Velocity of Content

JANUARY 23, 2024

The FAIR principles are designed to address the necessary steps to make research data and the metadata attached to it FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable). External data is only provided if under a clear open license or with full permission to release the data.

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The IPKat

APRIL 30, 2024

Anastasiia Kyrylenko, our GuestKat, exploring the case of subsequent overlap between trademark and copyright protection and its implications for the public domain. And in a world brimming with trademarks, what is the ultimate purpose of the public domain? Is the overlap of different IP regimes genuinely problematic?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. No amendment offered in public session. If a 3 -step test is included, it could be designed to expand the flexibility, not shrink it. Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

APRIL 16, 2020

Does the absence of the insignia mean that the film is public domain? Nowadays, the publication of a film without copyright notice won't effect ownership, but in 1964, the penalty was draconian. If the copyright owner failed to include a copyright notice on "The Naked Kiss," then it would likely be in the public domain.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Licensing Rights: Copyright owners have the right to license their work. Copyright registration allows anyone to confirm the true owner of the work, facilitating the licensing process. The act of publication ensures that the work is broadcast in the public domain, offering the owner a sense of security.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. Let’s dive in!

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IP Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If restrictions are placed on the fair use defense and/or a compulsory licensing regime implemented for models that used copyrighted content, such restrictions might apply to computer vision models that enable surgical robotics and autonomous vehicles. AI authorship rules apply regardless of the nature of the claimant.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 20, 2022

Patents, copyright, and trademarks have been the most widely recognized forms of IP to date; however, there are other forms as well, including geographical indications and industrial designs, which have been gaining attention in the past few decades.

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Intepat

APRIL 2, 2022

Any product, design, or process that does something using a novel methodology or solves an existing technical problem is an invention. Patents give the inventor the security and confidence to share their invention in public domains. Patents bring down the wall of secrecy on the invention, making it available to the public.

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Intepat

MAY 4, 2023

After the period of protection, the inventions and information surrounding it fall into the public domain. Apart from this, the public disclosure at the time of application allows others to build upon this preexisting knowledge. Parallelly, competition law works in tandem and “protects competition, not competitors.”

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

EU Designation of International Registration No. 922784 for the 3D mark below covering goods and services in Classes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 25, 28, 30, 35, and 37: Volkswagen submitted that its marks enjoy a high degree of recognition within the relevant public in connection with, at least, vehicles in Class 12.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Most parties agree that it’s impossible to design an error-free takedown process but disagree on what error rate is acceptable when takedowns are automated. Voluntary Technical Measures. With thousands of responses, the feedback the Office received on voluntary technical measures was overwhelming. Tweaking the DMCA.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

One of the first enacted changes concerned the rules for calculation of the compensation paid to the patent owner in the event that an invention, utility model, or industrial design is being used without the patent owner’s authorization. Before the 2021 amendment, such use was allowed only for reasons of public defense and security.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

In the field of AI, bias may be present at various stages of the development of an application including the design of the algorithms, the designers of the algorithm, the identification and sampling of the learning information and the curation, annotation , and verification of the input data (see, e.g., here and here ).

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

T he creator of Donkey Kong, now-legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto , says he picked the name “Donkey Kong” because he wanted a name that conveyed the idea of a “stupid ape.” More relevant for posterity, Shigeru Miyamoto later named a different video game character, the all-powerful pink puffball Kirby , after John Kirby.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In this post, we offer an overview of the project to date, stratified across CREATe’s core research themes : Creative Industries , the Public Domain , and Competition and Markets. Public Domain. Creative Industries. Despite being only one piece of the puzzle, copyright has dominated the debate in this area.

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Dragons' Den

APRIL 6, 2023

The duo were clearly aware how important it is to look at what registered IP you can get early into your product development phase before it’s in the public domain. Interestingly, lots of bits of IP-related content cropped up all over their pitch: Kelli and Laura worked with Cardiff Metropolitan University to come up with the design.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

PART 2: of the blog gives a detail about Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. The underlying work can only be assigned or licensed in writing by the right holder or agent authorized by him. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Birkenstock's claim that it had designed the pattern and it had been the first on the market to use that design, was considered by the court to as insufficient to consider that the pattern itself also significantly different from other patterns in the shoe and clothing sector. Universal Public Domain Dedication license.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

Public domain resources as a starting point. There are several places where you can find public domain content that is free to use. Look for those that have Creative Commons licensing so they can be used commercially. Avoid access to prior design work. Stay with your original plans.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As a software-implemented creation, it was not in the public domain and the company willing to exploit the work had to clear the right to reproduction. Part 1 of the post discusses legislative proposals in this field and Part 2 will explore the potential statutory license solution. Secondly, para. of the CDSM Directive.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Design rights are registered with the IPPD. Unregistered design rights are not recognised (although in some instances, copyright may apply). There are specific know-how provisions in the Patent and Design Law (Section 5, Federal Law No. There are no restrictions placed on licensing or assigning patents to foreign parties.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria's Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to copyright as movable property.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 25, 2023

Material that is in the public domain. The same is true if AI is used for technical tasks—blurring out license plate numbers from reality show footage or performing color corrections. For purposes of a copyright registration, “unclaimable material” has historically included four types of material: Previously published material.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Unique expertise on code too; code is different from photos, music, videos; some of the most valuable code on GitHub is licensed openly. Remediation not removal is often the goal—changes to the code rather than removing often resolves the problem, e.g. addressing violation of open source license by adding attribution etc.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

An indication becomes generic when it returns to the public domain and is no longer protected in its country of origin or has ceased to be used there. It’s interesting to note that the Act restricts the use of GI marks to licensed users exclusively.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

Having obtained film animation rights — a relatively new licensing concept at the time, but one which Disney Studios began frequently exploiting from the 1930’s on – Walt Disney and his studio release the famous animated film. And the 1911 content reused in these works may actually be in the public domain already.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators. Potential solutions range from creating new categories of copyright to developing specialized licensing models for AI-generated content. To delve deeper into the question of ownership, we need to grasp the traditional concept of copyright.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Need for Protection of Personal Names through IPR Celebrities commonly demand a licensing fee for the utilization of their name, image, or other distinctive attributes in advertising or merchandising endeavours. An effective solution to address this concern is the formal registration of a celebrity’s name as a trademark.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

For instance, AR could be designed to allow a visitor to access additional information about a particular piece of work, while VR could enable individuals who are unable to physically visit a museum to peruse its collections from the comfort of their own homes, at their own pace.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This is not the first time the UKIPO has engaged with a public call for views on the topic of AI and IP. That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. Responses from the earlier call for views have raised the need to improve licensing mechanisms for TDM purposes.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

SpicyIP Tidbits: Compulsory License on Mira Behn’s Autobiography, and Stricter Test of Similarity of Marks for Medicinal Products. Licensing Ip International S.AR.L Controller of Patents and Designs ( pdf ), was decided by the Delhi High Court and deals with issues pertaining to prior art and inventive step. Image from here.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

a company registered in the Netherlands providing internet services, focusing on software consultancy, computerisation and web-portal design, applied for the revocation of the registered mark on the ground of non-use under Sections 22(1)(a) and (b) of the Singapore Trade Marks Act ("TMA").

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Velocity of Content

JULY 8, 2021

Public Domain work. I mentioned DMCA’s requirements a little above; possibly the most immediately significant among these is for you to designate a DMCA Agent. Image Attribution: John Tenniel (1865). Imagine yourself just sitting down to building your own little media empire.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

The first issue raised in the consultation was whether the copyright protection for computer-generated works (CGWs)without a human author, in the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA), strikes the right balance between incentivising and rewarding investment in AI creativity. The existing UK protection for computer-generated works.

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