LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

In 2002, Mark Chester, an engineer at Koso America, Inc. (“Koso”), participated in a project to create a new valve for a hydraulic actuator. REXA argued that Chester and MEA’s actuator incorporated and disclosed confidential designs contained within the prototype Koso developed in 2002. ” REXA, Inc.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

DESIGNS The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG Düsseldorf) sent a referral to the CJEU (Case C-684/21) on the role of alternative designs in the examination of Article 8(1) of Regulation 6/2002. Background, analysis and comments are provided by GuestKat Anastasiia Kyrylenko.

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IPilogue

JULY 20, 2022

In Apple’s case, the mark “ Think Different ” was used extensively till 2002, when its use mostly faded with the launch of the MacBook. The decision effectively makes the mark “Think Different” fall in the public domain and is closely preceded by chatter about Apple’s unethical trademark practices. What’s next?

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

This decreased reliance and, in some cases, total abandonment of traditional copying is shown in examples from several universities across the country: Mount Saint Vincent University has not sold print course packs for the last 10+ years, except for occasional material that is in the public domain. between 2002 and 2021.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

While the Designs Act, 2002, recognised protection for GUIs, the Indian Patents Office has been reluctant to grant registration to GUIs. The subject design is original and has never been in the public domain. There has been quite a bit of debate around the registrability of GUIs under industrial design law in India.

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Intepat

MAY 4, 2023

After the period of protection, the inventions and information surrounding it fall into the public domain. Apart from this, the public disclosure at the time of application allows others to build upon this preexisting knowledge. Parallelly, competition law works in tandem and “protects competition, not competitors.”

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

To ensure more legal clarity and make Russia more attractive for investors, these laws were amended in 2002 and 2003 , respectively, thereby introducing a national regime of IP rights exhaustion. The statue in the picture in the lower middle is the work of József Somogy and the picture is by Burrows, who has put it into the public domain.

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