The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

On November 29, 2022, the European Commission published the long-awaited proposals for a revised Regulation and revised Directive on designs. New definitions for “design” and “product” (Art. 3 Draft Regulation) Draft Directive and Draft Regulation suggest a new definition for “design” and “product”, respectively.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2022

In a welcome move the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks by public notice dated December 16, 2022 eliminated the mandatory requirement of filing physical copies of the forms for filing a design application in India. efiling #designs.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2023

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Nike sues BAPE for copying its shoe design; the five largest patent offices announce an increase of 10% in patent grants for 2022; and Hershey settles a trademark dispute with a California cookie company; and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) condemns the Indian government’s takedown (..)

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2024

This Kat has found a recent decision issued by the Paris Court of Appeal in a dispute over the allegedly unlawful reproduction of a t-shirt design. This ruling was an opportunity for the court to reiterate that a garment can be protected by copyright and design law. Consequently, no copyright infringement could be found.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia upheld the TTAB's decision [ TTABlogged here ] affirming a refusal to register certain features of Timberland's boot design on the ground that the proposed mark for "footwear, namely, lace-up boots" lacked acquired distinctiveness. December 8, 2022). Welch 2022. l:21CV681 (E.D.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 8, 2022

TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2022. Ferrari was issued a new design patent D945,320 titled, “Car, Toy Car Replica And/Or Other Replica.” ” While this patent does not mention the specific model of vehicle for the design, the look bears similarity to the Scuderia Ferrari SF1000 that raced in the 2020 Formula One season.

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IPilogue

MAY 20, 2022

The deadline to apply for an IPJ Student Editor position has been extended to May 31, 2022 at 4 PM. Founded in 1984, the Intellectual Property Journal (IPJ) covers matters relating to all aspects of Intellectual Property such as patents, trademarks, copyright, designs, trade secrets, and related areas such as privacy. 1-2 hrs per week.

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IPilogue

APRIL 29, 2022

Founded in 1984, the Intellectual Property Journal (IPJ) covers matters relating to all aspects of Intellectual Property such as patents, trademarks, copyright, designs, trade secrets, and related areas such as privacy. Term : Fall Semester (September 2022). Copy of your resume and grades. T ime Demands: Approx.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 6, 2022

Design patents, sometimes referred to as industrial designs, protect the aesthetic appearance of a product. In other words, unless international or regional treaties are available, a grant of design rights has to be obtained individually in each country of interest. On 5 th May 2022 , China becomes a member of the Hague System.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) found that there was no likelihood of confusion between the “SMOKES & Design” mark owned by Fancy Pants Products, LLC (“Applicant”), generally used in connection with cannabis products, and the “SMOK” mark owned by Shenzhen IVPS Technology Co. 31, 2022). Shenzhen IVPS Tech.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 10, 2022

Carson Design & Mfg., 21-cv-619 (WMW/DTS), 2022 WL 610967 (D. Feb 2, 2022). Plaintiff Schwab-Vollhaber-Lubratt (“SVL”) sued Defendants Carson Design and Manufacturing and Midwest Mechanical Supply alleging infringement of certain SVL patents. 2022 WL 610967, at *1. 21-437 (JRT/LIB), 2022 WL 816551 (D.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

In this edition, we report on an AG Opinion that came out late in 2022 and update you on what has happened in the first trimester of 2023 in EU copyright law. For the a comment on the most recent Court judgment on private copying and the cloud (Case C-433/20), also coming from Austria, see here.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

2022-1862 (Fed. For Baird, the Federal Circuit pointed out that the claimed 40 °F to 60 °F range was found to be a “different invention” from the disclosed 32 °F to 176 °F range because the claim had been copied from a different patent in order to initiate an interference proceeding. RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

A very popular design of one of these boots is based on a traditional Spanish riding boot - the Regina boot or Heeled Regina - which looks like the below (and for a closer look click here ). Although their products have the "country" look and feel about them, the products aren't designed for serious country wear.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Compendium: Chapter 1200, sections 1201-1202. In particular, Section 1213.2

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

In October 2022, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined Google some 13.38 According to Google, there were at least 50 instances of copying, some of which were “word-for-word”. Copy and Paste Roundup. That decision was recently upheld by the European Court of Justice , though the fine was slightly reduced.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Remembering another lousy year with a countdown of the most ill-considered, unsatisfying and wrongly-decided copyright rulings of 2022. So what better way to commemorate 2022 than with a look at the worst copyright decisions from coast to coast? Well, there you have it—the worst copyright rulings of 2022, according to yours truly.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 7, 2022

Welcome to the second trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! On 26 April 2022, the CJEU finally derlivered its judgment, the main focus of which was the Polish challenge of Article 17 of the CDSM Directive. Many Member States missed the deadline, so in May 2022 the Commission issued reasoned opinions to 13 of them.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Their terms say I own full commercial (note they don’t say “exclusive”) rights to it and can apply for trademark registration for it (through the, naturally, even though they aren’t lawyers and will just copy whatever you provide them into the application and submit it whether it’s appropriate or not).

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2022

On 30 September 2022, the much-awaited jury verdict for Alexander v Take Two Interactive Software Inc. & Alexander inked WWE professional wrestler Randy Orton with a total of six tattoos including tribal tattoos designed by another tattoo artist which Alexander extended per Randy Orton’s request. was released. Final Call, Inc.,

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

While at this stage the particulars of Getty’s claim are unavailable, their press release states that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty Images”. What is AI image generation software?

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Throughout 2022, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing companies today. Overview of Non-Compete Legislation and Enforcement Issues from 2022. View the Recording.

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Price argues that in 2009, he created an artistic graphic design to print on shorts for his two sons. His artistic design was not registered with the United States Copyright Office until August 2022 when he obtained certification and named the work as MCLAW DESIGN. Amended Complaint pg.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 4, 2022

Fish Principals Craig Deutsch , Jennifer Huang , and Grace Kim , discuss challenging design patents at the PTAB in their Law360 Expert Analysis article. PDF copy available. As an initial matter, design patent trials at the PTAB are relatively rare. The numbers can partly be explained by the nature of design patents.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The last time developer Christopher Boomer appeared on our radar was back in July 2022 when he attempted to unmask thousands of alleged copyright infringers using the DMCA subpoena process. The same gameplay mechanics also appear in Get Muscles Simulator but the complaint alleges that copying goes well beyond that.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 11, 2022

After a relatively busy 2020 in which the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) designated over a dozen opinions as either precedential or informative, the PTAB did not designate a single opinion as precedential or informative during the 2021 calendar year. PDF copy available.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Essential facilities is designed to deal w/a specific kind of bottleneck—telecom, bridge, road—a channel that’s needed. If something isn’t protected by IP, it’s free for copying. We like copying! Confusion is what we try to avoid, not copying. The precedent is there despite today’s judges’ skepticism.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Relying on Applicant's own advertising touting the design of its knife blade and its ease of manufacture (yielding lower cost), the Board affirmed Examining Attorney Caroline L. Moran's Section 2(e)(5) functionality refusal of the design of a "serration pattern" on the blade of a knife (shown below). See TTABlog comment below. -

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43(B)log

JANUARY 13, 2023

Wolf Designs LLC v. Five 18 Designs LLC, F.Supp.3d 3d -, 2022 WL 10551564, No. 18, 2022) Wolf designs and installs “vehicle wraps,” large vinyl graphics or decals applied to car bodies. Copyright: Three of Wolf’s customers allegedly opted to hire Five 18 to install vehicle wraps featuring designs Wolf owned.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 17, 2023

In part I, Anshuman discusses the ‘Open House’ sessions on Patents (June 7) and Designs, GI and Copyright (June 9) and part II of his post will discuss the session on Trademark (June 12) along with his takeaways. Patil (Joint Controller of Patents & Designs & Head of Office, O/o CGPDTM), Sh. N R Meena (Sr. N K Mohanty (Sr.

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Patently-O

MARCH 10, 2022

Cirrus Design ( Fed. Fleming sent a copy of his pending patent application to Cirrus who apparently then released a new aircraft embodying his patented design. Fleming also argued copying – that Cirrus had copied his invention – and that copying is a strong indicia of nonobviousness.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2022

On January 1, 2022, works that were first published in the year 1926 lapsed into the public domain. This means that others are free to copy, publish, distribute, create new works based upon it and otherwise make use of it without a license. However, the name that’s received the lion’s share of the attention has been A.A.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Throughout 2022, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing companies today. Overview of Non-Compete Legislation and Enforcement Issues from 2022. View the Recording.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we discussed earlier this week , artificial intelligence was by far the biggest and most important plagiarism story of 2022 and likely will be in 2023. That has been further compounded by the release of ChatGPT in November 2022. The issue is simple. Advantages: . Already baked into current assessment systems.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

March 21, 2022). RCN Telecom Services, LLC , 2022 WL 1291388 (D. April 29, 2022). Peak ruling and embrace the Cablevision ruling that there is a class of unfixed electronic works: embodiment alone does not result in the creation of a copy; the embodiment must also persist for a period of more than transitory duration.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 28, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Ficep begins its petition for certiorari with a brilliant statement of how its patented steel manufacturing method has won numerous awards and complements for its innovative approach, been copied by competitors, and led to numerous successful sales. There was copying by competitors. 2022-1590, 2023 WL 5346043 (Fed.

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