IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

District Court, Central District of California, on June 15 suing Shein for over $100 million in damages for unauthorized reproductions of her artwork “One is good, more is better.”. In 2019, Mollman registered this artwork with the U.S. Copyright Office and included Copyright Management Information (CMI) on her artwork.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

91267822 [Section 2(d) opposition to EDENIC BLENDS & Design for "Vitamin and mineral supplements; none of the foregoing containing CBD" in view of the registered mark EDEN and an alleged family of EDEN-formative marks, for natural and organic food and beverage products, including dietary food supplements.]

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

AI-Generated Art: Where Artistry Meets Algorithms Before diving into the intricacies of copyright registration /ownership, let’s set the stage by understanding the birth of AI-generated art. AI-generated art represents a fusion of human ingenuity in crafting algorithms and the machine’s ability to produce artworks autonomously.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Identify the type of infringement Facebook will remove listings and posts that infringe your intellectual property, covering five categories: counterfeits, copyright infringement, brand abuse (which includes other forms of trademark infringement), design infringement, and patent infringement.

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SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2022

Hermes has sued a Californian artist, Mason Rothschild, for his “MetaBirkins” digital artworks alleging trademark infringement. The Indian Trade Marks Registry is also seeing activity under classes 9, 35 and 41 for registration of trademarks in relation to ‘downloadable virtual goods’ and online virtual services.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 3, 2022

Unicolors is the owner of copyrights in various fabric designs, including a 2011 copyright registration that consisted of 31 separate designs. On appeal, the Ninth Circuit disagreed with the district court and ruled that because Unicolors had made a mistake of law in connection with the registration (i.e.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This AI system — the so-called “Creativity Machine” — produced the artwork titled “ A Recent Entrance to Paradise ”. Conversely, if the Register denies an application for registration for lack of copyrightable subject matter, then this means that the work at issue was never copyright protectable. H&M Hennes & Mauritz ).

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

AI and Copyright: More Developments – Human Prompts are Not ‘Direct Instructions’ After the Thaler case, the US Copyright Office passed another interesting order on AI-generated works, this time refusing the registration due to the work’s failure to meet the de-minimis threshold. Trustees of Princeton University v. Promoshirt SM SA v.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 3, 2021

On June 1, 2021, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on the question of whether Section 411(b) of the Copyright Act is intended to be a “fraud” statute that requires scienter for cancellation of a copyright registration. The court held that there were no valid grounds for cancellation of the registration, since fraud was not proven.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 14, 2023

Trademark infringement A trademark is a distinctive word, logo, phrase, design, or symbol used to identify the source of goods and services. Alternatively, lookalikes and replica products omit trademarks from their design and packaging, and copyright, design rights, and patents can be utilized to combat these illicit products.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

If these materials show the use of trademarks, logos, or slogans that are not already the subject of a trademark registration or application, then these marks should be cleared for use to prevent unintended liabilities, and they should be considered for possible registration. .

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. A trademark can be any word or phrase symbol design combination of things that identifies your goods and services in the marketplace. Copyrights protection for the artwork itself is also critical.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 16, 2021

Of these crimes, Intellectual Property (IP) theft is one of the many, which involves stealing copyright, patents, industrial designs, etc., Human Defaults : The most common reason for IP thefts is the errors committed by humans in upholding the requisite information. by using the internet and computers as a medium.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

In the lawsuit, Hermès alleged that defendant Mason Rothschild’s MetaBirkins NFTs infringed and diluted Hermès’ trademark rights in the Birkin word mark and design. They include anything that can act as a source-identifier, including, in this case, the design of the Birkin handbag. ” ( Id.

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IP Tech Blog

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. It covers architectural design, software, graphic arts, motions pictures, sound recordings, and more, and it is adaptive to new technological advances that would likely apply to NFTs.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

If these materials show the use of trademarks, logos, or slogans that are not already the subject of a trademark registration or application, then these marks should be cleared for use to prevent unintended liabilities, and they should be considered for possible registration.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Virtual characters can play themed games, create original artwork, visit exhibition locations, shop for virtual clothing for their collections or gaming outfits, and partake in social events after arriving in “Gucci Town.” The general public could view the collection’s three-dimensional designs by scanning a QR code.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

But being informational or functional might do the same thing, as might descriptiveness. U’s registration for THE for clothing and other merchandise by putting THE on a hangtag. Registration v. Much of the law is a collection of rules of thumb from registration context. It might be one reason that a use does not infringe.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Calm Water Therapeutics Llc vs The Assistant Controller Of Patents And Designs on 28 February, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The appeal challenged the rejection of a patent application for a “Bi-Functional Co-Polymer” by the Assistant Controller of Patents. Third, the evidence of the plaintiff’s use of the mark from 1989 are fabricated.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 4, 2022

This can include inventions, designs, artwork, and even brand names and slogans. Due diligence is designed for investors to learn more about different aspects of the company’s business, including intellectual property (IP), management, market, competition, and other factors. Investors and Due Diligence. important;}.thegem-template-wrapper.wpb_wrapper.thegem-custom-6223477ae4da51048{flex-direction:

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Apart from revolutionizing the creative markets, the ability to obtain new artworks with an increasing marginalization of human contribution has inevitably tested the fitness of copyright legislations all over the world to deal with the so-called “artificial intelligence” (‘AI’). ChatGPT , Smodin ), to perform music (i.e., Secondly, para.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In Two Pesos, the Supreme Court tells us that “the general principles qualifying a mark for registration under § 2 of the Lanham Act are for the most part applicable in determining whether an unregistered mark is entitled to protection under § 43(a).” Tam and Brunetti, striking down various bars on registration. Then, in Lexmark v.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Manuscripts, designs and art can all be classified as intellectual property. An NFT, or “non-fungible token” is a token added to a blockchain that links ownership to unique digital items (images, video files, audio files, artworks, etc.). Additional NFT Resources, Templates, Forms, and Information. What is Intellectual Property?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Irwin Karp, counsel to Authors’ League of America, refutes a statement by librarians who are seeking an exemption for photocopying books for repair and research, arguing that information dissemination would be restrained w/o it. Common shapes, originality, useful art, labels/logos, jewelry design are being rejected.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Regulations also protect the rights of authors of an original applied or fine artwork to a share in the proceeds of sale of that work as long as copyright subsists. The warning came as a result of complaints from various artists and designers who assert that their works are being distributed on various platforms without benefitting them.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

A Social Media Influencer is someone who creates unique material that keeps people interested on multiple social media platforms, causing them to return for more high-quality information. However, in order to have legal proof of ownership, it is always advisable to register for copyright registration. Yes, the answer is yes!

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

In particular, the training stage of the AI tools requires the scrapping and extraction of relevant information from underlying datasets, which often contain copyright protected works. First and unrelated to copyright, they must comply with the separate transparency or information obligations outlined in Article 52(1).

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Recent advances in the technical field of quantum technologies have not only experienced high amount of attention in information science and software engineering disciplines but also gained a wide interest of government due to its complexity and global significance. INTRODUCTION. UNDERSTANDING QUANTUM COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY.

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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. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents. For more details on the topic of design and the metaverse in China see our previous blog post.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

UK Supreme Court Confirms No Patent for “AI-invented” Inventions Image from here On December 20, the UK Supreme Court affirmed its previous decision to deny registration to inventions by Dr. Stephen Thaler’s AI DABUS, holding that an AI software cannot be listed as an inventor. SpicyIP intern Vedika discusses this development.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Banksy Case: registration of a trademark in bad faith and the price of anonymity. The EUIPO has cancelled street artist Banksy’s trademark for the well-known artwork ‘Flower Bomber” on the grounds that it was filed in bad faith. We will continue to keep you informed of the lasted legislative and case law developments.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

After the USPTO denied Elster, consistent with express regulations, registration of the mark because Donald Trump had not consented to the registration, the appellate court vacated that result and ordered that the registration issue. petitions, motions, and other filings as possible in the same time frame, for instance. [Jim

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