IPilogue

JUNE 2, 2022

Reversing what seemed like a victory for supporters of AI-owned intellectual property, the full bench of the Federal Court of Australia has confirmed the majority view of the world: only human inventors can own patent rights to their creations. This signals a shift in Canadian attitudes towards AI ownership of their work.

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IPilogue

MARCH 14, 2022

On February 3, 2022, Nike filed a trademark lawsuit in New York’s federal trial court claiming the online sneaker reseller, StockX, sells unauthorized pictures of Nike’s shoes through NFTs. This type of lawsuit was bound to happen, and the intellectual property law sector needs answers.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Introduction India has a rich culinary legacy, in recent times, the growth of Indian cuisine has seen a tremendous commercial surge both domestically and internationally which has led to an increased need for the protection of recipes to ensure their authenticity and provide ownership rights to the actual creator of the recipe. Bradley.com.

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The IPKat

MARCH 5, 2024

Jane Wessel's book , Owning Performance | Performing Ownership: Literary Property and the Eighteenth-Century British Stage , is a distinguished contribution to this scholarly pantheon. One needs to look no further than Mark Rose, Authors and Owners , or Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book. Read, learn, and enjoy.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Image generated with Midjourney In the middle of 2022, three significant AI text-to-image generators were made available to the public: Dall-E 2 (April 2022), Midjourney (July 2022), and Stability Diffusion (August 2022). The August 2022 date is reflective of the change in technology between April and August 2022.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

So, believing that the state’s usurpation of his right to control use of the copyrighted work essentially took from the photographer a valuable property right, the photographer made a takings claim, seeking just compensation for the state’s alleged taking, essentially an assertion of eminent domain over the intellectual property.

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IPilogue

MARCH 9, 2022

As of January 31, 2022, Sony Interactive Entertainment (“Sony”) is behind the video game publisher Bungie. In Sony’s case, it is likely more cost-efficient to purchase Bungie and gain some ownership over its future games than to create games itself for its PlayStation consoles. Behind every video game, there is a video game designer.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

And more recently, Lokesh covered the whole rise and fall of the earlier Public Funded Research and Development (Protection, Utilisation and Regulation of Intellectual Property) Bill, 2007 (PUPFIP) – that gives some good background context, including that there’s been nearly no development on this front for a decade.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

But, in this space, headlines are usually a source of inspiration (so we can write about intellectual property issues that may interest more than just IP attorneys), and titles a bit of fun (so we can draw in those looking for a bit of lightness amid more serious legal analysis). ’” Id. ’” Id.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Introduction Intellectual property entails the protection of legal rights for inventions and creations made by individuals or businesses using their minds. Such works of art benefit the creator, and they are protected by the law of intellectual property. These advantages can be made profitable for the owner.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 30, 2023

The intellectual property rights victory in Canada for the footwear company Crocs is a timely reminder to keep fleece clogs in mind for your winter wardrobe. The Battle Over Fleeced Clogs As early as 2006, Crocs has been in numerous intellectual property battles against companies Crocs claims are selling knock-offs.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

From a long-awaited WIPO Diplomatic Conference , to the debates about the Traditional Knowledge Bill in India, and the release of new guidelines on the use of traditional knowledge in Australia, this year may prove the busiest yet for the relationship between intellectual property and traditional knowledge.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In recent years, India has witnessed a remarkable surge in the awareness and utilization of intellectual property rights (IPR) within its Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector. The surge in patent applications by MSMEs in the financial year 2022-23, marking a 28.4%

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. Western District of Texas On July 25, 2022, WDTX’s Chief Judge Orlando L. The data has confirmed this prediction.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! On 24 March 2022, the CJEU issued its judgment in the Austro-Mechana case which tackles the private copying exception and the compensation for the reproduction and storage of copyright material in the cloud. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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Patently-O

APRIL 13, 2022

Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence (Edward Elgar Press, Forthcoming 2022) (R. You’ll be able to read the whole book soon, but meanwhile here are a few chapters that are available in draft form: Ryan Abbott, Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: An Introduction.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The virtual universe Decentraland hosted in March 2022, the first Metaverse Fashion Week which was a success, as it featured more than 70 brands, artists and designers. Intellectual Property has therefore become an important issue for brands , which are taking steps to protect their goods in this platform.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 27, 2023

There were several significant trade secret jury awards in 2022 in Virginia ($2 billion), Ohio ($65 million), and Michigan ($105 million). The Protecting American Intellectual Property Act signed on January 5, 2023 is designed to help American businesses from trade secret by foreign actors.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 24, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In 2022, the Federal Circuit held that an invention is only eligible for a US patent if a human conceived of the invention. In addition, standard property law principles of ownership, as well as the work-for-hire doctrine, apply to make Plaintiff Dr. Stephen Thaler the copyright’s owner. Vidal , 43 F.4th

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

2022-1751, 2022-1813 (Fed. The court added that Weber’s copyright ownership of the operating manuals does not negate Weber’s ability to make the operating manuals publicly accessible. In Weber, Inc. Provisur Techs., Weber , slip op.,

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Barry Sookman

JANUARY 30, 2022

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-01-22 [link] 2022-01-23. Copyright Ownership, Transfers, and NFTs [link] 2022-01-25. Medjedovic | CanLII [link] 2022-01-26. link] 2022-01-26. A Decade After SOPA/PIPA, It’s Time to Revisit Website Blocking | ITIF [link] 2022-01-26. Is crypto code law?

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Patently-O

MARCH 12, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In October 2022, Canada’s largest intellectual property firm became a publicly traded entity. The old partners continue to have some management rolls at the firm but will be employees of IPH rather than owners. “Canada’s Intellectual Property Firm” is now owned by the Australians.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 27, 2023

There were several significant trade secret jury awards in 2022 in Virginia ($2 billion), Ohio ($65 million), and Michigan ($105 million). The Protecting American Intellectual Property Act signed on January 5, 2023 is designed to help American businesses from trade secret by foreign actors.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. Western District of Texas On July 25, 2022, WDTX’s Chief Judge Orlando L. The data has confirmed this prediction.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. Understanding Mask Work. Id, section 2407.1(D)(2).

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In an opinion letter dated February 14, 2022, the Review Board of the United States Copyright Office (Review Board) affirmed a decision of the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) denying registration of a two-dimensional artwork generated by Creativity Machine, an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm created by Dr. Stephen Thaler.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically. 2] CS (COMM) 819 of 2022. [3] 893 of 2002 (Del) (India). [2]

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

Introduction With the rise of the mobile application industry, India emerges as a highly profitable market, witnessing over twenty-eight billion downloads in 2022, accounting for 5% of the total global downloads. It thus becomes crucial for them to safeguard their creations through effective intellectual property laws.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

As of 2022, it is not even a new idea to use digital methods to copy heritage, considering that the mass digitisation of cultural heritage, especially books, started more than two decades ago. Alternatively, ownership of the scans is not addressed at all when discussing physical repatriation. Photo by awsloley via Pixabay.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Children provide a unique contribution to the discourse on creativity, copyright and intellectual property. The prospective research project as described in the piece below was presented at the Society of Legal Scholars 2022 Annual Conference. Image by bethL via Pixabay. 1197 and C?683/17 683/17 – Cofemel ). What is it?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 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 amendment later on. She is intrigued by the field of Intellectual Property Law and wishes to explore the same.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Understanding Mask Work Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. Id, section 2407.1(D)(2).

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2024

iii] These new organisations quench the thirst of community ownership and free will voting of all members to stop bias and profit maximize intention. mechanism (User content stored in a block chain data and DAOs managing the rules of these chains) in contrast to the ownership by a single entity like meta under web 2.0.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JULY 25, 2023

Code, signaling a conflict over intellectual property rights and the unauthorized use of creative works.According to Messerschmidt's Complaint, the Academy, an online school specializing in English as a Second Language courses for Vietnamese speakers, allegedly utilized his photographs without obtaining proper authorization.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 2, 2022

In his most recent July 5, 2022 ruling, Judge Norgle notes that Hytera’s inability to satisfy the judgment might establish the irreparable injury element necessary for that injunction, but Hytera’s pending appeal forecloses his ability to exercise jurisdiction on that order. Patents or NDAs?

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IP Watchdog

MAY 18, 2022

In January 2022, StockX announced its plans to launch The Vault, which uses non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to allow buyers to track ownership of physical products resold on its e-market and warrant their authenticity, including Nike shoes. Nike, Inc. StockX LLC, 1:22-cv-00983-VEC.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

According to his profile , Hierl has practiced exclusively in the area of intellectual property law since 1980; the lawsuit claims that Hierl and his law firm carried out work for the plaintiffs, including “filing infringement actions against and collecting monetary settlement payments from third-party infringers.”

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