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Don’t Get Cheesed – Protect Your Video Game’s Intellectual Property

LexBlog IP

Infringers and squatters: Forceful, persuasive cease-and-desist letters will let infringers and squatters know that you intend to enforce your work. Let the infringers know they’re wasting their money by copying your IP. Or even worse, another entity copying and protecting your creation as their own.

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What are the intellectual property rights for startups?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Startups can secure copyrights to prevent unauthorized copying or distribution of their creative works. This means that no one else can copy or distribute their creations without permission. This may include patent applications with patent offices or registering trademarks and copyrights with relevant authorities.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

Your Copy-Rights. For example, when uploading artwork to Artrepreneur, the artist also gives the company a limited right to copy, display, and distribute digital copies of the artwork as needed to provide the services of the website. Utility and Design Patents. There are two types of patents.

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

Your Copy-Rights. For example, when uploading artwork to Artrepreneur, the artist also gives the company a limited right to copy, display, and distribute digital copies of the artwork as needed to provide the services of the website. Utility and Design Patents. Bodum French Press Design Patent.

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How to Use Patents to Increase Sales

Patent Trademark Blog

When your product contains unique functional features, apply for a utility patent. If your product has unique aesthetic features that are nonfunctional, file a design patent application. See utility patent costs here and design patent costs here. How long will it take to get a utility patent?

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 20-March 25)

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Case: Biomoneta Research Vs Controller General of Patents Designs on 13 March 2023 (Delhi High Court) The matter pertained to an appeal against the order of the controller rejecting a patent application for ‘Air Decontamination Assembly’. India currently holds 127 patents for 6G,” says Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 8- May 13)

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They further argued that they had issued a cease and desist notice on 6th November, 2020 to which no response was received. A Notice of Opposition was also filed against the defendant’s trademark application to which defendant filed a counter statement arguing that the opposition was frivolous.

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