IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

Just like every lock has its matching key, each type of IP serves a specific purpose. With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? For that, first let us understand what are IP and IPR. of their work for a fixed period.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 16, 2024

However, proving that the design is distinctive enough to be protected and does not serve a functional purpose remains problematic. This protection allows the brand to safeguard its visual identity, as well as stop other businesses from using their designs’ look and feel, maintaining exclusivity and value of designs.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws. v Datafile Ltd. ,

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Tokenization refers to the process of creating digital tokens that represent ownership of an asset. The assets can be physical or digital, and tokenization allows for fractional ownership of assets, making it easier for investors to buy and sell them. Investors can buy and sell the tokens, providing liquidity for the IP asset.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Country Designations- Desires may be expressed by applicants as named member countries for which they seek trademark protection as ‘designated countries.’ Update Centralization Any changes regarding ownership or the scope of the trademark can be conveyed effectively to the WIPO instead of a number of jurisdictions.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 20, 2025

Specifically, the decision tackles the: 1) protection of a non-conventional trade mark such as an (unregistered) colour combination mark; 2) protection of a specific font as either a copyright work or as an unregistered design; 3) cumulation of multiple IP rights on a single product.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

David Vaver is the Acting Director of IP Osgoode and a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. Something has recently gone awry with the law of copyright ownership in a movie or other film — a “cinematographic work”, as s. Part I of the Act deals with the ownership of copyright in works. Section 34.1(1)

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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. In particular, Section 1213.2

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

The dramatic rise in e-commerce in the last two decades saw many brand and business owners struggling to safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) assets in cyberspace, starting from domain names and then going onto social media handles. IP Challenges in the Metaverse.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Issues of ownership, counterfeit goods, and infringements are rising concerns, threatening the sustainability of creativity in the metaverse. Copyright and Ownership in the Metaverse In the metaverse, copyright applies to digital creations such as virtual art, music, designs, and even entire virtual worlds.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We’re pleased to inform you that Centre for Intellectual Property Studies, National Law University, Jodhpur is is inviting submissions from law students for the ‘NLUJ CIPS Inter College IP Research Essay Writing Competition, 2022’ on the theme ‘“IP and Youth: Innovating for a better future’. 150/- (inclusive of GST).

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. the “lion’s share” cases), and we see that the notion of what an “author” even is is highly nuanced.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

We say goodbye to 2021 with the most interesting posts and articles from the surrounding IP blogs of the past week! The analysis also referred to a pending case before the CJEU dealing with Community design law ( EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann | C-382/21-P) and other EU trade mark cases from 2021. Daktronics, Inc.,

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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. Well, the answer is no according to the IP Owners Association (whose members include Microsoft, Google, Apple, Oracle, IBM, etc.),

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 22, 2024

While there was no dispute regarding the terms of copyright ownership, reproduction, and making available to the public, the German Supreme Court discussed the plaintiff’s implied consent. IP opportunities, events, and news Eleonora Rosati informed the readers about IP events and opportunities in the latest Saturday Sundries post.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The termination of this seven-year partnership, most famously known for its development of the Yeezy sneakers, raises important questions about IP ownership when business collaborations collapse. This includes at least eight US design patents filed by Adidas in 2016 that claim the ornamental design of the Yeezy sneakers.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s December and time for what is now an annual ritual for this Africa Correspondent – The Africa IP Highlights! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 13, 2022

Julia Hugendubel, describes recent developments concerning tokenization of IP rights to manage IP. Interest in blockchain technology, tokens, and IP, continues apace. Tokenization of IP In a nutshell, "tokenization" means using a smart contract (i.e., a MIT license ).

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IPilogue

JULY 15, 2021

Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . . Behind every costume is a designer whose vision and design breathes life into characters. But behind every designer, other figures may undercut and miscredit them. There are, however, some exceptions.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 1, 2025

It's a new year, which brings plenty of IP news and opportunities. We have enjoyed her posts across all areas of IP and look forward to receiving more guest contributions in the future. He kept readers informed about the latest developments in trade marks, designs, AI, and copyright law. Thank you and all the best!

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In the introduction, Gervais explains that the approach to discussing IP law reform taken in this edited collection is considering both primary and secondary level reform. He defines primary IP rights as those that have been part of law for more than 50 years. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, US.

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IPilogue

JUNE 23, 2022

Retired Nicklaus now heads his golf course design and construction company, Nicklaus Designs. On May 17, the reported court filings involving Nicklaus involved both IP use and NIL issues. During his career he won 117 professional tournaments and 18 major championships, which is 3 more than Tiger Woods.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the lack of participation by academics in court proceedings, Patent Controller’s order on patent of addition, and Delhi High Court’s decision on latching and passing off. Whither Indian IP Academics’ Engagement with the Judiciary?:

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Intepat

APRIL 7, 2025

United Kingdom: Since the establishment of patent law in the UK, there has been a consistent emphasis on the necessity of ‘industrial use/application’ as a fundamental prerequisite for granting patents to inventions, processes, or designs.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 5, 2022

On November 9, IP Osgoode, Reichman University and Microsoft hosted the first in-person Bracing for Impact Conference since 2019. Handling IP to appropriately incentivize collaboration. Dr. Singh, wearing both clinician and developer hats, expressed concern for patient data IP potentially being moved inappropriately.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

Did you know that intellectual property (IP) is likely to play a part in the foundation of every business, generating key assets to kickstart future success? IP protection through patents, trade marks, designs and copyright can be instrumental in a business’ survival and growth. The Levelling Up White Paper – some background

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

While many Congress attendees from around the world lined up for the Unified Patent Court boot camp and mock trial panels, this Katfriend opted to sample the day’s selection of soft IP offerings. a of the Design Directive. a of the Design Directive. Would You Like Some IP With Your Wine? Quentin Tarantino et al.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 2, 2021

Intellectual Propriety (IP) rights holders are under the perpetual threat of counterfeit goods in the market that is growing exponentially with advancing technology and a surge in cross-border trade among countries. Section 17 of the Act provides for detention and confiscation of goods imported or exported in breach of Section 15.

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Intepat

JUNE 13, 2024

Introduction Design piracy, particularly in the context of registered designs, poses significant challenges in today’s industrial landscape. According to the Indian Design Act of 2000, only those designs that are functional or used as artistic or property marks are not eligible for protection.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 10, 2024

While facilitating technology transfer, it is significant to look at how IP rights play a role. Further Trademarks Act, 1999 and Designs Act, 2000 allow licensing of trademarks and designs respectively. Intellectual Property Rights Protection IP licensing is an essential element of technology transfer.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

Every business starts with an idea, and every business owns or uses intellectual property (IP). Your IP can include your web site, business name or logo. IP assets can also include innovative technology, know how, designs and secret recipes. Understanding IP can help reduce your exposure to business risk.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 3, 2021

Today, companies are increasingly placing a huge amount of enterprise value on Intellectual Property (IP). In a few instances, the value attributed to IP assets by companies is greater than the entire net worth of the corporation itself. have attracted taxation on IP as a global issue. The United States of America.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

(This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Aditi Agrawal and Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan) Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summary of the posts on taking stock of ANI vs OpenAI copyright litigation (Part I and II), and Machine Unlearning and the ANI vs OpenAI case.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

is to “offer a resource to the organizations designing, developing, deploying, or using AI systems to help manage the many risks of AI and promote trustworthy and responsible development and use of AI systems.” Broader Issues with Generative AI Some other issues companies face with employee use of AI relate to IP and open source.

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The IPKat

JULY 11, 2021

Copyright IPLens blog looked at several recent decisions of the Court of Milan, to see how the CJEU Cofemel decision has impacted on the copyright protection of industrial designs [see also an IPKat post the Kiko case, where the Italian Supreme Court applied Cofemel to Kiko store layout]. The current battle is over a U.S.

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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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Nelligan Law

AUGUST 8, 2022

It may be a common belief that what you create is your own work and intellectual property (IP), but if you have a day job there is the possibility that your employer could lay claim to the intellectual property flowing from your outside endeavors. Simply put, IP can be anything – inventions, music, art, plays – created by the human mind.

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