The IPKat

APRIL 4, 2023

Here’s what they write: Virtual wars: Exploring legal boundaries in the gaming world by Jakob Plesner Mathiasen and Paul Sina The HBO series "The Last of Us" has taken the world by storm, as it explores a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by the Cordyceps fungus. For French speakers, the judgment can be found here.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Its role is substantial not only in distinguishing the products of a company from those of its competitors, but also in influencing moods, feelings and attitudes. It is common knowledge that - especially in the luxury sector - the brand can be one of the most valuable assets of the company. Burberry is not an amateur in Web 3.0

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In recent years, website blocking has become one of the most widely-used anti-piracy enforcement mechanisms in the world. However, new research published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) suggests that’s not always true. This seems logical since blocked sites should be harder to reach.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The UK currently encourages production in the UK through the provision of a generous tax relief framework which has paid out billions to companies ultimately owned by overseas entities. “Companies and organizations, across the creative sector, joined by Parliamentarians, were united in their concerns about these proposals.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 24, 2022

Anti-piracy company Denuvo embraces the ‘boss’ concept and drops it on its head. Worst still, only a handful of people in the whole world are up to the Denuvo boss challenge, so until they emerge victorious, nobody gets to play the game, unless they’re prepared to pay for it. Games Need Protection From Emulation.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

While the Oxford English Dictionary estimates that there are around 170,000 words in current use, these ten words provide a window into recent naming trends and their popularity in new products and advertising campaigns. Many of these registrations were from international classes 3, 5, and 10 from some of the top companies in these sectors.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Popular stream-ripping site Yout.com is fighting legal disputes around the world, including a lawsuit against the RIAA in the US. Microsoft’s Windows Defender took drastic action by simply removing the application from the operating system. There’s no power from the movie or tech companies that can affect that,” Sunde told us.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The latter has become clear once again in recent months, with Iran pulling out all the stops to block VPN services that dare to offer protesters a window to the rest of the world. Only companies that agree to block content are allowed to continue operating. ” U.S.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Women inventors are making significant strides, leaving an indelible mark on the world of innovation and intellectual property. They have helped countries all over the world grow economically. Entrepreneurial Success: Many women inventors have successfully transitioned from creating inventions to establishing their own companies.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 25, 2024

Their venture, The Stone Age Company, aims to deliver interactive workshops to primary school children. The Dragons were impressed with Pavan’s CV, which includes a Guinness World Record (since bettered) of fastest henna artist, a permanent location in Selfridges since 2015 and she once created a window display in Harrods.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Bedaquiline is also in the List of Essential Medicines by the World Health Organisation. So, we thought we’d look into what this announcement might mean for India, as well as the rest of the world. He has a keen interest in commercial laws, especially in IP and allied fields. His previous post can be accessed here ].

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Michael Geist

MARCH 29, 2023

On that front, the language used is slightly softened as the document as a whole lightens up last year’s bashing of tech companies. It may be that the government just doesn’t have many things to put in the policy window, so somehow a common charger rose to the top. So why is it there?

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The IPKat

MARCH 21, 2022

But the computer/online world has moved on from a focus on protecting computer software to a different kind of struggle: what is the locus of control? But to this Kat, these developments seem more to have been a situation of standard-setting in the emerging digital world, where network effects and locking-in users tended to move in tandem.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 2, 2023

The world wide web didn’t exist yet and most people interested in these new devices saw themselves as tinkerers or hackers. Decades after launching his first computer company, Gary was living in the Dominican Republic, serving as a webmaster and news writer for the hacking group Team-Xecuter.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 30, 2023

Introduction We frequently spend time in a themed café or public space, attempting to immerse ourselves in the world of our favourite characters, whether they be from Harry Potter, F.R.I.E.N.D.S., Such themed restaurants have sprouted up all over the world (and even in India)! Marvel, DC, Disney or any other.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2022

With the fastest growing economy in the Arab World, Bahrain is making its global presence in the world. It has the freest economy in the Middle East and as per reports in Index of Economic Freedom published by The Wall Street Journal ranked Bahrain as the 12 th freest economy in the world. Picture Credit: gettyimages].

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2024

It has been a central focus in the world of innovation since USPTO’s Director Kathi Vidal’s urgent call to ensure that we “ get everyone off the bench ” in order to solve world problems and foster economic prosperity. It serves as a window into the dynamics between engineers, patent professionals, and patent review boards.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”. 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.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 16, 2022

In the summer transfer window alone, LaLiga club Barcelona spent €153m euros, but that’s peanuts compared to the paychecks it hands to its top players. Six-time Olympic gold medalist and 16-time world champion fencer Valentina Vezzali now spends her time dueling in politics as Italy’s cabinet undersecretary for sports.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 6, 2021

In the current context, the use of domain names is essential so that consumers from any part of the world can access the products and services of companies on the Internet. They allow companies to promote their brand image and connect with the community around them. The company involved in this case was Tus Media, S.L.,

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”. 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.

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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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Intellectual Property Office Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The company sell homewares and lots of Christmas decorations. As an interior stylist, you work with a team to take what is essentially an empty shell of a location house - white walls, white floors, bare windows - and bring in all the elements to make it look like a cosy, winter home. Setting the scene. Learning from other’s lessons.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 21, 2024

The more worrying aspect of this exercise is that all provisions have featured on the lobbying agenda of three powerful foreign advocacy groups representing some of the most powerful corporations in the world. For example, see page 216 of this filing by Novartis with the SEC listing earnings by brand name of drugs.)

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Trademark protection can include a product or company’s name, a design, logo, color scheme, and identifying factors such as a unique sound played within an application (think of AOL’s famous “YOU’VE GOT MAIL”). It also provides you with a 12-month window to file a non-provisional application, detailed below.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The legal sector across the world has undergone extensive digital reality adaption, whether it be the virtual mode of delivering justice by the judiciary or the conducting of business transactions of any shape and size. These contracts get their designation from the premise that you typically must tap a logo on a window to confirm them.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 5, 2024

Available on Windows, Linux, and since 2023, Android, Yuzu claims to be the most popular open-source Switch emulator in the world. Cracking Nintendo’s console security violates the company’s rights under the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions. The complaint alleges that the U.S. 1201(a)(2)(A).

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Observing artists painting festive scenes on a bank’s windows, she had an epiphany. Having dropped out of high school to attend secretarial school and marry her sweetheart, she faced numerous challenges raising her son while her husband served in World War II. Continue reading

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

Another developer was working on an alternative version written in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). The functionality or ideas that lie behind the code is protected ( SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1482 at §20-§37). It was the WPF version that PQ decided to pursue.

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Since then, giant companies all over the world ? Right holders should therefore move now, because the race is on and the window of time to protect their designs will only become narrower. The concept of Metaverse as an online framework for economic interoperability was born in and around 2020.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In 2005 HTC released the world’s first Windows 3G smartphone (the clamshell HTC Universal) and followed in 2008 with the first smartphone running Google’s Android operating system (branded as the T-Mobile G1). Discrimination may exist even if preferential treatment is accorded to only one or a few companies. Background.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Since then, giant companies all over the world ― especially in the IT, entertainment and fashion businesses ― have begun to launch products and solutions related to the ever developing Metaverse. The concept of Metaverse as an online framework for economic interoperability was born in and around 2020.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Abbott has two CGM devices on the market - the Freestyle Libre 1 and Libre 2 - which Abbott claims is the top selling CGM product in the world, used by 3 million people in 50 countries. All four of the Dexcom patents and two of Abbott's patents are still in the EPO nine-month opposition window. Libre 2 was launched in October 2020.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the competitive world of business, trademarks play a pivotal role in distinguishing one company’s goods or services from another. In the era of globalization, companies with international operations must secure trademark registrations in multiple countries. Otherwise, the trademark is registered.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

Some VPN companies even own review sites. Vulnerabilities are always lurking around the corner and even with the most secure VPN, you still have to trust the VPN company with your data. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 15, 2021

However, too often, companies focus primarily on patent protection to the exclusion of other intellectual property rights. designer ‘2’) is given a 12-month window (grace period) to file from its public disclosure or the public disclosure by a person who obtained knowledge of the ID directly or indirectly from the applicant (designer ‘2’).

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Corsearch

AUGUST 30, 2023

This is often understood simply as a synonym to trademark, but nowadays a brand is seen as the sum of all of customers’ experiences of the company or product in question. The opposition must be filed within a certain time window, typically 30 days, between the publication and registration dates. B What is a brand?

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