IP Law 360

APRIL 25, 2024

A company registered in New Jersey that sells nail polish has failed to persuade a federal appeals court to let it move ahead with its trade secrets case in a Chicago federal court against its former business partners in China until first resolving an ownership dispute "lurking just beneath the surface."

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 1, 2024

the ownership disputes in India and the U.K. 2021] EWHC 293 (IPEC)[8] Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The post Copyright Ownership: Exploring Employer-Employee Relationship first appeared on IPLF. This is quite the picture of how the Indian copyright laws are treating the employees who try to become such exceptional creators.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 13, 2024

“In assessing a generative AI product, it is critical to understand issues of data ownership and privacy.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

District Judge James Selna granted a motion for sanctions after finding that ConsumerDirect fraudulently represented its ownership of unregistered trademarks while obtaining a preliminary injunction in U.S. On November 8, a Central California jury entered a verdict awarding $3.9 The verdict comes weeks after U.S.

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IP Law 360

MAY 8, 2023

The rise of generative AI has created copyright and ownership challenges in creative industries, but contractual agreements, intellectual property law and AI-specific regulations can be used to address these issues, says Kimiya Shams at Devialet.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The proliferation of AI-derived and processed data in the era of big data is occurring against a complex backdrop of legal frameworks governing ownership of and responsibilities with regard to that data. In this part, they will discuss the complex legal backdrop governing this emerging area, including potential implications for business.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

A bipartisan pair of Senators have proposed the “ Pride in Patent Ownership Act.” ” The premise is that if you own a patent, you should be proud to own the patent — and actually record your ownership interest.

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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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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. research would remain his own property and not be subject to the invention agreement.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Gutman — which held that ownership of social media accounts must be resolved using traditional property law analysis — will guide employers and employees alike in future cases, and underscores the importance of express agreements in establishing ownership of social media accounts, says Joshua Glasgow at Phillips Lytle.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 30, 2024

In addition, concerns have been raised regarding the authenticity and possession of the artwork, the involvement of the artist, and the authorship and ownership of its copyright in relation to the integration of artificial intelligence into the artistic process. Hence, generating copyright ownership opportunities for human contributors.

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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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The TTABlog

MAY 15, 2024

The Board ruled that the band was entitled to challenge the registration, had not abandoned the mark, and had proved its claim of ownership of the mark and likelihood of confusion based on its prior use of the same mark for the same services. The Plimsouls v. Edward David Munoz , Cancellation No.

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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 and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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]. Indian Framework. Committee CLC. CONCLUSION.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws. Of note, in DRG Inc.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

New York state recently amended Labor Law Section 203-f, codifying a hurdle for employers who seek to claim ownership over an employee's inventions. The law, which is similar to laws enacted in other states[1], has three significant impacts.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 31, 2023

On May 16, 2023, the Federal Circuit denied a petition for a writ of mandamus to direct the Board to vacate an institution decision based on stock ownership of an administrative patent judges (“APJ”) in In re Centripetal Networks, LLC, No. 2023-127, 2023 U.S. LEXIS 11895 (Fed. May 16, 2023). By: Jones Day

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 25, 2022

If the parties decide to work together, they will most likely enter into a services agreement outlining their respective rights and obligations, including intellectual property (IP) ownership and commercialization rights. Occasionally, parties operating solely under an NDA may start collaborating in a way that’s not fully.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 3, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office establishes that inventions created using artificial intelligence may be patentable if a human also significantly contributes, but ownership and legal rights in these types of patents are different issues that require further assessment, says Karl Gross at Leydig Voit. Recently published guidance from the U.S.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2022

Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh? Ownership of IP In a recent curious example, Spice DAO paid $3 million for an original 1975 copy of the Dune bible by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Such ownership sometimes arises “automatically” when a work has been created in the course of employment.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The post Joint trademark “ownership”: Tea for two? Originally published January 25, 2016. It’s been almost ten years ago since the March 2006 blog post, which got a bit of play as it turned out, in which I expressed a. Best of 2016) appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IP.com

JUNE 23, 2022

The post Examining the Legality of NFT Ownership Through an IP Lens appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics. New technologies are occasionally so innovative that they enjoy their first months and years relatively unregulated. Even the internet, a decades-old technology, is imperfectly regulated by industry, state, and federal.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 18, 2023

At the same time, the law has struggled to address novel issues stemming from social media—specifically as it pertains to intellectual-property ownership. Companies regularly introduce new social media platforms to the marketplace and seek new ways to utilize such platforms to advance their businesses. By: Goodwin

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IP Law 360

MARCH 20, 2023

million, saying on Friday it appeared the litigation is an "attempt to exploit open questions of ownership in the still-developing NFT field." A New York federal judge dismissed a Canadian entity's lawsuit claiming to own Quantum, a digital artwork certified by a non-fungible token that Sotheby's sold for $1.47

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 11, 2024

One fight that frequently results in protracted, expensive, and bitter legal disputes is over ownership of a band or group name. The world of music often sees as much drama in the courtroom as on the stage. By: ArentFox Schiff

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IP Law 360

JUNE 6, 2023

A Florida federal judge declined to wade into a dispute over the ownership of a company created by self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright and a deceased computer forensics expert, instead saying the court's role is to merely help the company collect a $143 million judgment against Wright.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 20, 2023

Firstly, work generated from AI with input, in this case command is given by the human or programmer and get output out of it with the help of their creative and innovative ideas hence the ownership and authorship can be ascribed to the human who has given innovative inputs to the AI. Issues There are many issues in granting ownership to AI.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 18, 2022

From ownership in general to copyright and patent law, the answer is unclear. Who owns the creations of an artificial intelligence? By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This standards-based statute is followed by a series of express rules, including the following on ownership: He shall also disqualify himself in the following circumstances: He knows that he, individually or as a fiduciary, or his spouse … has a financial interest … in a party to the proceeding. 28 U.S.C. § 4th 1025 (Fed.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. the “lion’s share” cases), and we see that the notion of what an “author” even is is highly nuanced.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Second Circuit partially revived a trademark suit on Wednesday against a "Say Yes to the Dress" bridal designer, vacating a lower court's order modification giving JLM Couture sole ownership of social media accounts created by the designer after finding ownership of the accounts wasn't properly assessed.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Oriakhogba’s work is a timely reflection on approaches to navigate the complex terrain of using copyright laws to address issues of ownership, control and management inherent in or arising from repatriated (and/or "should-be-repatriated") cultural heritage materials. See South Africa's Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2021

Carolyn Toto recently joined host Joel Simon on his Industry Insights podcast continue the discussion of non-fungible tokens, related IP ownership issues and more. Joel Simon: Our discussion today is part of a series on non-fungible tokens, known as NFTs.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 17, 2023

While the value of big data is beyond dispute, its management introduces intricate legal questions, particularly concerning data ownership, licensing, and the protection of derived data. This article, the first installment in a two-part series, outlines challenges and opportunities presented by AI-processed and IoT-generated data.

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IAM Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

Therefore, employers are advised to take a number of steps to avoid disruptive issues over the ownership of intellectual property created by their employees. Employees are not necessarily always renumerated for their patented or patentable inventions.

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