Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A design is that aspect of a product that constitutes its ornamental or visual features. An Industrial Design (ID) may be deemed as a process of designing a product that focuses on the functionality and manufacturability of the product apart from just the appearance of it. HOW IS AI RESTRUCTURING THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MARKET?

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

alongside a Playbook suggesting ways to use the AI RMF to “incorporate trustworthiness considerations in the design, development, deployment, and use of AI systems”. Explainable and interpretable : representing the underlying AI systems’ operation and the meaning of its output in the context of its designed functional purposes.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State privacy laws are changing rapidly in the U.S. We anticipate that more state legislatures will continue to enact privacy laws to protect consumers due to the absence of a federal privacy law. The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act will go into effect on July 1, 2024. The law will go into effect on January 1, 2025.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

The world of competitive video gaming implicates a complicated patchwork of privacy laws, and esports companies need to keep in mind some key issues when assessing privacy and cybersecurity obligations. Below are some of the key questions to think through to assess issues related to data use (privacy) and cybersecurity in esports.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office hosts its 15th annual Design Day taking a deeper look at the benefits of design patent protection and case law and legislative developments in that sector.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 1, 2024

The Berne Convention underscores the national treatment of foreign authors, allowing Union states to protect designs through various means. In EU law, the Design Directive and Regulation govern the relationship between copyright and design protection for works of applied art. Any limitation must be clearly defined by law.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Finance for these projects includes costs associated with managing intellectual property and/or creating technology-based companies (Startups – Spin-offs) resulting from their execution. 09/22/22 – Data Privacy. 09/22/22 – Industrial Designs. 09/22/22 – Trademarks and Consumer Protection.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Much like regular websites operated by governments, companies, organizations, and the general public, most internet-based piracy services can be accessed using a domain name. For companies enforcing their intellectual property rights, determining who owns a domain can prove invaluable as part of a wider investigation.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

With the abolishment of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board in 2021, cases previously filed with or pending before the IPAB have been transferred to the High Courts. Following this objective, the High Court of Madras established an Intellectual Property committee to devise the necessary procedures.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Though the deadline for sharing these comments passed on October 5 and the government is presently working on finalizing the Rules, we received a guest post underlining the need to regulate the menace caused by dark patterns and its interaction with intellectual property rights. Image by starline on Freepik.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

7) Governments loot Google and Facebook under the pretense of “saving” journalism. The term “link taxes” refer to the government compulsion of large Internet services, such as social media or search engines, to pay news media for indexing and publishing their headlines and links. StopTheSADScheme. Incredible.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act (CPDPA) into law on May 10, 2022, making Connecticut the most recent state to pass its own privacy law in the absence of comprehensive federal privacy legislation.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2024

“Is offshoring the training of AI a credible and efficient response to minimize copyright compliance risks or is offshoring merely a theoretical argument designed to both influence lawmakers and for government relations purposes?” These rules govern which country’s laws apply to a set of facts, activities, or conduct.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

Intellectual Property and Data Protection Consideration should be given to securing intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, or trade secrets for any AI algorithm or software developed. The data set that companies use to build their platform might be copyright protected.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 28, 2023

First, in order to effectively safeguard the interests of the data principal, laws governing Digital Intellectual Property and Data protection ought to guarantee that the control procedures for data fiduciaries are not so strenuous as to make even lawful computation impractical.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Senate bill demonstrates both the United States’ continued focus on foreign government-sponsored trade secret misappropriation and the International Trade Commission’s (“ITC”) potential untapped ability to swiftly protect intellectual property (“IP”) owners against this illegal conduct under Section 337.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In early October, the Spanish government published the criteria for selection of the seat for the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA). An example of the latter one are social scoring AIs, which are used by certain governments outside of the EU to track the trustworthiness of their citizens.

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Intepat

JANUARY 25, 2024

However, this shift has also brought to light intricate challenges in protecting intellectual property rights. A key player in this arena is Digital Rights Management (DRM), a technological solution designed to prevent unauthorized redistribution of digital media and uphold the copyright policies of streaming platforms.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Not only are public and private companies increasingly targeted for cyber-attacks, but local and state governments across the country are as well. Among other uses, the bill would allocate funds to improve the cybersecurity of state and local governments — entities that malicious actors have targeted with increased frequency.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. There will also be panels on CJEU and General Court case law, judicial approaches to parasitic competition, and international design protection strategies.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

Some of these issues are specific to doing business with the government and others are broader issues that all companies face when using AI, and generative AI (GAI) in particular. As a result, many companies are developing corporate policies on employee use of AI. If you have not done so yet, now is a good time to get started.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In this designation, OFAC stated that companies operating or facilitating digital currency platforms such as SUEX “are critical to the profitability of ransomware attacks, which help fund additional cybercriminal activity.” government cyberstrategy and legislative efforts. Cuba, Iran, N. ” Coordination with U.S.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

4] Globally, countries are at varying stages in enacting rules governing AI, signalling a range of approaches to the technology’s regulation across jurisdictions. [5] 4] Globally, countries are at varying stages in enacting rules governing AI, signalling a range of approaches to the technology’s regulation across jurisdictions. [5]

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Intepat

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Notably, this featured recurrent discussions revolving around Intellectual Property (“IP”), underscoring the importance of the area in rising economies. Intellectual Property in the G20 Summit The G20 serves as a vital platform for shaping the future directions and strategies in key economic areas for its member states.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This landmark legislation, modeled on the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, elevated and expanded trade secret law’s role in the federal intellectual property system. It also parallels and differs from other types of intellectual property—patent, copyright, and trademark—litigation.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

After the US Ambassador to Vietnam got involved in 2018, calling on government officials to launch criminal prosecutions , several persistent sites suddenly shut down. had rebranded simply because it had grown tired of its old domain and liked the idea of a fresh design, was implausible at best.

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Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The focus of these actions spans a range of issues, from anti-competitive behavior to data privacy, and more. The European Union, for instance, has introduced the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which designates certain tech firms as “gatekeepers” and subjects them to more stringent regulations.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 5, 2023

How will governments across the globe respond to this pivotal technology? And for the United States, how will our government respond? The most egregious tools are assigned “unacceptable risk, such as government-run social scoring of the type used in China.” ” These would be outright banned.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2023

How will governments across the globe respond to this pivotal technology? And for the United States, how will our government respond? The most egregious tools are assigned “unacceptable risk, such as government-run social scoring of the type used in China.” ” These would be outright banned.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This action follows the FTC’s September publication of “ Bringing Dark Patterns to Light ,” a report demonstrating companies’ increased use of design practices known as “dark patterns” to influence consumers buying behavior (the “Staff Report”). Key laws that govern dark patterns include: Section 5 of the FTC Act (15 U.S.C.§

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

1] However, this growth also brought an onslaught of new Intellectual Property (IP) issues. The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. 6] Stuart D. Levi & Alex B.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Taken together with other EU digital and privacy regulations – such as the Digital Services Act, Digital Operational Resilience Act and General Data Protection Regulation – the interlocking effect of such regulation will be challenging to navigate. On 9 November 2023, the European Parliament adopted the final text of the Data Act.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Delhi High Court clarifies that for “lack of novelty” to be used as a defence against a Design infringement claim, the lack of novelty is to be seen as on the date of registration of design and not thereafter. KTTADI and KHADI are prima facie similar, rules Delhi High Court.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2022

The Court determined that, therefore, the Rule does not violate the reasonable expectation of privacy, and that Remote ID is a “far cry” from continuous surveillance. The Rule requires manufacturers to either incorporate this Remote ID capability into the drone itself or design a module to attach to the drone.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Another intriguing suggestion in this respect is the proposal to make the Government a joint owner in claiming IP rights alongside creators/communities to restrict misappropriation. This, then brings up the issue of cultural privacy. 76 of the Report) if it is closely linked to a specific location.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

There is a significant push at this week’s meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to approve a Diplomatic Conference on a Broadcasting Organizations Treaty that is not strictly limited to combating unlawful interception of traditional broadcast signals.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 1, 2022

Private employers in New Jersey need to be aware of the latest employee privacy law that will take effect on April 18, 2022. 3950 prohibits employers from knowingly using a “tracking device” in a vehicle used by an employee without providing written notice to the employee.

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