Dragons' Den

APRIL 6, 2023

With healthy sales on Amazon attributed to social media platform Tik Tok, Laura charmed the Dragons with her talk of loving numbers and having solid IP protection. The duo were clearly aware how important it is to look at what registered IP you can get early into your product development phase before it’s in the public domain.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Kat friend Hans Eriksson discusses an interesting decision (only available in Swedish) concerning copyright protection and originality, namely whether the sequence of twenty words in an instruction manual may be regarded as being enough for copyright to arise. This Dune tells us, every member of the secretive Bene Gesserit sisterhood knows.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Unfortunately, Intellectual Property law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which type of Intellectual Property (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work. Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Intellectual property regulations and technology security methods are used to provide protection. The traditional means of protecting IP rights are hardly sufficient in the effortless, technologically advanced world of today. Introduction Intellectual property rights (IPR) in e-commerce are a vital component of e-commerce.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Let’s look into what those intangible assets might be, and how they can be protected. Names or logos used to sell a product may be protectable even if the product itself is nothing new. Names or logos used to sell a product may be protectable even if the product itself is nothing new. Yes, you certainly can.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Unfortunately, IP law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which types of IP (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work. Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”. We’ll get back to these statements later.).

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

But to deal with different holidays in different states, emergency legislation was passed within weeks so the Office would know how to count deadlines. But to deal with different holidays in different states, emergency legislation was passed within weeks so the Office would know how to count deadlines.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Introduction Private International Law governs the disputes between two individual parties rather than States. Unlike Public International Law that has a defined jurisdiction and law, Private International Law lacks in that area. Basis of Jurisdiction is deciding which court is competent to hear the case.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

WIPIP 2022, Session 4 Michael Meurer IP Protection of Business Knowledge Since Bilski: First, business method patent protection is a lot less significant for today’s innovators. Second, we have a lot more information about the costs of protection. Then we got a lot of business method patents.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

Intellectual property rights may be established, protected, or granted to another party by contracts or agreements. In this article, we provide an overview of some of the important types of IP contracts which facilitate the protection of IP assets.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Securing the right IP protection for an NFT will be key to its successful commercialization and exploitation by the creator and its owner. In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Kurian’s trail of transparency, Statements of Patent (Non-)Working, Corruption in IP Offices, Serial Crisis in India, the Indian “Bayh Dole” Bill, etc. Although India now has the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 , it doesn’t provide IP protection to databases. Image from here November has passed. Missed anything?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Highlights of the Week Hot-Tubbing in Indian IP Litigation: Delhi High Court Issues Directives in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case Image from [link] here Recently, the DHC issued directives regarding expert evidence in the Perjeta patent litigation. The Patent Act: Catch 22 Does the Patent Act prevail over the Competition Act?

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A comprehensive guide to intellectual property and legal protections for software technology. As a software developer, investor, visionary that has invested significant time and resources into software technology, it is crucial not to share the details of your innovation until you have taken steps to protect it properly.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2022

In addition, I explain how you write, use, and obtain these trademark symbols. How to Type the Circled “R” (®) Registered Trademark Symbol. How Do I Write the “TM” ( ) Trademark Symbol? How Do I Write the “SM” (℠) Symbol? Put the ® to the upper right of your trademark.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Recently, the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks granted a patent to a ragi walnut soup mix prepared by the 52-year old woman, Shubhangi Patil. In her patent application, she claimed that her soup is free from preservatives and artificial additives. The answer is yes. The answer is yes.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

The paradox of getting your way and finding it unsatisfying. Examples: Vessel Hull Design Protection Act. Industry pushed very hard against cheap copying, and yet as of 2019 there were only 538 registrations in 20 years versus hundreds of thousands of utility patents. Was more heavily used 1999-2003.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2021

Several modern-day remedies were enacted to reduce the risk that IP owners would otherwise be able to recover only nominal damages—reasonable royalties for patents; statutory damages for © infringement; disgorgement of total profits for infringement of design patents. These Ps didn’t suffer concrete harm and lacked standing to sue.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Securing the right IP protection for an NFT will be key to its successful commercialization and exploitation by the creator and its owner. In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse examine the patentability requirements and prosecution schemes in the US and Europe and how applicants can prepare applications that will best serve their needs in both jurisdictions. PDF copy available. can significantly complicate the coordination of a global patent strategy.

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azrights

AUGUST 11, 2022

One common trait these AI platforms share is that they first need to learn how to simulate human thinking. The AI platform then puts some rules in place by which to decide how to generate an image of a cat when a user prompts the word ‘cat’. Most of these computer-generated works are protected by copyright in the UK.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Almost two years after the 2021 amendments to the Patent Rules 2003, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has proposed a fresh set of amendments which, if accepted, can change the Indian Patent landscape substantially. We’re also thankful to Tejaswini Kaushal and Varsha Sharma for their research assistance with this post.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Last week we published 9 posts on topics such as our comments on the proposed Trademarks (1st Amendment) Rules, the Madras High Court’s decision with respect to patentability of business methods, and Union Minister of State for Commerce’s response on ability of the current IPR regime to cater concerns arising out of AI generated work.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder. Published in Landslide , Vol. 3, January/February 2021, by the American Bar Association.

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SpicyIP

MAY 6, 2024

Controller of Patents. The MHC in Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC vs Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs clarified the role of the ‘person skilled in the art’ (PSITA) in determining non-obviousness. Case Summaries Rich Products Corporation vs The Controller Of Patents & Anr. Anything we are missing out on?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

I have to give it to creative, resilient lawyers (and in fact, I have lauded them in the past here and there ). When the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Allen v. Cooper, 140 S.Ct. Cooper, 140 S.Ct. ” Flynn, Queen Anne’s Revenge, Indeed! Copyright Conundrums, Sovereign States, and IP Piracy (2020).

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

, here are our summaries for our blog posts, 15 case summaries and other national and international IP developments. Read SpicyIP intern Gaurangi ‘s post on this development. Other Posts COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from other High Courts?

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Harper & Row gets litigated as a First Amendment/free press case by Floyd Abrams; Court relies on Nimmer. The analysis does raise the level of generality issue: how do we decide what the purpose is? And it creates statutory construction issues that justify SCt intervention, which hadn’t happened before.

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SpicyIP

MAY 8, 2022

The IP Reveries series is an experimental ‘fun’ series set in an imaginary classroom where we are using a dialogue format to raise questions and discussions around IP that traditionally don’t find a place to get voiced either due to long standing assumptions, or due to being seen as ‘too trivial’ to discuss in more formal settings.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation? The title of this piece tracks a common “ phrase of exasperation used to emphasize a question or statement.” society at $4.8

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

How was ChatGPT trained? In particular, ChatGPT is a type of “language” model designed to respond with a natural language reply when prompted with a text-based question. The “Chat” in ChatGPT refers to this question-and-answer design, where ChatGPT behaves like a ChatBot.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2023

[This weekly review has been co-authored with SpicyIP interns Gaurangi Kapoor and Ishant Jain.] In our previous weekly reviews ( here , here and here ) we have collectively summarized 16 blog posts, 37 case summaries and other national and international IP developments. Rooh Afza v. Case: Lite Bite Travel Foods Private Ltd.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

” But, despite such fondness for keeping the leftovers around so seconds can, a day or two later, maybe move past fourths, one needs the space, things get stale or spoil, and it is time to clean out that fridge or pantry because more holiday parties and a new year is right around the corner. .” Either way, let’s jump in: A.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Substantive equality is in many international instruments, and can be found in the exceptions for the blind/print-impaired. Legal mistake: collapsing copying and improper appropriation, primarily through imprecise use of substantial similarity. Mistaken faith in musicology: let’s find an expert to talk about copying.

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