks the kind of human imagination required to develop logos or designs.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

The protection of moral rights, including the rights of publication, authorship, alteration, and integrity, is perpetual. 2D designs and texts on a product or packaging may be protected as written, pictorial, photographic, and graphic works, or even works of fine art, depending on the nature of the design elements.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 1, 2022

Corporate giants like Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, on the other hand, blatantly and unfairly used in their clothing collection the exact patterns and designs that are unique to the Maasai community. Section 21(2) (c) of the Act confers the right not to have TK and cultural expressions subject to derogatory treatment.

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Garrigues Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Design, functionality, technique and, at times, good taste, come into play to achieve a result that comprises all of these in one: the building. You have created the structure, drawn up the plans, gone over the layout and its design in minute detail, and after much effort and numerous battles, it is finally built.

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

When artificial technologies are utilized for creating innovations, such as employing evolutionary algorithms for antenna design or engaging IBM Watson to produce music, IPR laws become relevant. AI is doing lots of creative work in the fields of animation, web apps, images, music, designing, and various other things.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

2014: ECJ said that the court didn’t need to designate technical measures—could order an outcome prohibition; transmission entities have to effectively achieve site-blocking. Authors’ rights are designed to protect that intellectual and emotional bond. Strong emphasis on moral rights in continental Europe.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 18, 2023

The owner gets an exclusive right to use or sell for a specific time period as a legal right under the document which we refer throughout this paper as ‘patent’ The patent system is designed to encourage innovation by protecting the rights of inventors to their inventions.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria's Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to copyright as movable property.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It’s designed for businesses that are usually cautious about incorporating open-source elements into their proprietary work. They are designed to give you a foundational understanding of the critical terms and conditions commonly found in CLAs, thereby enabling more informed discussions with your open source attorneys.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It’s designed for businesses that are usually cautious about incorporating open-source elements into their proprietary work. They are designed to give you a foundational understanding of the critical terms and conditions commonly found in CLAs, thereby enabling more informed discussions with your open source attorneys.

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The IPKat

MAY 25, 2022

In her role she had access to some Mulberry designs before their launch, and consequently the company required her to sign confidentiality and copyright agreements which required the assignment of copyright in any works or designs made arising from her employment and which related to Mulberry’s business.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2025

Authorship and ownership of outputs The most interesting aspect of the Vatican AI Guidelines is however another and its the authorship and ownership of AI-generated outputs. The Vatican approach is admittedly intriguing, also considering the long-vexed issue of ownership of AI-generated outputs.

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