Patently-O

APRIL 20, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Seirus has petitioned for writ of certiorari in its long-running design patent dispute with Columbia Sportswear. Columbia’s design patent claims an “ornamental design of a heat reflective material” as shown in the figures. Federal Circuit’s 2023 Decision. Patent D657,093. Swisa, Inc. ,

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. But not so fast.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Indeed, much of the debate takes place, consciously or unconsciously, in reference to cliché assumptions about moral rights.” The authors emphasize that AI cannot hold moral rights and that in the absence of an author, the work should be in the public domain.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2021

The title of this book clearly sets out its premise: trademark protection has encroached into what used to be solely copyright’s domain, resulting in an undesirable over-protection of works which impoverishes the public domain and restricts others’ creative endeavours. Figure 1: Get your paws on this new book y'all!

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

One of the first enacted changes concerned the rules for calculation of the compensation paid to the patent owner in the event that an invention, utility model, or industrial design is being used without the patent owner’s authorization. Before the 2021 amendment, such use was allowed only for reasons of public defense and security.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A GCC Trademark Law was issued in 2006. Further revisions to the Law and its executive regulations have been issued and approved in 2015. This law will replace the current Trademark Law of 1992 subsequent to its publication in the Official Gazette by the UAE government.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Summary of current treatment: Although courts have often referred to “expressive” or “artistic” works as shorthand for the scope of Rogers, they have applied it to speech that quali?es Some of the work is also done by the idea that trademark control extends only to the name/logo of a congregation and not to other elements of worship.

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