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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Patently-O

MAY 22, 2024

Whether a present assignment of future inventions automatically conveys legal title to those inventions when the inventions come into being, or instead merely conveys equitable title and requires a separate written instrument to transfer legal ownership. Here, this California based contract is governed by California law of contracts.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Governments all over the world are deeply concerned about the need for corporate transparency. Beneficial Ownership. A beneficiary owner is defined as a natural person who owns or has control over a legal entity, such as a company, trust, or foundation, according to the OECD’s Beneficial Ownership Implementation Toolkit. [1].

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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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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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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

government will soon require many businesses, Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs), and Corporation owners, to disclose ownership with a new report called BOI. BOI report stands for Beneficial Ownership Information Report. This requirement by the federal government intends to curb [.] Business owners, get ready!

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

However, the success of any tokenization project depends on the laws applicable to the asset being tokenized and the terms and conditions governing the project. Blockchain-based transfers also make it easier to track ownership and automate the transfer of assets, leading to more liquidity, transparency, and accessibility. Background.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 25, 2024

A Pennsylvania federal judge said Monday that no copyright dispute exists between the son of a music producer who recorded interviews with rock icons such as Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger and a man who sold the collection, reasoning that the son had no right to the recordings because they were never registered for copyrights with the federal 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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IP Intelligence

MAY 10, 2021

However, we will focus on an argument advanced by Bio-Rad regarding a co-ownership defense. In particular, Bio-Rad argued that while working at Bio-Rad (or its predecessor company), the inventors had ideas that contributed to the post-employment inventions at issue, which required assignment of their co-ownership interest to Bio-Rad.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 15, 2023

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the key laws and regulations that govern businesses operating within the DIFC, creating an optimal environment for financial services and related industries to thrive. DIFC Arbitration Law: The DIFC Arbitration Law governs arbitral disputes subject to the jurisdiction of the DIFC.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

The outcome of the consultation is supposed to inform the government with respect to a potential legislative reform of the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA). Ownership for patent inventions. With respect to the CGW provision the government has decided to make no changes to the law.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Study of ToS is crucial because in most cases, pending the resolution of litigation or novel legislation, they will effectively be what governs the rights of users and creators. Is it a proper copyright ownership or an assigned license? Bard , Simplified and CLOVA Studio also assigned ownership to users. user, service)?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

At international level, Berne Convention was the first major convention established in 1886 to govern copyright, and USA became a signatory to Berne in 1989. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The post The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access first appeared on IPLF. Zafar Mahfooz Nomani, 2023).

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2024

Yet the law that governs ownership and use of architectural works—principally, copyright law—often is not well known even among seasoned veterans of development and construction. Many professionals in construction and property development are well versed in contract law, safety regulations, insurance law, and the like.

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43(B)log

MARCH 31, 2023

Copyright ownership: At this stage, the court accepted as true the allegation that Darger did not gift his works to the Lerners. Given that the disputed transfer was pre-1978, it was governed by the common law. “A A transfer of a common law copyright did not need to be in writing.”

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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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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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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

This week in Washington IP events, the Senate IP Subcommittee convenes a hearing on Tuesday afternoon to debate the Pride in Patent Ownership Act, which would increase requirements on patent owners to disclose changes in patent ownership.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This week in Washington IP news, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding an Executive Business Meeting in which they will discuss the Pride in Patent Ownership Act, while several Senate subcommittees hold hearings related to American manufacturing, diversity in entrepreneurship, and increasing access to capital in underserved markets.

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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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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 Law 360

MAY 9, 2024

As companies collaborate to commercialize carbon capture technologies amid massive government investment under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a coherent intellectual property strategy is more important than ever, including proactively addressing and resolving questions about ownership of the technology, say Ashley Kennedy and James De (..)

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Nelligan Law

APRIL 22, 2024

In a bid to promote inclusive homeownership and accommodate diverse religious beliefs, the Canadian government is venturing into the realm of Islamic finance. The government is exploring avenues to broaden the availability of “Halal mortgages”.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

However, the appellate court seems to invalidate that six-factor test: “Determining he ownership of social-media accounts is indeed a relatively novel exercise, but that novelty does not warrant a new six-factor test.” The next step is to determine whether ownership ever transferred to another party.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

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.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

200, passed in 1980, streamlined and relaxed federal government policy regarding patent rights to inventions developed with federal grant money. Prior to Bayh-Dole, some federal agencies had patent policies which required grant recipients to give ownership of resulting patents to the government. United States , No.

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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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