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EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and Transparency in the Indian Patent System

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Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. She has been working in the field of access to medicines, patents and IP for more than a decade.

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Generative AI Services in China: Public Consultation on the Regulation for Generative Artificial Intelligence Services

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Gordon Johnson via Pixabay The booming industry of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is facing its first regulatory attempt in China. Article 3 emphasizes the state’s support for independent innovation, promotion and application of AI algorithms, frameworks, and other basic technologies, as well as international cooperation.

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“Pink Perfection: The Trademarking Of Barbie’s Signature Hue”

IP and Legal Filings

Over time, the trademark underwent five changes before returning to its original form in 2009. Supreme Court has recognised that a trademark can, in some circumstances, protect a colour, but only if the colour has acquired “secondary meaning.” It has its own name –Tiffany blue.

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Artificial Intelligence and IP: A Literature Review

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While there are a number of aspects covered by “Artificial Intelligence”, ranging from definitions to scope, from life-saving to life-threatening, there has been surprisingly limited public policy discussion on the intersection of AI and IP in India. On page no. This is because of the closed nature of their datasets and code.

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What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening (around Article 17)? Tales from Hungary, Germany, Italy and Sweden

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Article 17 has been a (the) leading buzzword of the copyright reforms of the European Union in recent years (at least half a decade already). The first (full) draft bill was published on 7 May 2020, and a public consultation took place between May and June 2020. These rules represent an almost verbatim implementation of Article 17.

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Chinese court deems AI-generated image has copyright – Assessing the possibly over-hasty ‘spring breeze’ case

The IPKat

This Kat has been receiving numerous inquiries from colleagues and friends, particularly well-versed in copyright law, about an AI-generated image copyright case in China. Later, AA found an article on another platform posted by BB that contained the image in question without AA’s authorization or AA’s Xiaohongshu ID. The Court: Yes.

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This includes Court of Justice (CJEU) and General Court judgments, Advocate Generals’ (AG) opinions, and important policy developments. On 6 October 2021, the CJEU issued its judgment in Top System , where central questions revolved around computer program decompilation as per Article 5(1) of Directive 91/250/EEC.