SpicyIP

JULY 28, 2021

We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Yashi Agrawal on India’s recent accession to the Locarno Agreement, discussing inter alia the resultant amendments to India’s design laws and prospective benefits to India on becoming a part of the Locarno Special Union and Assembly. Yashi Agrawal. India and the Locarno Agreement.

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

At its core, 3-D printing uses computer code in a computer-aided design (CAD) file to instruct specially designed printers to print three-dimensional physical objects one layer at a time. The functionalities and any new and unobvious structures created by 3-D printing technologies may be the subject of a utility or a design patent.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Overview of current legislation in China.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 25, 2022

A record studio owned by Melomega released a version of the song in 2014. Finally today, Jennifer Edwards Baker at Fox19 reports that, in Ohio, the Goshen Township police have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over the design of their police badge. Neither Dan + Shay or Justin Bieber had any comment on the lawsuit.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

Copyright Office would oversee to designate standard technical measures through a public rulemaking process. The law3suit was filed by a producer named Arty that claimed Happier was an infringement of his 2014 remix of OneRepublic’s I Lived. In 2014 Hansmeier as sentenced to 14 years in prison.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Over the last 20 years, the total number of design patents issued per year in the United States has erupted. As illustrated in the graph below and further highlighted in this animated graph, in the 30 year period between the years 1971 and 2000 a total of nearly 219,000 design patents were issued by the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The engine that runs the bitcoin ledger that Nakamoto designed is called the blockchain; the original and largest blockchain is the one that still orchestrates bitcoin transactions today. Blockchain technology was separated from currency in 2014, and that advance opened the door for using blockchain for applications beyond currency.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The Ordinance came into effect back in 1997 and incorporates a substantial part of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 of the UK. To this end, since 2006, the Government has conducted rounds of major consultations and introduced two amendment bills in 2011 and 2014 into the Legislative Council. 528) (“ the Ordinance ”).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. Under the SCPA, a mask work is a series of related images that forms a design or part of a design used to produce an integrated circuit. Understanding Mask Work. In particular, Section 1213.2

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 15, 2023

were not designed to protect originality or creativity.” “Yet Yet that is precisely what Plaintiff seeks to protect in this case: the originality and novelty of its own cooler design.” 6:12-CV-499, 2014 WL 11848751, (E.D. July 25, 2014), report and recommendation adopted, No. 6:12-CV-499, 2014 WL 11829325 (E.D.

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The IPKat

APRIL 2, 2024

Copyright and Designs Katfriend Henning Hartwig analysed the German Federal Supreme Court’s recent referral to the CJEU for clarification about assessing the originality of works of applied art for copyright purposes, as well as the differences between design and copyright protection.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 11, 2024

In India, whistle-blowing is governed by the Whistle Blowers Protection Act 2014 and by the Companies Act, 2013. While the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2014 is limited to public sector undertakings and public servants, it does not include private corporate entities.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 2, 2024

"The mark consists of a three-dimensional configuration of the interior of a hex shaped box with a honeycomb configuration of seven interior hexagonal indentations on the bottom of the box and the design of a six point star, having flat points, on the top of the box. Opposer Taylor admitted that alternative designs are available.

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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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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Such contracts include -among others- technology licenses, trademarks or patents, as well as technical assistance or service contracts, or basic engineering contracts.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The TTAB gave little weight to the fact that the agency has issued registration certificates on many different shoe designs. Lee , 1:13-CV-1464 AJT/JFA, 2014 WL 5500799, at *1 (E.D. Alternatively, the case should be remanded for consideration of the issue of functionality. TBL Complaint. 8, 2016) (“The parties have agreed that.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 3, 2022

Its sales figures prior to 2014 (totaling $514,798) were "unimpressive." Natural Dog Acquisition LLC v. And so, Petitioner failed to prove priority, resulting in denial of its petition.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Obviousness-type double patenting is a judge-made doctrine designed to prevent applicants from extending patent rights first obtaining an earlier-expiring patent and then obtaining a later-expiring patent with claims that are obvious variants of those in the earlier patent. And, as you recall, Pasteur’s 2014 patent is not prior art.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

The TTAB has re-designated as precedential its September 2022 opinion in this cancellation proceeding. 92064830 (September 6, 2022) [re-designated as precedential, January 4, 2024] (Opinion by Judge Frances S. The CAFC affirmed the Board's decision on October 19, 2023 [ TTABlogged here ]]. Andrusiek v. Cosmic Crusaders LLC and Lewis J.

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Stock Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As many of you know, our fearless leader Sara Stock founded Stock Legal in 2014. Once certified, women-owned businesses are designated as WBENC-Certified Women’s Business Enterprises, or commonly referred to as WBEs.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Next up today, Judy Harrison at the Bangor Daily News reports that Maine costume designer Ellen Okolita has filed a lawsuit against Walmart, Amazon and eBay alleging that the three sites are unlawfully using photos and descriptions of her costumes on their site.

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The IPKat

JUNE 12, 2022

The analysis covers the years 2014 to 2016 and 2017 to 2019. The report measured an industry’s usage of patents, trade marks, and designs, and normalised based on total employment in that industry. of industries for designs, compared to 55% for patents. This paper.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 22, 2024

The Paris court noted that the site “encouraged the infringement of copyright and related rights by setting up tools specifically designed for the mass and illicit sharing of protected content.” The case is listed for hearing on April 8, 2014. ” “The operators are located in India,” the MPA informed the USTR.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2023

is the duty of the proprietor of an OPC to designate a successor who will assume control of the business upon the proprietor’s demise. LITERATURE REVIEW The origin of the One Person Company (OPC) concept in India is discussed in the report One Person Company (OPC) (Institute of Company Secretaries of India, 2014).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2024

Between 2007 and 2014, Spain’s Criminal Code had no definition for ‘communication to the public’ and when efforts were made to utilize provisions in the country’s Intellectual Property law, courts looked at other cases involving hyperlinks. All determined that linking did not amount to a communication to the public.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 28, 2024

208 (2014). Here, the Federal Circuit held Ficep’s patent claims to be directed to the abstract idea of “extracting and transferring information from a design file to a manufacturing machine.” CLS Bank Int’l , 573 U.S. If so, then at step two the court searches for an “inventive concept” beyond the ineligible concept.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

magna cum laude , from George Mason University School of Law in 2014 and his B.S., with honors from Emory University School of Law in 2014 and her B.S. cum laude , from California Western School of Law in 2014, her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2014, and his B.S. He received his J.D., Thomas in 2001.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2022

In April 2014 Foro contacted Vita through the generic contact form on Vita’s website to discuss building a deployment wheel for Foro’s laser, which it marketed as a multiconductor cutting tool. On July 29, 2014, the Parties executed a mutual Nondisclosure and Restricted Use Agreement (the “NDA”). Foro Energy, Inc. Code §§ 134A.001

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 19, 2022

In April 2014 Foro contacted Vita through the generic contact form on Vita’s website to discuss building a deployment wheel for Foro’s laser, which it marketed as a multiconductor cutting tool. On July 29, 2014, the Parties executed a mutual Nondisclosure and Restricted Use Agreement (the “NDA”). Foro Energy, Inc. Code §§ 134A.001

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Patently-O

MARCH 26, 2024

Brady for an improved dredge boat design. It found that Brady’s claimed arrangement would have been obvious to any skilled engineer tasked with designing a dredge boat, given the existing knowledge in the field. 184, 201 (2014). The case addressed the validity of a patent granted to Edwin L. ” Daniel M.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 2, 2022

Comment This case clearly demonstrates that whether a sign is deceptive must be assessed having regard to both the sign and the designated product. As noted by judges from this Court, in the six years since the court’s establishment in 2014, they received more than 1,000 administrative cases involving deceptive trade marks.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2021

Innovative Cosmetic Concept filed for international registration of the word INCOCO and designated European Union for the registration in January 2014. The applicant Chanel opposed this mark in October 2014 and relied on its own earlier mark (French) nos. 1 438 544 and 1 571 046.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

These once-in-a-generation investments are designed to expand career opportunities for Americans to reach their full potential and secure good-paying jobs while producing a skilled workforce to ensure the United States is prepared to innovate, compete, and succeed in today’s global economy.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JANUARY 5, 2022

Santos’ career spans more than 40 years in survey research, statistical design and analysis, and executive-level management. He specializes in quantitative and qualitative research design, including program evaluation, needs assessments, survey methodology and survey operations. Santos and congratulate him on his appointment.”.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Originally created in 2014 as a midwest competition, the Competition is today a national inter-law school competition designed to introduce law students to issues arising in United States patent law. About the National Patent Application Drafting Competition.

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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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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. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS. These are protected under the Designs Act, 2000, corresponding to Design (Amendment) Rules, 2014.

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