IP.com

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Intellectual property law watchdogs anticipate major decisions from the Supreme Court in 2022. Fast-evolving pharmaceutical and technology sectors have brought several key questions regarding patent law, fair use, and copyright.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2021

Shyamkrishna Balganesh, The Institutionalist Turn in Supreme Court Copyright Jurisprudence [Mandatory laptop update delayed my entry; this is a typically rich paper] Institutionalism example: commitment to Congress to decide in Eldred in Golan. GvO is a win for fair use (good) but also a bad application of textualism to copyrightability.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Rosen, Fog and Fiction and Copyright Term Extension aka Who Framed Mickey Mouse? MPAA is there; “Coalition of Creators and Copyright Owners,” represented by songwriter (ASCAP, music, dramatists, BMI, SESAC, VLA, Writers Guild); National Music Publishers. Zahr Said, Shotgun Damages in Copyright Multipliers used to ratchet up damages.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The question of whether Warhol’s Prince silkscreens may be considered fair use has now made its way up to the US Supreme Court, and on October 12th of this year, oral arguments were heard from both sides.

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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 27, 2021

There has been a long-standing debate about the different modes of safeguarding an API through the laws on patents, copyright, and trade secrets. Patents and APIs. Patents do not govern computer programs, per se. Copyright and APIs. It was regarded as being fair and permissible by the court of law.

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IIPRD

MARCH 23, 2022

Granting Copyright. It is true that a work is considered copyrighted the moment it is created but a right to sue for infringement arises only when it is registered. Choreographer Knight was the first commercial choreographer to protect his dance moves by registering his work as copyright. In the case of Anupama Mohan v.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 30, 2021

s copyright and registered trademark by thrusting its deceptively similar goods and flooding the high-in-demand but low-in-knowhow market, with its imitation products. Domex Advertisement: Product Disparagement or Nominative Fair Use? that the defence of nominative fair use may not be available for Hindustan Unilever.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For instance, see Thomas Vallianeth’s post pondering upon Copyright Aspects in Open World Gaming and arguing that “open world gaming contains elements that need to be granted distinct protection as opposed to the generic protection as computer programs.” Then, Arundathi Venkataraman discussed the topic using the case of Garcia v.

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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. More information and registration to the event are available here. The Round Table will tackle the overlap (or interference!)

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

First up was the now-traditional EU and US Case Law Update presented by Jan Bernd Nordemann ( Nordemann ) and Vanessa Bailey ( Head of Patent Policy, Amazon ) that took the early morning attendees on a roller coaster ride of recent American and European trade mark, design, copyright and patent case-law.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 27, 2024

Without further ado, here’s what I found in Decembers: Rahul Cherian’s Legacy regarding Copyright Disability Exceptions: The name Rahul Cherian remains etched in the annals of Indian IP law, celebrated for his unwavering commitment to promoting access to copyrighted works. As noted in Prof.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 6, 2023

And, speaking of the book, we are happy to re-publish the review that Bill Patry (Mayer Brown) provided of it, as just published by the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. Developments in IP Law, Policy, and Practice: KatFriends’ Views’ Part 2. Developments in Copyright and Image/Publicity Rights’ Part 3.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Software products, functionality, and source code can be protected through various means, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and non-disclosure agreements. Copyright Protection for Source Code. Copyright Protection for Source Code. While copyrights protect the expressions of a software product (e.g.,

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

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. Economic viability is not a metric for copyrightability, and a limited metric for patentability.

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