Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

Data Privacy : Systems should be developed with built-in protections from abusive data practices for individuals and the ability for individuals to have agency over how their data is used. Like the AI Bill of Rights, compliance with this framework is voluntary but the purpose of the AI RMF 1.0 AI RMF 1.0 Both the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In a footnote, the court acknowledges the law is “evolving” with respect to employer ownership of social media accounts: The law on the ownership of a social media pages created by employees for employers is evolving rapidly and varies between jurisdictions. Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021. SF Design Group.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In the European Union, data privacy laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) add an additional layer of complexity. Since blockchain transactions are immutable and transparent, ensuring compliance with data privacy laws, such as the right to be forgotten, is challenging.

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 17, 2024

When a tattoo design is created and inked onto skin, it automatically gains copyright protection. This means the tattoo artist holds the exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the design. COMMISSIONED TATTOOS AND OWNERSHIP When commissioning a tattoo, clients pay for the service, not the copyright.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. With that said, the Ninth Circuit did some serious hand-waving on the privacy issues. Eric’s Comments.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In this latest edition of our Privacy and Security Roundup, we share the details of the final rule’s two key measures including export restrictions and a new License Exception, provide an update on cyber incident reporting legislation, discuss modifications to the GLBA Safeguards Rule and much more.

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

For privacy reasons, her real name has not been disclosed.SW John's approached SW to design a new logo and she invested numerous uncompensated hours into drawing and editing the logo until it was approved by the Board of Directors. SW was set to begin her senior year in the 2021-2022 school year before being dismissed from St.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

AI website agreements – terms of use and privacy agreements – play an instrumental role in this context, tackling many complex issues, including data privacy, informed consent, data security, and intellectual property management. But as technology advances, so must the legal framework that surrounds it.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), which act as a certificate of ownership for whatever the creator puts up for sale, allow artists to set their preferred terms of contract while making sales. She criticises the judgment because the Court based its reasoning solely on privacy without any justifications rooted in property rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Nepal Privacy Act was passed in September 2018. The Privacy Act, which implemented the constitutional right to privacy, had a big influence on how personal information was used legally. And a public proof of ownership for the NFT can be provided via blockchain technology. Image source:Freepic].

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

had rebranded simply because it had grown tired of its old domain and liked the idea of a fresh design, was implausible at best. Tonic says that maintaining that type of database would reveal registrant information, something that many of its customers consider “invasive of their privacy.”

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

An interim order issued by a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court recognised the right to be forgotten (RTBF) as a subset of the fundamental right to privacy. The Kerala High Court had recognised a petitioner’s right to privacy and reputation while seeking the removal of their name from judgments published on IndianKanoon.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2024

However, copyright protection may unexpectedly clash with this sustainable practice, as certain upcycled items could include copyrighted prints, ornaments, or design patterns from the original materials, such as new clothing items made out of old bed sheets, curtains, or tablecloths , or jewellery made from broken porcelain.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Report also does not elaborate on how it proposes to secure community protection for TK within the formal IP regime when the latter is almost exclusively designed to recognise individual contribution while according their works protection. This, then brings up the issue of cultural privacy.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2024

In the first part, I’ll explain the forces at play in the publishing industry, why copyright ownership in academia is so important and how the publishing process works. The old argument of copyright ownership in academia According to the UK’s Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the author of a work is the owner of any copyright in it.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Crowded Field of Third-Party Registrations and Uses Leads to TTAB Reversal of "MATCH STUDIO" Over "MATCH" for Clothing Licensee's Prior Common Law Use Established Priority for "SNORE MD" Mark TTABlog Test: Is "BEDLAM VODKA & Design" for Vodka Confusable With "BEDLAM! & Design" for Beer?

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 14, 2023

AI website agreements – terms of use and privacy agreements – play an instrumental role in this context, tackling many complex issues, including data privacy, informed consent, data security, and intellectual property management. But as technology advances, so must the legal framework that surrounds it.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Universal. * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership. * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. HSI. * Furniture Retailer Enjoined from Sending eBay VeRO Notices–Design Furnishings v. . * ‘Reaction’ Video Protected By Fair Use–Hosseinzadeh v.

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

However, this flourishing industry brings forth a multitude of legal challenges, encompassing privacy concerns and intellectual property protection. To enjoy these sets of rights the determination of authorship and ownership of the intellectual property is vital. What is copyright protection?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

The application recognizes disadvantages of blockchain transactions such as long processing time, payee’s inability to identify payor, and sole reliance on electronic credentials to establish ownership to digital currencies. The invention addresses such issues by combining the blockchain network and the traditional payment network.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

Defendants are five former network salespeople of Belle Cosmetics, who plaintiff alleges, helped design and launch a competing product line for a company called Juvanae LLC.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 15, 2021

She analyses the Report’s recommendations pertaining to the amendment of patent laws in order to facilitate inventorship and ownership by AI. The E-Register of Designs has been made available on the website of Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks and can be accessed here.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

IP owners can restrict unauthorised access or exposure of sensitive information, such as product designs, by encrypting data at the file level i.e., it is invariably encrypted from prior to reaching the cloud to after leaving it. This Act bears resemblance to the GDPR [9] , acknowledged as the most stringent security and privacy law globally.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

So far, a significant proportion of cases involving AI have centred around privacy, data protection intellectual property issues. 13] Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] UKSC 49. [14] 6] For example, the CMA published an initial report on AI foundation models in September 2023. [7]

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Other considerations for legal professionals abound, privacy being salient among them. Other industries, however, are far from a share and share alike attitude towards AI, and AI has posed challenging questions regarding intellectual property ownership across the creative fields of visual art, music, and writing.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. The VPN review business is flourishing as well.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2023

The restrictive covenant agreement with Adams was detailed and included limitations on geography and time. ” Adams joined a competing truss business within three months of closing. Kodiak then filed a lawsuit against Adams seeking to enforce the non-compete.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Dignitary interests: false light, IIED, privacy typically expire w/person. Benefits: nationwide right of priority, evidence of validity/exclusive ownership, right to police imports, incontestability after 5 years, symbolic benefits like ®. Color, product design. Wants to focus on the relevance of death. Death closes things off.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 3, 2022

In applying this standard, the district court did not criticize HRMG’s ability to demonstrate its ownership of a protectable trade secret or that some defendants had acquired that trade secret. (quotation marks, citation, and alteration omitted). The FUTSA largely tracks the same standard. [1]. at *40, 42, 43, 50.] FOOTNOTES. [1]

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2024

This post further explores the argument that the outputs of generative AI tools are unprotected in the UK, despite the language in section 9(3) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 UK (CDPA) relating to computer-generated works. Does UK copyright law protection extend to computer-generated works which are not original?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

Data Privacy : Systems should be developed with built-in protections from abusive data practices for individuals and the ability for individuals to have agency over how their data is used. Like the AI Bill of Rights, compliance with this framework is voluntary but the purpose of the AI RMF 1.0 ” AI RMF 1.0 Both the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

In particular, ChatGPT is a type of “language” model designed to respond with a natural language reply when prompted with a text-based question. The “Chat” in ChatGPT refers to this question-and-answer design, where ChatGPT behaves like a ChatBot. ” OpenAI, ChatGPT General FAQ.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A short-form trademark security agreement which avoids the disclosure of terms of the loan is also recommended while filing documents in the USPTO to protect the privacy of the debtor. The agreement lays down conditions for patent ownership in the event of default. Patent as Collateral in the US. Case Studies.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

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