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Book Review: Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature

The IPKat

But don’t stop reading if your passion lies along other branches of IP law, because this volume has plenty to say about copyright, trademarks, and more. The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law. yet this relationship has received very little attention.

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Safeguarding Personal Names

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Many companies exploit renowned person identities without obtaining proper consent, leading intellectual property experts to advocate for the safeguarding of image rights through registration under Intellectual Property laws.

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MYTH VS. REALITY: CAN YOU PATENT AN IDEA?

Intepat

A patent can be granted when the invention meets certain criteria: Novelty: it must be new and not available in the public domain. and in a way that it must be new and not available in the public domain. Industrial Applicability : there has to be a practical application to the invention.

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Emoji and World of Intellectual Property

IIPRD

Trademark Law. The basic requirement is that a mark shall be distinguishable, non-descriptive, and even not identical or similar to any existing trademark for any mark to be recognized by the Trademark Law. Conclusion.

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Dilution of Fictional Characters: A Remedy to Trademark Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction In the conventional sense, trademark law requires the mark to essentially be a word or a logo. However, there have been significant advancements in the interpretations of trademark law over the years, with one such advancement being protection of fictional characters under trademark law.

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Free Mickey? (Don’t Be Goofy)

LexBlog IP

January 1, 2024, brought numerous hangovers along with an unprecedented amount of media attention to intellectual property law. Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. But not so fast.

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Is the Happiest Place on Earth About to Lose its Smiling Face?

LexBlog IP

Disney should also be strategically liberal in its lawsuits—both under trademark law and under derivative works. While copyright protection expires, trademark protection does not. ” Disney has trademark protection for Mickey Mouse. ” Disney has trademark protection for Mickey Mouse.