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Seeking Clarity on Comparison Prior Art: Seirus Petitions Supreme Court in Heat Wave Design Patent Dispute

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Seirus has petitioned for writ of certiorari in its long-running design patent dispute with Columbia Sportswear. 21, 2024) (question paraphrased). Columbia’s design patent claims an “ornamental design of a heat reflective material” as shown in the figures. Columbia Sportswear N.

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2024 Changes to International Trademark Classifications

LexBlog IP

2024 Changes to International Trademark Classifications by Melanie Lane Understanding WIPO’s 2024 Nice Classification Changes: Impact on the USPTO’s §6.1 of 37 CFR Part 6, aligning it with the 12th edition, version 2024, of the Nice Classification published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

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WIPO General Assembly moves to diplomatic conferences on designs and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources

The IPKat

On 21 July 2022, Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved the convening of diplomatic conferences on designs and genetic resources, no later than 2024. Diplomatic conferences are negotiating rounds where multilateral treaties are adopted or revised.

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Print-on-Demand Service Defeats Fish Illustrator’s Copyright Claim–Tomelleri v. Sunfrog

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Judge Morris correctly concluded that “Rule 8 requires more”—Plaintiff did not, for example, allege that Defendants “design[ed], manufacture[d] or even select[ed] the products on their website.” I’m also left wondering about possibly divergent applications of copyright and trademark law to print-on-demand services.

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Trade Mark Restrictions: The Limit of Monopoly on Common English Words

IP and Legal Filings

However the limitations and restrictions for registration is present not all terms are eligible for registration… a trade mark encompasses with number of elements, including logo, slogans, shapes, sounds, even scents, all designed to distinguish product and services from other competitors.

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. The court explains: They describe steps in the process of fashion design and capture much (if not all) of the creative output that Gutman might produce in her role as a designer.

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The Supreme Court confirms that a third party may not use the ZARA trademark.

Garrigues Blog

regarding the use of the ZARA trademark, as previously discussed here. In other words, the scope of the first wording of Article 37 was more limited, as it only referred to the use, in the course of trade, of the trademark when it was necessary to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service.