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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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2024

Plans, drawings, and related design documents are needed at all stages of a construction project, from early concepts and permitting to site preparation and construction itself. Many professionals in construction and property development are well versed in contract law, safety regulations, insurance law, and the like.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Almost 16,000 of those domains are allocated to elearningontario.ca, which is operated by the government of Ontario in Canada. law enforcement in a sweep designed to protect the FIFA World Cup. The Premier League believes that the sites fall under common ownership, with footybite.to tv, it remained operational.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Copyright governs the rights of creators over their digital works, ensuring they are protected from unauthorized use. Issues of ownership, counterfeit goods, and infringements are rising concerns, threatening the sustainability of creativity in the metaverse. However, determining ownership in this space is far from straightforward.

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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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The IPKat

JULY 17, 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 copyright ownership of Nigeria’s re-adopted national anthem. Is the national anthem in the public domain?

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 2, 2022

When the government first created new tax supports for Canadian journalism, it created the concept of the Qualifying Canadian Journalism Organization (QCJO). operates in Canada, including having content edited and designed in Canada, and. Rather, the provision states that the CRTC must, by order , designate it as eligible.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

The outcome of the consultation is supposed to inform the government with respect to a potential legislative reform of the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA). Ownership for patent inventions. With respect to the CGW provision the government has decided to make no changes to the law.

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IPilogue

JUNE 2, 2022

Previously, IPilogue reported that Australia has granted patent ownership to an AI inventor. While DABUS’ patent application is still developing in Canada, the recent reversal of the Australian decision will likely impact the future of patent ownership rights of AI. In Apotex Inc v Wellcome Foundation.,

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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. That public needs to know that their government agencies are completing the work they are tasked with, providing independent oversight of their designated industries and activities.

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IPilogue

MARCH 18, 2022

It was undoubtedly an ambitious attempt and one that I personally did not expect the government to support. Taking many of us by surprise, the Australian government took a giant step towards reinstating the pride and honour at the core of Indigenous sentimentality by freeing the Indigenous flag and making it available to everyone to use.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Gaon argued that government involvement is key for creating necessary infrastructure for facilitating data access, specifically in gathering the relevant solution-implementing groups. 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.

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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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Patently-O

MAY 30, 2024

United States does focus on counterfeiting coins as well as implied contracts with the Federal Government. In 2018, The Portland Mint delivered over 400,000 pounds of coins to a foundry designated by the U.S. The key is that using the goods is inconsistent with the seller’s ownership. Mint in exchange for payment.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. The dispute is between bridalwear designer Hayley Paige Gutman and JLM Couture, a bridalwear company. The district court initially punted on the ownership question. We blogged this case twice before. While it was true that the accounts were imbued with aspects of Ms.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

In India, the Copyright Act of 1957 provides the legal framework that governs these rights. In such cases, ownership may be attributed to the publisher or another designated entity. Legal Ambiguities: The lack of a specific legal framework governing orphan works can lead to legal ambiguities.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 1, 2021

Since you are reading this article you’re most likely either a designer working on brand identity and logos, or a business owner. A logo copyright protects a creative design or an expression of an idea, while a logo trademark protects things that identify a business on the marketplace. Trademark ®. One of the main reasons is the cost.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2022

In November 2019, the US federal government shut down IPTV services operated by Bill Omar Carrasquillo, aka ‘Omi in a Hellcat’ IRS and FBI agents seized “at least” $5.2m Company Claims Ownership of ‘Reloaded’ Trademark. from his bank accounts along with a fleet of supercars.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Factual background The underlying claims relate to the ownership, exploitation and infringement of copyright and performers rights relating to the musical works and sound recordings of JHE. The Claimants claim ownership of Reddings and Mitchells shares of copyright in the Recordings and associated performers rights.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Other Posts SpicyIP Tidbit: Delhi Police Authorized to Issue Takedown Orders for Unlawful Content On 26th December 2024, the Delhi Government issued a gazette notification, designating Delhi Police as the nodal agency for regulating digital content hosted or published on intermediary platforms in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2021

In this post, I will be analysing the recommendations pertaining to the amendment of patent laws in order to facilitate inventorship and ownership by AI. Recommendations vis-à-vis Inventorship and Ownership. Granting AI inventorship and ownership, is not as simple as amending a few provisions in the patent law.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Along the way, we discussed why a knockoff Beetlejuice costume is titled “Juice Demon”, the ways that intellectual property laws govern Halloween costumes and the ways one could find themselves in trouble. Also, many have design errors due to their age. I’m working to fix those, but it will take time.

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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.

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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

MAY 3, 2023

Designs Image by Alice Castro via Pexels Marcel Pemsel commented on the question how to prove disclosure on earlier designs, by considering that the most common way to establish disclosure is online evidence. May has just began and with it a new month of posts are incoming, but here’s what you missed from the IPKat last week!

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 20, 2024

To help you navigate the path toward a registered trademark, keep the following key points in mind: Words are generally more important to protect than designs. Each application must include a “drawing” of the word or design to be protected. The ownership must be identified correctly (e.g. List the owner correctly.

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IPilogue

MARCH 28, 2023

Accordingly, San Antonio filed a complaint for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and false designation of origin. they can designate a person in the U.S. 1051(e) does not run contrary to the Hague Convention as it governs service amongst foreign countries whereas s.1051(e) 1051(e) governs service within the U.S

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Kashishipr

JUNE 3, 2021

As IP’s role in the world economy increased, so did the controversies between taxpayers and the government over the tax implications of IP transactions (for instance, development, acquisitions, sales, and licenses). The same serves as a disincentive to transferring ownership of IP outside the US. The European Union.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This burgeoning genre is not only pushing the boundaries of artistic expression but also challenging the established norms of copyright ownership. This blog post embarks on a comprehensive journey to unravel the complex issue of copyright ownership in AI-generated art. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

It originally started as a copyright society in 1941 , but later lost that designation and after a long period of running around seeking re-registration, finally in 2022 it was allowed to make an application to that regard. Presently, the application for re-registration is pending before the government for consideration.

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IPilogue

MAY 18, 2022

Despite the mixed reactions from the governing bodies that have the power to issue or deny copyright protection to AI-authored works, the fact is that AI tools that can generate original works have arrived. The first and arguably safer route is to designate the person overseeing the AI technology as author or co-author of its creation.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 19, 2022

From the mass layoffs to journalist suspensions to this weekend’s seemingly short-lived policy blocking some links to rival services, it has been a head-spinning stretch since Elon Musk assumed ownership of the service in late October. In response, the government is using Bill C-18 to mandate that links should either be blocked (ie.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

CIPS also aims at suggesting amendments and efficient implementation of IP to the Government of India and monitoring the design and dissemination of various courses and programmes pertaining to intellectual property rights training and research. The submission has to be made by mailing the manuscript to cips@nlujodhpur.ac.in.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Introduction India’s Startup India Action Plan 2016 was a government initiative that provided all the required financial assistance, including tax breaks, to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. With Section 54EE, you can reinvest such earnings within six months in a fund designated by the government and avoid paying taxes.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The current generation of AI image generation tools such as Stable Diffusion , Midjourney and DALL·E 2 are designed to take a text description or prompt from a user and generate an image that matches the prompt. What is AI image generation software?

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

used in those generated logos retain the ownership to that original art and do not give you a license to use it exclusively. usually you won’t be given the rights needed to have ownership or apply for registration, but even if you are, your logo could still be refused copyright and trademark registration for other reasons.

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