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Traditional Knowledge on the agenda for 2024

The IPKat

It was not until 2009 that the IGC received a mandate for text-based negotiations. The early years focused on investigating and analysing national experiences to understand the relationship between IP and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.

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The Role of Brand Names in Business

azrights

One person who clearly didn’t understand this was Mr Gu who set up a Chinese takeaway in Barrow-in-Furness in 2009 using the name China Tang. The key takeaway from the China Tang case is the importance of doing thorough due diligence before deciding on a name. For 12 years he used this name. The Need For Clearance Searches.

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How to Avoid Pitfalls on the Way to Decentralized Disney

Copyright Lately

It would have taken a bit of due diligence, but not much. trademark office records reveals that Viacom obtained rights in a broad array of TMNT marks after a highly-publicized purchase from the Mirage Group in 2009. Here’s the first clause, section (i), dealing with ownership of the Bored Ape NFTs: “i.