IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

During a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee today, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) were the only senators present to question the Pride in Patent Ownership Act’s (PPOA’s) approach to penalizing patent owners who fail to record accurate ownership information within 90 days after the issuance date.

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SpicyIP

JULY 1, 2021

In this post, I look at the question of the government’s copyright ownership in State Board textbooks, and its implications on access to knowledge and education. Government’s Role as Publisher and Copyright Owner. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) was established by the government in 1961.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 14, 2025

In reality, IP is a complex legal landscape governed by factors like value, ownership, jurisdiction and timing. Many assume that once they create something, they automatically own the rights everywhere, or that patents and trademarks offer blanket protection. By: International Lawyers Network

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

Access, within the field of copyright law, is a question of ownership, authorisation or exception. Ownership is (mostly) straightforward as one may either author and own a work by law or acquire ownership through the operation of law or through payment or relevant contractual processes. to best realise the right to research.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 22, 2023

It is critic al for the government to be forward-thinking. The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistan ce Council, a government department, is reported to have provided INR 70 to 100 crores to Gennova Pharmaceuticals for its development of an mRNA vaccine for Covid. There is therefore a need to make the technology more accessible.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The next phase of blockchain technology is focussed on bringing such scarcity and uniqueness to the internet, allowing for the ownership and collection of unique digital assets. The question that arises with the development of such technology is regarding the legal governance of the same. Licensing and ownership: What’s the catch?

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

In July 2022, the Governments of Nigeria and Germany executed a Joint Declaration regarding the repatriation to Nigeria of ancient Benin bronzes looted during the colonial era. His work alludes to important questions about the propriety of embodying ownership and control of cultural heritage materials in a federal government agency (i.e.,

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Last September, a bipartisan pair of Senators introduced the Pride in Patent Ownership Act, which, if passed, would add greatly-needed transparency to our patent system. The legislation would require patent owners to disclose their identity to the U.S.

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The IPKat

APRIL 28, 2023

Does EU law govern joint ownership of IP rights, including the exercise thereof by each and individual joint owner? Legea-branded jersey. Rather, it means that this is an unharmonized matter which, as a result, falls within the scope of national law. Hence, this is also a matter for national law to regulate.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 18, 2025

For space, defense, and industrial technology companies, securing government contracts is often a major growth milestone. But without a clear IP strategy, working with agencies like NASA or the Department of Defense (DoD) can put a startups long-term technology ownership at risk. By: Fenwick & West LLP

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2022

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is at legal odds with Moderna, claiming that Moderna neglected to add three NIH scientists to Moderna’s patent application on a principal COVID-19 vaccine.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This week in Other Barks and Bites: the Government Accountability Office published its report on third-party funding for patent litigation showing mixed responses to proposed disclosure requirements; the Second Circuit affirms a lower ruling that copyright ownership claims to George Clinton sound recordings are time-barred; the U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2025

Recently in an interview with Thomas Piketty, he has argued that ultra rich in India must be taxed more to address rising inequality and raise more resources for Government. Wealthy individuals may choose to move their assets to jurisdictions with lower or no heritage taxes, resulting in a loss of taxation for the Indian government.

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The IPKat

JULY 17, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding copyright ownership of Nigeria’s re-adopted national anthem. Is the national anthem in the public domain? I don’t think so.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

As such, the United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, 1967 (Outer Space Treaty) specifically establishes that outer space, and the celestial bodies present in it cannot be subject to any national jurisdiction.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Copyright governs the rights of creators over their digital works, ensuring they are protected from unauthorized use. Issues of ownership, counterfeit goods, and infringements are rising concerns, threatening the sustainability of creativity in the metaverse. However, determining ownership in this space is far from straightforward.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The UK government has published its highly anticipated consultation on copyright and AI. The focus of the consultation is the use of copyright works in AI model training, however, the government is also seeking views on copyright ownership of AI generated output.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

The emergence of social networking sites has presented new difficulties for the government in defending the owners’ copyrights. The need for copyright regulations governing social networking sites has been recognised by the political community in recent years.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

Before 1980, federally funded inventions were strangled under laborious case by case reviews to determine whether ownership would be waived from government agencies to the inventing organization. And under the guise of increasing domestic manufacturing, they’re well on their way to reasserting control.

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2022

This sentiment plays into inherent feelings of property ownership and control over your property —in this case, your intellectual property (“IP”. But what are the legal underpinnings that tie Halsey’s (and other artists’) ownership and control of their music? The short answer, as usual in law, is that it depends.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

Intellectual Property Rights are the bundle of rights given to the owner or creator of IP by the virtue of law that governs that specific IP. These rights include exclusive ownership benefits and rights against any misuse, alteration, modification etc. Trademarks are governed by the Trade Marks Act, 1999 in India.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 27, 2025

New Categories of IP Protection: Perhaps the development of specific rules governing IPRs of AI-generated content can help to shed light on ownership and cases of infringement.

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Cogency Global

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What this is : Entity management is the practice of keeping a n organization's core vital entity information in a system that serves as a single source of truth to manage ownership, management, formation, governance, compliance and other critical matters.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

The idea fairly simple, since an NFT is basically a contract signed in the blockchain, combine that with Safe Creative’s own database of works to enable the NFTs to convey copyright information including ownership and licensing. It’s a simple idea, but one that hasn’t taken off yet. One potential use is Safe Creative’s.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 24, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Thursday, May 23, affirmed a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) decision that found a party with only a minority ownership interest in the owner of allegedly infringed marks did not have standing to seek cancellation of the marks.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The attention of this SpecialKat was recently drawn to the decision of the Nigerian Court of Appeal in Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd regarding the question of authorship and ownership of copyright in photographs used for advertising purposes and the issue of image rights in Nigeria.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 25, 2023

Understanding the Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule by Josh Slovin The New Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rule: A Step towards Greater Transparency in US Businesses Privately-owned companies in the United States have long enjoyed a great degree of privacy about their internal affairs, particularly as to the identities of their owners.

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Patently-O

MAY 30, 2024

United States does focus on counterfeiting coins as well as implied contracts with the Federal Government. The Portland Mint then sued the government in the Court of Federal Claims, arguing it was entitled to payment for the genuine portion of the coins under the terms of the regulation and an implied contract. Siemens-Lungren Co. ,

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Cogency Global

MARCH 8, 2024

What this means : At present, the government is enjoined from enforcing the CTA’s beneficial ownership reporting requirements against the specific plaintiffs in the case.

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

This includes specifying whether the creator of the prompts, i.e. the prompt engineers, retains ownership or if the rights are transferred to another party, such as the employer or clients, as the case may be. Also, contracts should include intellectual property clauses that address the ownership and usage rights of the prompts.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Gaon argued that government involvement is key for creating necessary infrastructure for facilitating data access, specifically in gathering the relevant solution-implementing groups. Pio, as a platform advisor from Microsoft, endorsed this solution as ownership of the IP also comes with difficult questions about transparency, bias, and uses.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

On the application, Thaler listed Creativity Machine as the author of the work and indicated himself to be the claimant, with a transfer statement explaining he acquired ownership of the work because of his “ownership of the machine.”.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . user ownership of digital assets)?

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

On November 23, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. Copyright Office published a joint notice of inquiry in the Federal Register announcing that the two agencies would be collaborating on a study regarding intellectual property legal issues related to digital assets known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

In India, the Copyright Act, 1957 governs the registration and protection of creative works. Evidence of Ownership : A registered copyright serves as proof of ownership in case of disputes or infringements. This certificate serves as evidence of your copyright ownership and is valid for life plus 60 years.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

In India, the Copyright Act of 1957 provides the legal framework that governs these rights. In such cases, ownership may be attributed to the publisher or another designated entity. Legal Ambiguities: The lack of a specific legal framework governing orphan works can lead to legal ambiguities.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s an unofficial copyright registration service that primarily serves European countries, where formal registration with a government copyright office is not required, but proof of ownership is often still desired. Safe Creative is a third party non-repudiation service. The approach they take to NFTs is fairly simple.

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