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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

The label in question was designed by an employee of SK Oil Industries. Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. It was in October 2020 when SSPL came to know about NTC’s use of a similar label and trade dress for its set of soya bean edible oil products.

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Protecting Product and Packaging Designs in China Part II – Copyright

LexBlog IP

8) computer software; and (9) other intellectual achievements conforming to the characteristics of the works.” 2D designs and texts on a product or packaging may be protected as written, pictorial, photographic, and graphic works, or even works of fine art, depending on the nature of the design elements.

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Supermarket Showdown (Lidl v Tesco) – Lidl’s rights (trade marks and copyright) in the Lidl logo are infringed by Tesco’s “Clubcard Price” signs

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On copyright subsistence, the judge held that the Mark with Text is an artistic work, failing within the sub-category of “graphic works”. As part of this scheme, in September 2020, Tesco introduced the Clubcard Prices promotion: Tesco Clubcard holders were given discounts at the point of sale on certain products.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. Left: Chris Black’s Jarrangini (buffalo), 2018 © Chris Black/Copyright Agency, 2020.

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Intellectual Property Rights And Darwinism In E-Commerce

IP and Legal Filings

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in 1883 and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in 1886 both acknowledged the significance of the intellectual property. The World Intellectual Property Organization administers both accords (WIPO).”. Image Source: gettyimage].

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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. Third, the evidence of the plaintiff’s use of the mark from 1989 are fabricated.

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Limited Edition Products and their IP Protection

IIPRD

While copyright protects the originality of the expression behind the product, design preserves the overall appearance and aesthetic look of the product. COPYRIGHT OR DESIGN. It is possible for a product to fall under both Copyright and Design categories. But how can these Limited-Edition Products be protected? TRADEMARK.

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