IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Copy Right Law in the Entertainment Industry The cornerstone of intellectual property protection in the entertainment sector is copyright law. Copyright law is especially crucial in the entertainment sector for safeguarding movies, TV series, songs, screenplays, and literary works.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Eliezer How to Legally Protect your Board Game with Intellectual Property Law Table of Contents: Copyright Law Design Patents Trademarks and Trade Dress Utility Patents Limitations of Protection Say there is a game that’s been around. Learn more about Trademark law for board games and Trade Dress protection.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 1, 2022

copyright law or European copyright law, most of the designs in the “Ciao, Kim” collection might be hard-pressed to be copyrighted. copyright law. Copyright Office Review Board’s affirmation of the U.S. Copyright Office’s refusal to register the Tommy Hilfiger flag ). As in the U.S.,

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 18, 2023

Image Sources : Shutterstock] The differentiation between principles of design infringement and trademark infringement is logical. Trademark law is not intended to encourage creation or production but rather serves as a tool for source identification to benefit consumers who associate distinctive brand identity with goodwill.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

copyright law does not expressly provide for such renumeration, these opportunities depend on the code underlying the NFTs and the rules of the platforms on which they’re sold rather than any statutory entitlement. NFTs may offer opportunities for U.S. artists to obtain remuneration from downstream resales of their works (a.k.a.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

A critical issue to be addressed is whether these limited-edition products can get protection under Intellectual Property (IP) law, just as regular products do, and if yes, then which is the most appropriate form of IP Protection ? Protection for Limited Edition Products under Trademark Law.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 3, 2023

copyright law can never protect a concept or idea, and only ever protects a specific expression of an idea, it seems impossible that the artistic output of, for example, a ChatGPT prompt along the lines of “create a poem about a boy and his dog” would ever be deemed protectable under U.S. copyright law.

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Chicago IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Award honors those who have made a significant creative contribution in one or more of the following substantive areas of intellectual property law: Patent Law: An invention or group of inventions having technological significance and an important social and economic impact, resulting in one or more U.S.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The chapter explores how American nurserymen and seed houses turned to branding strategy and federal trademark law to restrain the circulation of stolen plants and prevent "humbuggers" from taking advantage of their reputations.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Article 143 of the Patent Law provides patent holders recourse to file claims in the Commercial Court if the rights under their patent are infringed by another party. Trademark: NFTs may also be protected as a trademark. Article 1(1) of Indonesia’s Trademark Law defines trademark.

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IPilogue

JULY 22, 2021

In copyright law, the defence of fair dealing can encompass parodies as a form of criticism. 29 of the Copyright Act, where it states: “Fair dealing for the purpose of research, private study, education, parody or satire does not infringe copyright.”. In trademark law, a trademark owner can invoke s.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is achieved by understanding the parallels between publicity right and trademark law. Further, the application of a publicity right requires checks and balances which is explained through exceptions derived from copyright law.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 30, 2023

Introduction In the conventional sense, trademark law requires the mark to essentially be a word or a logo. However, there have been significant advancements in the interpretations of trademark law over the years, with one such advancement being protection of fictional characters under trademark law.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Goldsmith that Andy Warhol’s portrait of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. As we look back, we want to share The Briefing’s most popular episodes in 2023. 3: What Now for Fair Use After Warhol v. Goldsmith The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Andy Warhol Foundation v.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

should include best practices from a trademark law perspective, to make sure you’re not inadvertently harming your marks. Your trademark attorney can help you flesh out those guidelines and double-check your real world use. Are your licensees and partners using them appropriately? Stay tuned!

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Award honors those who have made a significant creative contribution in one or more of the following substantive areas of intellectual property law: Patent Law: An invention or group of inventions having technological significance and an important social and economic impact, resulting in one or more U.S.

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IIPRD

JULY 4, 2021

However, the word emoji itself is not subject to protection awarded to intellectual property in general, but unlike the Indian Law, the US Law awards protection to emoji in certain cases. This may be explained by taking into consideration copyright, trademark as well as other intellectual property regimes. Copyright Law.

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IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Mickey Mouse is protected as Disney’s property because it is a registered trademark.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Patent Law. Technology Law. Trademark Law. Copyright Law. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” are recognized for professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Litigation – Patent. Appellate Practice. Firms included in the 2021 Edition of U.S.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Santa Claus art works which are often used by brands to promote their Christmas related products can be protected copyright law. Most trademarks registered in the U.S The post Santa Clause and IP appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Copyright Creeping into Costumes. In general, any clothing, including costumes, is not protected by copyright laws. In Canada, under section 64(2) of the Copyright Act , it is not an infringement of copyright to reproduce the design of a “useful article”, so long as more than 50 copies are made. Copyright Office.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As the editors explain, “I hope the readers will find multiple reasons to continue to think about the role of moral rights in copyright law, of course, but also in patent law, design law, and trademark law.”

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Garrigues Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

The way legal protection varies from country to country complicates things even further, forcing designers to maneuver through a complex web of legal protection that ranges from copyright to industrial designs, trademark law and unfair competition.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Trademark law has something to say about use. Consider the difference between copyright law — which is meant to encourage creativity for the benefit of society–and trademark protection, which is about identifying the source of goods and services and avoiding consumer confusion. 3] CA Copyright Act, s.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Of course, Hetronic disagrees and contends that trademark law under the Lanham Act extends beyond U.S. The petition states that the Court must clarify whether the Copyright Act’s preemption clause permits a plaintiff to use “state-law contract remedies to enforce a promise not to copy and use its content.”

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

It is capable of writing articles, translating, summarizing and answering follow-up questions and can also create content that can be protected under copyright law. ChatGPT is a chatbot, i.e. a computer program that simulates human conversation, by means of AI and natural language processing.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Consider the other side of the aggrieved vandalism promoter Shepard Fairey, of HOPE poster fame: Gawker: “Obey” Trademark Law: Some guy in Pittsburgh sells little baby Steeler mascots with the. The post Oy vey appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2021

Katfriend Dr Sabine Jacques , Associate Professor in IP, IT & Media law at the University of East Anglia and author of The Parody Exception in Copyright Law (OUP 2019), provides the follow review of The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection is Stifling Cultural Creativity – by Martin Senftleben.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

should include best practices from a trademark law perspective, to make sure you’re not inadvertently harming your marks. Your trademark attorney can help you flesh out those guidelines and double-check your real world use. Are your licensees and partners using them appropriately? Stay tuned!

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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. For this reason, the Peppa Pig decision cannot serve as a judicial precedent.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

JULY 9, 2020

In other words, Booking.com has already largely addressed the potential problem of “booking.somethingelse,” via the DNS rather than trademark law. The post Booking.whocares: SCOTUS Issues a Headline-Making Trademark Decision… But Does It Really Matter? first appeared on Trademark and Copyright Law.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On November 7, 2018, Pest Control, Banksy’s authentication body, filed an EU trademark claim on behalf of the artist for Laugh Now. Typically, artists protect their artwork using only copyright law. However, artists are required to reveal their identity when claiming copyright infringement.

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The IPKat

APRIL 5, 2022

2) Article 6 of the AUCL does not protect the signs, or their distinctive identifying parts, that are forbidden from use by Article 10(1) of the Trademark Law of China. (3) Clarifications are given on three aspects in particular: (1) On the definition and criteria of ‘the signs with certain influence’. (2)

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

However, though patent law has the “person of ordinary skill in the art” standard and trademark law has the “ordinary casual consumer somewhat in a hurry” standard, copyright law often relies on a judge’s evaluation of whether infringement has occurred.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

copyright law does not expressly provide for such renumeration, these opportunities depend on the code underlying the NFTs and the rules of the platforms on which they’re sold rather than any statutory entitlement. NFTs may offer opportunities for U.S. artists to obtain remuneration from downstream resales of their works (a.k.a.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Keep Calm and Fandom On: Copyright in Cosplay, Fanfiction and Fanart by Sabrina Macklai & Emily Chow. Trademark Law. Parody in Trademarks is No Joke. Copyright Law.

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