Dear Rich IP Blog

AUGUST 27, 2023

Dear Rich: I am adapting needlework-like designs used in pottery/chinaware by creating patterns for needleworkers. What are the laws covering those designs for which I cannot get permission? What will happen if you use chinaware designs without permission? That depends on these factors: Do you need permission?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2022

Copyright in registered designs means that the author has the exclusive rights to apply a design to any article in any class. The proprietor of a registered design has the exclusive right to apply such design to all such classes. The exclusive right to import for sale any article in which the design is registered.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Night of the Living Dead is possibly one of the most famous public domain movies of all time. However, at least one copy made it to the United States, where the original book was already in public domain. The book Frankenstein , written by Mary Shelley in 1818, has long lapsed into the public domain.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The plaintiff also consulted with various rabbis as part of the design process for the Second Holy Temple Product. The plaintiff owns copyright registrations for its Second Holy Temple Product and its photograph of its Second Holy Temple Product (the “Copyright Registrations”).

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

Nineties grunge-rock band Nirvana, already embroiled in a long-running legal battle against fashion company Marc Jacobs over its “happy face” t-shirt designs , now finds itself on the less happy end of a new copyright infringement lawsuit worthy of Dante’s trip through the underworld. Welcome to the Seventh Circle of Hell. Nirvana LLC.

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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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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

My understanding is that all publicity photos taken back in the 1920s and 1930s were never copyrighted, therefore, in the public domain, especially if the photographer is unidentified. The application seemed doomed in February 2019, when the USPTO trademark examiner issued a final office action (FOA) denying registration.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Many companies exploit renowned person identities without obtaining proper consent, leading intellectual property experts to advocate for the safeguarding of image rights through registration under Intellectual Property laws. An effective solution to address this concern is the formal registration of a celebrity’s name as a trademark.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 25, 2023

Howell ruled last Friday that the Register of Copyrights did not act “arbitrarily or capriciously” in denying a copyright registration to Dr. Stephen Thaler for artwork generated entirely by artificial intelligence. Material that is in the public domain. In a decision that surprised exactly no one, D.C.

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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. This is stated in Section 9 of the Act, which forbids the registration of GIs that are determined to be generic names or indications of goods.

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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. Just like trademarks, registration for them is not mandatory, but if it is registered the protection becomes airtight. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.

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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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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. ” Nevertheless, the successor licensee sent DMCA takedown notices to Amazon targeting the registrant’s stripped-down sticker. .” per sticker set.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2022

Its EUTM Registration No. EU Designation of International Registration No. Pictures of marks are in the public domain. On 3rd January 2020, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft filed an opposition against Pinball’s application for all of the goods and services applied for, claiming a likelihood of confusion with: 1.

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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. Although copyright registration is not required, there are several benefits to doing so. Trademark Registration. That’s understandable.

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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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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Kat friend, Becky Knott, promises that she doesn’t just write about alcohol, see here , but a recent decision involving the Protected Designation of Origin for ‘Porto’ caught her eye (palate?). Consequently, it found that “the sign whose registration is contested is clearly indissociable from the earlier PDO” (paragraph 44).

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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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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. Trademarks.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

However, authors are not required to make their work accessible to the public. Additionally, creators are not needed to file a copyright registration with the US Copyright Office. Public domain resources as a starting point. There are several places where you can find public domain content that is free to use.

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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. Predominantly, IPRs have been categorized as- Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets.

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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. Although copyright registration is not required, there are several benefits to doing so. Trademark Registration. That’s understandable.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

However, it is apparent from the application for registration that the applicant filed the mark applied for without adding a description to restrict the scope of the protection to the logo or the label mentioned above and without specifying where the mark might be positioned on its products. Universal Public Domain Dedication license.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

On 21 February 2023, the USCO reviewed the registration of the comic book “Zarya of the Dawn” (Registration No. 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. Moreover, the Italian Supreme Court, in decision no.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.” says the author.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.” says the author.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

AI-Generated Art: Where Artistry Meets Algorithms Before diving into the intricacies of copyright registration /ownership, let’s set the stage by understanding the birth of AI-generated art. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

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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.” Maybe the Input Formats and Output Designs are copyrightable. WPL copied various aspects of the SAS System, though interestingly, SAS did not allege that WPL had access to or copied the actual source code itself.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 8, 2021

Wall-Street.com , clarifying that – for the purposes of bringing infringement actions before a court – copyright registration of a work is not “complete” until the registration certificate for it comes back from the Copyright Office (to the person or entity who sent in the registration). Public Domain work.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The general objective of copyright is to encourage creativity, freedom of expression and technological process by assuring designers, artists, composers, authors, and other creative people, who take risk of their capital in presenting their works before the public domain. Patent Protection and Enforcement.

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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. Dr. Cluadio De Simone & Anr. DIFFERENT COMPONENTS IN FORTIFYING E-COMMERCE.

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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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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

According to Unicolors, the retailers infringed on one of their designs and sold various goods with it. Though the infringement isn’t in question, the copyright registration is. In the United States, a copyright registration is required before a lawsuit can begin. 5: The Public Domain Expands.

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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.” Maybe the Input Formats and Output Designs are copyrightable. . “SAS alleges WPL copied its ‘Input Formats,’ which are the fundamentals (vocabulary and syntax) used in the SAS System.

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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. It appears rather to be about copying the input syntax format used by individuals to input their programs and the output design styles for outputting data in some particular style. Newman , 959 F.3d 3d 1288 (11th Cir.

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