Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

Nineties grunge-rock band Nirvana, already embroiled in a long-running legal battle against fashion company Marc Jacobs over its “happy face” t-shirt designs , now finds itself on the less happy end of a new copyright infringement lawsuit worthy of Dante’s trip through the underworld. Welcome to the Seventh Circle of Hell. Nirvana LLC.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 20, 2022

Patents, copyright, and trademarks have been the most widely recognized forms of IP to date; however, there are other forms as well, including geographical indications and industrial designs, which have been gaining attention in the past few decades. Information Protected by a Trade Secret .

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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. Just like trademarks, registration for them is not mandatory, but if it is registered the protection becomes airtight. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.

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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. Registration is open and more details can be found here. Further information is available here. Registration shall be made by 8 July 2022 here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. ” Nevertheless, the successor licensee sent DMCA takedown notices to Amazon targeting the registrant’s stripped-down sticker. .” per sticker set.

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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. Trademarks.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

However, authors are not required to make their work accessible to the public. Additionally, creators are not needed to file a copyright registration with the US Copyright Office. Public domain resources as a starting point. There are several places where you can find public domain content that is free to use.

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Intepat

MAY 4, 2023

After the period of protection, the inventions and information surrounding it fall into the public domain. Apart from this, the public disclosure at the time of application allows others to build upon this preexisting knowledge. Parallelly, competition law works in tandem and “protects competition, not competitors.”

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Velocity of Content

JULY 8, 2021

Wall-Street.com , clarifying that – for the purposes of bringing infringement actions before a court – copyright registration of a work is not “complete” until the registration certificate for it comes back from the Copyright Office (to the person or entity who sent in the registration). Public Domain work.

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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. Actial Farmaceutica SRL. &

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

the Office’s recent registrability decision regarding the graphic novel created by Kris Kashtanova creates nearly insurmountable, unnecessary hurdles to all kinds of AI authorship. Prediction and control of output have taken an outsized role in recent registrability and policy statements from the U.S. Technical drawings.

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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. INTRODUCTION. UNDERSTANDING QUANTUM COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

On 21 February 2023, the USCO reviewed the registration of the comic book “Zarya of the Dawn” (Registration No. As a software-implemented creation, it was not in the public domain and the company willing to exploit the work had to clear the right to reproduction. Moreover, the Italian Supreme Court, in decision no.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

AI-Generated Art: Where Artistry Meets Algorithms Before diving into the intricacies of copyright registration /ownership, let’s set the stage by understanding the birth of AI-generated art. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

” the Office’s recent registrability decision regarding the graphic novel created by Kris Kashtanova creates nearly insurmountable, unnecessary hurdles to all kinds of AI authorship. Prediction and control of output have taken an outsized role in recent registrability and policy statements from the U.S. Technical drawings.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Freedom to operate searches provides you with important information about how much business opportunity there is for your firm in the industry, in addition to letting you know whether there would be any difficulties entering your chosen market. Hence, the software has to be a new invention to be patentable. Conclusion.

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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. The ledger consists of unalterable digitally recorded information in packages called blocks.

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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. The ledger consists of unalterable digitally recorded information in packages called blocks.

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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. The ledger consists of unalterable digitally recorded information in packages called blocks.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Irwin Karp, counsel to Authors’ League of America, refutes a statement by librarians who are seeking an exemption for photocopying books for repair and research, arguing that information dissemination would be restrained w/o it. Common shapes, originality, useful art, labels/logos, jewelry design are being rejected.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Cables” was passed on the ground that registration in favor of the mark lies in favour of Mukul Singhal who had established its claim of prior use via documentary evidence. Controller of Patents and Designs ( pdf ), was decided by the Delhi High Court and deals with issues pertaining to prior art and inventive step. Image from here.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

Patent are valid for the duration of 20 years before coming into public domain) Patent infringement can occur in two ways. Williams-Sonoma commented that Amazon’s own product line “Rivet” has infringed patents of furniture designs. [3] 7] Amazon’s IP Policy is one of such investments.

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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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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

If these materials show the use of trademarks, logos, or slogans that are not already the subject of a trademark registration or application, then these marks should be cleared for use to prevent unintended liabilities, and they should be considered for possible registration. .

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

But being informational or functional might do the same thing, as might descriptiveness. U’s registration for THE for clothing and other merchandise by putting THE on a hangtag. Registration v. Much of the law is a collection of rules of thumb from registration context. It might be one reason that a use does not infringe.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 9, 2023

Upon a few trial runs, she remarks that the platform is pretty user friendly and all the relevant information related to a judgement is made available to the user such as date of the decision, status of the case and case number within the platform. vs Assistant Controller Of Patents and Designs on 5 January, 2023 (Delhi High Court).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

If these materials show the use of trademarks, logos, or slogans that are not already the subject of a trademark registration or application, then these marks should be cleared for use to prevent unintended liabilities, and they should be considered for possible registration.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 15, 2024

Kavitha Kuruganti on 9 January 2024 (Delhi High Court) Image from here A division bench of the Delhi High Court set aside the Single Judge’s order revoking the plaintiff’s plant variety registration. Youtube demonetizes “Steamboat Willie” parody video, despite source material being in public domain. Novartis AG v.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Hulm asserted ownership of copyright on the app on the basis of a copyright registration of a literary concept note detailing the working of its app, arguing that the app is an adaptation of the literary concept note. However, the current case discusses the protection of GUIs under the Copyright Act.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 17, 2023

Krbl Limited was alleged infringement and passing off of the plaintiff’s trademark registrations for marks that include the word ‘Royal’, by the defendant’s mark ‘Zabreen Royal’ (‘Impugned Mark’). Responding in the affirmative, the Calcutta High Court has swung the interpretative pendulum back in favor of GUIs being registrable.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs. For instance, the existence of a patent may be used by competitors to argue that the design is dictated by function and should therefore be ineligible for protection.

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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. Durga Trading Corporation was clarified in this case. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused registration of “Trump Too Small” under Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act ( 15 USC 1052(c) ) because the phrase includes a living individual’s name without his written consent. Tam (2017) and Iancu v. The text of Section 2(c) is viewpoint-neutral.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Although Tam rejected that argument, some of the Court seemed to have buyer’s remorse in Brunetti, recognizing that almost all of TM law is content based; if we’re going to have a registration system at all, we need to make some content based distinctions. Or abortion.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

1125(c)(3)(C) by claiming its humorous use of the Jack Daniel’s marks was not pure commercial speech because it poked fun at the company in the Bad Spaniels design. Parody doctrine can apply when a similar mark is used as a designation of source, such as in the Chewy Vuiton case. Source-identifying uses of marks.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

But there is an assumption that registration = minimal distinctiveness unless validity is questioned. If courts won’t invalidate marks (or can’t in the case of incontestable registrations) then doing on the defense side at least preserves something. It’s text and not design so we don’t call it ornamentality.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Before the second amendment, President Trump received a copyright registration covering the work, despite an early registration being recorded in Woodward’s favor. Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright” and fall “in the public domain.” ” H.R.

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