IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Introduction India’s Startup India Action Plan 2016 was a government initiative that provided all the required financial assistance, including tax breaks, to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. Startups formed after April 2016 are eligible for a 100% profit exemption under Section 80 IAC, subject to a cap of Rs.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Also, many have design errors due to their age. HAuNTcon 2016 – Copyright and Trademark for Haunters : Skipping ahead to January 2016, at that year’s HAuNTcon, a convention for haunted attraction owners and operators, I gave a talk on copyright and trademark for haunters.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Deemed a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT), applicant was banned from doing business in the United States from 2008 to 2015. Although it did not resume use of the mark for seven years, it commenced TTAB litigation with ARSA in 2016 regarding ownership of the mark. ARSA Distributing, Inc. Who Owned the Mark?:

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The TTABlog

APRIL 6, 2022

Illyrian began distributing the products in 2016 and established a first use date of July 31, 2016. As in Moreno , the agreement the written agreement between Illyrian and GKS did not give Illyrian any ownership interest in the marks, but only a license permitting it to use the marks as the distributor of the brandy.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2021

First, an inapt analogy to accessio, an aspect of which deals with “ownership of the progeny of animals or the treatment of fruit or crops produced by the labour and expense of the occupier of the land (fructus industrialis)”. seahorses).

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43(B)log

JUNE 15, 2022

Netaifm alleged that defendants engaged in anticompetitive market behavior when the Jain entities acquired majority shares of two local design firms, which connect manufacturers to growers, and alleged false advertising. Jain had approximately $25 million in Central Valley sales in 2016. Jain is Netafim’s largest competitor.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 5, 2023

However, to a lesser extent, other IP laws like the Trademark Act and the Designs Act will also be important. A precise elucidation about the ownership of cinematographic films has been provided by Section 17 of The Copyright Act, 1957 Act. Aditya Pandey [2016] SCC Online SC 967. [8] Who Owns What and Why. 1] [link]. [2]

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

While copyright protects the originality of the expression behind the product, design preserves the overall appearance and aesthetic look of the product. A trademark, on the other hand, exclusively identifies a product as belonging to a specific company and recognizes the company’s ownership of the brand. COPYRIGHT OR DESIGN.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2022

Company Claims Ownership of ‘Reloaded’ Trademark. In a complaint filed this month in an Indiana court, clothing and apparel company NuStar Enterprises LLC states that since September 2016, it has continually used the ‘Reloaded’ trademark in commerce.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

This might be when you protect your name or business logo, protect your designs and the technical ways in which your product works, or when you protect your original literary, musical or artistic creations. IP protection through patents, trade marks, designs and copyright can be instrumental in a business’ survival and growth.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

The next time you would like to protect the design on a T-shirt, the pattern of design on fabric, or a jewelry design, you should consider whether your work can be copyrighted. In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5] ” [8].

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

Zuluaga told a designer to look at Industria’s website when creating Latinfood’s packaging designs for Zenú and Ranchera and brought one of Industria’s Ranchera labels to the designer’s office. I don’t quite get how it could show ownership of the trade dress in the US but not ownership of the word marks.)

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Regarding the material component, SME jobs helped rural residents raise and maintain their income, gave them equal access to, control over, and ownership of assets, and allowed them to access high-quality services for health care, nutrition, and education.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2023

Understanding Tricky Tattoo copyright is also essential for safeguarding the artistic integrity and ownership of these unique body art creations. Once we have established that tattoos are artistic work and thus deserving of copyright protection, we are compelled to answer the original question of a tattoo’s ownership.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Barbie, a name synonymous with an unattainable standard of femininity and the concept of commercial feminism, was designed to captivate the toy market with all its glittery pink magnificence. Hence, it is no wonder that the battle for ownership of her trademark is also highly sought after.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2023

Once we have established that tattoos are artistic work and thus deserving of copyright protection, we are compelled to answer the original question of a tattoo’s ownership. In such a scenario, the concept of copyright ownership has begun to emerge over the past few years, especially when celebrities have also joined the fray.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

The analogous non-digital conduct would be to take a photograph of a crowd inside La Baguette with the caption “La Baguette, Christmas party 2016,” erase “La Baguette,” write-in “Tito & Tita,” and keep the photograph on the wall where customers can see it. SF Design Group. Fredman Design Group. See generally, Christopher A.

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

The next time you would like to protect the design on a T-shirt, the pattern of design on fabric, or a jewelry design, you should consider whether your work can be copyrighted. In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5]

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Intepat

APRIL 11, 2023

Startups must prioritize obtaining patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs etc., As a result of this, the Scheme for Startups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) was launched in 2016 which focused on facilitating stronger IPR protection for Startups in India. to safeguard their intellectual property.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

IP owners can restrict unauthorised access or exposure of sensitive information, such as product designs, by encrypting data at the file level i.e., it is invariably encrypted from prior to reaching the cloud to after leaving it. It is designed as an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform. link] (Accessed: 29 October 2023). [6]

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In the context of certain questions that arose in the proceedings, Tanvi then brings up an interesting hypothetical i.e. what if the defendants had challenged the ownership of the copyright early on, instead of the attempt to amend it later on? Delhi High Court clarifies application of Section 15(1)(b) of the Designs Act.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 1, 2022

Corporate giants like Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, on the other hand, blatantly and unfairly used in their clothing collection the exact patterns and designs that are unique to the Maasai community. Neither are the Maasai against the idea of providing an international platform to their designs and culture.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Starting from those technical definitions, the notion of portability made its way into the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In relation to objects subject to ownership, like tangible items, such an entitlement to revindicate ( rei vindicatio ) is commonly guaranteed as one of the prerogatives of the owner.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Key Points Highlighted by Other Speakers: The impact of the National Intellectual Property Policy in 2016, which is a formidable instrument for promoting innovation. A notable surge in patent filings and grants since 2016, accompanied by appreciable simplification of the IP processes, especially benefitting entrepreneurs and SMEs.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This protection is either embedded into a country’s existing IP framework or through sui generis legislations / systems such as Kenya ’s Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions Act, 2016 and Panama ’s Special System for the Collective Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The lawsuit involves sound recordings of 19 interviews that then-President Trump voluntarily gave to Woodward between December 2019 and August 2020, plus one interview from 2016 (when Trump was still a candidate). Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. Issue 3: Is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C.

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azrights

MARCH 15, 2021

A distinctive asset such as the Nike Swoosh would have been capable of registration as a trademark as soon as the design was created. 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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Intepat

MAY 8, 2023

Generally, a product can be granted a GI protection under a larger ambit, which includes Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Specialty Guaranteed (TSG). Later this plan was dropped following the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.

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IIPRD

MAY 10, 2020

SIPP is envisaged to facilitate the protection of Patents , Trademarks , and Designs of innovative and interesting start-ups. BIRAC will not have any ownership in the filed patents, it will be in the name of the host institution/company but there will be benefit-sharing on the commercialization of the product. [12].

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

” That is because religion is big business, as the Washington Post noted in detailing a 2016 empirical study on the socio-economic contribution of religion to American society. Yet just like the recipe, the Sequence remains unprotectable as a process the design of which primarily reflects function, not expression. society at $4.8

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Matt Bodie Trademark, Employees & the Firm How does TM designate the entity entitled to hold and defend a mark, and what effects does this have on the worker/firm relationship? Disempowers those who participate in TM but not in the ownership of the company. Two separate entities—the corporation and its outside labor.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

2016 survey says 59% of Americans would be willing to buy a smart gun, including 56% of political conservatives and 4 of 14 gun owners. 21 million in Louisiana to “harden” schools, half a billion in Texas; schools designed with curving walls to decrease damage done by active shooters; bulletproof backpacks. stair climing wheelchairs.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The biosimilar pathway was designed to increase competition for biologics and reduce healthcare costs. Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (Formerly, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion) which is the nodal department of IPR, introduced a National IPR Policy in 2016. The National IPR Policy of 2016 has resulted in increasing IP registration since its inception. Objective 5.11.1 Case Studies.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

Within just over a month, a raft of barely-underground Discord servers like AI Hub have popped up to provide users with access to software—and step-by-step instructions—for creating new songs using hundreds of community-made AI models designed to mimic specific artists’ voices. We own all sounds captured on a sound recording.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

6 The potential impact of solid-state batteries on the EV industry in particular is huge, as they hold significantly more energy and charge in less time than traditional lithium-ion batteries, thereby eliminating one of the perceived drawbacks of EV ownership. higher energy density), and more durable than lithium-ion batteries.

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