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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

Eleonora Rosati informed readers of the upcoming Fashion Law London event on AI in Fashion. IPKat readers can take advantage of a 15% discount on the registration fee. The post evaluates whether a brand’s reproduction of a design comprised of an unauthorized use of their own trade mark in 3D form can be considered as design copying.

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Movie titles and character titles as trade marks? Nigeria's Trade Marks Tribunal weighs in

The IPKat

A recent dispute in Nigeria over trade mark registration and possible proprietorship over a movie title and a title character has brought to the fore questions regarding the processes and procedures at the Trade Mark Registry and whether movie titles and title characters without more should be registrable as trade marks in Nigeria.

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court declines to drop hammer on competing game despite registrations

43(B)log

WRB has an incontestable registration for “Hammer-Schlagen” and a registration for the trade dress of its stump, cross-peen hammer, and nails: specifically, “a three-dimensional configuration. DAMM has a registration for “Minneschlagen.” WRB’s word mark registration states that “the English translation of ‘hammer-schlagen’.

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Shielding Innovation: Understanding Copyright Protection for App Developers and Their Software

Intepat

It is essential to note that software copyright extends against extracting unauthorized copies and adaptations but the same does not prevent another person from writing a code with the same effect or the development of alternate solutions to achieve the same outcome.

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Understanding Assignment of Copyright

Kashishipr

An assignment is, in spirit, a transfer of ownership, even if it is partial. No one has the right to copy, reproduce, sell, or publish an original work without the permission of the creator. It means that only the owner of the copyright can transfer the ownership of the copyright to a third party.

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Messerschmidt v. Zen City Academy LLC

BYU Copyright Blog

and infringed on Messerschmidt's rights to the photographs when they allegedly copied and displayed the photographs on their website. On June 30, 2022, just nine days after discovering the infringement, he applied for copyright registrations for the photographs. Rural Telephone Service Co. as the foundation for his claim.

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IP rights for social media Influencers and content creators

IIPRD

There is a need to understand that the content published is available to anyone and everyone with internet and can be copied and used. It grants the original work’s creator the power to distribute, make copies of, exhibit, or perform it. As a result, it is crucial to learn how to safeguard IP.