IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Is GitHub’s New Feature a Copyright Infringer? Copyright Confusion: Sony Upsetting Nintendo YouTubers by Natalie Bravo. of the Patent Act on June 24, 2016. David Vaver. Copilot or Co-Conspirator?

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Since blockchain plays a pivotal role in the crypto market, several inventors have attempted to legally protect the various components of blockchain technology using patents. In 2016, the USPTO rejected Bitcoin’s trademark application. The copyrights that subsist on an NFT are also governed with the help of a smart contract.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Although it is obvious that someone has copied a fictional character if they use identical or substantially similar language to describe them, what happens more frequently is a copying of more abstract character traits and elements that only conjure up a mental image of that character for the reader. In DC Comics Inc. In Arbaz Khan v.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

The term of a copyright for a particular work may depends on certain factors such as whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication. [2] 2] The general rule for works created after January 1, 1978, provides that copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years. [3] GFI , 193 F.3d

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

The term of a copyright for a particular work may depends on certain factors such as whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication. [2] 2] The general rule for works created after January 1, 1978, provides that copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years. [3] GFI , 193 F.3d

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