Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In 2019, it was due to road work on my street and both 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. This prompted Florence Stoker to sue, a case she won handily with an order that all copies of the film be destroyed. However, at least one copy made it to the United States, where the original book was already in public domain. Bottom Line.

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The IPKat

MARCH 12, 2024

IPKat readers can take advantage of a 15% discount on the registration fee. The launch of ‘Le sac Swoosh’ (or ‘The Swoosh bag’) in February raised an eyebrow from art director and graphic designer Davide Perella, who shared his version of a concept Nike bag in 2020.

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The TTABlog

MAY 29, 2024

Applicant made a number of additional arguments in an attempt to overcome the Office's evidfence, pointing to third-party references to A S LIVE FOREVER as a brand and to purported copying by infringers. Simply calling A S LIVE FOREVER a brand cannot transform an otherwise unregistrable designation into a registrable mark."

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. ” Nevertheless, the successor licensee sent DMCA takedown notices to Amazon targeting the registrant’s stripped-down sticker. .” per sticker set.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

increase in international registration filings compared to 2020! DESIGN On Saturday, February 5, 2022, WIPO announced China's accession to the Hague System, making it the 68th contracting party to the 1999 Act and the 77th member of the Hague Union. The IPKat has once again compiled some of them for you. In 2021, there was a 14.4%

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

Put in common parlance, if the general public primarily understands the word to designate the product rather than the producer , the word is generic. There is a two-part test used to determine whether a designation is generic: (1) What is the class of goods or services at issue?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

This is stated in Section 9 of the Act, which forbids the registration of GIs that are determined to be generic names or indications of goods. Additional analysis has revealed that the registration status varies greatly. Furthermore, if unauthorized registrations are not stopped, it can make it harder for authorized users to register.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Copyright infringement – Copyright subsists in the Lidl logo and this was copied by Tesco in creating their Clubcard Price(s) signs. 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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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In 2020, complaints from the Federation of Newspaper Publishers (FIEG) over the illegal distribution of newspapers, periodicals, and books, led to an emergency order requiring Telegram to shut down 19 channels or face blocking itself. In early 2020, ODG filed a complaint at the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Milan.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Definition of MSME The MSME Development Act, established in 2006, witnessed a significant overhaul in its definition within the Atmanirbhar Bharat package on May 13, 2020. Subsequently, on June 1, 2020, the Government of India opted for further enhancements, particularly for Medium enterprises, setting the investment cap at Rs.

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The IPKat

MAY 9, 2024

018171305 ) as well as case law ( R-51/2006-4 , R-2069/2020 ). 018840401 for the padlock and for the pendants under EUTM registration no. However, position trade marks must meet stringent criteria for distinctiveness to ensure they do not represent common design practices. 018153472 , EU trade mark no.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 10, 2021

Faced with the prospect of losing rights in the Phanatic, the team created a new version of its longtime mascot before the start of the 2020 season— angering many longtime fans in the process. H/E), a creative design firm, which in 1984 assigned the copyright in the mascot for a term of “forever.”

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

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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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2021

“This site is stripped of all AATV branding and designed to appear like it sells VPN software to consumers,” the complaint notes, adding: “Defendants’ actions are consistent with an intent to operate the AATV service in covert manner because they know the service is illegal.”

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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. Securing legal protection gives you scope to build associations to your brand name without fear of competitor copying. This means such symbols have a wider scope of protection.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2023

The most popular of all customs is a play used by kids called “trick or treat” kids visit neighbour houses dressed in Halloween-themed costumes, which are designed to give a scary feeling, and ask them to give sweets by the phrase “trick or treat” if the owners of the house fail to give sweets, kids play a trick.

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Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

In particular, the court first assumed that the work was copyrightable based upon the registration documents. WPL is a UK based software company who obtained several copies of SAS statistical software and made their own clone version by rewriting the code and by relying upon an early version of SAS that is not protected by copyright.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Musical Arts, designs, pictures, software, material, and many other sorts of Intellectual Property can be transferred using an e-commerce platform in the digital age. There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc. 26, 2023, 11:00 AM), [link].

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

It states that the current IP regime poses problems in the context of generic computer programs because of the way the algorithms are designed and trained using large data sets. National Internet Exchange India , where the court suggested using AI to prevent registration of identical and deceptively similar marks (page 6).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2020, here. CPL had a registered trademark in the word “Conphamol” and the design of the product packaging. In this regard, the Court concluded that the defendants’ song appears to be a case of copying and reproduction of the plaintiff’s work.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Ltd [2022] EWHC 1895 (Ch) (July 2022) In our last volume , we reported on Samsung being held directly liable as a platform for copied watch faces for Samsung smartwatches. In 2013, Cadbury’s registration for Pantone 2685C was held invalid because its description rendered it void for lack of certainty.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Banksy Case: registration of a trademark in bad faith and the price of anonymity. Mandarins arrive in Luxembourg… the IP ‘case of the year 2020’. My product was copied and I haven’t registered it. There will be a sequel! To what extent can reality be made fictional in a film or series? is there anything I can do?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Instead of requiring its users to review those terms and conditions as it appears to do with its drivers, Uber has designed an interface that allows the registration to be completed without reviewing or even acknowledging the terms and conditions. Mangos Caribbean Restaurant LLC, 2020 WL 10056405 (N.D. Employment. Crawford v.

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IIPRD

MARCH 17, 2023

CAGR between 2020 and 2025. This regulation provides the responsibility of the manufacturer, and as per this regulation, product registration is not necessary. Device Patent: it protects the ornamental design of something that has a practical utility. This inclusion is the consequence of a push from health-conscious consumers.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

The digital universe is so large that it is said that big data is doubling in size every two years, and by the end of 2020, it is expected to reach 44 zettabytes. It is a popular saying that “if it is worth copying, it is worth protecting.” Where does IP come from in the Said Scenario?

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. It covers architectural design, software, graphic arts, motions pictures, sound recordings, and more, and it is adaptive to new technological advances that would likely apply to NFTs.

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IP Whiteboard

AUGUST 30, 2020

Left: Chris Black’s Jarrangini (buffalo), 2018 © Chris Black/Copyright Agency, 2020. From some general Google searching, it seems common for people to download pictures of works they like and bring them to their tattooist to copy. This leads to a number of questions: Is it copyright infringement to copy a work and use it as a tattoo?

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

Firstly, Direct infringement wherein a patented product can be literally copied element to element (Literal direct infringement) and equivalently copied with little to minimal changes not essentially affecting the effect of the product (Equivalent direct infringement). 7] Amazon’s IP Policy is one of such investments. LEXIS 24421. [7]

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, in order to have legal proof of ownership, it is always advisable to register for copyright registration. For modern designers, this may be both a blessing and a curse. To protect them, find online trademark registrations, logos, slogans, tags, series names, and their distinctive hashtags. Trademarks.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 30, 2022

With economy soaring high, Qatar has the fourth highest GDP (PPP) per capita in the world and sixth highest GNI per capita as per the reports in 2020. The process of trademark registration in Qatar is governed by the Law no. A single application for registration may be filed for a group of marks upon payment of the prescribed fee.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Certain procedural requirements: must be able to see & save a copy of the disclosures/contract w/in 15 days, via email receipt for example. may require disclosures and charitable registration: Draper James teachers giveaway. Designed in US” can also work. NY, DC, WA are considering similar taxes so it’s a trend to watch.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents. For more details on the topic of design and the metaverse in China see our previous blog post.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

President Ford couldn’t prevent others from copying bare historical facts. Fact also delineates specific categories—1960 report of meaning of “writings” that is a precursor to 102(b) lists ideas, dress designs, reports of current events, names/titles. Review board 1995-2020: same basic story. Photos about 5-7% rejections.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

On December 2020, Congress passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act or the CASE Act. This came to a head in 2017 when the filmmaker Rick Allen sued the State of North Carolina over alleged illegal copying of footage he shot of Blackbeard’s sunken ship. 1: The Copyright Small Claims Court.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

Aparajita discusses the key arguments made by Pfizer/ BioNTech in her piece and raises question on enforceability of Moderna’s patents in light of its 2020 patent pledge. The Defendant argued that the suit design was published prior to the date of registration under a different trade name.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

16, 2024) WCT offers a mobile-fitness app called “Bike+” and owns a trademark registration for that name. WCT’s app was first released in 2014 for the iPhone and Pebble watch as a metric-tracking cycling app that was designed to “track speed, distance, altitude, and grade.” World Champ Tech LLC v. Peloton Interactive, Inc.,

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder. 1492 (2020) (Gorsuch, J.). 1492 (2020) (No. 1492 (2020) (No. at 1494-95.

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