Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

With a great sense of pride, we announce that the Indian Navy has introduced a new design for a mask to be used in their course of action. This particular mask design falls under class 29-02 which covers devices and equipment against fire hazards, accidents and rescues. The design number is 360313-00.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For businesses like Manta Hair, securing design rights or patents can offer a quicker path to protection, ensuring the uniqueness of their product is safeguarded in the market. When it isn't possible or cost effective to patent an invention, design registration may be the solution.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 18, 2024

It is wise for Liam to think about protecting his IP such as his trade mark w hen trading abroad. Registering your trade mark, design or patent in the UK doesn’t automatically give you protection overseas. If you scored our Dragons' Den IP Blog highly, make sure to subscribe and look out for next week's edition!

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As one of the leading niche blog platforms, Tumblr receives thousands of DMCA takedown requests every year. This overview of the worst offenders welcomed a new entry last week; triggered by the unlikely confusion between a Star Trek fandom blog and an adult entertainment actress.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

Contracts designed solely to control the flow of information are distinguished from those protecting other values, such as privacy. Bright Data is the Decision We’ve Been Waiting For (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The post X Corp.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2022

It's time for a weekly review of posts from the surrounding IP blogs over the past week! DESIGN In Turkey, although the Turkish Intellectual Property Code refers to both the degree of freedom of choice and the informed user, in practice it has not always been clear how these concepts are implemented in design disputes.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The coverage of blog news over the past few days is as follows: Copyright The Kluwer Copyright Blog posted an article discussing the threshold of originality and wonders if seasonal creations would eventually meet the threshold to ensure copyright protection for these creations.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Emma is a fashion designer and founder of denim company, Good American. In IPO’s free, online, easy to use toolkit there are resources designed to help businesses identify their IP and understand how to protect, manage it and even license it to scale up their product. A design worth registering?

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Perfect for any naughty puppy owners, these cards are designed to be safe for dogs to eat. To make the most of any licencing opportunities, Gemma could also register a design for her cards, protecting the appearance of the products. You can register up to 50 designs for £150, which can last up to 25 years if renewed every 5 years.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

On 28 November 2022, the European Commission adopted proposals for a revised Regulation and Directive on industrial designs. The proposals, that are now sent to the European Parliament and Council for adoption, are aimed at modernizing the EU design system and the harmonized national design protection laws.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the filing deadline for a US design patent based on a foreign priority application? A US design patent application must be filed within six months of your foreign priority date. What is the cost to file a US design patent application with a priority claim? Can you speed up the design patent examination process?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Take this opportunity not only to renew your energies but also to check what has been going on around the IP blogs. Designs Marques Class 99 reported on the UKIPO's recently launched call for views on the design system. February is finally here, Mercury retrograde is over and we can finally breathe lightly!

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the trademark and contract issues that Adidas is navigating with shoe designs and related designs in the future. Listen to the podcast of this episode here.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2021

Trade marks The Fashion Law Blog published a follow-up concerning the Puma vs Nike battle over Nike’s trade mark application for ‘footware’. Kluwer Trademark Blog commented on the judgment in case T-368/20, concerning the registration of a work mark ‘MILEY CYRUS’ as EUTM.

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Dragons' Den

MARCH 7, 2024

Determined to find a resolution to her problem, she set about designing her own. “After a few versions, I hit upon the idea of using a spring around a rod. Don’t miss out, subscribe to our Dragons' Den IPO blog to get the latest updates sent straight to your inbox! Have you enjoyed exploring the IP in tonight's episode?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2022

What is Industrial Design? Industrial design is the process of designing articles (products, devices and objects) to attract customers and improve their marketability. Individuals that make such designs are known as Industrial designers. To protect designs , it has to be registered under the Designs Act, 2000.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I’ve repeatedly expressed my opposition to the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC), and now I’ve put my opposition into more formal terms for a judge. With the pro bono assistance of Jenner & Block, I filed an amicus brief in support of NetChoice’s motion to a preliminary injunction against the AADC.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Design Patent Application: Where to Start Are you thinking about filing a design patent, but not sure where to begin? We’ll walk through the information and materials required to start the design patent application process. Need to file a design patent? Do you have a 3D file or photos of your design?

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

What makes a design patent better? Design patents are quite simple. You do a bit of research into the differences between a design and utility patent , and conclude that design is the way to go. Your patent attorney will have an illustrator prepare the drawings, and then file the design patent application.

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The IPKat

APRIL 3, 2022

Kluwer Trademark Blog recently considered the EU trade mark application for “Andorra” for classes 16, 34, 36, 41 and 44 filed by the Government of Andorra. Kluwer Patent Blog provided a helpful summary. Dolce Vita has now appealed to the Federal Circuit. It is always difficult to obtain registration for geographical names.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

We say goodbye to 2021 with the most interesting posts and articles from the surrounding IP blogs of the past week! The analysis also referred to a pending case before the CJEU dealing with Community design law ( EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann | C-382/21-P) and other EU trade mark cases from 2021. Daktronics, Inc.,

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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2021

Join me for a walk around the blogs. Kluwer Patent Blog reported on the changes. Kluwer Trademark Blog reported on the application. Kluwer Trademark Blog reported on the decision. Kluwer Copyright Blog provided a look at the effect of the Treaty in audiovisual performances. These feet were made for walking.

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Patent Trademark Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

How long is the average design patent application? There are two tracks or timeframes for US design patents. On the fast track known as Rocket Docket , you may be able to get a design patent granted in about 5-10 months from the filing date if there are no rejections. Need to get US design patents quickly?

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Dragons' Den

MARCH 28, 2024

Laurel also made the point that the stickers were easy to locate on the page due to being designed with a raised surface. IPO’s authorship of this blog does not constitute its endorsement or sponsorship of any products, individuals or businesses referenced within it. Why choose licensing?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A design is that aspect of a product that constitutes its ornamental or visual features. An Industrial Design (ID) may be deemed as a process of designing a product that focuses on the functionality and manufacturability of the product apart from just the appearance of it. HOW IS AI RESTRUCTURING THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MARKET?

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Dragons' Den

MARCH 21, 2024

With all this innovation there was plenty of IP to dig into, from the copyright of the app to the design of the company logo. Don’t miss out, subscribe to our Dragons' Den IPO blog to get the latest updates sent straight to your inbox! Have you enjoyed exploring the IP in tonight's episode?

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 5, 2021

While looking for a suitable present for your fellow co-workers or distant relatives, take a moment to check what happened on the other IP blogs last week. The CREATe blog published an article on sharing the results of research about trade marks, fashion and crime in the nineteenth century, which tangencies the story of the Jaeger brand.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This choice may be influenced by the design of the product, the cost of repair or available repairers. One of these measures is the proposal to amend the Design Directive by including a specific repair clause for design protection. Design rights provide protection to the appearance of a (part of a) product.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As outlined in our previous post , securing a partial design claim in China is akin to hitting a moving target, as the interpretation of partial design claims in China has varied among cases and examiners. ” Independent and Complete Design Units For now, partial claims should form an independent and complete design unit.

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The IPKat

JULY 11, 2021

Copyright IPLens blog looked at several recent decisions of the Court of Milan, to see how the CJEU Cofemel decision has impacted on the copyright protection of industrial designs [see also an IPKat post the Kiko case, where the Italian Supreme Court applied Cofemel to Kiko store layout]. The current battle is over a U.S.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 25, 2024

That is why it’s so important to know your patents from your trade marks and your designs from your copyright. When it comes to protecting their business, the most obvious route for Jessica and Sidney to take would be a trade mark and registered design. Take a look at our IP Basics video, 'Do I have Intellectual Property rights?'

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In terms of protection for this; they could utilise a trade mark for their brand, copyright for the creative aspects of the app and potentially design protection if the products are unique in shape. The application was the unique element of the business that secured them the deal.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 22, 2022

How can an Amazon seller benefit from design patents? If you are an Amazon seller, design patents must be considered – either offensively or defensively. Offensively, you can acquire design patents to protect the unique visual appearance of your product. When should Amazon sellers consider filing design patents?

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

A good time for The IPKat to report on some of the posts compiled this week on the surrounding IP blogs. COPYRIGHT As reported by the Kluwer Copyright Blog , the Estonian Supreme Court recently ruled on the principle of communication to the public of phonograms by a (non-profit) dance school. April is just around the corner!

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

On September 18, 2023, NetChoice, LLC — a national trade association with members from the tech and social media industry — obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Northern District of California preventing the State of California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC” or the “Act”).

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2021

This Kat is taking a moment to smell the flowers Sumer is icumen in, and so has this latest roundup of what's new around the IP blogs. Copyright The Kluwer Copyright Blog published a summary of Article 17-related developments in the past year, which may be of interest to Kat readers keeping an eye on the CDSM Directive.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 29, 2021

This Kat is just hanging out While the summer winds down, why not while away the hours with news and views from around the IP blogs? Copyright The Kluwer Copyright Blog gave an update on EU copyright law developments for the second trimester of 2021, including insights into the cases and referrals coming up soon.

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