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Most Valuable Trademark Features of the USPTO Website

Erik K Pelton

It can still be overwhelming, because it is packed with probably thousands of pages of significant information about trademark protection and the trademark registration process. You file new applications, you file renewals, you file responses, you file just about every document that gets submitted. TEAS is where you go to file things.

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Ownership of Copyrights Patents and Trademarks are Created by Employees and Independent Contractors

IP and Legal Filings

Is Copyright registration mandated in India? The registration is not treated as a prerequisite to acquiring the copyright of any literary work. Notwithstanding this mandating step, the Copyright Act provides the registration procedure, which unlike the U.S.

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Effect of Non-Registration of a Partnership Firm

IP and Legal Filings

Comparing a partnership firm to a corporate entity or an ownership firm reveals a number of benefits. Most of the time, a partnership document would be sufficient. CHAPTERISATION Chapter One: Effects of non-registration of Partnership Firm It is not required for businesses to register. But in this case, it wasn’t done so.

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CAFC Affirms TTAB: "BF-7" Registration for Nutritional Supplements Invalid Due to Non-Ownership

The TTABlog

In a non-precedential ruling, the CAFC affirmed the Board's decision ( here ) ordering cancellation of a registration for the mark BF-7 for "nutritional supplement goods" on the ground that Registrant Sunbio was not the owner of the mark at the filing date of the underlying application because it had not used the mark. Welch 2021.

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

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. Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Technical drawings.

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The USPTO and USCO Delivered a Report to Congress on IP Issues with NFTs – Maintains Existing IP Regime

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The Offices agreed with these assessments and did not believe that changes to intellectual property laws, or to the Offices’ registration and recordation practices, are necessary or advisable at this time. Unsophisticated consumers may conflate the purchase of an NFT associated with a digital good with ownership of IP rights in that good.

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Is your original work automatically protected by copyright?

Intepat

Whereas, the copyright registration certificate will be valid proof against the infringer. There are several chances for competitors to access and claim ownership of the original work. Hence, copyright registration will signify the work is inaccessible to competitors. However, you can opt for trademark registration.