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Copyrightability Of Designer Clothes And Costumes

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction An artist’s ideas, be it for a renowned painting, sculpture, novel, technological design, jewelryor fashion are his own. However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. A copyright protection is the ability of a designer to protect his original designs through the copyright laws.

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TTAB Orders Cancellation of Safety Helmet Registrations Due to Lack of Acquired Distinctiveness

The TTABlog

referred to as the "Ridge Designs"). Discovery Sanctions: The Board made certain adverse inferences against Respondent ERB for failure to comply with a Board order compelling interrogatory answers, including inferences that Respondent ERB did not conduct any look-for advertising and did not conduct any survey to show acquired distinctiveness.

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. This means, theoretically, that elements such as the Superman “S” can be protected by copyright because they are separate elements that are merely copied onto the clothing. However, there are two key exceptions to this.

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Publishers Target LibGen Domains, IPFS Gateways, Plus $30m in Piracy Damages

TorrentFreak

LibGen launched around 2008 as a digital version of the same concept. The site is designed to be user-friendly while remaining resilient to enforcement measures. This prompted the textbook publishers to move ahead and request a default judgment in their favor. In addition, new torrents were not added regularly for a while.

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Gary Bowser: How a 1980s Hacker Became Nintendo’s Nemesis Decades Later

TorrentFreak

NIT eventually came up with the ‘ GMTA System ‘ that, among other things, was able to replace traditional advertising posters with digital versions displayed on a plasma screen. 2008 Criminal Investigation While Gary enjoyed business success and his growing online reputation, he was suddenly introduced to the downsides.

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A Five-Course Feast of Thanksgiving-Themed Copyright Cases

Copyright Lately

” There may have been just enough verbatim copying here to support an infringement claim, but we’ll never know, as Greenberg Smoked Turkeys v. A Cornucopia of Copying Here’s some more Thanksgiving thievery, this time over greeting cards. 2, such that neither appeared to be an exact copy of the other.

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Recent Hot Topics and Developments in Trade Secrets Law

Trading Secrets

The district court reasoned that plaintiff needed to demonstrate that the corporate defendant copied plaintiff’s project in order to satisfy the “use” requirement under the DTSA. Accordingly, the concept was readily ascertainable by proper means, and Vita cannot establish that its conceptual design was a trade secret.”

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