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Protecting Application Programming Interfaces (API) Through Intellectual Property Laws

Kashishipr

Lastly, the court will consider how the alleged infringing work affects the marketability of the original work. As has been witnessed above, the most preferred route of safeguarding APIs is through Copyright Laws. Where the API is copied to the extent of achieving interoperability, it might not be considered an act of infringement.

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A Seller’s Guide to Navigating Intellectual Property Law on Amazon

LexBlog IP

Sellers need to be aware of competitor patents before introducing a product to the market. This can lead to expensive “false marketing” litigation. Of course, these tools only apply to the Amazon market – they cannot be used to combat infringing uses in other markets.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

This Kat is having a haunted October This post promises to take readers around the IP blogs in eight posts. Copyright The Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice published an Author's Take piece considering what the way forward for the press publishers' right might be under EU copyright law.

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HOW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW CAN SOLVE LITIGATION SURROUNDING THE HATCH-WAXMAN ACT BROUGHT BY THE COURT’S DECISION IN BRAEBURN V. FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION

JIPL Online

This Blog aims to examine the Hatch-Waxman Act and one of the most significant incentives behind it, a three-year market exclusivity period for the “new clinical investigations.” iv] If deemed insignificant, the new drug is blocked from entering the market by the existing drug’s three-year market exclusivity. [v]

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Trademarks from a Marketing Perspective

Kashishipr

The form of intangible property comprising of skillsets, know-how, business ideas, and strategies have helped in the development and generation of the transborder reputation of several brands. How Does a Trademark Help in the Marketing of a Brand? The same is especially true since the dawn of the era of digital marketing.

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Why is Market Research Important for Patent Protection?

Kashishipr

In the present highly competitive business environment, understanding the market trends well is imperative for the development, and eventually, the success of a particular product or service. Market research helps come across the already existing inventions that may be similar to the applicant’s invention. .

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Commercializing the Personalities of the Dead: The Dangers of the Posthumous Market

IPilogue

In fact, there exist several legal implications within Intellectual Property law (“IP”), such as the common law principle of personality rights. UneeQ, a New Zealand-based software company, markets “digital humans” for enhanced online customer service. . Such technology is not novel.

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