Velocity of Content
OCTOBER 19, 2021
The new Copyright Act was the fourth general revision of copyright law since the original Act of 1790. One section of the new law, Section 107, codified (i.e., Another example: The 1976 Act revised the schedule for when US works pass into the public domain; this schedule has been revised several times since.
Patently-O
AUGUST 18, 2023
Copyright Office. Dr. Thaler is the same individual who unsuccessfully attempted to protect and invention created by a separate machine that he had titled DABUS. The Copyright Office denied the registration application on the grounds that copyright law requires human authorship.
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IP and Legal Filings
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
While nobody knows who invented Yoga Asanas, the Yoga Sutras compiled by the Indian sage Patanjali are considered to be one of the earliest organized resources on Yoga Asanas. This uncertainty raises the question as to whetherYoga Asanas be copyrighted? The absence of this doctrine would defeat the very purpose of copyright law.
Patently-O
AUGUST 22, 2022
From their inception, the federal patent laws have embodied a careful balance between the need to promote innovation and the recognition that imitation and refinement through imitation are both necessary to invention itself and the very lifeblood of a competitive economy. ” Compco Corp. Day–Brite Lighting, Inc. , 234 (1964).
The IPKat
JUNE 12, 2024
3005282) for the protection of modular toy building sets and that the purpose of one of these inventions was essentially identical to that of LEGO’s RCDs depicted above. Unlike in copyright law, there is no need for any creative expression of the designer’s personality. 5 CDR ) and individual character ( Art.
IIPRD
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
After the Patent Amendment Act 2005, patent protection for food, pharma and chemical inventions is possible but this concept not very popular in India. A patent is a set of rights granted by the government to the inventor for his invention. It should be non-obvious or an inventive step. The answer is yes. Conclusion.
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
In the spring and summer of 2022, following the international sanctions imposed upon Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia introduced several landmark changes to its IP law, most notably to patent, trademark and copyright laws. These rules were introduced in the 2021 amendment to Article 1360 of the Civil Code.
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