Velocity of Content

JANUARY 9, 2024

On a practical level, these emerging companies are running very lean, with little or no budget for expenses outside of discovering and patenting their compounds.  One area that often gets overlooked in the outsourcing and collaboration process is how to manage copyright compliance and the associated risks of non-compliance.

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The IPKat

APRIL 14, 2024

He highlights how activism from Indian farmers and civil society groups shaped global policy around plant variety protection and food security. Contreras evaluates "Genetic patents and the Sustainable Development Goals." Goal 3: Healthy Lives and Wellbeing In Chapter 5, Jorge L.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2023

For many years, U.S. lawmakers have considered amending legislation so that today’s online copyright issues can be addressed more effectively. Many proposals have come and gone, without resulting in any significant updates. Before any new laws or policies are introduced, the Government typically seeks input from stakeholders.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The editors take ample space to set the scene in a detailed and multi-faceted introduction, tracing the journey of IP law from being a “fringe law school subject” many years ago to a subject which percolates through undergraduate and postgraduate curricula well beyond law schools to a rich variety of disciplines.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). NFTs may offer opportunities for U.S. resale royalties).

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Fast-paced organizations that rely on and invest heavily in R&D should not only regard published content as the heart of innovation, but also possess a deep appreciation of the system of copyright protecting this intellectual property. How Do Different Departments Use the Annual Copyright License?

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The IPKat

JULY 11, 2023

Patents Henry Yang released the second part of his analysis on the Interdigital v Lenovo FRAND judgement. Image via Pexels Trade marks Marcel Pemsel discussed the decision of the German Patent Court in relation to a trade mark parody (30 W (pat) 15/19). Here’s what you missed from the IPKat last week.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2022

Several years ago, I wrote a piece titled “ How AI and copyright would work.”. but also the common law or civil law history of cases) did not yet countenance the assertedly “independent” creations of an AI, of which there are many types. That is, at least in the U.S., essentially still the case.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

Is copyright, patent, or trademark infringement applicable to AI creations or not, and who owns the material that AI platforms generate for you or your clients is still an unanswered question. Copyright law protects just the expression, not the idea itself.

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Copyright Intellectual Property Ownership Technology 68

SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2021

Arul is an Associate Professor at the National Law University, Delhi, and has written many posts on the blog earlier which can be viewed here. Many of the specific recommendations in the report raise serious concerns from a public interest perspective. Dr. Arul George Scaria.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

What does the generalist in-house counsel need to know about copyright? Foley Hoag LLP presented a webinar offering guidance for in-house counsel regarding copyright law, including the basics of U.S. Foley Hoag LLP presented a webinar offering guidance for in-house counsel regarding copyright law, including the basics of U.S.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Our hard-working students and community members published more than twice as many articles than in 2020 and the most articles in a calendar year since 2011. This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. of the Patent Act on June 24, 2016.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Patents Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court (before that, the House of Lords) have all and for many years stressed the need for consistency with decisions of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO. It also discusses the problems that can arise when making decisions under the UPC. The event will take in Brussels and online.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

According to Wikipedia, one can celebrate Apple Day in any number of ways, from “apple games in a garden to large village fairs with cookery demonstrations, games, apple identification, juice and cider, gardening advice, and the sale of many hundreds of apple varieties.” The post How Do You Like Them Apple (Trademarks)?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

2018) ), questioning whether a non-human could be the author of a copyrighted work. Like many other countries, in the U.S. copyright subsists automatically in an original qualifying work. Copyright registration may be obtained to create a public record of the work and to assist the copyright owner in enforcement of their rights.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law. This question even after a broad reading of the Indian Copyright law remains unanswered, demanding an amendment in the present law or more clarity on the same by the way of judicial decisions.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Likely useful to trade mark practitioners, Katfriends Chia Ling Koh and Zhen Kai Giam reported on a recent Singaporean decision whereby the Singapore High Court provided guidance on how trade mark infringement claims by businesses using common trade names would be decided and evaluated the use of survey evidence in such claims.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2023

But how does this factor into the world of intellectual property? Protection of AI-Generated Content Content that is wholly created by AI is not copyrightable or patentable. Copyright law requires the authoring of a creative work that is fixed in a tangible medium. ” (Emphasis ours). .”

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Chicago IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

She has presided over dozens of intellectual property cases and was part of the Southern District’s patent pilot program. Judge Scheindlin, who had Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a mentor, has been involved in gender equality issues for decades and continues to be an outspoken advocate on gender disparity in big law. Judge Sue L.

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Patently-O

MAY 9, 2024

Justice Kagan explained that in Petrella , the Court “merely described how the limitations provision worked” in situations where a plaintiff could not avail herself of the discovery rule. ” Dennis Crouch & Timothy Knight, Beyond the Limit: The Battle Over Copyright Back-Damages in Warner Chappell Music v.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

2020) This split arises from how to interpret Supreme Court’s statement in Petrella v. While a laches issue was at the heart of this ruling, the Second Circuit adopted this rule for all copyright infringement cases. Nealy sued many years later in 2018 upon learning of the unauthorized licenses in 2016. See Sohm v.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

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. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents. IP Rights and NFTs. Applicable IP rights.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

With a plethora of developments and discussions on AI and AI based innovations, almost everyone has an opinion on how it should develop! It notes that despite the government initiatives to strengthen India’s IP regime, applying the ‘narrowly focused’ and ‘stringent’ patent laws toward AI applications remains challenging.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

She has presided over dozens of intellectual property cases and was part of the Southern District’s patent pilot program. Judge Scheindlin, who had Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a mentor, has been involved in gender equality issues for decades and continues to be an outspoken advocate on gender disparity in big law. Judge Sue L.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

She has presided over dozens of intellectual property cases and was part of the Southern District’s patent pilot program. Judge Scheindlin, who had Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a mentor, has been involved in gender equality issues for decades and continues to be an outspoken advocate on gender disparity in big law. Judge Sue L.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In response to public comments submitted in response to its request thereof regarding the “article of manufacture” requirement for design patent eligibility appearing in Title 35, United States Code, Section 171 , and as explained in our previous post , the U.S. a)(I) ] but provides important clarifications.” ” 80 Fed.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2023

Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law. Highlights of the Week Searching for Indian IP History Image generated at [link] | image seed – 1322410509329700 For a country with so many IP professionals, there is a remarkable dearth of facts and figures regarding India’s IP laws and policies. Bhagga And Ors.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Following on from this, the government has today - Friday 29th October - announced the launch of a new consultation specifically on how the copyright and patent systems should deal with?AI. and IP: Consultation on copyright and patents legislation This consultation?is Submit your views before 7th January 2022.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Beijing said that it would “ strictly enforce patent and copyright laws.” However, Xiaomi has been using a patent by InterDigital Inc. InterDigital, based in Delaware, USA, holds multiple patents for digital technology used in smartphones across the world. InterDigital) to produce those devices.

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Patently-O

APRIL 27, 2022

In the request for comments, the USPTO floated the idea of issuing design patents for what they are now calling “designs for projections, holograms, and virtual and augmented reality (PHVAR).” But it is not—and should not—be the role of the design patent system to incentivize or protect new machines. We have utility patents for that.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

By Sarah Burstein, Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School USPTO Notice, 88 FR 80277 (Nov. In it, the USPTO reaffirmed its prior interpretation of the phrase “design for an article of manufacture” and did not—as many had hoped—expand its interpretation of that phrase.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game. Just thinking aloud.) Well … not really!

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2021

Many glaring issues presented by the Report have been previously discussed by Prof Scaria ( here ), Praharsh ( here ), Adyasha ( here ) and Namratha ( here and here ). In this post, I will be analysing the recommendations pertaining to the amendment of patent laws in order to facilitate inventorship and ownership by AI.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? . This post only deals with copyrightability of fonts from artistic work perspective and does not explore the copyrightability of fonts as code or literary works. Debunking the ‘no copyright for fonts’ Argument. This is perhaps why fonts cannot be copyrighted in the US.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

Unlike other Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) such as patents, designs, and copyright, trademarks can last indefinitely provided they are renewed. How about Copyright or Design Protection? First, there is uncertainty whether utilitarian objects can be granted copyright protection.

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IIPRD

APRIL 13, 2023

In India, the topic of criminal punishment for copyright infringement has generated considerable controversy. High Courts have disagreed about Section 63 of the Copyright Act, the primary clause that is used in these cases, for many years. The Supreme Court has recently taken a very controversial position on this issue.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2024

Basheer raised in his 2018 post on the Politics of Patent Citation. Mr. Kadirgamar traces it back to 1970 when WIPO conducted two surveys: one, on the teaching of industrial property law and the second on the teaching of copyright law teaching. a question that Prof. Regardless, it remained an optional course.

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