Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

That the extension did not get much attention was seemingly by design as the government buried it in a budget implementation bill and posted no news releases on it. He joins the Law Bytes podcast to talk about Canada’s approach to copyright term extension, the impact on the public domain, and what could come next.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. Therefore, Dastar ‘s unaccredited copying did not constitute a false designation of origin actionable under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions. ” Dawgs brief.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

And as such at the end of 2021 the Italian Government decided to modify the Italian Patent Box legislation in an attempt to simplify the regime , inserting some amendments into the annual Finance Act for 2022. Unfortunately, though, the Italian legislator is sometimes keen on modifying those laws and provisions that are working decently fine.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Most parties agree that it’s impossible to design an error-free takedown process but disagree on what error rate is acceptable when takedowns are automated. As expected, many rightsholders are in favor of far-reaching, government-backed anti-piracy measures. Voluntary Technical Measures. Tweaking the DMCA.

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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. Patents give the inventor the security and confidence to share their invention in public domains. A patent is a form of intellectual property right granted to an invention. Sense of ownership.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Kat friend Iana Kazeeva provides an enlightening discussion on steps taken by the Russian government and courts with respect to IP following the invasion of Ukraine. Article 1360 enumerates situations in which the Russian government can allow use of an invention, utility model, or industrial design without the patent owner’s authorization.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

No amendment offered in public session. Rather than a flexible duty to regulate of government, it mandates “Broadcasting organizations shall enjoy the right to prohibit.” No amendment offered in public session. If a 3 -step test is included, it could be designed to expand the flexibility, not shrink it. Delete Article 8.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Constitution and the Patent Act prohibit design patents on ordinary innovations.” Constitution’s requirement that the patent laws be designed to “promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.” Great A&P Tea Co. Supermarket Equip. 147, 156 (1950). John Deere Co. of Kansas City , 383 U.S. 1, 5–6 (1966).

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Recent advances in the technical field of quantum technologies have not only experienced high amount of attention in information science and software engineering disciplines but also gained a wide interest of government due to its complexity and global significance. billion by 2027. billion by 2027. Image Source: IStock].

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Patents (including utility models) are protected through registration with the UAE Ministry of Economy, Intellectual Property Protection Department (IPPD) and/or through the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Patent which is administered by the GCC Patent Office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and governed by the GCC Patent Law. Federal law no.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

PART 2: of the blog gives a detail about Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS. These are protected under the Designs Act, 2000, corresponding to Design (Amendment) Rules, 2014.

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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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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. There will also be panels on CJEU and General Court case law, judicial approaches to parasitic competition, and international design protection strategies.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

An indication becomes generic when it returns to the public domain and is no longer protected in its country of origin or has ceased to be used there. Therefore, the governments and tribunals of WTO members will determine whether a specific GI still needs to be protected or if it has become generic.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

Protection under copyright usually lasts for the entire life of the owner along with a supplementary time frame, after which the work becomes within the public domain and is allowed to be openly utilised by anybody. A linguistic model lacks the kind of human imagination required to develop logos or designs.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This is not the first time the UKIPO has engaged with a public call for views on the topic of AI and IP. In a 2020 consultation , the government sought to broadly understand the implications of AI for IP. That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This thesis is supported by the curious failure of the United Kingdom’s Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 ( CDPA 1988 ) to protect “computer-generated works.” In the most minimalist English definition, originality designated something originating from the author, which he can claim as his own expression (see Rahmatian ).

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators. To navigate this complex issue, it is essential to explore the current legal frameworks governing AI-generated art. AI-generated art represents a fusion of human ingenuity in crafting algorithms and the machine’s ability to produce artworks autonomously.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

In the field of AI, bias may be present at various stages of the development of an application including the design of the algorithms, the designers of the algorithm, the identification and sampling of the learning information and the curation, annotation , and verification of the input data (see, e.g., here and here ).

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The IPKat

MAY 3, 2022

Pictures in the lower middle are in the public domain. If the wording granted by courts and tribunals is narrow/if the wording is not accepted at all, then this could leave proprietors with limited protection while the classification system catches up with commercial developments.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 29, 2022

There are different legislations and acts such as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2005, Copyright (Amendment) Act 1999, The Trademark Act 1999, The Designs Act 2005, and many more to regulate and protect India’s intellectual property rights. Dr. Cluadio De Simone & Anr. These are the first steps toward paperless trade.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 8, 2021

Public Domain work. The DMCA was, in part, a national implementation of a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaty, and this aspect may have helped its passage in a period of (sometimes bitterly) divided government. Image Attribution: John Tenniel (1865).

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Recently, the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks granted a patent to a ragi walnut soup mix prepared by the 52-year old woman, Shubhangi Patil. A patent is a set of rights granted by the government to the inventor for his invention. Introduction. Conclusion.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In August 2011, the plaintiff, an English data center design company, drafted an NDA in connection with negotiations over its potential sale to a competitor. The second paragraph of the NDA, which was governed by English law, contained a dozen subparagraphs detailing the competitor’s confidentiality obligations.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

However, because of state sovereign immunity, it’s technically not possible to sue a state government or any of their components in a federal court. According to Unicolors, the retailers infringed on one of their designs and sold various goods with it. 5: The Public Domain Expands. 4: The Unicolors Case.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

GitHub, Rose Coogan: More than 73 million creators—students, developers, startups, NGOs, governments using GitHub to collaborate on open source. Designed to be freely available licensed or public domain; we occasionally use fair use images where no free image is available, such as when a famous work has been destroyed.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a government to the inventor, to protect their invention and allow the fullest commercial exploitation of the patented invention. Importantly, only those who have developed new technologies and created a product can file for a patent on the new technology.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 14, 2023

4] To bridge the transitional period, the Commission has initiated an AI Pact – a scheme to encourage companies to voluntarily communicate the processes and practices they are putting in place to prepare for compliance and ensure that the design, development and use of AI is trustworthy. [5]

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

In general, the content of noncommercial speech may be regulated only to further a compelling government interest, and the regulation must be narrowly tailored and the least restrictive means of accomplishing that compelling interest. TM bullying w/ a public domain quilt, claiming rights over “Dear Jane” as quilt/software.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Better Regulation The EU has committed itself to designing policies and laws with a greater level of transparency and evidence , backed up with the views of citizens and stakeholders. The limits of the Union competences in that respect are governed by the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.

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IIPRD

MAY 4, 2023

To qualify as a patentable invention, the invention: must not be in the public domain or have been published or used previously; must not be obvious and must involve a technical advancement; and must be capable of being implemented commercially. Medical devices are patentable in India with certain caveats.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Olympic medalists and the right to publicity. Hero Electric Vehicles Private Ltd v.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 17, 2023

To Be or Not To Be (Design): Calcutta HC Sways Against Trend of Denying Design Registrations Over GUIs Image from here Can a GUI be regarded as a Design? In what follows, Rahul Bajaj sets out the key arguments of the parties and the holding of the court, along with his analysis of the judgment.

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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. Zafar Mahfooz Nomani, 2023).

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