Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California Civil Code section 980(a)(2) , which grants “exclusive ownership” of a sound recording fixed before February 15, 1972, to its “author,” provides only an exclusive right of reproduction and distribution, and does not provide an exclusive right of public performance. 17-55844 (9th Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

512(f) case in the context of an ownership dispute is sent to a jury. The rarity of … evidence [of actual confusion] makes even a few incidents highly probative of the likelihood of confusion.” * In 2014, Defendants’ executive assistant sent a LinkedIn message seeking to arrange an introduction call to KeyBank, a client of Plaintiffs.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The candidate will obtain a certificate file right away confirming that they—and they alone—now possess ownership of this digital creation. Recently, the NFT market has witnessed the participation of many artists from various fields, from amateur to professional, and a variety of high-value digital works.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

By integrating 16 nations’ markets, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) aspires to make it simpler for each nation’s goods and services to be available throughout the region. The RCEP Agreement’s GI provisions are compliant with the Law on Geographical Indication (2014). By 2050, the predicted $0.5

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In a footnote, the court acknowledges the law is “evolving” with respect to employer ownership of social media accounts: The law on the ownership of a social media pages created by employees for employers is evolving rapidly and varies between jurisdictions. 1459 (2014); Zoe Argento, Whose Social Network Account? TELECOMM. &

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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. With an astounding $17.7 The cat painting itself does not usually immutably exist on the blockchain. This analysis will roughly follow the below examples.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

But Industria does not advertise or sell its Zenú or Ranchera products in the United States and there are no market surveys specific to the United States for Zenú or Ranchera. Industria became aware of Latinfood’s Zenú and Ranchera products sometime between October 2013 and September 2014. Prior import plans in 2010-11 were paused.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

663 (2014) (“It is hardly incumbent on copyright owners, however, to challenge each and every actionable infringement”). Universal. * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership. * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. See, e.g., Petrella v. MGA Entertainment.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2023

Delving into the parallel creation model, proposed for machinima, it is proposed that it should be based on collaborative creation and no exclusionary ownership. Re-Examining The Copyright Ownership Of Player Created Content, GNLU L. Creations within the gaming framework can never be “independent” or “original”, to begin with.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Case Summaries Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing v. The Respondent operates his business through two incorporated entities and claims ownership of the trademark via the permitted use by the two incorporated entities. But how does this finding interact with the position of relevant laws in India?

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

These items have restricted production and remain in the market only for a short duration of time. They almost never re-enter the market again. This creates scarcity of the product in the market. Basic principles of economics dictate that when a product is scarce in nature, its demand in the market tends to increase.

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The TTABlog

JULY 6, 2021

Coca-Cola submitted evidence of its ownership of the marks THUMS UP and LIMCA in India for soft drinks, where the marks are well known. The beverages are imported and sold in the United States, and Coca-Cola plans to market THUMS UP and LIMCA beverages more widely in this country. Dickinson Co. , Belmora , 819 F.3d 3d 1270, 1278 (Fed.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Battle of the Firms – The Irony of IP Law Firms Being Sued for Trademark Infringement Niyati Prabhu It is well known that companies across the world take their brands seriously and deploy law firms in order to safeguard their intellectual properties, be it their names, slogans, brands, taglines, marketing tools and (even phone numbers ).

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

However, in a tale of legislative fortune, India’s Bayh Dole Bill was withdrawn in 2014. As he noted, the Bill empowered the regulator to regulate the research, manufacture, import, and marketing of genetically modified organisms. The committee was to submit the report by June 2014. However, it is unclear if this was done.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

1962 (2014), the U.S. 2014) (collecting cases). It’s copyright infringement because an exclusive license is a transfer of copyright ownership. And the Copyright Act specifically defines a “transfer of copyright ownership” to include an “exclusive license … whether or not it is limited in time or place of effect.”

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

While Coca-Cola had presented evidence for future plans to market the products more broadly in the United States, the CAFC held that “nebulous future plans for US sales cannot be the basis for a Lanham Act claim.” ” This was insufficient to establish reputational injury. Under Lexmark International, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 1, 2022

Although NFTs have existed since around 2014, the NFT market exploded last year, generating an estimated $25 billion in sales in 2021 alone. [1] Depending on what rights or ownership a particular NFT transfers, it conceivably could qualify as any of various specific financial instruments listed in the Securities Act definition. [7]

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The TTABlog

JUNE 17, 2021

2014), and must maintain that entitlement throughout the proceeding, including at the time or trial. 118, 109 USPQ2d 2061, 2067-70 (2014)), cert. In every inter partes proceeding the plaintiff must establish its entitlement to a statutory cause of action, Empresa Cubana Del Tabaco v. 3d 1270, 111 USPQ2d 1058, 1062 (Fed.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

1962 (2014). 2014) (collecting cases). at 1-2] At its heart, therefore, this case is a dispute about copyright ownership. The plaintiffs responded by moving for partial summary judgment on the issue of ownership, based on the presumption of validity that attaches to timely copyright registrations. 663, 134 S. at *13-*16.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. 1962, 1976 (2014). Petrella v.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 2, 2021

The Board found that Shen knew he was not the owner of the mark, that his false statement of ownership was material to the registration, and that he intended to deceive the USPTO. 2d 1361, 1365 (TTAB 2014). Fuji Medical Instruments Mfg. American Crocodile International Group, Inc. Cancellation No. In re Bose Corp. , Bose , 91 U.S.P.Q.2d

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LexBlog IP

JULY 18, 2023

At the same time, we are obligated by both ethical rules and market conditions to offer reasonable rates – which in turn make the use of generative AI compelling. Amazon had reportedly been developing a program since 2014 to automate review of job applicant resumes. Other industries have been reckoning with bias in AI as well.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

At the same time, we are obligated by both ethical rules and market conditions to offer reasonable rates – which in turn make the use of generative AI compelling. Amazon had reportedly been developing a program since 2014 to automate review of job applicant resumes. Other industries have been reckoning with bias in AI as well.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The company also asserts copyright ownership in two “director’s statements” written by Coakley about the alleged on-set bullying, as well as in Coakley’s planned derivative project about the making of Runt. Copyright Office, claiming ownership through a written agreement with Coakley.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. The next time you would like to protect a great innovative design you expect will be a big hit on the market, you should consider obtaining a design patent. Scenario 2: Protecting Novel Designs by Patent.

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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2022

In 2014, the Milan Court of First Instance dismissed the action in its entirety.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. Selling products tagged with scannable blockchain-based tags, imprints or tamperproof seals can effectively help to fight black-marketing and counterfeits.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. Selling products tagged with scannable blockchain-based tags, imprints or tamperproof seals can effectively help to fight black-marketing and counterfeits.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. Selling products tagged with scannable blockchain-based tags, imprints or tamperproof seals can effectively help to fight black-marketing and counterfeits.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

While arguments exist that infringement of trademarks in connection with virtual goods and services should be covered by the “natural zone of expansion” doctrine, best practice would be to file applications for important brands for virtual versions of the brand’s goods or services and to ensure enforcement efforts cover this new market.

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. The next time you would like to protect a great innovative design you expect will be a big hit on the market, you should consider obtaining a design patent. Scenario 2: Protecting Novel Designs by Patent.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The risks include unauthorised use and infringement, technological obsolescence, and the marketable nature of IP as collateral. LSI faced financial distress in 2014 due to cost escalation. The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore launched an IP Financing Scheme (IPFS) in 2014. IP Financing Policies in Asia.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

26 , rejected the claim that taking away, or ignoring, the ability-to-control indicia of ownership amounts to a taking: Similarly, property rights, including copyright, have been described as ownership of a bundle of rights or interests. 34,] 51-61[(2014) ]. Maclean Hunter Market Reports, Inc., Nation Enters.,

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

provid[es] an estimate of the fair market value of goods and services provided by religious organizations, and. market for religious publishing and products at $6.8 One can recognize the importance of God’s names spiritually, of course, as Dr. Tony Evans has in his 2014 book, The Power of God’s Names. 75, 79 (2020).

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azrights

MARCH 15, 2021

This protects your underlying business because the trust that the market has in the Nike goods is what motivates them to buy the brand’s products. Coca Cola was able to secure trademark ownership of its iconic bottle shape by firstly having the right legal agreement in place when it commissioned the bottle design.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

At the same time, market uptake of biosimilars in the United States continued to increase, suggesting that there is room for expansion of biosimilars in the U.S. In addition, fewer new biosimilars entered the market this past year, with five biosimilar launches in 2020 as compared to seven in 2019. 2014; resubmitted Oct.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

But as more players enter the market and obtain patent protection for their innovations, IP disputes among competitors are heating up. A number of policies are gaining support within the United States and internationally, encouraging a shift away from fossil fuels propelling the growth of the EV industry (the largest market for batteries).

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