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. public domain for failure to comply with the various formalities (e.g., copyright terms.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. 23 (2003), false claims about the inventorship or authorship of a product are not actionable under the Lanham Act. Dawgs’ (“Dawgs”) counterclaim for false advertising under the Lanham Act.

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Intepat

MAY 4, 2023

While one aims to regulate and ensure that markets operate efficiently in a fair and competitive manner, the other aims to grant a certain level of protection which may be considered to have monopolistic tendencies. After the period of protection, the inventions and information surrounding it fall into the public domain.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

One of the first enacted changes concerned the rules for calculation of the compensation paid to the patent owner in the event that an invention, utility model, or industrial design is being used without the patent owner’s authorization. Before the 2021 amendment, such use was allowed only for reasons of public defense and security.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. Monbo appeared as an actor in the 2001 and 2003 Documentaries, was interviewed in “[a]t least two” of the segments defendants used, and was not compensated for the use of his likeness.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

A further contribution can lie in the abstraction of a specific solution provided by the 5 AI, e.g. a specific design of a mechanical part, to a general concept, e.g. a design principle for certain mechanical parts. ” See Design Data Corp, 847 F.3d SODRAC 2003 Inc., Unigate Enter., 3d 1169, 1173 (9th Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. Effective January 1, 1978, the date of federal copyright protection was moved back from the date of first publication to the date the work was “fixed in a tangible medium of expression,” or permanently recorded in some form.

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