The TTABlog

JUNE 27, 2023

Finally, Pen Pal pointed to its four design patents as presumptive proof that the proposed mark is not de jure functional. Observing that the Morton-Norwich factors are not exclusive, the Board considered as probative a third-party website that touted the utilitarian advantages of Pen Pal's product.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The termination of this seven-year partnership, most famously known for its development of the Yeezy sneakers, raises important questions about IP ownership when business collaborations collapse. This includes at least eight US design patents filed by Adidas in 2016 that claim the ornamental design of the Yeezy sneakers.

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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.

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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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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This article is part of our series showcasing well-known copyright ownership cases from the music and film industries, technology, and more. This week’s post looks at three well-known copyright infringement cases involving tech giants battling each other over ownership rights. Apple vs. Microsoft.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Other examples of error-prone IP topics: design patents, where a simple visual comparison of the two works isn’t sufficient to determine infringement; or trade secret litigation, where the item’s trade secret status and ownership is often highly contested.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

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. For more details on the topic of design and the metaverse in China see our previous blog post. Ownership and Enforcement.

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Larson & Larson

JULY 13, 2023

Unlike patents, trademarks don’t expire after a set term of years and they don’t have to be novel or non-obvious. Key Differences: Patents protect inventions and new technologies, while trademarks protect brand identities, names, logos and designs. The post Patent Protection vs.

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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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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. Voluntary registration for your copyright is available in China. website, software, catalogue, customer database, etc.), Conclusion.

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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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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. Take care in such situations to avoid unintended problems.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Utility and Design Patents. Patents are probably the most confusing aspect of intellectual property, and justifiably so. This type of Intellectual Property is so complex that patent applications can only be submitted by a registered Patent Attorney, and often take years and significant investment to acquire.

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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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azrights

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Therefore, legal protection needs to be an uppermost consideration when choosing or changing brand codes because legal ownership is fundamental to effective protection of uniqueness of a brand’s identifiers. This initial design registration gave the company a way to preserve the uniqueness of the shape to the Coca Cola brand.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Depending upon whether your idea relates to appearance or function, you can file either a design patent application or utility patent application. Here’s a helpful article on filing a utility patent application and another one filing a design patent application. They only protect specific expressions.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Utility and Design Patents. Patents are one of the most confusing types of IP law, and justifiably so. It is so complex that patent applications can only be submitted by a registered Patent Attorney. Utility patents cover the way an invention works, while design patents cover the way an invention looks.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

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. "Consumers are likely to focus on the initial letter string 'I-F-G' and pronounce it as such in calling for the goods."

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) for Ownership. Once eligibility is determined, there are two primary forms of patent protection for software: provisional utility patent applications and non-provisional utility patents. User Interfaces may be protectable with Design Patents as well.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Lack of Bona Fide Intent: Precedential No. 33: "LOCH MOOSE MONSTER" Fends Off Monster Energy's Lack-of-Bona-Fide-Intent Summary Judgment Motion Nonuse/Specimen of Use: USPTO Issues Examination Guide 1-21: Expungement and Reexamination Proceedings Under the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 Precedential No.

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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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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. A trademark means the identifiable phrase, symbol, and the word that stands for the specific product that has capacity to legally distinguish itself from other products present in the marketplace of like appearance.

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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. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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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. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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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. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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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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CoCal IP Law Institute

MAY 9, 2022

Non-fungible tokens ("NFTs") - what are they, anyhow? Technically, they are a digital asset. Again, what does that mean? On Monday, May 16, 2022, SoCal IP Law Group LLP partner Marina L. 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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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. The next time you would like to protect a great innovative design you expect will be a big hit on the market, you should consider obtaining a design patent. ” [8].

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. The next time you would like to protect a great innovative design you expect will be a big hit on the market, you should consider obtaining a design patent.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs. While, as Partridge explains, the need to register domain names was not obvious to brand owners at first, they soon resorted to litigation over the ownership of domain names that included their trade marks.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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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

Potential additional justification for these doctrines: Non-source significance might be too stable to be easily moved by putative TM ownership: result: deadweight loss and no consumer protection function. Janis: reminds him of design patent story, which also needs labels for validity and scope.

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