Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2022

However, the question which arises, if the character of Santa Claus is so widely used and to gain commercially benefits by attracting consumers, then who owns it and how is the intellectual property rights of the proprietor protected. Most trademarks registered in the U.S

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

January 1, 2024, brought numerous hangovers along with an unprecedented amount of media attention to intellectual property law. The law gives copyright owners a monopoly to exploit and monetize creative works. For those who thought AI was a problem, cryogenics could really wreak havoc with IP law.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Emily Prieur is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Queen’s University Faculty of Law. . The Cowichan could have had a stronger claim against Ralph Lauren, given that they had already turned their minds to protecting their intellectual property through trademark law. Photo By Andrej Lišakov ( Unsplash ).

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Catchphrases in Copyright and Trademark Law Copyright law guarantees artists the protection of their creative work while allowing others to expand upon it through its legislations. are generally not protected by copyright law. Additionally, names, titles, phrases, combinations, slogans, etc.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Since fashion designers, textile manufactures, apparel companies and artists produce creations of the human intellect, Intellectual Property Rights play a significant role in the fashion industry. With the introduction of technologies such as 3D printing or laser printing, patent laws have entered the fashion industry.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The personality of a person is the medium through which he or she is identified and recognized in society and protecting their personality is a way of shielding their private property which is in the form of intellectual property. Original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works; 2. Sound recordings.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 8, 2024

With the plaintiffs, masters of the venerable ‘Blenders Pride’ and ‘Imperial Blue’, standing firm against the defendants’ offering of ‘London Pride’, the legal arena becomes a crucible for discerning the veracity of claims and safeguarding the sanctity of intellectual property rights.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In the present case too there will be many legal issues related to Intellectual Property. There is an urgent need to shed some light on intellectual property infringement in this virtual world which will be dealt with further in the article. Intellectual Property and Metaverse. Trademark Infringement.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

In the lower court, the Second Circuit reversed the decision of the District Court and held that the Warhol work was not transformative because it maintained the “essential elements of its source material” and was not “fundamentally different and new.” Each of these cases could significantly impact IP law. Hetronic International.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

1] The Copyright Act protects certain types of works, which are included in Section 13. 13 (1) states that original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works as well as cinematograph films and sound recordings are protected by copyright. Mondaq (Dec. 20, 2023) [link] [6] Supra note [7] Akashaditya Harishchandra Lama v.

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IIPRD

JUNE 14, 2021

However, there lies an unfilled gap between the existence of such rights and their application in the real world which has led to the development of the omnipresent problem of copying an individual’s work rather than using one’s own craftsmanship. The fashion industry and Intellectual Property Regime in India.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

They must first determine whether the work is one “of artistic expression” and thus prima facie entitled to protection under the First Amendment. If it is, the Court will then ask whether the use of the trademark bears any artistic relevance to the underlying work. ” ( Hermès Int’l v.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 1, 2023

Supreme Court in June issued a decision involving trademark law. Jack Daniel’s brought trademark infringement claims against VIP Products, a company that produces a “Bad Spaniels” line of dog toys. The Court reasoned that the toys themselves were products, rather than artistic works.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

10] The Supreme Court declined to answer the question and noted “[w]ithout deciding whether Rogers has merit in other contexts, we hold that it does not when an alleged infringer uses a trademark in the way the Lanham Act more cares about: as a designation of source for the infringer’s own goods.” 1125(c)(3)(A). at 5-7, 90-91. [6]

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2023

In the lower court, the Second Circuit reversed the decision of the District Court and held that the Warhol work was not transformative because it maintained the “essential elements of its source material” and was not “fundamentally different and new.” Each of these cases could significantly impact IP law.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

AUGUST 22, 2021

The issue arose, when Plaintiff framed a separate prayer for relief in infringement and a distinct prayer for relief in passing off, when in essence he only sought one thing i.e. an injunction against the defendant from using the impugned mark, label or artistic work. Think Prayer. Think Logic.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 20, 2023

§ 1125(c)(3)(C), thus barring as a matter of law a claim of dilution by tarnishment under the Trademark Dilution Revision Act (“TDRA”). The trademark law provides that the “noncommercial” use of a mark cannot count as dilution. §1125(c)(3)(C). The dilution issue is more simply addressed.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 16, 2023

10] The Supreme Court declined to answer the question and noted “[w]ithout deciding whether Rogers has merit in other contexts, we hold that it does not when an alleged infringer uses a trademark in the way the Lanham Act more cares about: as a designation of source for the infringer’s own goods.” at 5-7, 90-91. [6]

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 16, 2023

10] The Supreme Court declined to answer the question and noted “[w]ithout deciding whether Rogers has merit in other contexts, we hold that it does not when an alleged infringer uses a trademark in the way the Lanham Act more cares about: as a designation of source for the infringer’s own goods.” at 5-7, 90-91. [6]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

In a twist, however, it is not copyright law, but rather an expansive view of trademark law, that poses this threat. Authors often draw on these shared associations in their literary works, sending beloved fictional characters to real colleges, serving them familiar cereals, and outfitting them in well-known clothing labels.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 8, 2023

that the right to free expression does not excuse “trademark law’s cardinal sin”—use of another’s trademark “as a trademark.” VIP Products, Inc. 2” where JACK DANIEL’S and “Old No. 7” would appear.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

(Again, what follows is from my head and hand because my request to ChatGPT to summarize holding and analysis of Rogers got the e-equivalent of a sheepish attempt to “pass” on the question from the visiting law prof ). Rogers , 875 F.2d ” Id. ” Id. In VIP Products v. Jack Daniels Products , 953 F.3d

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 24, 2023

and Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. require the Court to consider exactly how far trademark law can go in regulating conduct in the face of competing public policy interests. The Line Between Artistic and Commercial: Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. Both Abitron Austria GmbH et. Hetronic Int’l, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Ramsey is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law. She writes and teaches in the trademark law area, and recently wrote a paper with Professor Christine Haight Farley that focuses on speech-protective doctrines in trademark infringement law.] By Guest Blogger Lisa P. Ramsey [Lisa P.

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