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Infographic | The designated gatekeepers

Olartemoure Blog

The Digital Markets Act (DMA), the groundbreaking EU law addressing antitrust, unfair competition, and consumer protection, has now designated major tech companies as gatekeepers. Offer the possibility to the companies to include advertisements on their platform with access to the gatekeeper’s performance measuring tools.

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False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under § 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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Design Patent: Invalid as Unduly Functional

Patently-O

Evo’s design patent claims an “ ornamental design for a foldable bag ” as shown in the figures above. Functionality : Design patents focus on ornamentality rather than utility. Although the design must be ornamental, it is simultaneously a “design for an article of manufacture.”

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Copyrightability Of Designer Clothes And Costumes

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction An artist’s ideas, be it for a renowned painting, sculpture, novel, technological design, jewelryor fashion are his own. However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. A copyright protection is the ability of a designer to protect his original designs through the copyright laws.

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Preliminary Exams for the Recruitment of Patent and Designs Examiners Cancelled!

SpicyIP

Image by Freepik Just a day after conducting the Preliminary exams for the recruitment of the Patent and Design Examiners, the Quality Control Council of India (QCI) on September 4, announced that the same has been cancelled due to “some irregularities/ technical glitches.”

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

The TTABlog

California claimed that its ring design mark is commercially strong, but its evidence did not relate solely to the ring mark. There is no way to determine the extent to which, or even if, consumers of banking services associate the Ring Design alone with Petitioner." It included evidence regarding use of that mark with the bank name.

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The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Enjoined

IP Tech Blog

On September 18, 2023, NetChoice, LLC — a national trade association with members from the tech and social media industry — obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Northern District of California preventing the State of California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC” or the “Act”).

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