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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws. Of note, in DRG Inc.

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Federal Circuit Concluded that Operating Manuals Subject to Confidentiality Restrictions are Prior Art Printed Publication

Intellectual Property Law Blog

2009), the Board concluded in the IPRs that the operating manuals were not sufficiently publicly accessible to qualify as printed publications under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § The court added that Weber’s copyright ownership of the operating manuals does not negate Weber’s ability to make the operating manuals publicly accessible. Patent Nos.

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Italian Supreme Court refers questions to CJEU on conflicts between GIs and trade marks

The IPKat

The dispute concerned 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. The wine brand had been around since the nineteenth century but changed ownership a few times.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

District Judge Fischer granted the defendant’s motion , stating, “Given that one of the core disputes in this case concerns ownership of the copyright in the Illustration, which is governed by U.K. Not only is her now deceased grandfather unable to testify, but the defendants have found ample evidence to disprove ownership.

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Securing Copyright Protection for AI-generate Generated Creations – A Business Perspective

IPilogue

In the EU, a 2009 court ruling established a test that describes originality as requiring an “author’s own intellectual creation.” For now, at least in Canada, ownership will be assigned to the person who arranged to create the work and not the AI that created the work itself. an author’s employer or publisher).

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Spider-Man: Where is Home?

IPilogue

The Walt Disney Company saw the potential and purchased Marvel in 2009. In 2015, Marvel and Sony made an unprecedented deal that the two companies would share joint-ownership in Spider-Man’s copyright. The film received praise from critics. The American Film Institution selected it as one of the best films of 2008.

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TTAB Finds Two "MAGIC CITY" Logos Confusable for Overlapping Clothing Items

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Applicant pointed out that the marks have co-existed since 2009 without actual confusion. Under the 13th DuPont factor, Applicant pointed to its ownership of six registrations for MAGIC CITY marks, invoking the Strategic Partners precedent. The Board, however, noted the lack of evidence of the extent of use of the cited mark.