The TTABlog

MAY 25, 2023

Applying the Morton-Norwich factors, and giving some weight to applicant's design patents, the Board concluded that the USPTO failed to make a prima facie case of functionality. JBL pointed to its ownership of seven design patents for rocking chairs of the same or a very similar configuration. pdf here ].

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

As NFTs per se are currently unregulated by statutes in the US, common law protection through trademarks may become all the more important. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents. The current tendency is that of denying protection to designs of non-physical products, like metaverses.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Using NFTs has, in part, allowed digital artists to associate ownership in an original version of their art through the NFT that can be monetized much like the physical paintings or sculptures of artists creating in physical media. Design patents can also apply depending on the goods and circumstances.

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Larson & Larson

JULY 13, 2023

For example, Coca-Cola’s name and bottle design are protected trademarks. Trademark law prevents other soda companies from using similar names or bottle designs that could confuse consumers. Unlike patents, trademarks don’t expire after a set term of years and they don’t have to be novel or non-obvious.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

These rights provide exclusive ownership and control over intangible assets, allowing creators to protect their innovations from unauthorised use, reproduction, or distribution. Firstly, intellectual property rights grant startups exclusive ownership over their innovative ideas and inventions.

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

However, if your 3-D printed work relies on the files created by another, or is the result of scanning the sculpture of another, you may have to make proper attribution of ownership to the file owner. Contact Norris McLaughlin About Intellectual Property Disputes Over 3-D Designs.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Though your work is automatically protected by copyright the moment it is created, voluntary registration will provide proof of ownership, which can save you time and money in case of a dispute later on. Unlike Europe where computer software is protected by patents, software is expressly protected under copyright in China. Conclusion.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”. Utility and Design Patents.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2024

The Holding Company, LLC, having the appropriate abbreviation “THC,” alleges ownership of intellectual property in a “lifestyle brand” that has “gained traction with young consumers. ” Some of THC’s intellectual property include designs of the terms WHOA!

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The IPKat

JANUARY 13, 2022

The result is that the smart contract allows you to represent any IP, e.g., trademarks, designs, patents or copyrights, with a token. The advantage of using standardized tokens with a sufficiently distributed blockchain is the possibility to digitally display ownership of IP in a secure, transparent and immutable manner.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

NFTs have indeed transformed the world of digital assets and ownership, with sales as high as $2.47bn only 6 months into 2021. Tokenisation and Ownership of Digital Assets under NFTs. For instance, the $66K NFT sold by the popular American digital artist Beeple carried a resale value of $6.6mn dollars. IP Implications under NFTs.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Unfortunately, IP law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which types of IP (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Failure to renew a trademark registration can lead to a canceled registration, but the owner may still have common law rights by continually using the mark. Unlike patents, trademarks do not necessarily need to be registered in order to be protectable. Keep in mind that patents must be registered in order to be protectable.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

When considering how to secure your software product from potential theft or infringement, it is essential to understand the key forms of legal protection offered under Intellectual Property (IP) law. Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) for Ownership. Patent Protection for Functionality. Jump To: Trademark Protection for Branding.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Crowded Field of Third-Party Registrations and Uses Leads to TTAB Reversal of "MATCH STUDIO" Over "MATCH" for Clothing Licensee's Prior Common Law Use Established Priority for "SNORE MD" Mark TTABlog Test: Is "BEDLAM VODKA & Design" for Vodka Confusable With "BEDLAM! & Design" for Beer?

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azrights

OCTOBER 27, 2021

People’s sense of what is unethical and unfair copying is often out of line with the law’s approach to regulating competition. For example, the law won’t generally stop copying of ideas or business models or colours of other brands unless these are trademarked. It might involve lengthy legal proceedings with an uncertain outcome.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

law) and purported prior trademark use? As to the third question, the Board concluded that applicant's ownership of a registration for IFG for partly identical goods ("live plants, namely, table grape vines, cherry trees") did not alter the result here. PVP certificates under U.S. Read comments and post your comment here. Welch 2022.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

It identifies the product of that company and recognizes its own and gives some rights to ownership that can be enforced. It will be difficult to report copyright in metaverse because there is neither any law nor any precedent to cover the legal issue. Patent Infringement. Conclusion and Suggestions.

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More Than Your Mark

JULY 16, 2018

The term of a patent defines the time during which the patent is in force and infringing activities may be acted upon. Factors to Consider for Patent Term Calculations. 120, 121 or 365(c); timely payment of maintenance fees; terminal disclaimer(s); patent term adjustments under 35 U.S.C. The standard term of U.S.

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CoCal IP Law Institute

MAY 9, 2022

On Monday, May 16, 2022, SoCal IP Law Group LLP partner Marina L. Non-fungible tokens ("NFTs") - what are they, anyhow? Technically, they are a digital asset. Again, what does that mean? Lang will lead a discussion on defining the nature of these novel digital assets and discuss the growing litigation over whether these assets [.].

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

and design patents were hard to get/not as valuable at the time. There’s not evidence of a litigation history of the few midcentury modern design patents, even though Herman Miller etc. Almost all of these designs were abandoned/discontinued circa 1955, and only brought back after other people restored their popularity.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. These patents in India is thus difficult to obtain and even if is obtained, it is difficult to defend.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. These patents in India is thus difficult to obtain and even if is obtained, it is difficult to defend.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. These patents in India is thus difficult to obtain and even if is obtained, it is difficult to defend.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Industry pushed very hard against cheap copying, and yet as of 2019 there were only 538 registrations in 20 years versus hundreds of thousands of utility patents. For patent, this makes sense of utility, novelty, and lack of independent creation defense. Ownership is of linguistic description of structural properties of invention.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

.” This four-part miniseries of posts provides a birds-eye view of protections available in China for two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) design elements of products or packaging under trademark, copyright, design patent, and anti-unfair competition laws. Design Patent (overall design; partial claiming).

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court interpreted the clause on ownership of work made during a contract of service (Section 17(c)) to not apply in situations where there is a contract between equals.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

6 The potential impact of solid-state batteries on the EV industry in particular is huge, as they hold significantly more energy and charge in less time than traditional lithium-ion batteries, thereby eliminating one of the perceived drawbacks of EV ownership. higher energy density), and more durable than lithium-ion batteries.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Does the ornamentality doctrine have doctrinal purchase elsewhere in trademark law? Which is the same as the problem of market definition, with which TM law has long grappled unsuccessfully and largely silently. Another way to say it: Carol Rose’s Crystals and Mud in property law. In the fair use calculus? F2F works pretty well.]

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