Kashishipr

JULY 20, 2022

Although this may sound quite encouraging and motivating for those with original ideas, many famous brands out there are accused and widely recognized for being copycats in the market and, unfortunately, making a lot of money. The American video and photo sharing social media platform Instagram has been accused of copying Snapchat.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As a result, intellectual property refers to creations such as innovations, industrial product designs, literary and creative works, and symbols that are later used in business. As an artist or designer, one should be aware of two forms of intellectual property (IP) rights: copyright and design rights. Design Rights.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Board sustained Section 2(d) oppositions to the word-and-design marks shown immediately below, for Asian-themed cuisine and for restaurant services featuring same, finding confusion likely with opposer's common law mark RAMEN HOOD & Design (shown to the right) for Asian-themed restaurant services. menus and other printed items.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

70% of the funds received from the allottees for the real estate project from time to time must be put in a separate account to be kept in a designated bank to pay the cost of construction and the cost of the land, and must only be used for that purpose. References: [1] The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 Act no.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, the focus of the conversation was on certain devices, referred to in the interview as “ISDs, Firesticks and Android apps” and their various abilities to facilitate piracy. It has the ability to record movies in cinemas, store copies for retrieval, and then distribute them on the internet.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union ( DG TAXUD ) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) recently released the first joint annual report on EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the EU internal market 2020.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 12, 2024

Make EU MDR Submission Easier with RightFind Thanks to its content access and reference management capabilities, RightFind Enterprise can help teams within medical device organizations work together to avoid duplicate and unnecessary work.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The design was largely attributable to functional and technical considerations and based on simple variations of previously known designs that are part of the general design repertoire. b) the work in question builds on and constitutes a variation of a previously known design or an ongoing design trend?

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In the verdict form the jury stated that Defendants had not proven fair use, the Plaintiff (Alexander) should receive $3,750 USD for actual losses from the Defendant’s use of the tattoo designs, and did not answer as to profits can be attributed to the Plaintiff for use of the tattoos. Take-Two licensed Randy Orton’s likeness from WWE.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. The Court held that “origin” in the Lanham Act refers only to the source of the physical products sold in the marketplace, not to the creator of the underlying creative content.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

Any surviving services may need to be structured as marketing agencies that push all of the legal risk to the users and third-party vendors. He ultimately summarizes: “District court decisions within the Sixth Circuit have held that plaintiffs must show the defendant ‘intentionally and knowingly’ copied the copyrighted work.”

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The engineer of record must indicate on construction drawings the specific structural connectors that will be used on a given project, whether a custom connector designed by the engineer to join and transfer the load between members or a pre-engineered connector.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Trade dress protection falls under trademark law as the design functions as a trademark, i.e., identifying a product emerging from a specific fashion house or fashion designer. Such a design refers to the visual or sensual look of the product, which can include its shape, packaging, and color combinations.

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Intepat

JUNE 13, 2024

Introduction Design piracy, particularly in the context of registered designs, poses significant challenges in today’s industrial landscape. According to the Indian Design Act of 2000, only those designs that are functional or used as artistic or property marks are not eligible for protection.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And one quirk: while we refer to the law as the 1976 Act, its effective date is actually January 1, 1978 (the same date that CCC opened its doors, not coincidentally). By establishing a marketable right to the use of one’s expression, copyright supplies the economic incentive to create and disseminate ideas.”

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Michael Geist

JUNE 28, 2022

By the end of the week, reference to the Bill C-18 Charter statement was removed from the Justice site altogether. As of this morning, there is still no reference to the statement, even though it is a public document having been tabled in the House of Commons. performing their statutory functions.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

China has taken a further step towards aligning its regulations with the international protection system for designs. On June 1, 2021, the most recent reform of the country’s Patent Act entered into force, which includes significant changes to how industrial designs are regulated. Key reforms.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Cross-functional groups within an organization — including research and development (R&D), clinical research, competitive intelligence, regulatory, marketing, and medical affairs — must work together and with external partners to advance drug compounds from discovery to approval for use in patients to physician education and promotion.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Influencing others via social media is one of the most influential and efficient method of marketing and they get good pay out from it. There is a need to understand that the content published is available to anyone and everyone with internet and can be copied and used. As a result, it is crucial to learn how to safeguard IP.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

MD Patent referred to case T-589/20 on the likelihood of confusion between the signs "MAIMAI MADE IN ITALY" and "YAMAMAY", recently decided by the General Court. According to WIPO, China's accession means that the Hague System will cover nine of the world's top 10 economic markets. Background and outcome of the decision here.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2023

today as the end of October month approaches the market gets flooded with different kinds of Halloween-themed articles (consumable and non-consumable) and various Halloween-themed costumes. The market gets flooded with Halloween-themed costumes, and goods, and buyers rush up to purchase them. [Image Sources : Shutterstock].

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azrights

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Inevitably competitors will try to capture some of the market shares of any brand that discovers a lucrative market opportunity. They copy business models, and any aspect of a business’ successful branding, be it, by introducing new features, copying its positioning, or even using similar names or brand identifiers.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 24, 2023

In its recent Volva Penta decision, the Federal Circuit found that the PTAB had (1) created too high of a burden to prove nexus and (2) been unduly dismissive of the patentee’s evidence of commercial success and copying. The case also serves as a reminder that product copying still caries significant weight in the obviousness analysis.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2024

However, copyright protection may unexpectedly clash with this sustainable practice, as certain upcycled items could include copyrighted prints, ornaments, or design patterns from the original materials, such as new clothing items made out of old bed sheets, curtains, or tablecloths , or jewellery made from broken porcelain.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Copyright infringement – Copyright subsists in the Lidl logo and this was copied by Tesco in creating their Clubcard Price(s) signs. While she referred to the contrasting text as an important point of difference, she held that this did not extinguish the “ strong impression of similarity conveyed by their backgrounds” (Paragraph [91]).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 19, 2023

On the last of the three signup webpages, legal copy abounds, with some text appearing on the left-hand side of the page underneath high-level explanations of the trial membership. It could have been clearer, but I bet many consumers would have intuitively understood “signing up” to refer to the membership. Manifest Assent.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. It covers architectural design, software, graphic arts, motions pictures, sound recordings, and more, and it is adaptive to new technological advances that would likely apply to NFTs.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

” With respect to whether Babybus’ baby character infringed Moonbug’s baby, Babybus claimed that the alleged copying related to generic features found in nature. . Day to Day Imports. * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2021

Olfactory marketing is not only employed by restaurants for their food, but is also often utilized in supplementing branding because just like a logo, it helps the consumer identify the experience associated with a service or product. For a detailed exposition of the ECJ judgement one may refer to this previous post. Tahhira Somal.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals or businesses for their creations or inventions. IPRs are crucial for startups as they safeguard their unique ideas and creations, enabling them to establish a competitive edge in the market. What are Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)?

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IIPRD

JUNE 29, 2022

The monogram was designed to help them brand their firm and prevent copycats from trespassing on their turf. Fashion and luxury goods manufacturing requires a great deal of imagination, from the designs of the garments to the patterns, shapes, logos, symbols, and names associated with them. IP PROTECTION LOUI VUITTON PRODUCTS HAVE.

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The IPKat

MARCH 10, 2022

The IPKat's favourite Le Pliage When you have a handbag design bestseller with over 54 million copies sold around the world since its creation in 1993, the question concerning the IP rights vesting in it is not just an academic one. The case concerned Longchamp’s Le Pliage “cult” bag.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

22, 2021) The parties compete in the market for nutritional supplements. Likewise, there was evidence that other companies in the nutritional supplement market use “organic protein” generically in connection with their products. Even without that, the claimed trade dress featured a “common, basic” package shape and label design.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 3, 2023

The lawsuit centers around two key components of Moderna’s mRNA platform that it claims Pfizer copied – the use of modified nucleosides like 1-methylpseudouridine and the encoding of a full-length coronavirus spike protein. We might see a different strategy if a non-profit or consumer-focused group had filed.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

[iii] This treaty also directs for permission of use, without authorization of the copyright holder over such accessible formats of copyrighted copies, which should be non-commercial lending & may comprise of electronic communication. v] General Obligation on Limitation and Exception, Article 11, Marrakesh Treaty. [vi] 3d 87 (2d Cir.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2022

They then agreed that Chiusa would create and operate a website, colorcopper.com, marketing and distributing Stubenrauch’s copper sheets “to a new industry for copper countertops, bar tops and kitchen backsplash.” The parties worked together to launch a website selling Stubenrauch’s copper lampshades and mirrors. 1” therein.

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