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Intersection of Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law with respect to Cross Licensing Agreements

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Hence, the concept of cross licensing agreement has originated with the intent to help various organizations in sharing patent licenses along with their rights and liabilities leading to their easier access to masses and reduction of monopolistic market tendencies. Cross-licensing agreements can both restrain and advance competition.

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A Seller’s Guide to Navigating Intellectual Property Law on Amazon

LexBlog IP

There are two types of patents that Amazon sellers should be familiar with, utility patents and design patents. Utility patents protect functional aspects of a product, and design patents protect the appearance of a product. Sellers need to be aware of competitor patents before introducing a product to the market.

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Protecting Application Programming Interfaces (API) Through Intellectual Property Laws

Kashishipr

However, the idea of protecting the API through the medium of a trade secret goes against the very idea of conceptualizing and designing an API. Lastly, the court will consider how the alleged infringing work affects the marketability of the original work. Conclusion. For more visit: [link].

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IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced!

The IPKat

Regulation, Innovation and Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets, by Margherita Colangelo. And the winner is: The Proportionality Test in European Patent Law (Bloomsbury) by Léon Dijkman Best Copyright Law Book The nominations were: • Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union (2nd edition), by Elenora Rosati. •

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Book Review: Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature

The IPKat

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. yet this relationship has received very little attention.

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Trademarks from a Marketing Perspective

Kashishipr

The form of intangible property comprising of skillsets, know-how, business ideas, and strategies have helped in the development and generation of the transborder reputation of several brands. A brand name is usually a name given by the proprietor of a product or service to designate a name to the company with which it is associated.

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Industrial Design through AI: Impact and Protection

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

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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