The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Now in its second edition, the book offers a perspective on how one can address the overlap between intellectual property (IP) rights, either to reconcile them in whole or in part, or to pre-empt one over the other. The volume is a beautiful testimony to the work of late Shamnad Basheer, who co-edited the first edition.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Joy of producing/consuming can be important motivation for activities, though, so exploring how courts deal with it in IP is important. Prince: “Prince testified his purpose was simply to ‘make art’ and ‘have fun’”—rejecting fair use, repeatedly emphasized in opinion. Rewards disingenuousness or overintellectualization.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 19, 2022

At its core, the case relates to whether the right to file a patent application in the future is covered by the same provisions relating to the right to an existing patent or patent application. Article 2(7) provides an exception to this principle with respect to industrial designs and models, as well as applied art.

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Patently-O

APRIL 13, 2023

A leaked text of the draft was posted on Kluwer Patent Blog , a summary and detailed synopsis has been posted on FOSS Patents , and a 248-page Impact Assessment by the European Commission (EC) has been widely circulated among stakeholders. 3) (issue discussed and here and here ).

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The IPKat

APRIL 2, 2024

December, January, February - wake the IPKat up in March Back in December - when it was colder and darker - London's patent practitioners attended AIPPI UK’s annual patent round-up event hosted by Hogan Lovells. In total 19 patents were litigated, with eight being held valid, and seven valid and infringed.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2023

Desmond Tan is a patent attorney registered to practice in Singapore and has a background in engineering. Desmond Tan is a patent attorney registered to practice in Singapore and has a background in engineering. Mr. Tan is a partner at FPA Patent Attorneys IP ([link] and may be reached at desmond.tan@fpapatents.com.sg

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Barbie, a name synonymous with an unattainable standard of femininity and the concept of commercial feminism, was designed to captivate the toy market with all its glittery pink magnificence. The resulting work of art is protected by copyright, which is held by the creator.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Events NYU Law Forum - Memes on Memes and the New Creativity On 3 November 2021, NYU Law Forum - Memes on Memes and the New Creativity will be held online at 5:45PM (CET) for a discussion on the First Amendment, intellectual property, and art law to place a phenomenon of our digital era into a broader legal, historical, and cultural context.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 22, 2023

Also yesterday, some of the very same senators introduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023. The co-introduction of these bills suggests a plan to drive compromise on patent eligibility. Tech industry than the liberalized 101 standard of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

By the way, the United States Copyright Office has begun a study of whether and, if so, how such a right might be legislated and implemented here. By the way, the United States Copyright Office has begun a study of whether and, if so, how such a right might be legislated and implemented here. In late October, the U.S.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This undertaking obliges SEP owners to be prepared to licence their patents on Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) terms. But the courtroom debates in the US, Germany, UK and China have raised numerous unanswered questions about what this means. How wide or narrow is this FRAND undertaking? What does FRAND even mean?

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

There have been some noteworthy recent decisions in trade secrets law. This blog post summarizes some of the significant decisions grouped by the hot topics below. Sufficiency of Trade Secret Pleadings and Allegations of Misappropriation. In Oakwood Lab’ys LLC v. Thanoo , 999 F.3d 3d 892 (3d Cir. Thanoo , 999 F.3d 3d 892 (3d Cir.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Patents for cannabis related products, including lubricant, explained as medical and instrumental—to avoid divorce, mix cannabis with Viagra. Consequences of excluding pleasure from patent discourse: effects on what is considered patentable? Queer theory: pleasure as a way of knowing things. Q: drugs v. But should you do that?

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Room 204 Christopher Buccafusco (w/ Joseph Blocher), Firearms, Innovation, and Regulation How do law and markets affect the pace and direction of innovation for firearm related safety in the US? Costly inefficiencies in supply and demand. But innovations to make the guns themselves safer have failed to appear.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

On 27 April 2023, the European Commission (the “ Commission ”) proposed a new regulation on the licensing of standard essential patents (the “ Proposal ”). [1] SEP holders seeking to license their SEPs for royalties and to enforce them in the EU would have to register the patents in a SEP register.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation? The title of this piece tracks a common “ phrase of exasperation used to emphasize a question or statement.” society at $4.8

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