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Printed Publication: Documents Made Available only to Customers

Patently-O

Further, Centripetal presented no evidence to the Board showing that—despite the CD-ROM distribution— an interested person using reasonable diligence would not have been able to access Sourcefire either by purchasing the product or by receiving a copy of the user guide from another customer. 102(a)(1). Centripetal Networks, Inc.

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Patent Law Canons and Canards: Bonito Boats

Patently-O

Bonito Boats centers on a Florida statute prohibiting copying of unpatented boat hulls via direct molding. And the Supreme Court affirmed — holding that the “carefully crafted bargain” embodied by the US patent system occupies the entire space and thus preempts any further state action offering patent-like rights.

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Getting your Industrial Design Registration in Oman

IP and Legal Filings

Illegally copying the registered design is punishable by imprisonment or fine. A certified copy of the priority document in case claimed. Copy of the commercial certificate document is required. b) an industrial design that is contrary to public order or morality. Filing requirements. Applicant info (name and address).

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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REGARDING TRADEMARK PROTECTION IN COLOMBIA THAT WE RECEIVE FREQUENTLY

LexBlog IP

If a trademark registration in a member country is the object of a cancellation action for lack of use, the owner may defend the registration by evidencing sufficient, continuous, and public use of the trademark in any of the countries of the Andean Community.

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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REGARDING TRADEMARK PROTECTION IN COLOMBIA THAT WE RECEIVE FREQUENTLY

LexBlog IP

If a trademark registration in a member country is the object of a cancellation action for lack of use, the owner may defend the registration by evidencing sufficient, continuous, and public use of the trademark in any of the countries of the Andean Community.

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Best practices to avoid copyright infringement

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

A person authorises the use of the space for the transmission, sale, distribution, or display of an unauthorised work unless they know or have good reason to suspect that doing so will result in a copyright violation. With today’s technology, it is very simple to copy and share the original works of other people.

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Federal Circuit Narrows Scope for Copyrighting Software Function

Patently-O

A key feature of the SAS product is that folks can write programs using SAS syntax in order to get certain results. WPL is a UK based software company who obtained several copies of SAS statistical software and made their own clone version by rewriting the code and by relying upon an early version of SAS that is not protected by copyright.