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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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2022

Copyright in registered designs means that the author has the exclusive rights to apply a design to any article in any class. The proprietor of a registered design has the exclusive right to apply such design to all such classes. The exclusive right to import for sale any article in which the design is registered.

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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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Intepat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

While copyright protection is inherent, it is noteworthy that the formal registration of copyrights provides additional advantages to the owner or author. In this article, we delve into the intricacies of these advantages and explore the requisite documentation necessary for the effective registration of copyrights.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

AUGUST 27, 2023

Dear Rich: I am adapting needlework-like designs used in pottery/chinaware by creating patterns for needleworkers. What are the laws covering those designs for which I cannot get permission? What will happen if you use chinaware designs without permission? That depends on these factors: Do you need permission?

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The TTABlog

MARCH 2, 2022

In round two of what one person (me) dubbed the "Tinker Bell Fairy Fracas," the CAFC affirmed the Board's decision [ TTABlogged here ] sustaining a Section 2(d) opposition to registration of TEEN TINKER BELL and TEEN TINK & Design for dolls. Tinker Bell" appeared as a character in J.M. Read comments and post your comment here.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

Controller of Patents and Designs. Other posts IP Financing in India – Part I: Perfection of Security and (Non) Registration of Copyright Despite the increasing importance of intellectual property in the modern economy, there is a surprising lack of attention given to IP financing in India. Case: Sirona Hygiene Pvt.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

Its EUTM Registration No. EU Designation of International Registration No. Pictures of marks are in the public domain. On 3rd January 2020, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft filed an opposition against Pinball’s application for all of the goods and services applied for, claiming a likelihood of confusion with: 1.

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The IPKat

APRIL 30, 2024

Through a comparative lens he showcased the registration trends over the recent years in the examples of US, China and Hungary. Anastasiia Kyrylenko, our GuestKat, exploring the case of subsequent overlap between trademark and copyright protection and its implications for the public domain.

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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.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Kat friend, Becky Knott, promises that she doesn’t just write about alcohol, see here , but a recent decision involving the Protected Designation of Origin for ‘Porto’ caught her eye (palate?). Consequently, it found that “the sign whose registration is contested is clearly indissociable from the earlier PDO” (paragraph 44).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Many companies exploit renowned person identities without obtaining proper consent, leading intellectual property experts to advocate for the safeguarding of image rights through registration under Intellectual Property laws. An effective solution to address this concern is the formal registration of a celebrity’s name as a trademark.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The defendants could neither prove registration of trademark in their label nor did they have a valid license. Moreover, the Court held that the deceptively similar label could provide confusion in the minds of the public. The Court found that the registered trademarks of the plaintiff are in the public domain.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

My understanding is that all publicity photos taken back in the 1920s and 1930s were never copyrighted, therefore, in the public domain, especially if the photographer is unidentified. The application seemed doomed in February 2019, when the USPTO trademark examiner issued a final office action (FOA) denying registration.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The plaintiff also consulted with various rabbis as part of the design process for the Second Holy Temple Product. The plaintiff owns copyright registrations for its Second Holy Temple Product and its photograph of its Second Holy Temple Product (the “Copyright Registrations”).

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

Upon independent and less human intervention by a machine in making the work, one expects a built-in gap in the legal design. Forming Exclusive Rights A sui generis intellectual property system based on AI-generated works might provide some degree of protection and also be a bridge to the public domain. References U.S.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 25, 2023

Howell ruled last Friday that the Register of Copyrights did not act “arbitrarily or capriciously” in denying a copyright registration to Dr. Stephen Thaler for artwork generated entirely by artificial intelligence. Material that is in the public domain. In a decision that surprised exactly no one, D.C.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

An indication becomes generic when it returns to the public domain and is no longer protected in its country of origin or has ceased to be used there. This is stated in Section 9 of the Act, which forbids the registration of GIs that are determined to be generic names or indications of goods.

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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. . pending or issued registrations) and those that are not.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 18, 2023

In this case, Thaler listed the Creativity Machine as the author and designated the work as created autonomously by the AI, with ownership transferring to himself as the owner and creator of the machine. The Copyright Office denied the registration application on the grounds that copyright law requires human authorship.

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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

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. He also explains the history of why utility models never became an EU-wide right.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.” says the author.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.” says the author.

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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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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

However, it is apparent from the application for registration that the applicant filed the mark applied for without adding a description to restrict the scope of the protection to the logo or the label mentioned above and without specifying where the mark might be positioned on its products. Universal Public Domain Dedication license.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 8, 2024

These inventions involves schemes, literary works, scientific discoveries, plants or animal(excluding micro-organisms), mathematical methods, diagnostic methods, and those which are contrary to morality and public order. The registration unlatches the possibility to monetize the invention.

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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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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

The defendants contended that the programme contained information about the legendary playback singer Dr. P.B.Srinivas which was available in public domain and it is not any person’s created copyright or created literature to be infringed. The plaintiff successfully proved his copyright ownership.

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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. 16 Casa Duse, LLC v.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

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. Hard to think coherently about TM status without thinking about registration v. Use=is it in fact being used by this party as a TM.

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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. Hero Electric Vehicles Private Ltd v.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2023

SAS also claims WPL copied its ‘Output Designs,’ which are the result of applying Input Formats to user data.” Maybe the Input Formats and Output Designs are copyrightable. WPL copied various aspects of the SAS System, though interestingly, SAS did not allege that WPL had access to or copied the actual source code itself.

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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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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

JANUARY 9, 2023

whereby the court held the mark to be in custody of the court and held the registration of the mark ‘Jawa’ in favor of Respondent no. Highlighting the court’s opinion that goodwill can exist in the mark independent of registration, she remarks that the duration of 26 years of non use of the mark could have reduced the goodwill in the mark.

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