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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

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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Why the Supreme Court’s Latest Copyright Ruling May Be Short-Lived

Copyright Lately

Writing for the majority, Justice Kagan assumed, without deciding, that the so-called “discovery rule” applies, under which copyright claims accrue when “the plaintiff discovers, or with due diligence should have discovered” an infringing act.

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Supreme Court Affirms Availability of Back-Damages Under Copyright Discovery Rule

Patently-O

The Supreme Court introduced a major complication in its 2014 Petrella decision via a seemingly offhand comment that no damages can be recovered for infringements occurring more than three years before a copyright lawsuit is filed. 663 (2014). Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. ,

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Chancery Pavilion v. Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd: Karnataka High Court’s Problematic Finding on Section 60 Suits

SpicyIP

For this, the High Court relied on the proviso to Section 60, which states that the right to seek actions against the groundless threat of legal proceedings will not apply if the person making such threats, “ with due diligence, commences and prosecutes an action for infringement of the copyright claimed by him. ”

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Community Property and Patent Ownership

Patently-O

This argument fails for two reasons: first, Mobile Equity would not have needed to specifically list the ’989 Application, or the ’236 Patent which had issued by November 2014, by name because Afana had already assigned his entire interest in the ’989 Application. The Federal Circuit affirmed dismissal for lack of standing. 3d 916 (M.D.

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Overview of Beneficial ownership in India

IP and Legal Filings

The distinction between beneficial ownership and legal ownership is discussed in the 2014 FATF recommendations. 2] FATF, Transparency and Beneficial Ownership (2014), [link]. [3] That the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and previous SEBI circulars and guidelines be followed. 4] Companies Act, 2013, S.89, 5] Companies Act, 2013, S.90,

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Clash of Trademarks: PhonePe vs. PostPe

Intepat

In the present case, Plaintiff asserted that they had obtained the trademark ‘Pe’ in the Devanagari script back in 2014 and further argued that the term “pe” had become synonymous with its business. The post Clash of Trademarks: PhonePe vs. PostPe appeared first on Intepat IP.