Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

When it isn't possible or cost effective to patent an invention, design registration may be the solution. A registered design provides a number of benefits including the right to take legal action against any copies of your work.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Copyright Registration in India. Copyright registration under the Copyright Act, 1957 is optional and not mandatory. Thus, registration of a copyright is no condition for claiming copyright in a work. Simply registering a copyright will not save the registrant from a potential infringement of the copyright of another.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 9, 2022

This blog states the key differences between the two which may help you to do the same. There are added benefits to each IPR that come along with their registration. Registration is the procedure of filing a particular mark/ name under the respective authority of legal statutes.

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IP Spotlight

DECEMBER 13, 2021

intellectual property registration system, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) plans to stop issuing patent and trademark certificates in hard copy format. The USPTO’s trademark regulations do not require the USPTO to mail trademark registrations in hard copy form. As part of its plan to modernize the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. The Registration Wrinkle. However, the key one for this article deals with the copyright registration FDN obtained over the work. In the United States, a registration with the U.S.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

NTC even referred to the Bombay High Court’s judgment in Dhiraj Dharamdas Dewani vs. Sonal Info Systems Pvt Ltd, where it held that Copyright Registration is compulsory to maintain a civil or criminal action under the Copyright Act of 1957. Bombay High Court’s Decision . No such requirement is mentioned in the Copyright Act.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In simple words, copyright does not need registration to be protected. Yet, there are many benefits of copyright registration in the USA. Benefits of Copyright registration in the USA. Copyright registration creates a public record of ownership. The applicant must send a copy of their work.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When a design is registered, it gives the owner exclusive rights against any unauthorized copying or imitation. This means that it should not have been used or published in any nation prior to the date of the registration application. · Designs that stand similar or resemble already existing designs do not qualify for registration.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2021

When a design is registered, it gives the owner exclusive rights against any unauthorized copying or imitation. This means that it should not have been used or published in any nation prior to the date of the registration application. · Designs that stand similar or resemble already existing designs do not qualify for registration.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 20, 2023

In a whopping 163-page opinion, the Board granted a petition for cancellation of two registrations for the configuration of safety helmets, rejecting Petitioner Honeywell's Section 2(e)(5) functionality claim but sustaining Honeywell's claim of lack of acquired distinctiveness. This blog post will summarize the high points of the decision.].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2021

When a design is registered, it gives the owner exclusive rights against any unauthorized copying or imitation. This means that it should not have been used or published in any nation prior to the date of the registration application. · Designs that stand similar or resemble already existing designs do not qualify for registration.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Besides, any association of persons or organizations can make an application for registration of Geographical Indication in India. The applicant should check whether the indication falls under section 2(1)(e) of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999. Registration Certificate.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

s advertisement for hats, copying Sarony’s Oscar Wilde No. Copyright Office’s decision to deny Kashtanova copyright registration in their AI-generated art places artists’ rights to ownership of their works in question. Over time, courts began to accept that cameras and even computers can be used as tools for artistic creation.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

An application for registration of a Geographical Indication can be made by any associations of persons or organizations representing the interests of the producers of the respective goods. Three verified copies of the region map pertaining to the GI. • Three verified copies of the region map pertaining to the GI. •

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 4, 2022

Let’s take a closer look at Pyrotechnics’ registration. ” Indeed, the court says “the Deposit Copy reads like a manual, instructing a user how to generate digital messages—and convert those digital messages to analog signals—that Pyrotechnics’s control panel and field module can send and understand.”

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Kashishipr

JUNE 22, 2022

In India, the Trademarks Act of 1999 (referred to as ‘Act’ further in this article) forms the legal basis for Trademark Registration , protection, and enforcement. The notice of opposition has to be filed with the Registrar at the trademark office, where the trademark application for registration is filed by the applicant.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JANUARY 19, 2024

Radic has accused AllCity and Zor Development LLC, the registrant of AllCity’s website, of copying and showcasing his work on their website’s blog section without Radic’s consent.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

It’s the first anniversary of the Garrigues IP Blog. We take a look at our Top10 most-read posts in this first year of the IP Blog: The Influencers’ Code of conduct comes into force on January 1, 2021: are you aware of your obligations? Banksy Case: registration of a trademark in bad faith and the price of anonymity.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

According to the complaint, when Apple learned of the app, it liked the idea—so much so, in fact, that it copied it. These screenshots (from the complaint) show the alleged copying: I trust the differences are immediately apparent. In my prior blog post, I wrote: this lawsuit could be an example of emoji trolling.

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The TTABlog

MAY 29, 2024

and as a blog post title and a song title. Applicant made a number of additional arguments in an attempt to overcome the Office's evidfence, pointing to third-party references to A S LIVE FOREVER as a brand and to purported copying by infringers.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Any entity spotting an identical or similar trademark in the Trademark Journal can file an opposition to its registration. A copy of the notice of opposition will be sent by the Registrar to the applicant, or the individual who filed the application for trademark registration.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 15, 2023

This is like a watermark that a producer can place in their song to detect copying. With this verifiable copying of copyrighted music owned by UMG, the company was able to issue a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown to the platforms hosting the song.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The proposal, manuscript, and 2 photos were previously unpublished and not registered; the other 20 photos were covered by a copyright registration. She sent takedown notices to the blog’s “registrar” (this is the court’s word), GoDaddy, which GoDaddy honored. Does (Guest Blog Post).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As I’ve blogged many, many times on this blog (see list below), 512(f) has been a complete failure. A few plaintiffs have won default judgments (including one I blog below). ” Nevertheless, the successor licensee sent DMCA takedown notices to Amazon targeting the registrant’s stripped-down sticker. .”

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 5, 2022

The Trade Marks Act, 1999 governs and deals with the mechanism of registration, protection, and illegal use of trademarks in India. It is undoubtedly imperative to register your brand or business name as a trademark, especially in today’s world where first copies are easily available. For more visit: [link].

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Furthermore, the registration of the ‘Carlton dance’ routine, performed in ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ by the performer Alfonso Ribeiro, was rejected by the US Copyright Office since it was a mere combination of three different dance steps. Why Consider Registering a Copyright?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

The purpose of this Blog is to examine the problems associated with using the current legal system to protect geographical indicators. This is stated in Section 9 of the Act, which forbids the registration of GIs that are determined to be generic names or indications of goods.

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Kashishipr

MARCH 30, 2022

The biggest challenge one has to overcome while going ahead with Trademark Registration is to ensure that their proposed trademark is not identical or similar to an already existing trademark. Section 11 of the Act particularly deals with these types of circumstances only by not permitting the registration of identical or similar trademarks.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If a secret is stolen, or the ownership or its proper apportionment are disputed, or if a third party is trying to copy software containing AI algorithms, the right holders must not shy away from taking proper enforcement measures.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

Therefore, content creators and social media influencers must understand that their unique and creative content is easily accessible to millions of social media users and can be easily copied. Kindly note that domain names may also be registered as trademarks only if they fulfill all the necessary Trademark Registration requirements.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

” With respect to whether Babybus’ baby character infringed Moonbug’s baby, Babybus claimed that the alleged copying related to generic features found in nature. . Day to Day Imports. * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

I previously blogged this case last year. In response, Newman, the community moderator, copied all of the community’s posts and uploaded them to Dreamwidth–an action we used to call “mirroring” in the old days. Nevertheless, the registration is worthless because Newman qualifies for fair use. Monsarrat admitted.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

ID Tech believed that Bayam copies too much of its copyrighted website content and pursued a whirlwind of enforcement activity, including filing two lawsuits against Bayam and sending numerous DMCA takedown demands to Shopify. ID Tech appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Both use Shopify as a service provider.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2022

Individual emoji symbols can obtain copyright registrations… sometimes. When the symbols “include something in addition to common tropes and shapes,” and even then, the registrations should only preclude verbatim copying. Copyright Review Board ruling on emoji copyrightability. When exactly?

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

Hence, the purpose of this blog is to delve into the significance of copyright protection, the limits of protection and the remedies against infringement. Copyright registration also enables developers to access their legal remedies and seek damages or injunctions in cases of infringement. What is copyright protection?

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

However, suppose the designer chooses only to follow Section 15 of the copyright registration procedures and implements this registration for his use. Further, Section 11 states that the term of the Copyright in design is ten years from registration, which may be extended further for five years. Registration–.

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