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Getting Off on the Wrong Foot: How Marketing Strategies Can Backfire

JD Supra Law

The European Court of Justice affirmed an earlier decision of the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in a case where Puma was attempting to gain a European Union (EU) Community Design on its “Puma Creeper Shoe.” By: Dickinson Wright

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WIPIP 2024 Highlights

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Earlier this month, the High Tech Law Institute hosted the 2024 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property ( WIPIP ), featuring nearly 90 presentations and over 110 attendees from four continents. This juxtaposition leaves me with a bittersweet memory of WIPIP 2024. The photo album. My memoriam for Dan.

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CFP: Trademark and Unfair Competition Scholarship Roundtable 2024

43(B)log

The Roundtable is designed to be a forum for the discussion of current trademark, false advertising, and right of publicity scholarship, covering a range of methodologies, topics, and perspectives. The Roundtable will be held on Friday, October 18, 2024. Submissions must be of full drafts in Microsoft word format.

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Public Domain Day 2024 is Coming: Here’s What to Know

Copyright Lately

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine—but you’re not alone: An avalanche of copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. public domain on January 1, 2024—and that’s a shame. However, as always, Public Domain Day 2024 will be accompanied by lots of caveats, asterisks and traps for the unwary.

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Another “brick” in Lego’s modular systems design protection

The IPKat

By decision of 24 January 2024 ( T-537/22 ), the General Court of the European Union (GC) confirmed the validity of the Registered Community Design (RCD) by Lego A/S (Lego) “Building blocks from a toy building set” by stating that an RCD is invalid only if all its features are excluded from protection. Lego appealed.

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TTABlog Test: Is CROSSFIRST BANK & Circle Design Confusable with Banc of California's RIng Design?

The TTABlog

92075496 (January 14, 2024) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Michael B. California claimed that its ring design mark is commercially strong, but its evidence did not relate solely to the ring mark. The parties’ ring/circle designs do not look exactly the same, even though they feature the same shapes and are constructed similarly.

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Upcoming Changes in Korean Patent Law for 2024

LexBlog IP

Upcoming Changes in Korean Patent Law for 2024 by John DeStefano Understanding the 2024 Korean Patent Law Amendments As champions of innovation and protectors of intellectual property, it is vital for us to stay informed about the most recent developments in patent law worldwide.