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India’s Accession to the Locarno Agreement: Amendments to the Design Rules, 2001 & Other Impacts

SpicyIP

India’s Accession to the Locarno Agreement: Amendments to the Design Rules, 2001 & Other Impacts. In furtherance to this, the Design Rules, 2001 were amended as on 25 January 2021 through the introduction of Design (Amendment) Rules, 2021. Yashi Agrawal.

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AG Szpunar suggests that statutory assignment of performers’ rights against performers’ will is contrary to EU law (C-575/23)

The IPKat

2 and 3 of Directive 2001/29 as well as Arts. Conformity with Directive 2001/2 and Directive 2006/115 The AG first reminded that, in light of international treaties and the EU acquis, performers’ rights are exclusive rights and not remuneration rights. 3 and 7 to 9 of Directive 2006/115. Temporal application of Arts.

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Understanding the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine: Protecting Trade Secrets in Employment Transitions

IP and Legal Filings

1361, 1380 (2001). 917, 934 (2001). Martin, Comment, The Evolution of Trade Secret Law in Texas: Is It Time to Recognize the Doctrine of Inevitable Disclosure? , Stevens, Trade Secrets and Inevitable Disclosure , 36 Tort & Ins. Matheson, Employee Beware: The Irreparable Damage of the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine , 10 Loy.

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[Guest post] UFC-Que Choisir v. Valve: Game over for a second-hand dematerialized video game market in France

The IPKat

As a consequence, both Directive 2001/29/EC and the Software Directive 2009/24/EC apply to video games. In line with the Opinion of the Advocate General, the CJEU denied the direct application of the principle in the case of the resale of e-books, regulated under the InfoSoc Directive 2001/29/EC. What happened?

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The Robber’s hat has been robbed – Austrian Supreme Court affirms copyright infringing editing – not an admissible parody.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The fact that the Higher Regional Court denied a justification as a ‘political parody’ in an individual case was also considered justifiable in the sense of Section 42f (2) Copyright Act, Art 5 (3) (k) Info-Directive 2001/29/EC and Art 17 (7) Directive 2019/790 amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC.

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The Tainted Legacy of Paul McCrory

Plagiarism Today

The nine retractions all involve opinion pieces that he authored for the journal while serving as editor-in-chief between 2001 and 2008. In 2001, the organization released their first consensus statement, which McCrory was the lead author on.

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The Top Ten Losing TTAB Arguments: 2001 Edition

The TTABlog

In 2001, I first created my list of "The Top Ten Losing TTAB Arguments" in an article published in Allen's Trademark Digest. pdf here ). The article provided my commentary on the top ten losers, with exemplary cases. The 2024 list is slightly different.

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