Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

These rights provide exclusive ownership and control over intangible assets, allowing creators to protect their innovations from unauthorised use, reproduction, or distribution. These rights encompass various forms of intangible assets, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.

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Intellectual Property Cease and Desist Invention Branding 52

The IPKat

JULY 11, 2021

SpicyIP featured a post on the copyright ownership in State Board Textbooks. Patents Munich I Regional Court has created a third patent litigation division. Both Juve Patent and Foss Patents blogs commented on this move. The current battle is over a U.S.

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Blogging Non-Fungible Tokens IP Ownership 67

Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Trademark infringement litigation is expensive and time consuming, many times individuals are not aware they are infringing on a trademark. There are four main types of intellectual property rights; patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. An NFT shows proof of ownership for a digital object. How are Trademarks Used?

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Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Law Trademark Copyright 49

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Using NFTs has, in part, allowed digital artists to associate ownership in an original version of their art through the NFT that can be monetized much like the physical paintings or sculptures of artists creating in physical media. Design patents can also apply depending on the goods and circumstances.

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Art Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property Ownership 52

SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2021

Writing this post in the context of PV Sindhu’s success at the Tokyo Olympics and how that has spurred companies who do not sponsor her to put up congratulatory messages on social media with their brand logos and while using her images, Satchit analyses the discourse on the right to publicity surrounding the issue. News from India.

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Personality Rights Reporting Social Media Branding 119

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

and design patents were hard to get/not as valuable at the time. There’s not evidence of a litigation history of the few midcentury modern design patents, even though Herman Miller etc. Herman Miller litigated even against “Eames style.” Now they’re claiming to have legal rights to stop that when others do it.

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Designs Design Design Patent Branding 59

IPilogue

MARCH 28, 2023

1051(e) in this case provides a new way to serve foreign defendants via the Director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”). The Los Angeles-based (“San Antonio”) is known for their Stella Rosa brand that they have produced under the trademarks since 1998. because of s.1051(e) 1051(e) of the Lanham Act.

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Trademark Government Ownership Designs 105

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2023 Champaign, Illinois – Julie King, King Business and Patent Law, PLLC, Champaign, Illinois was recently named to the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council. ” King founded King Business and Patent Law in 2017. .

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Law Intellectual Property Business Patent Law 40

IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

NFTs have indeed transformed the world of digital assets and ownership, with sales as high as $2.47bn only 6 months into 2021. Tokenisation and Ownership of Digital Assets under NFTs. For instance, the $66K NFT sold by the popular American digital artist Beeple carried a resale value of $6.6mn dollars.

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Non-Fungible Tokens IP Ownership Intellectual Property 40

The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs. For instance, the existence of a patent may be used by competitors to argue that the design is dictated by function and should therefore be ineligible for protection. He also explains the history of why utility models never became an EU-wide right.

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Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 89

Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Unlike patents, the role of a trademark is not to signify something new, but rather to indicate the source of the product or service. When consumers see a particular brand, the mark tells them that the product comes from a particular company. Customers might expect to pay more, or less, depending upon the brand of the product.

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Intellectual Property IP Confidentiality Patent Application 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Technology Patent IP Invention 52

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The decisions in the first category , i.e., Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

In a post for Patently-O , Peter describes how the TSCMJG came into existence. Disputes over inventorship are not confined to patent cases and often arise in trade secrets cases too. In particular, Judge Black found that declaratory relief for a correction of ownership under 35 U.S.C. § Litigation Funders Beware!

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Above the Fold

MARCH 31, 2022

. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) maintains two trademark Registers: the Principal Register and the Supplemental Register. Provides a presumption of ownership of the registered trademark. As the chart below shows, these Registers share some important commonalties but also have key differences. Principal Register.

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Registration Trademark Registering Trademarks Ownership 98

SpicyIP

JANUARY 29, 2024

In a major development concerning the Ibrutinib patent, DHC restrains generic manufacturers from manufacturing and marketing the life-saving anti-cancer drug. SpicyIP Tidbit)Nokia- Oppo SEP Litigation: The Dust (Dispute) Finally Settles! But what about the public interest? Read Tejaswini’s post to know more. Gsp Crop Science Pvt.

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Music Intellectual Property Copyright IP 59

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The decisions in the first category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

.” This four-part miniseries of posts provides a birds-eye view of protections available in China for two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) design elements of products or packaging under trademark, copyright, design patent, and anti-unfair competition laws. Design Patent (overall design; partial claiming). Trademark.

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Designs Design Trademark Intellectual Property 52

LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2023

Armed with a trove of patents, trademarks, and copyrights, Willie has proven that he can not only strum the strings of our hearts but also create inventions that could very well change the world. Yet, amidst the haze of marijuana smoke and the pluck of guitar strings, there exists a mind as sharp as the Texas sun.

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Intellectual Property Music Invention Registering Trademarks 52

SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

The Controller on working examples is surely going to interest patent lawyers. Remanding the matter back to the Patent Office, the Court clarified that a working example does not define the patent’s scope. on 10 May, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The defendant filed an application seeking cost of litigation from the plaintiff.

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IPilogue

MARCH 28, 2023

1051(e) in this case provides a new way to serve foreign defendants via the Director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”). The Los Angeles-based (“San Antonio”) is known for their Stella Rosa brand that they have produced under the trademarks since 1998. because of s.1051(e) 1051(e) of the Lanham Act.

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Trademark Government Ownership Designs 40

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Apparently due to this notoriety, Poulsen obtains patent and trademark protection for its roses throughout the world, including the United States. According to the Complaint, Poulsen developed a unique currant red hybrid tea rose variety branded with the trademark INGRID BERGMAN (the “Mark”) in the early 1980s.

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Trademark Branding Brands Branding 52

IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First? Patents and the Magical World of Psychedelics by Bonnie Hassanzadeh. Introducing the College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents.

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IP Copyright Infringement Inventor Intellectual Property 106

43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Musicologists in litigation: (1) identify formal similarities—instrumentation, chord progression; (2) opine on how aesthetically similar/significant those similarities are; (3) opine about the rarity of similar features; (4) opine that copying did or didn’t occur. Gov’t is interested in improving licensing, but focused on TM and patent.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2022

This being an important part makes the brand owner avoid any further litigation. Thereafter, the mark will be accepted for registration and then be published in the Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office. Request of mark ownership transfer and publishing the transfer. Request for Preliminary trademark examination.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings. BPCIA Litigation. Antitrust Litigation. Biosimilar Approvals and Launches in 2020. Conclusion.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Industry pushed very hard against cheap copying, and yet as of 2019 there were only 538 registrations in 20 years versus hundreds of thousands of utility patents. Registration is fast—takes a month—versus patent, but term of protection is only 10 years. Ownership is of linguistic description of structural properties of invention.

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IP Invention Designs Design 45

43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Defendant-side functionality would almost qualify as a thought experiment to test what we really want functionality and ornamentality to do, except for the fact that it’s shown up at least twice at courts of appeals (Louboutin and Lettuce Turnip the Beet) both of which lacked rigorous language to identify the real problem with the litigation.

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Trademark Law Law Trademark Fair Use 56