IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

For instance, in accordance with this doctrine, the author would be entitled to copyright protection if someone collected different poems that were previously in the public domain and produced in a single document. With the information in the public domain, the Rural Telephone Service issued a phone book.

Copyright 88

Copyright Public Domain Copying Publishing 88

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A company can use a unique typeface to convey pretty much anything on any of its products, its advertising, its website, and any other place a company would publicly use the written word. Namely, anything protected by a design patent will enter the public domain generally 15 years after the patent office issued the design patent.

Design Patent 52

Design Patent Designs Design Patent 52

IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Lastly, trademarks are pivotal for commercial purposes such as sales and advertisements. Eventually, the Court held that the word “thermos” was indeed a generic term that was in the public domain, and thus, the defendant could proceed with the use of the word under the condition that “thermos” shall not be capitalized.

Trademark 83

Trademark Cease and Desist Branding Brands 83

Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

He found that many commercially-available products were not being sold as advertised and included fillers and even toxic substances mixed in. He further claims that he has never made any money from his various business ventures. And, to that end, Newmaster has two prominent supporters. First is UG itself.

Journalism 178

Journalism Plagiarism Publishing Public Domain 178

The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain. If a company conducts business internationally, it may have to adhere to the privacy laws of foreign countries. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

IP 98

IP Intellectual Property Social Media Cease and Desist 98

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. The alleged “harm” here was a report that painted Twitter in an unflattering light and caused Twitter to purportedly lose advertising revenue.

Blogging 96

Blogging Contracts Cease and Desist Social Media 96

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain. If a company conducts business internationally, it may have to adhere to the privacy laws of foreign countries. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

IP 52

IP Intellectual Property Social Media Cease and Desist 52

The IPKat

JULY 14, 2022

The Hearing Officer decided that mark 822 should suffer the same fate as mark 361 and explained that “ this is because as it stands the representation does not explain how the colour is used as a sign at all, whether it be on the packaging, advertising materials or applied to the goods themselves ”. the packaging is purple).

Public Domain 98

Public Domain Advertising Advertising Registration 98

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The good news is after the holiday was effectively ruined last year, we’re more or less back in business in 2021. It found that because Harvey had not renewed the copyrights on the comics featuring the character that later developed into Fatso, the depictions of the character relied on by Harvey had fallen into the public domain.

Copyright 144

Copyright Cinema Copying Copyright Infringement 144

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Court noted that redacting one’s name from a judgment acquitting them is counterproductive when there are other tarnishing publications in the public domain and that access to court judgments are integral to “open justice”, subject only to some exceptions. Top 10 Judgments/Orders [Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity].

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

We’ve had a busy week at SpicyIP with lots of IP developments on and off the blog. The High Court also noted that merely because the impugned mark’s advertisement occurred in Delhi, the courts of Delhi will not become eligible to adjudicate on the dispute. Did we miss anything big? Let us know in the comments below!

Trademark 105

Trademark Patent Copyright Designs 105

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Display on front of T-shirt: ornamental, decorative; have legislature consider purposes of TM and PTO as well to be gatekeeper to protect public domain. we could add harm back in to the TM test): defamation has these too; patent/false advertising interface requirement of knowing the claim was meritless.

Trademark 69

Trademark False Advertising Fair Use Branding 69

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Which makes the question of copyright preemption of online contracts a vitally important one for any person or business that is looking to do anything important with online data. As more business models are being eaten by software, it’s the offline contracts that are becoming increasingly atypical. TOU at 6-7. ” TOU at 1.

Blogging 80

Blogging Copyright Contracts Cease and Desist 80

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

This is great for Google but highly harmful to Genius, which, like many websites, bases its business model on users’ traffic and advertisements. In other words, what level of contractual control over public domain information is acceptable. Other legal tools can address this difficult question more directly.

Blogging 92

Blogging Contracts Copyright Law Copyright 92

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

SCt should get out of business of doing IP, but it’s too late. Sears/Compco said there was a right to copy things in the public domain; how did that go away? Will businesses be ok with this? Farley: INTA says its objective is to protect the public through the use of TMs/avoiding deception. What is to be done?

Trademark 45

Trademark Law Branding Brands 45