IP Watchdog

JANUARY 24, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) Copyright Public Records System (CPRS) reflected that the registration for a graphic novel that was made using the AI text-to-image tool, Midjourney, had been cancelled. The USCO previously registered the work in September 2022. The Office has since clarified that the update was a system error (see above note).

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The IPKat

MARCH 16, 2023

The case In September 2022, Ms. Kristina Kashtanova applied and obtained the copyright registration for the work “ Zarya of the Dawn ”. In sum, the USCO denied the registration for the images generated through the AI system concluding that “ text prompts ” were insufficient to qualify as " human authorship ".

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 24, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) officially cancelled the registration for a graphic novel that was made using the AI text-to-image tool, Midjourney. The USCO previously registered the work in September 2022. With Monday’s development, the cancellation is now final.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Generative AI Computer-generated art reached a tipping point in 2022.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Indian Copyright Registration The Indian Copyright Office is similarly confused how to handle such requests. In this case, the copyright office allowed registration. The basis for registration is not specified. The procedure is a correction proceeding in court to cancel the registration. A troubling dilemma.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Registration of a mask work with the Copyright Office provides certain legal benefits, including the ability to bring a lawsuit for infringement of the mask work. Registration of a Mask Work.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2022

The complaint marks the start of a new phase of Thaler’s attempts at obtaining a copyright registration for “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” an AI-generated work that is the output of Thaler’s AI system known as Creativity Machine. Shira Perlmutter and The United States Copyright Office (1:22-cv-01564) (June 2, 2022).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2022

PPL filed an application for re-registration as a copyright society in March 2013. Subsequently (according to averments), an application for re-registration was filed once again in 2018 by PPL. Shortly after rejecting the application, the Registrar of Copyrights granted registration as a copyright society to RMPL for sound recordings.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The design was granted registration by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Kolkata. The design was filed on 10/03/2022 and was subsequently accepted and published in the Journal of the Patent Office numbered 21/2023 on May 26th, 2023. The design number is 360313-00.

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Olartemoure Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

On November 8th, INVIMA finally published the guidelines for modifications to health registrations for medicinal products pending since the issuance of Decree 334 in March 2022 and Decree 1474 in September 2023. La entrada Guidelines for modifications to health registrations se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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IP Close Up

MARCH 29, 2022

The first three IP CloseUp readers who email explore@understandingip.org will receive complimentary registration to the 5th Intellectual Property Awareness Summit. IPAS 2022 is being held at Continue reading.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

trademark registration for your trademark on goods or services for your business. Can your trademark registration be cancelled with the U.S. Can you file anything to strengthen your trademark registration against invalidation? This means that it is less burdensome to prove the invalidity of a trademark registration.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 6, 2022

Starting June 7, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will issue electronic registration certificates rather than the traditional paper certificates with gold foil seals. The electronically issued registration certificates will be the official certificates. By: Brooks Pierce

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Trademark Office issued the following 139 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in October 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Registration Number. Word Mark. ALWAYS SIMPLE ALWAYS SATISFYING SIEMPRE SOUPS. M VERSAPRO. 6884715.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 27, 2022

On June 21, 2022, The Ohio State University (OSU) obtained a federal trademark registration (U.S. 6,763,118) for the standard character mark THE for “t-shirts, baseball caps, and hats; all of the foregoing being promoted, distributed, and sold through channels customary to the field of sports and collegiate athletics.”.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 22, 2023

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) in December 2022 ordered the cancellation of the COHIBA and COHIBA (stylized) registrations owned by General Cigar Co. In what may be the longest running trademark dispute in the United States, the U.S. General Cigar”), based on Article 8 of the Pan American Convention.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Registration of a mask work with the Copyright Office provides certain legal benefits, including the ability to bring a lawsuit for infringement of the mask work. Id, section 1206. In particular, Section 1213.2

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JANUARY 5, 2023

Trademark Office issued the following 144 trademark registrations to persons businesses in Indiana in December 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Word Mark. JUNE + VIE. Q PREMIUM NATURAL QUARTZ FROM MSI. ACTIVE FOR ALL. 6936264.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 1, 2022

On February 14, 2022, the Copyright Review Board denied registration for a two-dimensional artwork entitled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise.” What was notable about this artwork was that it was created by artificial intelligence (“AI”).

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Trademark Office issued the following 177 trademark registrations to persons & businesses in Indiana in November 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. LOAN BUTLER. LOVELL’S TRUCKING SOLUTIONS. ALTERNATIVE DESIGN. 6912233.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 20, 2022

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) started issuing electronic trademark registration certificates on May 24, 2022, approximately two weeks earlier than initially planned. The USPTO blamed the accelerated issuance on a “paper vendor disruption,” however one wants to interpret that.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MAY 11, 2022

Trademark Office issued the following 119 trademark registrations to persons businesses in Indiana in April 2022 Base on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. Number. Word Mark. AAD INTERNATIONAL FELLOW AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY EXCELLENCE IN DERMATOLOGY.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 10, 2022

Trademark Office issued the following 175 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in May 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. Number. Word Mark. KAIZER WOLF. INNOCENT DEVIL’S HAREM. MUNSTER ANIMAL HOSPITAL. 6724833.

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The TTABlog

JULY 25, 2023

The latest issue of Allen's Trademark Digest includes a compilation of my capsule summaries of the precedential "Decisions of the Federal Circuit and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on Registrability Issues - July 2022 to June 2023." download pdf here ]. Set out below is my brief introduction to the compilation.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Trademark Office issued the following 191 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in September 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Registration Number. GLYPHIC BLIND BAG. POSITIONING PATIENTS FOR SUCCESS. MARACAY BROWN. LOTON HILL. 6859184.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced that starting on December 3, 2022, those filing trademark applications will have three months (instead of the original six) to respond to office actions during the trademark examination process. By: Ladas & Parry LLP

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Supreme Court laid out when copyright registration errors can be excused in a decision reviving an infringement verdict against fast-fashion giant H&M, while the Ninth Circuit was left unimpressed by alleged similarities between a Christian rapper's song and Katy Perry's "Dark Horse."

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 1, 2022

The US Trademark Office issued the following 144 trademark registrations to persons and business in Indiana in March 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. MBGBRYBELLY. LEAD WITH YOUR EDGE. SUNCREST AUTISM CENTER. SHORES OF MOON. HILL WOOD SHED. 6685907.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 4, 2022

-Bee) has scheduled five (V) oral hearings for the month of April 2022. April 5, 2022 - 11 AM: Cobra Kai Jiu Jitsu, LLC v. April 12, 2022 - 1 PM: Basic Sports Apparel, Inc. April 21, 2022 - 2 PM: Kate Spade LLC v. April 21, 2022 - 2 PM: Kate Spade LLC v. Welch 2022. Spiral Directd Ltd , Opposition No.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

Reasoning that the form of a copyright registration does not really matter, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s ruling that real estate photography provider VHT was entitled to statutory damages for 2,700 photos infringed by Zillow even though VHT had registered all of the works at issue as part of a single database.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Trademark Office issued the following 200 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in August 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Registration No. I’M NOT YOUR KITE B H. GATORADE, G, GIT. SOULFUL KITCHEN. GATORADE THIRST QUENCHER. 6827518.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 18, 2022

Trademark Office issued the following 186 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in January 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. HEALTHY BARRIERS. WHITE OCEAN. TAI CHI WELLBEING. BIG HOFFA’S FREEZERY. MYCAR MOBILE. 6627797.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Beginning December 3, 2022, United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) trademark applicants and registrants will have three (3) months to respond to office actions, rather than six (6) months, with the possibility of a three-month extension for a fee of $125. By: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Supreme Court recently ruled that certain types of inadvertent mistakes will not void a copyright registration. In an opinion published February 24, 2022, the Court held lack of either factual or legal knowledge can excuse an inaccuracy in a copyright registration. Unicolors, Inc. H&M Hennes & Mauritz L.P.,

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 20, 2022

When considering a likelihood of confusion, one might naturally think a mark is registrable that is an antonym (opposite) of a registered mark. 7, 2022) (not precedential). This was not the result in In re Sugar Free Specialties, LLC, Serial No. 90706411 (TTAB Dec. By: BakerHostetler

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 14, 2022

Trademark Office issued the following 267 Trademark Registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in June 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana Trademark Attorneys: Reg. No Word Mark . PLATFORM (A PRODUCTION COMPANY). DESIGNSPINE. MIRES METHOD. NO PUP, NO PROBLEM. 6768187.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We’re pleased to inform you that Centre for Intellectual Property Studies, National Law University, Jodhpur is is inviting submissions from law students for the ‘NLUJ CIPS Inter College IP Research Essay Writing Competition, 2022’ on the theme ‘“IP and Youth: Innovating for a better future’. Third Prize: Rs.

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