Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

No hard and fast rule or percentage governs what constitutes “substantial similarity.” It is always recommended for a mask work applicant to identify the “novel points” in the design during the registration step (e.g., 17 U.S.C.A. § Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2d 1555, 1564 (C.A.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 19, 2023

Despite increasing pressure on the government to move ahead with Bill C-27’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) , the right response would be to hit the regenerate button and start over. Our committee system is not designed for good policy outcomes when dealing with what amounts to an omnibus bill on privacy and AI.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s claim that Bill C-18, the Online News Act, was a hands-off approach was never really credible , but the clause-by-clause review of the bill has taken the government picking media winners and losers to another level.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 11, 2022

The Commission is soliciting written comment, data, and arguments concerning the need for such a rulemaking to prevent persons, entities, and organizations from impersonating government agencies or staff and businesses or their agents.” ” More than 100 comments were submitted. They can all be found at [link]. Comments of Erik M.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The USPTO is officially establishing a separate design patent practitioner bar with its final rule published on November 16, 2023 and effective January 2, 2024. Currently, a single patent bar governs registration for anyone seeking to practice before the USPTO in utility, plant, and design patent matters.

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Patently-O

MAY 21, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In a highly anticipated en banc decision, the Federal Circuit has overruled the longstanding Rosen-Durling test for assessing obviousness of design patents. Rejecting the argument that KSR did not implicate design patent obviousness, the court reasoned that 35 U.S.C. § GM Global Tech. Operations LLC , No. at 15 (Fed.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) stayed active over the holiday period with several big announcements, and today Director Kathi Vidal continued that trend by designating as precedential the December 21 decision in Apple v. Zipit Wireless.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

All the creations of the human minds such as designs, inventions, artistic works, names, symbols, etc. Intellectual Property Rights are the bundle of rights given to the owner or creator of IP by the virtue of law that governs that specific IP. Trademarks are governed by the Trade Marks Act, 1999 in India.

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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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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced that a final rule will be published tomorrow, November 16, in the Federal Register implementing a design patent practitioner bar. The Office first published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Federal Register in May 2023 contemplating a separate design patent practitioner bar.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Introduction An artist’s ideas, be it for a renowned painting, sculpture, novel, technological design, jewelryor fashion are his own. However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. A copyright protection is the ability of a designer to protect his original designs through the copyright laws.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In response to a request from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has submitted a list of so-called ‘Notorious Markets’ to the US government. Cheating and Digital Goods Platforms. On the cheating front, the ESA calls out unknowncheats.me

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Introduction Corporate governance generally refers to how organisations are directed, managed, controlled, and held responsible to its shareholders. India is a popular location for investments, thus in order to attract the largest investment ever, we need to strengthen the governance standards.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC / AB2273, just signed by Gov. The idea is that society benefits from more, and better, innovation if innovators don’t need the government’s approval. Prior AADC coverage : Some Memes About California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AB 2273).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Understanding Mask Work Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. Under the SCPA, a mask work is a series of related images that forms a design or part of a design used to produce an integrated circuit. government.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

No hard and fast rule or percentage governs what constitutes “substantial similarity.” 1992) Takeaway It is always recommended for a mask work applicant to identify the “novel points” in the design during the registration step (e.g., 17 U.S.C.A. § Brooktree Corp. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2d 1555, 1564 (C.A.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

by Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Sam Berriman IPKat-approved scraping As regular readers of the IPKat will be aware, the UK government is currently undertaking a consultation on AI and copyright , previously covered here and here. What does this mean for the AI and copyright consultation?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 27, 2025

For instance, if an AI produces art or designs most similar to other copyrighted art or designs, Equivalence by an AI leads to infringement. Transparent AI Design: Developers should aim for transparency when designing AI systems.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

government is asking a court to award a 27-33 month sentence to George Bridi for his role int he SPARKS piracy scene group. government is request a sentence of between 27 and 33 months, which is still far lower than the 5-year maximum he could face. No additional details about the lawsuit have been revealed. However, the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We’ve seen a flood of terrible Internet laws in the past few years, including the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC). The court wraps up by criticizing how the AADC clearly targets businesses but not government or non-profit entities. Worry about government misuse of personal information?

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 11, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Government of Canada has announced temporary changes to the Work-Sharing Program to assist workers affected by economic challenges stemming from the ongoing tariff issues with the United States. Work Sharing Programs are temporary, initially running up to 26 weeks, extendable to a maximum of 38 weeks.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

underscored that there is a need to supervise or govern patent and trademark agents. This post discusses the case and argues that there already exists a mechanism under the Patent and trademark laws that govern and supervise such agents. Image from here The Delhi High Court recently in Saurav Chaudhary Vs Union Of India & Anr.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2023

With Bill C-11 in the final stretch – Senate approval could come this week – the government finally provided a more detailed explanation for rejecting the Senate’s user content regulation fix. It is sad that as the bill nears passage, the government doesn’t seem to understand or misleads on the impact of its own legislation.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Other Posts Curing the Rare: Government Issues Tender to Acquire 17 Patented Rare Disease Medicines The threshold for procuring 127 medicines, including drugs for rare diseases, was raised by the Ministry of Finance in its August 9 circular. Government invites comments on the draft Commercial Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 27, 2025

On 26th December 2024, the Delhi Government issued a gazette notification ( F. 11/24/2024/HP-II/4236-4244 ), designating Delhi Police as the nodal agency for regulating digital content hosted or published on intermediary platforms in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Aditi is a final-year B.A.,

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The European Parliament asserts without the slightest ambiguity that “the body of EU law on the protection of intellectual and industrial property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, designs and trade secrets, fully applies to virtual worlds”.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 19, 2024

On a day where the only thing Canadians could talk about was the resignation of the then finance minister on the date of the delivery of the governments 2024 Fall Economic Statement (FES 2024) and the chaos that ensued, some may have missed significant proposals to help Canadian innovators in a time when theyre needed the most.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2025

Recently in an interview with Thomas Piketty, he has argued that ultra rich in India must be taxed more to address rising inequality and raise more resources for Government. Wealthy individuals may choose to move their assets to jurisdictions with lower or no heritage taxes, resulting in a loss of taxation for the Indian government.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 31, 2022

Earlier this month, the Russian government began taking steps to broadly legalize the piracy of all content from countries that were sanctioning it. The move from the Russian government follows its invasion of Ukraine, which brought down significant international sanctions on the country.

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Nelligan Law

APRIL 1, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government has introduced several temporary changes to Employment Insurance (EI) that aim to make it easier and faster for Canadians to access support. The federal government is effectively adding one percentage point to the unemployment rate in every EI region across Canada. Why does this matter?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 30, 2025

Image by wowbee from Pixabay In a decision of 20 February 2025 the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) denied copyright protection as a work of applied art for two sandal designs. Ruling The BGH found that the Birkenstock models could not be classified as works of applied art, but merely as designs.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

government passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act). The website features information about the CCB, updates on the process, and users can register a CCB Designated Service Agent to receive notices and communication from the CCB. First off today, a release by the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Have a Designated Agent to Receive Notices of Copyright Infringement. Unfortunately, designating a DMCA agent is not as simple as posting an email address on your site. If you don’t want your personal information in the database, you can use a third party designated agent, such as myself at CopyByte , to handle the process for you.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal today designated as precedential a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision from March of this year that held a precedential U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 8, 2022

Between 2009 and 2019, she held a very lucrative position at the Santa Clara County government. This was to write a book about the history of the county and its government. Those sources included, among others, Wikipedia, the History Channel, The Mercury News itself, official government websites and more.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2023

Controller of Patents and Designs: Revisting the CRI Guidelines and Ferid Allani Sukarm Sharma Software patenting remains one of the most contentious issues in patent law jurisprudence, with an ever ping-ponging legal position. Sukarm is an undergraduate law student at NLSIU, Bangalore. Microsoft v. In fact, paragraph 1.5

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 30, 2025

Image by wowbee from Pixabay In a decision of 20 February 2025 the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) denied copyright protection as a work of applied art for two sandal designs. Ruling The BGH found that the Birkenstock models could not be classified as works of applied art, but merely as designs.

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