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Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law!

SpicyIP

We are very happy to announce the results of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law! Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. The annual essay competition was earlier announced on 14 May 2024, on the occasion of Prof. Basheers 48th birth anniversary.

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Virtual Worlds, Real Rules: EU Parliament’s First Take on IP in the Metaverse

IP Watchdog

This is the question the European Parliament addresses for the first time in its Resolution on policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company commercial and intellectual property law issues, published on October 17, 2024, in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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USPTO Officially Withdraws Terminal Disclaimer Proposal

IP Watchdog

The withdrawal was expected, with panelists at IPWatchdog’s Life Sciences Masters Program in October predicting based on USPTO Director Kathi Vidal’s comments at the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Annual Meeting that the rule was unlikely to be finalized before her departure from the Office.

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(SpicyIP Tidbit) “Horn OK Please” Copyright Dispute: BHC Grants Interim Injunction Against the Venue Owner SAI, Leaving Questions About the Organizers Unaddressed.

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Her passion lies in understanding the intersections of AI regulation and intellectual property rights. This is not the first time a government body has found itself on the wrong side of intellectual property law. Her previous post can be accessed here. ] In Anand Patwardhan v.

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The Implications of Intellectual Property Laws in the Tourism Industry

IP and Legal Filings

Intellectual property rights are statutory rights given to creators, inventors, and artists. The purpose of Intellectual Property Rights is to ensure that sufficient recognition is given to the creator’s work and skills, subsequently stimulating innovation and creativity in the country. billion USD to the GDP. Conclusion.

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Protecting Application Programming Interfaces (API) Through Intellectual Property Laws

Kashishipr

Intellectual Property Protection over an API. There has been a long-standing debate about the different modes of safeguarding an API through the laws on patents, copyright, and trade secrets. Patents do not govern computer programs, per se. We shall now examine each of them separately. Patents and APIs.

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ChatUSG: What Companies Doing Business with the Government Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Some of these issues are specific to doing business with the government and others are broader issues that all companies face when using AI, and generative AI (GAI) in particular. As a result, many companies are developing corporate policies on employee use of AI. If you have not done so yet, now is a good time to get started.