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10th Mahamana Malviya National Moot Court Competition by Law School, Banaras Hindu University [Varanasi, March 24-26, 2023]

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Annie Besant, who saw it as the University of India, the great nationalist leader Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya established this creative and inventive university in 1916. This edition of the competition is based on patents. About the Competition. Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Finals. Students pursuing either a 3-Year or a 5-Year LL.B.

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Once Again, Generic Computer Systems That Do Routine Functions are Not Patentable!

The IP Law Blog

Patents protect inventions. However, patents protect only certain inventions. In order to be patentable, an invention must fall within one of four categories of patent-eligible subject matter: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. There are some things that are not patentable (i.e.

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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 21 Episode 5

Dragons' Den

A 'hair' brained invention, or revolutionary hair and scalp care? The Dragons, mindful of a previous miss with a similar product, Tangle Teezer, scrutinised the invention's uniqueness. If you're applying for a patent , make sure you haven't shared your invention publicly.

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False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

Patently-O

In Dastar , the defendant had copied footage from an old television series that had entered the public domain, made minor edits, and sold the resulting videos as its own product without attribution to the original creators. 1125(a)(1)(B) (Section 43 of the Lanham Act). ” Dawgs brief.

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How to review a draft patent application and provide useful comments

Patent Trademark Blog

Avoid spending too much time reviewing the background of the invention. Patent drawings enable you to claim features that help distinguish your invention from the prior art. How should you make suggested edits of your draft patent application? This helps the patent attorney to avoid missing any edits.

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Can an AI be Properly Considered an Inventor?

Velocity of Content

Copyright Office Practices , Third Edition (2021), p. 384, which is similar on this point to the earlier edition I used at the time), and so I focused on the “expression” requirement for copyrightability. Is there a case for protecting AI-devised inventions by IP rights? In this way, it was also based on that of the U.S.

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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 21 Episode 14

Dragons' Den

Once your copyright has expired, anyone can use or copy your work. You can protect your invention in many countries using the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without your permission. Copyright protection starts as soon as the work is created.