The IPKat

MAY 5, 2023

A recent dispute in Nigeria over trade mark registration and possible proprietorship over a movie title and a title character has brought to the fore questions regarding the processes and procedures at the Trade Mark Registry and whether movie titles and title characters without more should be registrable as trade marks in Nigeria.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 18, 2022

WRB has an incontestable registration for “Hammer-Schlagen” and a registration for the trade dress of its stump, cross-peen hammer, and nails: specifically, “a three-dimensional configuration. DAMM has a registration for “Minneschlagen.” WRB’s word mark registration states that “the English translation of ‘hammer-schlagen’.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

IP Ownership Nearly all purchase agreements require the seller to warrant that it owns or licenses the intellectual property necessary for operation of the business. Here, companies should consider which brands are most significant and file for registration of the trademarks relating to those brands.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2023

It provides an unmatched degree of design and layout possibilities. Not to mention, it allows for almost infinite expansion, allowing marketers to design apparel of any size. The players can collect up to 30 NFTs in the game, 10 of which are designed by the artist Beeple [i].

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 10, 2024

Its gained momentum with the advent of importance in R&D and patent registration. Further Trademarks Act, 1999 and Designs Act, 2000 allow licensing of trademarks and designs respectively. Assignment of License is transfer of ownership. INTRODUCTION Technology transfer is a way for innovation.

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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.” For pending applications and registrations that have already issued, the applicant must update them to meet the duty of disclosure.

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Corsearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Intellectual property rights are defined as legal rights that protect the ownership of artistic, literary, and other creative works. You should prepare links and screenshots as evidence for your claims of copyright, or trademark, patent, or design right infringement on Alibaba.

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

When artificial technologies are utilized for creating innovations, such as employing evolutionary algorithms for antenna design or engaging IBM Watson to produce music, IPR laws become relevant. AI is doing lots of creative work in the fields of animation, web apps, images, music, designing, and various other things.

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BYU Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The hornet in question is the school mascot for the District that Otto had designed several decades before. To choose the new mascot, the District held a contest where students from the District could submit designs of hornets to potentially be the new mascot for the Minnesota schools.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In an exhaustive and exhausting decision, the Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark HME in the stylized from shown below, for various types of pipes and other building products, finding confusion likely with opposer's mark KME for overlapping goods.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

In addition to the Reporting Company’s information, the CTA Report must also include the specified personal information of the Reporting Company’s ownership, each referred to as a “Beneficial Owner”. There is no charge for the webinar, but registration is required. To attend, please register here.

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Kashishipr

MARCH 2, 2022

Your Trademark Application gets approved, and you receive your registration certificate. Don’t let that Trademark Registration certificate fool you. Identical or similar trademarks are present across different classes of products and services.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Manuscripts, designs and art can all be classified as intellectual property. An NFT, or “non-fungible token” is a token added to a blockchain that links ownership to unique digital items (images, video files, audio files, artworks, etc.). An NFT shows proof of ownership for a digital object. What is Intellectual Property?

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

At present, with the immense growth of interconnectivity, along with digital experiences creating augmented reality and virtual reality, many digital marketers and technology experts have given the term ‘Metaverse’ to these new spheres of human interaction.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 29, 2024

Other Posts Journey Through “Decembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) Image from here Sit back, relax, and sift through the pages of December’s posts on SpicyIP this weekend! On the basis of the above arguments, the court passed the present interim injunction order. Read SpicyIP tidbit on this development.

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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

JULY 5, 2023

Introduction Trademarks are recognised phrases, words, or symbols that designate a certain item and lawfully distinguish it from all other items of the same type. Conduct a good search of the mark and phonetic sound before filing for trademark registration to coin a distinctive trademark.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

However, the patent on Apaxiban expired in September 2022 and via the present order, the court ruled that “ there can be no injunction on the manufactured stock lying with the Defendants, from being sold as on date. ”. She highlights how the decision reiterates the importance of adhering to procedural tenets during patent prosecutions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

as an author where it otherwise meets authorship criteria, with any copyright ownership vesting in the AI’s owner.” Conversely, if the Register denies an application for registration for lack of copyrightable subject matter, then this means that the work at issue was never copyright protectable. H&M Hennes & Mauritz ).

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Shyam Balganesh, The Eunomics of Intellectual Property Lon Fuller’s institutional design theory: understand institutional design as a way of understanding institutions on the understanding that they’re not infinitely mutable. TJ Chiang, IP Ownership and Penalty Default Rules Patent v. It evolves and hybridization is possible.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, in order to have legal proof of ownership, it is always advisable to register for copyright registration. For modern designers, this may be both a blessing and a curse. If the Artist had registered his work as Copyright, he would have had legal proof of ownership in this situation. Trademarks.

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43(B)log

MARCH 10, 2023

The highway protocol allegedly suffered from performance issues and never met the design requirements that Zamfir had previously advertised when working with CasperLabs on the product, thus allegedly harming his reputation. As Kwikset held, There are innumerable ways in which economic injury from unfair competition may be shown.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The novel pandemic presented challenges to the plant industry in terms of trade involving wildlife and plants. The protection includes ensuring registration ad enforcement within the territories of the country for the interested owners and applicants. Requisites for registrability of Plant varieties. • Introduction.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2024

Thus, we strongly encourage you to designate a trusted person to review this letter, research and understand the CTA’s application to your company, and be prepared to file the CTA Report well prior to your company’s filing deadline. There is no charge for the webinar, but registration is required.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has issued its guidelines on the classification of goods and services relating to NFTs, establishing the bases to approach the legal challenges resulting from their registration and the scope of protection afforded to owners.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

These trademark applications consist of Nike’s logo “just do it” and air Jordan designs. In the present case too there will be many legal issues related to Intellectual Property. It identifies the product of that company and recognizes its own and gives some rights to ownership that can be enforced. Liden Research, Inc. ,

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Intepat

JULY 3, 2024

Licensees remunerate licensors for their privileges, but the ultimate ownership remains with the licensor. Income-based approaches include the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Method, which involves predicting future cash flows and discounting them to their present value. Licensing reduces risk but may restrict potential profits.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

In the lawsuit, Hermès alleged that defendant Mason Rothschild’s MetaBirkins NFTs infringed and diluted Hermès’ trademark rights in the Birkin word mark and design. They include anything that can act as a source-identifier, including, in this case, the design of the Birkin handbag. ” ( Id. ” ( Id.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Users can download “dapps” (or decentralized applications) which allow users to design and develop software using the Internet Computer blockchain. Dfinity sponsors conferences and hackathons, and gives in-person and virtual presentations. The Ninth Circuit does not agree.”

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A presentation of the report was made by Hon. The warning came as a result of complaints from various artists and designers who assert that their works are being distributed on various platforms without benefitting them.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Court then unanimously overturned the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, holding that the parody dog chew toy resembling a Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottle fell outside the Rogers test because the challenged Jack Daniel’s trade dress was admittedly being used “as a designation of source for [VIP’s] own goods.”

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The ever-expanding internet presents a daunting task to any brand owner trying to police its marks. The Registry requires verification of the rights by the brand owner listed with the USPTO on the registration in order to create the account. Ownership in copyrights vests upon creation of the work. [7] 6] Design Basics, LLC v.

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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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LexBlog IP

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.” If a presentation would be helpful to you, or if you have any questions, please contact us. ” AI RMF 1.0

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Report also recommends the “ registration of traditional knowledge as Geographical Indication ” (pg. The Report presents a shifting focus from defensive protection to positive protection of traditional knowledge systems in the country. 76 of the Report) if it is closely linked to a specific location. A Shifting Focus.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 5, 2024

It found the mark to be “ tertium quid ” akin to product packaging and thus eligible for registration without proof of acquired distinctiveness. Focusing on the uniqueness of the Tribe’s building design in the relevant industry, it concluded that the subject building design is inherently distinctive for the Tribe’s services.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

However, in the present case, Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) and Novex, two entities that are not copyright societies, were assigned rights by some well-known producers such as Tips, Eros, T-Series, etc. , Presently, the application for re-registration is pending before the government for consideration.

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