The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Specifically, Nike alleges that “Recognizing firsthand the immense value of Nike’s brands, StockX has chosen to compete in the NFT market not by taking the time to develop its own intellectual property rights, but rather by blatantly freeriding, almost exclusively, on the back of Nike’s famous trademarks and associated goodwill.”.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

Imported into the gray market in Europe, US cartridges were cheaper than their Japanese counterparts. Jumping through these hoops to play a genuine cartridge on a genuine console not only felt ridiculous but probably amounted to a breach of license/copyright. A snip at $165. 1201), and infringes copyrights owned by Nintendo.”

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After over four years of litigation and five COVID-related continuances, it’s finally time for the main event. As the parties wait in their respective corners for the opening bell to ring, here’s what you need to know: Alexander Has Already Established Ownership and Copying. Implied License and Fair Use Are the Key Remaining Defenses.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

As such, whereas other streaming services negotiate to license music that they subsequently make that available to consumers, YouTube effectively negotiates licences for music that users are already providing through the service. Plot twist!

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

Introduction With the rise of the mobile application industry, India emerges as a highly profitable market, witnessing over twenty-eight billion downloads in 2022, accounting for 5% of the total global downloads. To enjoy these sets of rights the determination of authorship and ownership of the intellectual property is vital.

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Intepat

JULY 11, 2024

Even legal experts argued that Sony was well within its rights to assert copyright ownership over the show’s content and take action against unauthorized usage. However, it is unclear if there existed a licensing agreement between the producers and the participating startups regarding the use of clips from the show.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Specifically, Nike alleges that “Recognizing firsthand the immense value of Nike’s brands, StockX has chosen to compete in the NFT market not by taking the time to develop its own intellectual property rights, but rather by blatantly freeriding, almost exclusively, on the back of Nike’s famous trademarks and associated goodwill.”

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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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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. Blit puts forward several potential explanations. Conclusion.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen. v Stability A.I.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. Was it a license on the world’s greatest terms?

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2022

In any event, the product described in the tender would have not infringed on Centro Grafico's exclusive rights, since there was no actual interference with the (invalid) claims of Centro Grafico's titles. license. This would have harmed both the public interest underlying the production and supply of passports.

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2022

In spite of its ownership of the patents, however, a jury found that a predecessor of BioVeris (IGEN) had exclusively licensed the patents to Meso Scale Diagnostics, and that Roche was liable to Meso for directly infringing one of the patents, and for inducing infringement of two others.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2023

Delving into the parallel creation model, proposed for machinima, it is proposed that it should be based on collaborative creation and no exclusionary ownership. Re-Examining The Copyright Ownership Of Player Created Content, GNLU L. Creations within the gaming framework can never be “independent” or “original”, to begin with.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

The report provides a comparative perspective on the availability and functioning of notice and take-down procedures, removal and blocking injunctions, dynamic and live blocking injunctions, and de-indexing injunctions in the 27 EU Member States in relation to sports events. disputes between domain names and trademarks).

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In the event of a default by the borrower, the lender may be able to recoup part of its losses by seizing and selling these assets. Ownership of intellectual property (IP) used as collateral often belongs to the borrower. The IP valuation is to be done by an IP appraiser who must be licensed by the Ministry of Finance.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As explained by Ashish Pherwani, Partner, Media and Entertainment, E&Y India, the report aims to capture the state of music publishing in India, its market potential, and (perhaps the first of its kind in India) results of the survey of 500 music creators. IPRS’s Revenues versus Contributions: A Disparity?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The motivation behind this is the anti-competitive effect patents have on the market. recording any changes in copyright ownership or control (including assignments, licenses, or mortgage/security agreements). Ave Maria Law School CEO, Dean Czarnetzky , will kick off the event and share information on its Business Institute.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2024

—an online party, greeting card, and event planning service—sued defendant AJ Press, LLC for trademark infringement and unfair competition arising from its offering of Punchbowl News, a subscription-based online news service that provides articles and podcasts about American politics. [3]

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2024

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has been at the forefront of organising events that explore the intersection of blockchain technology and intellectual property (IP) rights.In recent years, WIPO has organised several notable events focused on blockchain and its potential applications in the realm of intellectual property.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

They’re not doing step 2 in any event. In 1963, Disney expressed skepticism about monopoly aspects of extended term and “expressed doubt that Congress would approve a longer ownership period.” Hughes: it was the Fairness in Music Licensing Act, not the DMCA, which was intertwined. A: This is base rate misestimation, then.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2024

Currently, Bhaker is managed by iOS Sports & Entertainment, who released a statement calling such unauthorized advertising as “moment marketing free of cost,” and issued a legal notice to the above brands to take such commercials down, contending that such advertisements violated their ownership of Bhaker’s personality rights.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In 2013 and 2015, it granted exclusive licenses to stream those works to Starz, a premium subscription channel. The time periods for each license were separate, and some licenses were renewed multiple times, resulting in more than 1,000 separate license periods. 17 U.S.C. §

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The risks include unauthorised use and infringement, technological obsolescence, and the marketable nature of IP as collateral. A third-party is engaged to assess factors like product demand, market condition, and potential patent infringement. The agreement lays down conditions for patent ownership in the event of default.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The counterfeit website went so far as to include the same physical address and business license information for the investment firm. In another case, a well-known sports exhibitor encountered similar cybersquatting plus counterfeit website, which purported to offer streaming services of its events.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash In 2019, the European Union (EU) adopted its most important copyright reform in the past 20 years with the Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) Directive. Fortunately, solutions were already available on the market to allow people to access the content they needed online in the form of licences.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

It took eight months, but the ownership question of the photographs has been settled. However, it is not what I expected for the first case to be finally determined: Section 512(f) and an ownership dispute between former business partners. So, they started the CCB process. It took 13 steps/documents to complete. Oppenheimer Decl. ¶

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

By defining purpose only as licensing image of Prince—use in a well-structured conventionalized market—the majority gets to be dismissive of the dissent; it doesn’t matter how much Warhol contributed b/c he created a substantially similar image which is now competing with her photograph. We don’t even get into the market stuff.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Trademarks perform the following functions- Trademark or logo helps identify the goods and services easily: A trademark serves as a means of identification for a certain brand, corporation, or other entity, allowing it to be clearly distinguished from the other brands on the market. This will prevent any third party from using their mark.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

After an eventful week, here is our recap of its top IP developments. Case Summaries Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing v. The Respondent operates his business through two incorporated entities and claims ownership of the trademark via the permitted use by the two incorporated entities.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

But socially valuable innovations can be difficult to marketize/commodify. Restrict derivative right to adaptations/forms of representations that change medium, not works in same primary market. Looking at post-1978, 9 th , 2d, and 6 th Cir (Motown) and SCt; copying and use without license. Acuff-Rose), or is it worse?

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

This judgment concerned the classification of payments under end-user license agreements (EULA). CRI Events Private Limited [Delhi High Court]. The second suit was filed by IPRS and PPL against an event management company for broadcasting music without authorization. Engineering Analysis Centre for Excellence Pvt.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

In the event of assignment of rights, any person wishing to legally record a film would have to additionally obtain written permission from the author aside from the permissions already needed from the present copyright owner. She then uses this as the basis for claiming relaxations from the barriers to registrability of such marks.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5] Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. Scenario 2: Protecting Novel Designs by Patent. ” [8].

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