Garrigues Blog

JULY 27, 2021

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published its World Intellectual Property Indicators Report 2020 , which contains valuable information on changes in intellectual property indicators and trends worldwide, from 2018 to 2019, as we discussed in this post. Industrial designs. million copies, followed by Japan (677.7

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Compendium: Chapter 1200, sections 1201-1202. In particular, Section 1213.2

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This year, for the first time since 2018, we will be open, and we couldn’t be more excited. This prompted Florence Stoker to sue, a case she won handily with an order that all copies of the film be destroyed. However, at least one copy made it to the United States, where the original book was already in public domain.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In the verdict form the jury stated that Defendants had not proven fair use, the Plaintiff (Alexander) should receive $3,750 USD for actual losses from the Defendant’s use of the tattoo designs, and did not answer as to profits can be attributed to the Plaintiff for use of the tattoos. Citing Muhammad-Ali v. Final Call, Inc.,

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Also, many have design errors due to their age. Nearly all copies of the film were destroyed, but an American copy survived, as Dracula was already public domain in the United States. Creating a Fake Plagiarism Story : In September 2018, I decided to try something a bit different.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Relying on Applicant's own advertising touting the design of its knife blade and its ease of manufacture (yielding lower cost), the Board affirmed Examining Attorney Caroline L. Moran's Section 2(e)(5) functionality refusal of the design of a "serration pattern" on the blade of a knife (shown below). See TTABlog comment below. -

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. The wranglings caused the registrant’s sticker to be removed from Amazon for a total of 44 days in 2018 across several different incidents.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Claimant launched its dining table in 2018 as part of its ‘Palais Royal’ furniture collection, which also won numerous awards. The design was largely attributable to functional and technical considerations and based on simple variations of previously known designs that are part of the general design repertoire.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Though he clarified that they were not “direct copies”, he claimed there were similarities in style, color choices and techniques used that were overwhelming to him. In a 2018 interview, he openly admitted that “All my ideas are stolen anyway,” which many of his fellow artists saw as an open confession to plagiarism.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Fashion designers and artists showcase their creative genius through conceptual fashion shows and apparel collections. In India, as of 2018, the industry was valued at over five trillion INR and is expected to reach about 223 billion dollars by 2021. Design act and its importance in the fashion industry. dollars in the USA.

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

This right can be related to music, a book, a logo, any art work, work related to science, designs of the industries. It was decided by the Supreme Court in the case that the cinematographic films do have the copy right it was on of the issue in the case of Yash Raj Films vs Sri Sri Ganesh Productions. [1] 2] Novartis v. Cipla, I.A.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This stance is not appreciated by all rightsholders and in 2018 the service was taken to court over the issue. In a complaint filed at a federal court in California , Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs argued that even after multiple warnings, Cloudflare failed to terminate sites operated by counterfeit vendors.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

June 2018: National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (NITI Aayog) Recognising that India has a significant stake in the AI revolution, the then Hon’ble Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech for 2018-19 directed the NITI Aayog to establish the National Program on AI.

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IPilogue

APRIL 22, 2022

ViiV Healthcare (“ViiV”), majority-owned by GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”), claims that Gilead’s bictegravir (sold under the brand name “Biktarvy”) directly copied its dolutegravir’s formulation under U.S. Under this doctrine, the inventor could not then sue another for using the three-wheeled or four-wheeled design.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

21, Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 ), New Zealand ( section 5(2)(a), Copyright Act 1994 ), South Africa (section 2(h), Copyright Act 1978 ) and the UK ( Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 9(3) ). We will keep the law under review and could amend, replace or remove protection in future if the evidence supports it.”

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Musical Arts, designs, pictures, software, material, and many other sorts of Intellectual Property can be transferred using an e-commerce platform in the digital age. There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc. Singhal Publications 2018). [14] 379 (2022). [6]

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 15, 2021

” The emphasis of the case was whether the design of the Defender had “inherent or acquired distinctiveness.” Another car company, ARES Design, announced its plans to bring a modern take on the classic 250 GTO model in 2018. The protection only applies in the UK. Registration took two years.

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Intepat

MARCH 16, 2021

? Under the WIPO-INDIA Cooperation agreement, Indian Patent Office (IPO) started the WIPO Digital Access Services (DAS) with effect from 31st January, 2018 for priority documents submitted by the applicants from participating Patent offices. No requirement to pay for multiple copies of paper priority documents.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2022

In 2018, broadcaster DISH Network sued the people behind pirate IPTV service SetTV for illegally obtaining the company’s broadcasting from its satellite service and redistributing them online. On June 4, 2018, the court issued a temporary restraining order against the SetTV defendants, which included measures to freeze their assets.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On June 10, 2018, Ms. Dorland will need to show: (1) ownership of a valid copyright, and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original. Dorland originally posted on Facebook.? . Dorland registered her donor letter with the U.S. Copyright Office. In T-Peg Inc. v Vermont Timber Works Inc. , 3d 97 , Lynch J.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

The software was rewritten in C# and became InSPC v2 in 2017/2018. The UK proceedings meanwhile were commenced in September 2019 alleging that Mr Aughton copied or otherwise made use of the PQ software ProSPC when he wrote InSPC v1 and v2 (either by use of automatic translation software, or manually, or a combination of the two).

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2024

Yonay’s widow and son launched the legal action in June 2022 after Paramount Pictures released the blockbuster sequel Top Gun: Maverick without renegotiating a license to adapt Yonay’s “Top Guns” article, despite a 2018 copyright termination notice served by his heirs. As always, I’d love to know what you think.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The plaintiff, NOC, is a teenager who has copyrighted designs in hand-drawn dots that Target allegedly copied in the clothing line. Target and NOC had some direct dealings, including bringing NOC to Target’s headquarters in July 2018. Case Citation : Cooley v. Target Corp. 2022 WL 4540091 (D.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Challenges Under IP Law Dark patterns are deceptive or manipulative design elements or techniques used in user interfaces to trick users into taking actions they may not want to take. For instance, when a person copies the unique packaging design of a popular energy drink, it confuses consumers and potentially infringes the trade dress.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 4, 2021

Crepini allegedly sold its egg white thins products in at least three different packaging styles from early 2018 through 2019. Egglife is seeking damages for trade dress infringement and false designation of origin in violation of 15 U.S.C. Per the Complaint, Crepini owns U.S. Trademark Registration Nos.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

ASPAC also filed an access to information request through which it hoped to obtain “copies of all documents involving the MPA and the use of the Ether platform.” ” Among other details, ASPAC expressed deep concern that the deal with the MPA prioritized the protection of foreign movies over those created in Brazil.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

Pirate site brands, including 123movies, Putlocker, Kisscartoon, 123movieshub, and GoMovies, were suddenly recognized all over the world, despite in many cases having been copied from ‘pirate’ brands already in existence. “Do not worry, all the data will remain the same, the old staff will keep supporting the server.”

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Nepal Privacy Act was passed in September 2018. An NFT and the corresponding permission to use, copy, or display the asset can be bought and sold in digital markets. Although the artwork is “owned” by an NFT owner, it is still open to downloading, copying, and sharing. Image source:Freepic]. Conclusion.

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

A very popular design of one of these boots is based on a traditional Spanish riding boot - the Regina boot or Heeled Regina - which looks like the below (and for a closer look click here ). Although their products have the "country" look and feel about them, the products aren't designed for serious country wear.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 4, 2021

Regardless, this can be remedied by ensuring that the owner provides proof of the existence of the right by way of a registration certificate or a certified copy. This has been amended by the Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Amendment Rules, 2018. [2] Photo by dashu83. 2] Circular No.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

In 2018, the defendants set up ‘Only Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience’ (‘OFDE’) in which actors adopted the appearance, mannerisms and catchphrases of the original OFAH characters. In addition, the OFAH works had been copied for the purpose of commercial exploitation, which was likely to affect the sales of tickets for The OFAH Musical.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Delhi High Court clarifies that for “lack of novelty” to be used as a defence against a Design infringement claim, the lack of novelty is to be seen as on the date of registration of design and not thereafter. KTTADI and KHADI are prima facie similar, rules Delhi High Court.

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IP Whiteboard

AUGUST 30, 2020

(Left: Chris Black’s Jarrangini (buffalo), 2018 © Chris Black/Copyright Agency, 2020. According to 2018 research, one in five Australians has a tattoo. [1] From some general Google searching, it seems common for people to download pictures of works they like and bring them to their tattooist to copy. Why does it matter?

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Some of McFree’s critical videos use copyrighted material owned by Watch Tower so in 2018, the group filed an application for a DMCA subpoena which asked a court to compel YouTube/Google to hand over his details. ” He also notes that following a Watch Tower DMCA notice in 2018, the Dubtown video was removed by YouTube.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 16, 2021

Of these crimes, Intellectual Property (IP) theft is one of the many, which involves stealing copyright, patents, industrial designs, etc., The 2018 Netwrix IT Risks Report found that small and medium businesses are even more vulnerable to IP theft and cyber espionage than enterprises; however, their losses go unnoticed.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Sean Flynn and I first introduced the database in white papers in 2017 and 2018 , which focused on the openness of the various copyright exceptions. For instance, the category for libraries includes the question of whether the exception allowed unauthorized reproduction to provide copies for other libraries. Panorama Right. Conclusion.

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