SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

” The Plaintiff undertook a market survey, which revealed that the defendant was secretly selling inferior quality apparel, under deceptively similar trademarks to those of the plaintiff. The defendant did not claim ownership of the “Levi’s” trademark and only denied selling such goods.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Unsophisticated consumers may conflate the purchase of an NFT associated with a digital good with ownership of IP rights in that good. The Offices found: To the extent that an NFT is associated with a copyrightable work, the creation, storage, marketing, or transfer of that NFT may implicate copyright owners’ exclusive rights.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The Defendants contended that the plaintiff had not established ownership, and in any case, the impugned display or exhibition of allegedly infringing material was incidental and transient in the cinematographic films of the defendant. The trial court admitted the documents, holding that they merely reinforced existing claims.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 26, 2023

The lawsuit in question was filed by Applause Entertainment, the Indian company behind the TV-series “Scam 1992” The series covers the 1992 Indian stock market scam, adapted from Debashis Basu’s book The Scam. The TV production is licensed to Sony LIV and was a huge success.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While many see China’s AI policies as a cover to curb freedoms and control society, the reality is that China is an active AI developer in a thriving market for AI applications in both the trade and industrial sectors. China is at the forefront of the AI development race.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2023

The case involves Vital Pharmaceuticals, which markets “performance energy drinks” a/k/a drinks that accelerate your death. Accordingly, the court preliminarily enjoins the Owocs from posting to the accounts until ownership is definitively adjudicated. The court doesn’t endorse this test.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Appian disseminated the report through its sales team, social media, and other marketing. Starting with Pegasystems’ claims, Appian and BPM argued that there was no proof of cognizable injury, and that there was no presumption of injury because multiple firms compete in the BPM market. The BPM market is large.

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Michael Geist

MAY 18, 2023

Indeed, by moving forward with incredibly tight timelines, without the government’s promised policy directive, and without support for newer groups to back their participation, the documents leave the distinct impression that the Commission had surrendered its independence and already made up its mind on how to implement Bill C-11.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

Both individuals and organisations may now share, communicate, and market their goods or themselves. Users submit private photos, movies, music, and written documents that may be infringed upon. Users of social media platforms are encouraged to share content, both user-generated and third-party, and this has expanded the audience.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.

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Patently-O

MAY 22, 2024

Whether a present assignment of future inventions automatically conveys legal title to those inventions when the inventions come into being, or instead merely conveys equitable title and requires a separate written instrument to transfer legal ownership. Core Optics at *14. Strictly separating his TRW work from his Ph.D. Allied-Signal Inc. ,

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

According to a report by Markets and Markets, the cryptocurrency market is expected to grow from USD 1.6 In a broad sense, blockchain technology can be defined as an open ledger of information that is used to keep a digital record of the transactions that occur in the crypto market. billion in 2021 to USD 2.2

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Shah pointed to his copyright registrations as evidence of his ownership, but the court says the allegations in his complaint show that he was never entitled to register the copyrights (i.e., To be clear, joint copyright ownership of photos like these could be a policy disaster, so I don’t share the judge’s lament on that front).

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

application of Section 8(1)(d) by the CIC and argues that the thesis is a public document as per UGC guidelines which cannot be withheld from the public. University’s duty to disclose a thesis – a Public document. Thus, it is clear that the PhD thesis is a public document by both JMI’s Ordinance and the UGC Act and regulations.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 22, 2022

This exception allows a buyer to enforce non-compete agreements against a seller if the seller is an “owner of a business entity selling or otherwise disposing of all of his or her ownership interests in the business entity.”. 1) The sale of business exception applies even when the transferor holds ownership in the transferee.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The NFT art market, that is NFTs which specifically link an artwork or a digital file (a song, for example), have already gone mainstream and, of course, artists and projects owners have asked lawyers to prepare IP licenses to protect their IP. A16Z has published a document containing guiding rules on the licenses as well as their text.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2023

The major threat in today’s market has been growing for many years, mainly because it’s so quick and easy. Similar brands appear in legal documents relating to a High Court ruling in the UK. What is Stream-Ripping and How Does it Work? Bluntly, it’s difficult to see what more could’ve been done.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 16, 2022

As a new lawsuit involving the popular comic book and animated series “Invincible” shows, the failure to properly document the copyright status of a jointly-created work at the beginning can lead to messy consequences later. The Requirements for Copyright Joint Authorship and Co-Ownership. Crabtree v.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2022

art market, the Report concluded that there was no immediate need to impose new regulations on the art market to combat money laundering and terrorism finance. Yet the Report also discussed how the art market remains susceptible to money laundering and describes how market participants can minimize this risk. Background.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

” Domain names are also intangible, as are the records documenting domain name ownership, yet the court held they were capable of being converted. I guarantee that copyright owners will quote this statement to improperly assert ownership over uncopyrightable components of their “commercial websites.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

The outer limits of the conversion claim are where some documents representing the intangibles are improperly transferred to the defendant (such as stock certificates, promissory notes, or life insurance policies). Defendants are free to flesh out their arguments regarding ownership of the Facebook page later in the case. __.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive. There is room for improvement on both. On the other hand, Trendacosta and Doctorow are critical.

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Kashishipr

JULY 21, 2021

The world’s largest markets for e-commerce are the United States of America, China, the United Kingdom, etc., Proof of IP Ownership – IP Registration Certificate or Copyright Recordal Certificate is necessary. with electronics, fashion, books, and tickets being the top categories for e-commerce.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Key Copyright Licensing Areas in Podcasting Licensing under copyright law allows the copyright owner to grant the right to use their work without transferring ownership. Additionally, if the use does not harm the market value of the original work, it is more likely to be considered fair use.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Kremen case involved the alleged theft of the sex.com domain name by improperly modifying the electronic records evidencing ownership of the domain name. Website owners can prevent the unauthorized reassignment of their ownership interests, such as someone trying to modify their copyright registration records. First Amendment.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

A company/any person who can secure ownership over products and services, benefits not only the domestic income but also increases the recognition in the international market. If a person does not protect his trademark internationally, he can lose his rights in a foreign market.

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IPilogue

APRIL 1, 2022

Canadian patents also tended to belong to individual inventors rather than larger assignees, involved fewer inventors, and were cited less frequently, making them relatively less valuable in the global market for innovation. In the evaluation stage, expert AI examiners evaluated each document for AI component technology. Conclusion.

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IP.com

AUGUST 19, 2024

A comprehensive IP strategy not only protects a company’s intangible assets but also drives business growth and market positioning. Effective IP management requires a multidisciplinary approach that integrates innovation, marketing, human resources, procurement, financial, and legal considerations.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That company recruited individual, unrelated private citizens to sign legal documents as patent “owners”, offering to generate “passive income” for them as part of a litigation-funded investment. [27] Government Accountability Office, Third Party Litigation Funding: Market Characteristics, Data, and Trends, GAO-23-105210 (Dec.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2024

Fundamentally, the capacity of blockchain technology to generate an immutable and transparent ledger makes it especially useful for documenting the production, ownership, and transfer of intellectual property rights. Moreover, blockchain facilitates more effective digital rights management (DRM) through the use of smart contracts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

“Plaintiff’s takedown letters and supporting document establish facially plausible claims of infringement, and Babybus does not allege a plausible basis for a fair use defense.” 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.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

According to the complaint, these separate entities are just one big data-sharing family, leveraging their combined resources in non-standard ways such as Microsoft sharing hardware and cloud infrastructure resources in exchange for an ownership interest in OpenAI. Complaint at 31. The post How Can AI Models Legally Obtain Training Data?–Doe

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2023

I’ve documented dozens of ways that 512(f) claims have failed, so the failure of this claim isn’t surprising. Maritas * 512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v. Ripps appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. MGA Entertainment The post Surprise!

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

IPO’s free online IP for Business tools and training have been accessed more than 204,680 times , helping SMEs take their ideas to market. Identifying potential future markets and manufacturing bases could help you with identifying territories of interest. Ensure that your IP ownership can be proved.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 14, 2023

The rule also requires the Reporting Company to report its beneficial owners and, for certain Reporting Companies, the “company applicants” who directly file, and who are primarily responsible for filing or directing or controlling the filing of, the entity’s formation documents (the “Company Applicants”).

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Introduction Prior to 2017, China was the largest cryptocurrency market in the world, with 80% of Bitcoin transactions, the most popular digital currency, taking place in yuan 1. In 2017, China closed down its domestic cryptocurrency exchanges at a time when 90% of all bitcoin trade worldwide took place on their speculative market.

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IP.com

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This audit should involve a thorough review of your products, services, marketing materials, and business processes to identify all forms of IP that need protection. Copyrights: Register your copyrights with the relevant authorities to establish a public record of your ownership. Design Rights: Protect the visual design of products.

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