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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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Protecting Product and Packaging Designs in China Part II – Copyright

LexBlog IP

If the author is a foreign natural person or legal entity, the product design or 3D packaging may be protected as a foreign work of applied art under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (“Berne Convention”) for 25 years in China. For comparison, U.S. Like in the U.S.,

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Copyrighting the Ogopogo Monster: The © story behind the news story

The IPKat

Seabrook’s 2010 obituary says that-- …as a marketing / promotion effort, he personally obtained the registered trade-mark for the word “Ogopogo” and an artistic rendering of the famed lake monster. So, what was the work registered under Copyright #102327 on June 9, 1953.? We may never know.

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Fish Principals Author Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal Article, “Strategic IP Considerations of Batteries and Energy Storage Solutions”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), climbing from 3,773 in 2010 to 5,319 in 2019 (see Figure 1). IP includes any creation of the mind, including inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs, and various forms of IP protection cover these different categories.

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Artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights: the USPTO DABUS decision

Barry Sookman

The issue of copyright protection for computer generated works has also arisen in a number of Commonwealth decisions. 2010] FCAFC 149 (15 December 2010) involved the protection of Telstra’s white papers and yellow pages directories. The Australian case, Telstra Corporation Limited v. Phone Directories Company Pty Ltd.,