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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 05- February 11)

SpicyIP

They filed a suit alleging copyright and trademark infringement against the defendant after discovering that they were selling household products under the name, ‘SUFIYAMA’, using a similar trade dress and artistic work. The Plaintiff has been using the infringed trademark ‘FLY HIGH’ since 2004.

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Artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights: the USPTO DABUS decision

Barry Sookman

”‘ The petitioner also advanced policy considerations to support the position that a patent application can name a machine as an inventor. 2004), a U.S. In Canada, for a work to be protected by copyright, there must be a sufficient degree of skill and judgment in its creation. In the U.S., “a 3d 418 (9th.Cir.2018)