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Best of 2009: “While my guitar gently weeps”

Likelihood of Confusion

Republished by Blog Post PromoterThis was first posted on March 31, 2009. 2004), and the question of whether “only a Gibson guitar can make a Gibson-looking […] The post Best of 2009: “While my guitar gently weeps” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION. Paul Reed Smith Guitars, LP, 70 UPSQ2d 1911 (M.D.

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Best of 2009: “The LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® Twitter manifesto”

Likelihood of Confusion

Republished by Blog Post Promoter This was first posted on July 27, 2009. They not only fail […] The post Best of 2009: “The LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION Twitter manifesto” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION. The authors of many of the blogs I read that are topically related to this one now use Twitter.

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USPTO Patent Grant Rate and Growing Backlog

Patently-O

The graph shows a clear upward trajectory from a notable low point around December 2009, when the grant rate bottomed out near 50%, to recent levels hovering around 75-80%. by Dennis Crouch The USPTO utility patent grant rate data reveals an interesting narrative of policy shifts and administrative changes over the past fifteen years.

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No retroactive protections for well-known trade marks against GIs for wines, says Advocate-General

The IPKat

The dispute concerns the geographical indication "Salaparuta" for Sicilian wine, which received protection in Italy in 2006, and then was registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) by the European Commission in 2009. However, several changes occurred before the PDO was registered at the EU level on 8 August 2009.

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Sony Loses as CJEU Rules Datel’s RAM Data ‘Cheat’ Non-Copyright Infringing

TorrentFreak

Source code and object code receive legal protection under Directive 2009/24 because both meet the criterion of originality set out in Article 1(3). However, these values are not elements of Sony’s copyrighted code, but code produced by a console while running Sony’s code.

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Is cheating copyright infringement? CJEU clarifies specific protection of computer programs

JD Supra Law

Datel, the CJEU ruled on the specific copyright protection of computer programs under Directive 2009/24/EC (Case C‑159/23). In its recent judgment in Sony Interactive Entertainment v.

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An Overview Of The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 In Light Of The Latest Developments

IP and Legal Filings

In India, goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or numbers are regulated by The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as “the act”). 1] The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010), s. 2] The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010), s. 28] The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010), s.