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Protection of Jewelry in India: Copyright or Design?

IP and Legal Filings

Various jewelry designers have obtained IP protection for their jewelry pieces that range from trademark protection of the brand value to protection of the design itself either through copyright and/ or patents. From 2013 to 2015, Cartier filed various design patents for their iconic panther designed jewelry.

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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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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge. In the case of Blackwood and Sons Ltd.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

SpicyIP

Calm Water Therapeutics Llc vs The Assistant Controller Of Patents And Designs on 28 February, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The appeal challenged the rejection of a patent application for a “Bi-Functional Co-Polymer” by the Assistant Controller of Patents. Dr Reddy S Laboratories Limited vs Neutec Healthcare Pvt.

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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

In fact, although most battery patents relate to technical features of a battery, a recent lawsuit related to design patents addresses a specific visual battery pack housing. For example, in 2015, cathode supplier BASF sued Umicore and filed a complaint in the ITC regarding lithium metal oxide cathode materials.

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Artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights: the USPTO DABUS decision

Barry Sookman

A further contribution can lie in the abstraction of a specific solution provided by the 5 AI, e.g. a specific design of a mechanical part, to a general concept, e.g. a design principle for certain mechanical parts. ” See Design Data Corp, 847 F.3d Unigate Enter., 3d 1169, 1173 (9th Cir. 2017) (quoting Torah Soft Ltd.