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The Canadian Government Makes its Choice: Implementation of Copyright Term Extension Without Mitigating Against the Harms

Michael Geist

While the government is not making the change retroactive (meaning works currently in the public domain stay there), no one seriously expected that to happen. The registration system would also greatly decrease, if not eliminate, the number of orphan works during the 20-year extension. – who noted: the U.S. –

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CAFC Upholds TTAB: TEEN TINKER BELL Confusable With Disney's TINKER BELL for Dolls

The TTABlog

In round two of what one person (me) dubbed the "Tinker Bell Fairy Fracas," the CAFC affirmed the Board's decision [ TTABlogged here ] sustaining a Section 2(d) opposition to registration of TEEN TINKER BELL and TEEN TINK & Design for dolls. Tinker Bell" appeared as a character in J.M. Read comments and post your comment here.

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Trade Secrets in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Kashishipr

The North American Free Trade Agreement defines a trade secret as “Information having commercial value, which is not in the public domain, and for which reasonable steps have been taken to maintain its secrecy.”

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If You Ask Your Friend to Take Your Photo Using Your Camera, Who Owns the Copyright?–Shah v. NYP

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

After he was released from jail, he got copyright registrations for the photos and sued (pro se) the media entities for copyright infringement, 1202 violations, and more. In 2012, the FBI arrested Shah for extortion, which sparked news coverage. The court says that’s not what “by operation of law” means.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

Registration is open and more details can be found here. The website of the event contains information about the programme and registration. The event will be online and registration can be made here. FIDE's webinar will take place online on 29 June 2022 from 4:30pm to 5:30pm (CEST) and is open for registration.

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Cardinals Of Intellectual Property Rights (Part- II)

IP and Legal Filings

Just like trademarks, registration for them is not mandatory, but if it is registered the protection becomes airtight. This statute also gives the rightful owner ‘copyright’ in design, which means the proprietor has exclusive right to use the design on article belonging to the class of its registration. 50,000/- till Rs.

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. ” Nevertheless, the successor licensee sent DMCA takedown notices to Amazon targeting the registrant’s stripped-down sticker. .”