The TTABlog

MARCH 2, 2022

In round two of what one person (me) dubbed the "Tinker Bell Fairy Fracas," the CAFC affirmed the Board's decision [ TTABlogged here ] sustaining a Section 2(d) opposition to registration of TEEN TINKER BELL and TEEN TINK & Design for dolls. Tinker Bell" appeared as a character in J.M. Read comments and post your comment here.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 15, 2024

Kavitha Kuruganti on 9 January 2024 (Delhi High Court) Image from here A division bench of the Delhi High Court set aside the Single Judge’s order revoking the plaintiff’s plant variety registration. Google to go to trial in AI patent dispute. Novartis AG v. Natco Pharma Ltd. Natco Pharma Ltd.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Need for Protection of Personal Name Harnessing a renowned person’s name in marketing not only seizes the public’s attention but also kindles curiosity, generating interest in the associated products and services. An effective solution to address this concern is the formal registration of a celebrity’s name as a trademark.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

PART 1: of the blog discussed about history, development, fundamentals of IPR and explained Patents and Trademarks. 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. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.

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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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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs. For instance, the existence of a patent may be used by competitors to argue that the design is dictated by function and should therefore be ineligible for protection.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”. We’ll get back to these statements later.).

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Understanding the extent of a company’s IP holdings usually starts with what’s known to the company, such as all registered copyrights, trademarks, or patents, domestic and foreign. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a government to the inventor, to protect their invention and allow the fullest commercial exploitation of the patented invention. Importantly, only those who have developed new technologies and created a product can file for a patent on the new technology.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 18, 2023

In this case, Thaler listed the Creativity Machine as the author and designated the work as created autonomously by the AI, with ownership transferring to himself as the owner and creator of the machine. The Copyright Office denied the registration application on the grounds that copyright law requires human authorship.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Patents (including utility models) are protected through registration with the UAE Ministry of Economy, Intellectual Property Protection Department (IPPD) and/or through the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Patent which is administered by the GCC Patent Office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and governed by the GCC Patent Law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

In 1891, Madrid Agreement was adopted whereby the foundation of international registrations of marks was launched. For instance- ‘Patent’ does not define what is patent rather it discusses patent in relation to inventions and then specify the requisites of patentability.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

In matters of trade, Trademark, copyright and Patent act as building blocks of protection measures while conferring exclusive right over goods/services for the holder. Amazon often face patent violations with its increasing customer base and involvement of third-party seller. Patent infringement can occur in both of these roles.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Unfortunately, IP law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which types of IP (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work.

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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. Registration is open and more details can be found here. The website of the event contains information about the programme and registration.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 17, 2023

Highlights Of The Week IPO Rejects Janssen’s Secondary Patent Application for the Fumarate Salt form of Bedaquiline Image from here. Krbl Limited was alleged infringement and passing off of the plaintiff’s trademark registrations for marks that include the word ‘Royal’, by the defendant’s mark ‘Zabreen Royal’ (‘Impugned Mark’).

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IIPRD

MAY 4, 2023

Introduction A “patent” is a right granted by a state to an inventor for a fixed period i.e., 20 years in India in exchange for the disclosure of the invention. The fundamental patentability criteria are universal namely: novelty, inventive step, non-obviousness and industrial applicability.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2023

SAS also claims WPL copied its ‘Output Designs,’ which are the result of applying Input Formats to user data.” Also, SAS’ most recent lawsuit initially included a count of patent infringement. You probably know that the Eastern District of Texas is a well-known magnet for patent infringement cases. Chief Judge J.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Quantum computing technology and its components can be regulated and governed by different kinds of intellectual protects like patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. The reason is that the latter is a part of public domain and will be open-sourced. Patent Protection and Enforcement.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

Understanding the extent of a company’s IP holdings usually starts with what’s known to the company, such as all registered copyrights, trademarks, or patents, domestic and foreign. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 9, 2023

whereby the court held the mark to be in custody of the court and held the registration of the mark ‘Jawa’ in favor of Respondent no. Highlighting the court’s opinion that goodwill can exist in the mark independent of registration, she remarks that the duration of 26 years of non use of the mark could have reduced the goodwill in the mark.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

U’s registration for THE for clothing and other merchandise by putting THE on a hangtag. Registration v. Much of the law is a collection of rules of thumb from registration context. Hard to think coherently about TM status without thinking about registration v. Use=is it in fact being used by this party as a TM.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

” In 1997, Thaler was granted a patent for a method of creating fictitious “visions of a dying brain.” The US Copyright Office denied his registration on August 12th, 2019, noting that it “lacks the human authorship required to substantiate a copyright claim.” says the author.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

” In 1997, Thaler was granted a patent for a method of creating fictitious “visions of a dying brain.” The US Copyright Office denied his registration on August 12th, 2019, noting that it “lacks the human authorship required to substantiate a copyright claim.” says the author.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Hulm asserted ownership of copyright on the app on the basis of a copyright registration of a literary concept note detailing the working of its app, arguing that the app is an adaptation of the literary concept note. However, the current case discusses the protection of GUIs under the Copyright Act.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 29, 2022

There are different legislations and acts such as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2005, Copyright (Amendment) Act 1999, The Trademark Act 1999, The Designs Act 2005, and many more to regulate and protect India’s intellectual property rights. Software and text-based HTML code used on websites may be protected by copyrights or patents.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

the Office’s recent registrability decision regarding the graphic novel created by Kris Kashtanova creates nearly insurmountable, unnecessary hurdles to all kinds of AI authorship. Prediction and control of output have taken an outsized role in recent registrability and policy statements from the U.S. 16 Casa Duse, LLC v.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. Hetero Drugs Ltd [Delhi High Court]. In H Lundbeck A/S v. Durga Trading Corporation was clarified in this case. Hero Electric Vehicles Private Ltd v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

law is a certification mark and protection is achieved via registration similar to a trademark. Organizations that certify such characteristics may apply to register their marks at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). but this time it modified the certification mark to encompass a design and word mark. odds, namely U.S.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

SpicyIP Tidbits: Clarification on Jurisdiction of High Courts after the Tribunals Reform Act 2021, and Need for Reasoned Orders for Rejecting Patent Applications. Then we discussed the Bombay High Court’s decision to rebuke the Patent Office for dismissing a patent application without providing sufficient reasons for the same.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

SAS also claims WPL copied its ‘Output Designs,’ which are the result of applying Input Formats to user data.” Also, SAS’ most recent lawsuit initially included a count of patent infringement. You probably know that the Eastern District of Texas is a well-known magnet for patent infringement cases.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

” the Office’s recent registrability decision regarding the graphic novel created by Kris Kashtanova creates nearly insurmountable, unnecessary hurdles to all kinds of AI authorship. Prediction and control of output have taken an outsized role in recent registrability and policy statements from the U.S. Merkin , 791 F.3d

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

But there is an assumption that registration = minimal distinctiveness unless validity is questioned. If courts won’t invalidate marks (or can’t in the case of incontestable registrations) then doing on the defense side at least preserves something. It’s text and not design so we don’t call it ornamentality.

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Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

In particular, the court first assumed that the work was copyrightable based upon the registration documents. Under the rules of procedure, if patent claims were raised in the case at some point, then the appeal heads to the Federal Circuit. Newman , 959 F.3d 3d 1288 (11th Cir. ” Slip Op. ” 1 NIMMER ON COPYRIGHT § 2A.10(B)

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