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Public Domain Day 2023 is Coming: Here’s What to Know

Copyright Lately

A new crop of copyrighted works (including rights in a certain famous British detective) will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. public domain on January 1, 2023. Happy Public Domain Day 2023. On January 1, 2023, Putting Pants on Philip enters the public domain.

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HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

JIPL Online

2] While most Sherlock Holmes stories are now in the public domain, the estate alleged that some works and character elements regarding Sherlock Holmes are still protected by copyright. [3] 22, 2015), [link]. [8] 5] Netflix and the estate quickly settled. [6]. 5] Netflix and the estate quickly settled. [6]. 21, 2018), [link]. [10]

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What’s in an Italian Patent (Innovation) Box? Patents, software and design (but no more know-how, ouch!)

The IPKat

The Patent Box was introduced in Italy in 2015. In a nutshell, the previous system provided for an increased exemption of 50% of the income deriving from the economic exploitation of intangible assets (in 2015 the percentage of exemption was 30%, in 2016 40%).

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Analysing Amazon’s Strategic Approach to Tackle Patent Infringement

IIPRD

It further expanded its domain as a manufacturer by establishing a market for its self-made products such as kindle for e-book services, audiobook and ‘cloud computing’ web storage services. Patent are valid for the duration of 20 years before coming into public domain) Patent infringement can occur in two ways.

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Geographic Awake: Bridging Gaps in Geographical Indication Awareness Across India

IP and Legal Filings

Unveiling Merchant Privileges in the Shadows of Craftsmanship Developing nations like India require financial and technical support to market their products internationally and attain the sustainability of GI. In January 2015, the EU progressively relaxed the embargo.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 10 – July 16)

SpicyIP

The court held that though the mark ‘USCO’ is not registered by the plaintiff, its goods were available in the market under “ITR” mark in association with “USCO” mark and the plaintiff is the prior user of the mark. The plaintiff further argued that he was the lawful successor to the personality rights of the late actor.

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Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law in the UAE

IP and Legal Filings

However, with the publication on 23 October 2012 of UAE Federal Law No. 4 of 2012 Concerning Regulation of Competition all businesses with operations in the UAE or supplying goods and services to the UAE market will have to ensure that they focus on and comply with the provisions of this new law. image Source : Medium Blog].