LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

used in those generated logos retain the ownership to that original art and do not give you a license to use it exclusively. usually you won’t be given the rights needed to have ownership or apply for registration, but even if you are, your logo could still be refused copyright and trademark registration for other reasons.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

Every business starts with an idea, and every business owns or uses intellectual property (IP). Your IP can include your web site, business name or logo. IP assets can also include innovative technology, know how, designs and secret recipes. Understanding IP can help reduce your exposure to business risk.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

Did you know that intellectual property (IP) is likely to play a part in the foundation of every business, generating key assets to kickstart future success? IP protection through patents, trade marks, designs and copyright can be instrumental in a business’ survival and growth. The Levelling Up White Paper – some background

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. These models improve business processes, enterprise analytics and customer outcomes.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

In recent years, the concept of tokenization of assets has gained a lot of attention in the business world. Tokenization refers to the process of creating digital tokens that represent ownership of an asset. This can provide a way to fractionalize ownership, enhance liquidity, and facilitate more efficient trading of IP rights.

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IPilogue

MARCH 14, 2022

What makes this marketplace different from the others is its business of selling NFTs linked to physical goods. Therefore, Nike claims that the sale of the NFT of a Nike product constitutes a trademark infringement, trademark dilution, false designation of origin, and many other unauthorized use violations. Here is the confusing part.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you are a policy-maker, prospective business partner or investor, IP Australia wants you to know that a useful way to identify small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with high growth potential is to look at their IP activity. What about business owners? The study finds that, on average, SMEs that own IP rights (IPRs) are 3.5

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, for years (and even under the FTC’s overreaching proposed rule), non-competes in the sale of business context have generally received less scrutiny. The Delaware Chancery Court threw the deal world a curveball when it recently declined to enforce a sale of business non-compete.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

A business code communicating within a community designed to be closed. Ownership should require a lower burden of proof: comes from the relationship between the spouses and not from the connection to the creation. Once it becomes a language, you’ve lost ability to control it. It didn’t develop organically.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 1, 2021

Since you are reading this article you’re most likely either a designer working on brand identity and logos, or a business owner. A logo copyright protects a creative design or an expression of an idea, while a logo trademark protects things that identify a business on the marketplace. Trademark ®.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

In today’s business landscape, the significance of intellectual property (IP) assets is on the rise and is becoming increasingly crucial in various sectors. The value of a business is now closely tied to its IP assets, which can be licensed, transferred, or used as capital in a joint venture.

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IPilogue

JULY 15, 2021

Behind every costume is a designer whose vision and design breathes life into characters. But behind every designer, other figures may undercut and miscredit them. Disney’s Cruella , released in May 2021 , tells the story of two haute couture designers battling for recognition in the fashion industry.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The emergence of blockchain-supported Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has captured the interest of the entertainment and business worlds in the past couple of years. NFTs are both a new creative form of intellectual and artistic expression and a lucrative business opportunity.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark DANA DESIGN in the form shown below, for backpacks, hiking equipment, tents, and related goods, on the ground that the mark comprises the name of a living individual, Dana Gleason, without his consent and is therefore barred from registration by Section 2(c) of the Trademark Act.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. The dispute is between bridalwear designer Hayley Paige Gutman and JLM Couture, a bridalwear company. The district court initially punted on the ownership question. We blogged this case twice before. Gutman in her role as an employee of JLM.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

The dramatic rise in e-commerce in the last two decades saw many brand and business owners struggling to safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) assets in cyberspace, starting from domain names and then going onto social media handles. NFTs may refer to the digital goods or specific pieces sold in the Metaverse.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 10, 2020

Another important aspect of the trademark application is asserting the proper ownership of the application. Generally if the business is operating as a corporation or LLC, even if it’s a very small business, generally the corporation or the LLC will be the owner and not the individual. It’s actually the opposite.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

The Corporate Transparency Act (“ CTA ”), a new federal filing requirement for many business entities, became effective on January 1, 2024. Tax return; (b) the business has more than 20 full-time employees in the U.S.; (c) c) the business has an operating presence at a physical office in the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

IP Ownership Nearly all purchase agreements require the seller to warrant that it owns or licenses the intellectual property necessary for operation of the business. This might include brand names, product line names, style names, or even unique packaging or product design.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Implementation Tax Exemption On Startups In order to be eligible for the attractive incentives provided by the Startup India program, your business must receive formal recognition. With Section 54EE, you can reinvest such earnings within six months in a fund designated by the government and avoid paying taxes. Not a problem!

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

Assembly Bill 747 was introduced in February 2023 and, if passed, would make the following changes: The existing exception for restrictive covenants that are part of the sale of a business would be narrowed. & Prof.

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Trading Secrets

APRIL 25, 2023

Assembly Bill 747 was introduced in February 2023 and, if passed, would make the following changes: The existing exception for restrictive covenants that are part of the sale of a business would be narrowed. & Prof. Code § 16600).

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The IPKat

MARCH 12, 2024

If you were too busy to stay up-to-date with the IP news last week, here's the summary of what you missed. The launch of ‘Le sac Swoosh’ (or ‘The Swoosh bag’) in February raised an eyebrow from art director and graphic designer Davide Perella, who shared his version of a concept Nike bag in 2020. Jacques de Werra.

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Intepat

APRIL 2, 2022

Any product, design, or process that does something using a novel methodology or solves an existing technical problem is an invention. One such successful example is IBM (International Business Machines Corporation), which takes up patenting its innovations quite sincerely. Sense of ownership. Source of revenue.

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Nelligan Law

AUGUST 8, 2022

For example, a copyright will help keep your ownership over artistic creations (like songs or videos). Your employer could attempt to gain the intellectual property rights for your creation, drastically shifting ownership (and revenue) of your work. Why is IP important? So, why does any of this matter? Comstock Canada et al.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns had a detrimental influence on fashion companies, which further motivated them to grow their business on the Metaverse. It provides an unmatched degree of design and layout possibilities. Not to mention, it allows for almost infinite expansion, allowing marketers to design apparel of any size.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 27, 2023

This has inspired some ‘entrepreneurs’ to use them in business, by setting up dropship services that print Musk’s memes on T-shirts and other goods, for example. Again, the takedown requests target several stores that sell clothing with a print of this meme, with ‘Musk’ claiming ownership of the memes themselves.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 24, 2023

Fast forward to an event in my own lifetime, where the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 secured the right for women to get a business loan without a male co-signer. Small Business Administration (EDA) where I helped organize its first Techstars Women’s Startup Weekend.

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Dragons' Den

APRIL 6, 2023

Summer’s coming for the Solar Buddies First up were best friends and business partners, Kelli Aspland and Laura Waters who were asking for £80k and help with scaling-up their business, Solar Buddies, in exchange for a 10% share of their business. Designs can last up to 25 years from the date of application. Klean Sweep?

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IPilogue

JUNE 23, 2022

Retired Nicklaus now heads his golf course design and construction company, Nicklaus Designs. This deal involved selling business and assets of GBI that related to Jack Nicklaus to Nicklaus Companies. During his career he won 117 professional tournaments and 18 major championships, which is 3 more than Tiger Woods.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

For example, under ‘eliminating hunger’ the class would explore patented seeds, and medical drugs as part of the ‘good healthcare’ task, all of which get the students to think about power imbalance, private and public funding, and questions of where ownership of key commodities should lie.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Other industries, however, are far from a share and share alike attitude towards AI, and AI has posed challenging questions regarding intellectual property ownership across the creative fields of visual art, music, and writing. As attorneys, we like to consider ourselves to be the smartest folks in the room.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

UPDATED 3/04/2024 On March 1, 2024, a lower Alabama federal court held that the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires certain businesses to file a BOI Report with FinCEN that includes information about their beneficial owners, is unconstitutional. Tax return; (b) the business has more than 20 full-time employees in the U.S.; (c)

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Intepat

JANUARY 24, 2024

*Written by Uttara Nair INTRODUCTION The administration and assignment of intellectual property rights, encompassing patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, geographical indications, and proprietary knowledge, are critical for all business entities, particularly those in the technology sector.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 31, 2022

With time intellectual property management has become a major aspect of business and growth. India has seen a major development in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) jurisprudence in recent years, as a result, the importance of intellectual property has significantly increased in running and maintaining strategic advantages for businesses.

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Sander Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Patents, Trademarks, Designs, Copyright) to another person or company through an IP Assignment. For example, when your business restructures (e.g. from a sole proprietor to a corporation) or changes its name , you should use an IP Assignment to formally transfer the ownership of the IP from the old company name to the new one.

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Corsearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, the Alibaba company has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most influential online commerce businesses. One of Alibaba’s most popular platforms is Alibaba.com, a leading global wholesale B2B marketplace that facilitates trade between businesses from around the world.

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