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Beyond the Limit: The Battle Over Copyright Back-Damages in Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy

Patently-O

The business-owner focused group appears to be concerned about expansions of the discovery rule to other areas of federal and state law. Unlike copyright law, patent law has an unambiguous six-year statute of limitations on damages in infringement cases. See 38 U.S. Under 35 U.S.C. §

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Why intellectual property rights are important for startups seeking funding from investors

LexBlog IP

This intellectual property falls under patent law in most countries, giving its owner seven years of legal protection. Investors and Due Diligence. -Trade Secrets: A trade secret is an intellectual property that isn’t registered with the government.

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Your Patent Attorney Retired: How to Transfer Patent Files

Patent Trademark Blog

If new prior art is uncovered in the PCT application through a search report, you will need to file an IDS in the related US nonprovisional application and in any other related US patent applications. Does the new patent attorney need to be local or in your same state? No, the practice of patent law is federal.

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Call for Reform: A Separate Code of Conduct for IP Agents

Intepat

Similarly, for patent and Trademark agents , the controller is empowered to de-register those agents who are guilty of professional misconduct. Both the Act of 1961 and the Trademark and patent law do not define professional misconduct. The United Kingdom has established procedures for addressing professional misconduct as well.

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Inventions ‘made in Spain’: How can you protect them properly?

Garrigues Blog

In accordance with the Spanish Patent Law, the first application for a patent made in Spain must be filed at the Spanish Patents and Trademarks Office and penalties can be imposed in the event of the breach of this requirement. Compulsory application for protection in Spain. Compulsory application for protection in Spain.

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IP Protection For Fintech Companies

IIPRD

Therefore, there is a strong possibility that a computer programme will be awarded a patent if it is claimed in conjunction with innovative functionality. Contrary to copyright laws, however, patent laws do not contain a comparable provision giving employers the right to inventions made by their employees while they were working for them.

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A Seller’s Guide to Navigating Intellectual Property Law on Amazon

LexBlog IP

The APEX program is essentially a streamlined version of Amazon’s Utility Patent Neutral Evaluation Process (UPNEP), with the added benefit of allowing sellers to add registered patents to their brand registry and quickly initiate the APEX process via the RAV tool.