The TTABlog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled seven (7) oral hearings for the month of January 2024. January 4, 2024 - 11 AM: In re Kattina V. January 11, 2024 - 11:30 AM: In re Loops, LLC , Serial No. January 11, 2024 - 11:30 AM: In re Loops, LLC , Serial No. January 25, 2024 - 1 PM: Instagram LLC v.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Image from here On January 10, 2023 the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) published the proposed Trade Marks (1st Amendment) Rules, 2024.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is amending the rules of practice in patent cases by creating a separate space for individuals with educational backgrounds in design-related disciplines to qualify to practice before the USPTO in the limited capacity of design patent application proceedings.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Earlier this month, the High Tech Law Institute hosted the 2024 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property ( WIPIP ), featuring nearly 90 presentations and over 110 attendees from four continents. This juxtaposition leaves me with a bittersweet memory of WIPIP 2024. The photo album. My memoriam for Dan.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Join us for the 2024 North Carolina CLE Institute, Hosted by Williams Mullen, a virtual legal education program designed to provide timely legal guidance and help you to secure your CLE credits. By: Williams Mullen

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43(B)log

MARCH 21, 2024

The Roundtable is designed to be a forum for the discussion of current trademark, false advertising, and right of publicity scholarship, covering a range of methodologies, topics, and perspectives. The Roundtable will be held on Friday, October 18, 2024. Submissions must be of full drafts in Microsoft word format.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine—but you’re not alone: An avalanche of copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. public domain on January 1, 2024—and that’s a shame. However, as always, Public Domain Day 2024 will be accompanied by lots of caveats, asterisks and traps for the unwary.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is amending the rules of practice in patent cases by creating a separate space for individuals with educational backgrounds in design-related disciplines to qualify to practice before the USPTO in the limited capacity of design patent application proceedings.

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2024

The date was designated in 2000 by the World Intellectual Property Organization’s member states, coinciding with the day the WIPO Convention came into force (April 26, 1970), with the aim to increase awareness and understanding of IP. The third image, by WIPO , is based on patent data from PatentSight, January 2024.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2024

An ever-increasing volume of lawsuits involving the NCAA highlights the list of sports and betting cases to watch in 2024, including battles over athletes' right to compensation for their name, image and likeness and their fight to collectively bargain and be designated as employees.

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Sander Law

JULY 30, 2023

2024 CIPO fee increases The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is applying a one-time fee increase of 25% to most of its fees for trademarks, patents, copyright and industrial design registrations. Canadian Industrial Design application - $430.30 --> $567.00 Avoid the 2024 CIPO fee increases.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

Seemingly to further these amendments, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) published the Draft Patent (2nd Amendment) Rules, 2024 on January 3, 2024. However, it does not clearly define their designation or qualification leading to substantial ambiguity.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Changes to design patent validity law may be coming thanks to LKQ v. On February 5, 2024, in a rare en banc hearing, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit asked tough questions on the foundations of the standard for design patent obviousness under Rosen/Durling. GM, a case that we’ve been tracking since April 2021.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Recently, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) published the proposed Trade Marks (1st Amendment) Rules, 2024 inviting comments on the proposed rules by February 09. However, much like the proposed Patent (2nd Amendment) Rules, 2024, the proposed Trade Mark Rules are marred with ambiguities.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

On February 5, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) held its en banc oral argument to reconsider the obviousness test for design patents. Listening to the argument, it became instantly clear that the designer’s voice was missing from the arguments of both parties.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2024

Our Legal Lens on the Unified Patent Court newsletter is designed to keep patent holders and legal departments well-informed. The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is revolutionizing the way patents are enforced in Europe, and McDermott’s intellectual property team is here to help you navigate this dynamic landscape.

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Managing IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Managing IP will host a ceremony in London on April 11 to reveal the winners of the EMEA Awards 2024

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

District Court judge in the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction enjoining California’s attorney general from enforcing California’s California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the CAADCA, or AB 2273). California’s governor signed the CAADCA into law a year ago, and it had been set to take effect on July 1, 2024.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

UPDATED 3/04/2024 On March 1, 2024, a lower Alabama federal court held that the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires certain businesses to file a BOI Report with FinCEN that includes information about their beneficial owners, is unconstitutional. Jeanne Vance (Shareholder) Jeff Pietsch (Shareholder) Anders L.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

On February 22, 2024, Artiva announced that the FDA has granted Fast Track designation to Artiva’s AlloNK (AB-101) for the treatment of lupus nephritis in combination with rituximab or obinutuzumab. Fred Aslan, M.D.,

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 27, 2023

On June 1, 2023, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) introduced amendments to fee schedules set out in the Patent Rules, Trademarks Regulations, Industrial Design Regulations, and Copyright Regulations and will take effect by January 1, 2024. By: Dickinson Wright

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 19, 2024

Gajewski, and Ivy Clarice Estoesta will present the webinar "2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends" on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. EST. Attendees will receive an advance copy of our Design Patents Year in Review report via email after the webinar concludes. Durkin, Deirdre M. Wells, Daniel A.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JANUARY 12, 2024

Day 2024 January 12, 2024 ASowah@doc.gov Fri, 01/12/2024 - 13:12 Hello everyone. Martin Luther King Day is a particularly special federal holiday, being the only one officially designated as a National Day of Service. Message from Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Patently-O

APRIL 20, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Seirus has petitioned for writ of certiorari in its long-running design patent dispute with Columbia Sportswear. 21, 2024) (question paraphrased). Columbia’s design patent claims an “ornamental design of a heat reflective material” as shown in the figures. Columbia Sportswear N.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

2024 Changes to International Trademark Classifications by Melanie Lane Understanding WIPO’s 2024 Nice Classification Changes: Impact on the USPTO’s §6.1 of 37 CFR Part 6, aligning it with the 12th edition, version 2024, of the Nice Classification published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2024

By decision of 24 January 2024 ( T-537/22 ), the General Court of the European Union (GC) confirmed the validity of the Registered Community Design (RCD) by Lego A/S (Lego) “Building blocks from a toy building set” by stating that an RCD is invalid only if all its features are excluded from protection. Lego appealed.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 4, 2024

UPDATED 3/04/2024 On March 1, 2024, a lower Alabama federal court held that the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires certain businesses to file a BOI Report with FinCEN that includes information about their beneficial owners, is unconstitutional. Jeanne Vance (Shareholder) Jeff Pietsch (Shareholder) Anders L.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

92075496 (January 14, 2024) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Michael B. California claimed that its ring design mark is commercially strong, but its evidence did not relate solely to the ring mark. The parties’ ring/circle designs do not look exactly the same, even though they feature the same shapes and are constructed similarly.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 28, 2024

Our Legal Lens on the Unified Patent Court newsletter is designed to keep patent holders and legal departments well-informed. The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is revolutionizing the way patents are enforced in Europe, and McDermott’s intellectual property team is here to help you navigate this dynamic landscape.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

design patents. They both are part of ongoing sagas—one that has been pending for a decade and one that will be heard en banc in February 2024. In 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued three opinions regarding U.S. The three 2023 opinions are Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. LKQ Corporation v.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 26, 2023

On June 1, 2023, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) introduced amendments to fee schedules set out in the Patent Rules, Trademarks Regulations, Industrial Design Regulations, and Copyright Regulations and will take effect by January 1, 2024. as of January 1, 2024. to $555.00 to $225.00 Her bio can be viewed here.

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The TTABlog

MAY 15, 2023

Given the statutory and regulatory timeline for setting and adjusting fees, we anticipate any fee changes will be implemented on or around November 2024. Our proposal also increases aggregate revenue through fees designed to improve processing efficiencies and rebalance the fee structure to recover aggregate costs.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 1, 2023

“[P]laintiff pled six causes of action: fraudulent notice under §512(f) of the DMCA, false designation of origin under 15 U.S.C. “Bungie’s claims for false designation of origin, business defamation and violation of the Washington Consumer Protection Acts are legally and factually inapplicable to this case.”

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CoCal IP Law Institute

APRIL 19, 2024

Recent Developments at the European Patent Office and an Update on Design and Trademark Protection in the United Kingdom Please join us Monday, April 22, 2024 at noon where we welcome guest speaker John Kensett from the Dolleymores firm in the United Kingdom.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The updated EPO Guidelines for Examination will enter into force on 1 March 2024. Designation of the inventor (A-III-7) A-III-7 now states that the EPO will check whether the designated inventor is a natural person. This update follows the decision in J 8/20 (DABUS) that an AI cannot be designated as an inventor ( IPKat ).

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Upcoming Changes in Korean Patent Law for 2024 by John DeStefano Understanding the 2024 Korean Patent Law Amendments As champions of innovation and protectors of intellectual property, it is vital for us to stay informed about the most recent developments in patent law worldwide.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) has announced that effective January 1, 2024, most official fees will be increasing by 25%. Significant CIPO Fee Increase Effective January 1, 2024, a one-time 25% fee increase will be implemented, impacting most patent, industrial design, trademark and copyright fees.

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