The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2022

Even a mark that has been on the International Registry for 40 years does not assure registration of a subsequent national designation. On 12 January 2022, the Lithuanian Supreme Court upheld the rejection of the Lithuanian designation of Chanel SARL’s two-dimensional trademark (see below) in Class 3 for perfumery products.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 28, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Ficep begins its petition for certiorari with a brilliant statement of how its patented steel manufacturing method has won numerous awards and complements for its innovative approach, been copied by competitors, and led to numerous successful sales. There was copying by competitors. 208 (2014).

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

This right can be related to music, a book, a logo, any art work, work related to science, designs of the industries. It was decided by the Supreme Court in the case that the cinematographic films do have the copy right it was on of the issue in the case of Yash Raj Films vs Sri Sri Ganesh Productions. [1] 24863/2014. [3]

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

[iii] This treaty also directs for permission of use, without authorization of the copyright holder over such accessible formats of copyrighted copies, which should be non-commercial lending & may comprise of electronic communication. v] General Obligation on Limitation and Exception, Article 11, Marrakesh Treaty. [vi] 3d 87 (2d Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2023

In 2014, digital artist Kevin McCoy created a piece of digital art named “Quantum” (viewable here ) and decided to create a digital record of Quantum by recording a name on the Namecoin blockchain on 2 May 2014. However, and beyond the fact that the registration is expired, any name maintains in the blockchain its own history.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This phenomenon ranges from slight iteration to homage or even slavish copying. In terms of design law, it does not appear that McDonald's has chosen to protect the aesthetic appearance of the Happy Meal. Nor does the unregistered EU design law appear to be a valid legal basis. Both designates class 42 (i.e.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The plaintiff, NOC, is a teenager who has copyrighted designs in hand-drawn dots that Target allegedly copied in the clothing line. However, Target’s allegedly infringing works apparently were designed no later than December 2017. Work #11: posted to Facebook in 2014 and got 209 likes and 37 comments. Target Corp.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

1] The Court reasoned that the defendant companies could not have possibly copied the script in question, as they did not have access to the script until after Ad Astra was written. Phillip Madison Jones, the screenwriter, sued Twentieth Century Studios, The Walt Disney Co., 1] Phillip Madison Jones v. Twentieth Century Studios, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

That’s by design–the DMCA was designed to resolve matters outside of court. 663 (2014) (“It is hardly incumbent on copyright owners, however, to challenge each and every actionable infringement”). Now, imagine the rightsowner also overclaimed trade dress protection for its sage leave design.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

PART 2: of the blog gives a detail about Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. To reproduce, store, issue copies to public, perform, communicate, and make translation or adaptation of the work. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

21, Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 ), New Zealand ( section 5(2)(a), Copyright Act 1994 ), South Africa (section 2(h), Copyright Act 1978 ) and the UK ( Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 9(3) ). We were not aware that the image may have been created by AI” 2. The focus in these cases was on parody.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2022

I also reached similar conclusions with regards to design law in a parallel study. Moldova and Ukraine have been mostly copy-pasting the AA norms into their national laws (a pattern one can also observe in some EU Member States, when they implement EU Directives). At the same time, other criticism was indeed fair.

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Dragons' Den

APRIL 26, 2023

After being in the RAF for 9 years and loving the travel and adventure, Hannah became a mum in 2014. “I was planning on leaving the British Armed Forces as I didn’t want to have to deploy away from him for six months at a time. People are going to start to look at you, and in some cases, they're going to copy you.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 29, 2024

Thus, the Controller further directed the Appellant to file a fresh translated copy of the PCT application. The Appellant was again directed to file the verified copy of the English translation of the international patent application. The Controller of Patents and Designs. Which is precisely what J.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

Zuluaga told a designer to look at Industria’s website when creating Latinfood’s packaging designs for Zenú and Ranchera and brought one of Industria’s Ranchera labels to the designer’s office. Industria became aware of Latinfood’s Zenú and Ranchera products sometime between October 2013 and September 2014.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

.” This is exactly what happened to Jaguar Land Rover in its claim against Land Wind (Jiangling Motors) in China for copying of Jaguar Land Rover’s car design. After their patent battle from 2014 to [2019], the design patents of Jaguar Land Rover and Land Wind for their off-road vehicles were invalidated by each other.

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

A very popular design of one of these boots is based on a traditional Spanish riding boot - the Regina boot or Heeled Regina - which looks like the below (and for a closer look click here ). Although their products have the "country" look and feel about them, the products aren't designed for serious country wear.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

This indicates that the Act’s goal is to strengthen the authorized user’s position in situations where a group of users band together to create an association that can acquire the GI designation. The EU had placed a temporary restriction on the import of in 2014.

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azrights

MARCH 15, 2021

A distinctive asset such as the Nike Swoosh would have been capable of registration as a trademark as soon as the design was created. Securing legal protection gives you scope to build associations to your brand name without fear of competitor copying. In a case involving Jack Wills Limited and the House of Fraser stores in 2014.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2023

When Abitron purchased Hydronic in 2014, they began selling products identical to Hetronic’s remote controls in foreign markets with the recognizable black-and-yellow coloring. such as when an American traveler purchases counterfeit designer purses in another country and then resells them inside of the U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

The Judge confirmed that the character would be covered by the concept of a literary work in the closed list of protected English works without any strained interpretation of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (‘ CDPA ’). This is the first time that a fictional character has been found to be protected in the UK as a copyright work.

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Trading Secrets

JULY 25, 2022

This amount will increase starting in 2014 based on the Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index. The Amendment also makes clear that non-competes in the context of a sale of business are protected and that non-disclosure agreements designed to protect confidential and proprietary information of the employer.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The Plaintiffs highlighted specific instances where the Defendants falsely represented themselves as the Plaintiffs when applying for work for the Kenya Film Commission’s Technical Proposal KFC/OT/05/2013/2014 by using the Plaintiffs’ trademark ‘ACAL' without the Plaintiffs’ authority or consent.

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Garrigues Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Although slight variations or improvements in design are allowed, both inventions must be conceptually identical ( judgment of the Commercial Court of Oviedo No. 10/2014, of 18 January 2014 , confirmed on appeal ). Real intention to use. 201/2012, of 28 May 2012 ). 65/2001, of January 31, 2001 ).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

He worked for large companies, active worldwide in the food industry, which specialised in the design and development of recipes and culinary products for industrial use. Copies of emails between the parties provided to the Court proved that opinions had been exchanged before the composition of the products was finalised.

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Traverse Legal Blog

AUGUST 15, 2022

The first known NFT was minted in 2014 and since then has seen rapid growth. Non-fungible tokens have been designed to give you ownership of something that cannot be replicated or copied. The digital scarcity and transferability on a blockchain make NFTs a natural fit to integrate into video games. What are NFTs?

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Indeed, Motorola did not even have access to the infringing source code contained on the Qualcomm chips, which militates against a finding that Motorola deliberately copied SLC’s technology.” They would bring the same unique insights to SEP negotiations as the parties that designed the components that provide standardized functionality.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. For example- Zhong An, a Chinese Insurance Company functions on various innovative blockchain technologies.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. For example- Zhong An, a Chinese Insurance Company functions on various innovative blockchain technologies.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. For example- Zhong An, a Chinese Insurance Company functions on various innovative blockchain technologies.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Amazon had reportedly been developing a program since 2014 to automate review of job applicant resumes. Getty alleges that Stability’s image generator, with its uncanny ability to turn text into images, copied millions of photographs from Getty Images’ collection without permission from or compensation to Getty Images.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 8, 2022

In 2014 she was offered a five-year extension on that deal. However, according to an investigation by The Mercury News , roughly one-fifth of the book was copied from a variety of online sources. Roughly half of the copied paragraphs did not contain footnotes, and none of the paragraphs indicated that the text was quoted.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2022

PDF copy available. Supreme Court’s 2014 Octane Fitness LLC v. Starting in 2014, several states implemented new laws that would impose a bonding requirement in certain situations. 545, 554 (2014) (“[A]n. Read the full article at Law360. A fee-shifting statute for patent cases under Title 35 of the U.S.

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Price argues that in 2009, he created an artistic graphic design to print on shorts for his two sons. His artistic design was not registered with the United States Copyright Office until August 2022 when he obtained certification and named the work as MCLAW DESIGN. Amended Complaint pg.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Although NFTs have been around since 2014 , this asset class has only just experienced its first and quite remarkable outgrowth , thus staking its claim in the broader blockchain industry. ” Critically, it defines the “art” as “any art, design, and drawings that may be associated with an NFT that you own.”

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 4, 2022

Fish Principals Craig Deutsch , Jennifer Huang , and Grace Kim , discuss challenging design patents at the PTAB in their Law360 Expert Analysis article. PDF copy available. As an initial matter, design patent trials at the PTAB are relatively rare. The numbers can partly be explained by the nature of design patents.

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