The IPKat

JULY 22, 2022

On 21 July 2022, Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved the convening of diplomatic conferences on designs and genetic resources, no later than 2024. Diplomatic conferences are negotiating rounds where multilateral treaties are adopted or revised.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. Still, ornamental logos found on the accused product can still be relevant as visual distractors in the process of evaluating similarities and differences between the claimed design and accused design.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JANUARY 4, 2024

The post Designer Skin v. The remaining issues in the case, you may recall, were copyright infringement and Arizona unfair competition. Here is the status per this morning’s minute entry in the court’s electronic case. S&L Vitamins trial update appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 6, 2022

New York federal judges who are overseeing Nike's suit against resale marketplace StockX and Hermes' case against a Los Angeles designer are on track to be the first to decide whether nonfungible tokens can infringe trademarks for physical goods.

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

At its core, 3-D printing uses computer code in a computer-aided design (CAD) file to instruct specially designed printers to print three-dimensional physical objects one layer at a time. The functionalities and any new and unobvious structures created by 3-D printing technologies may be the subject of a utility or a design patent.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Keep in mind the generators are trained on existing material, including things that are protected by copyright and trademark law and registration and patents. There have been some court decisions on this precise topic, but the law is not completely settled. This isn’t limited to logo design. AI isn’t perfect.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 9, 2023

Of particular interest are the decisions on the use of a (descriptive) word mark preserving the rights (GOURMET), on the influence of a word element on a designed word/figurative mark by the word element (CRUSH), on the similarity of luggage and clothing. By: Hogan Lovells

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Garrigues Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

The Supreme Court has delivered a judgment that bolsters copyright protection for works of applied art under criminal law: It sets an important precedent in Spain in distinguishing design as an art that deserves protection under both criminal as well as civil law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

Judge Morris correctly concluded that “Rule 8 requires more”—Plaintiff did not, for example, allege that Defendants “design[ed], manufacture[d] or even select[ed] the products on their website.” I’m also left wondering about possibly divergent applications of copyright and trademark law to print-on-demand services.

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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

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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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 4, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit regarding the definition of “functionality” in trademark law. At issue in the appeal is a ruling from the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

[These are my rough-draft talk notes from a recent workshop of trademark law professors.] The SAD Scheme involves a trademark owner suing dozens/hundreds of defendants using a sealed complaint, getting an ex parte TRO, and then having the online marketplaces freeze the defendants’ accounts and money.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Unlike patents and copyrights, trademark law is not designed to reward the creative endeavor of invention or authorship. Rather, trademark is designed as a consume-protection and market-function tool and so focuses on consumer perception. On appeal, the TTAB reversed the refusal.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Of those, inventors who make board games often go straight to patent filings and forget about the trademark analysis. This article considers a sub-category of trademark law that allows for some interesting board game protection. You don’t need an emblem or a name tag to recognize this design as the legendary Lamborghini.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The trademark infringement battle between Penn State and Vintage Brand over selling merchandise containing the school's trademarks raises the issue of whether designs on apparel serve as source identifiers for the goods themselves — and could significantly affect trademark law and the merchandising industry, say Cheryl Howard and David Ervin at Crowell (..)

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

Designs Can a third party rely on the 12-month grace period for prior design disclosure? Marcel Pemsel analysed the CJEU’s General Court decision in Activa – Grillküche, which dealt with the 12-month grace period for publications under the Community Design Regulation to be protected from public disclosures of identical designs.

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The IPKat

MAY 30, 2023

GRUR , established in 1891, is a recognized non-profit scientific association of all members of professional groups and organizations active in the field of intellectual property law; these are, particularly, law professors, judges, civil servants, lawyers, patent attorneys and representatives of associations and companies.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Fashion designers and artists showcase their creative genius through conceptual fashion shows and apparel collections. Since fashion designers, textile manufactures, apparel companies and artists produce creations of the human intellect, Intellectual Property Rights play a significant role in the fashion industry. dollars in the USA.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 19, 2023

Whiskey-maker Jack Daniel’s had accused VIP Products of violating trademark law by selling a dog toy marketed as “Bad Spaniels” and designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniel’s Old No. Applying the so-called Rogers test—named for an early Second Circuit ruling in this.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This year, when the t-shirt design for CUGGL was released, the Italian fashion brand Gucci tried to get the trademark cancelled. Gucci argued that CUGGL t-shirts would confuse customers because of the font and style of the design.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 28, 2023

By: Linda Liu & Partners

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

trademark law for distinctive visual element(s) to become a trademark, i.e., an identifier of source for a particular party’s goods or services. trademark, No. The Quarles design rights legal team is nationally-recognized for its extensive knowledge and practice experience in this complex and important field.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Hermès is suing an artist for trademark infringement over his series of digital artworks called MetaBirkins. Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the case on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. Listen to this podcast episode here. Watch this episode here:

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Spanish government has approved a draft bill to reform the three main industrial property laws: the Trademark Law, the Industrial Design Law and the Patent Law. Trademark Law. Industrial Design Law.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 1, 2022

According to The Business of Fashion , Kardashian “tweaked Dolce & Gabbana styles from the 1990s and early 2000s” creating “finished looks” with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana “that were, the designers said, about 20 percent different from the originals.” copyright law.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

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. In Pyrrha Design Inc. Scary Issues with Licensing and Trademarks.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A Manhattan federal jury's recent clearance of Thom Browne's liability in a trademark infringement case brought by Adidas over its three-stripe design highlights well-settled trademark law — different price points and channels of trade can distinguish what would otherwise be considered confusingly similar marks, says Paula Hopkins at Venable.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 3, 2023

In the intellectual property sphere, one of the hottest topics surrounding the use of these AI tools is whether the works of art or inventions (including works of industrial design) created using these tools can still be considered the creation of the individual author or designer.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The Trademark Laws of different nations prevent third parties and entities from using a Registered Trademark , which is undoubtedly crucial considering the amount of time, money, effort, and hard work that goes into building a widely recognized and viable brand name. Understanding the Secondary Meaning of Trademark.

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azrights

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Crocodile International noticed that Lacoste wasn’t using the design it had registered and applied to revoke Lacoste’s trademark for non-use. This broad argument that any use of a crocodile design was use of the registered crocodile trademark was rejected out of hand by the court.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Beijing Judian is a reputable barbeque bar restaurant with over 40 locations in China with established Ju Dian character marks, including the JU DIAN & Design Mark. Upon learning that Beijing Judian was planning to open locations in Canada, Meng raced to file trademark applications for the identical mark in Canada.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Ramsey of the University of San Diego School of Law have just published an article on a very timely topic: "Raising the Threshold for Trademark Infringement to Protect Free Expression," 72 American University Law Review 1179 (2023). These defensive trademark doctrines, however, are narrow and often vary by jurisdiction.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The Second Circuit will consider what constitutes an "expressive" work in trademark law when it hears a controversial designer's appeal of a ruling the Vans footwear brand obtained to temporarily block a shoe line endorsed by the rapper Tyga.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Authors in the subsequent section explore industrial property rights, with Nari Lee delving into inventors and patents, Giorgio Spedicato shedding light on industrial design, and Genevieve Wilkinson discussing trade marks.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Ramsey is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law. She writes and teaches in the trademark law area, and was one of the signatories of the First Amendment Professors amicus brief filed in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. by guest blogger Lisa P. Ramsey [Lisa P.

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