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How to Use Song Lyrics in Your Fiction [INFOGRAPHIC]

Creative Law Center

To use song lyrics in your fiction, you need to: (1) Use a song in the public domain; (2) Get permission; (3) Establish fair use ; or (4) Not do it. The post How to Use Song Lyrics in Your Fiction [INFOGRAPHIC] appeared first on Creative Law Center.

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Is your brand seaworthy?

Erik K Pelton

A ship needs several key elements to be seaworthy and withstand the risks and battering of being out at sea. On a recent trip to the Atlantic Ocean, I was struck by this metaphor – a brand also needs several key features to be “seaworthy” and withstand the uncertainties and dangers that lie ahead. Proper use over time propels the brand, like the sails of a boat.

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Protecting IP and Limiting Liability When Licensing IP for Digital Art and NFTs

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Many things are being tokenized, but the growth of NFTs for digital art is booming. This, in part, is due to the recent headline news that Beeple’s iconic digital art work was sold at auction by Christie’s for $69 million. Other digital art is being created to leverage pre-exiting IP and physical art. This boom is creating great opportunities for IP owners who want to license their IP for use in NFTs.

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Who Owns the Copyright in Your Tattoo Art?

Art Law Journal

Nicole Martinez. You’re considering a lot of different things when thinking about inking a new tattoo, but copyright infringement probably isn’t one of them. But copyright laws come into play in various ways when tattooing new work – whether you’re the artist whose designs are being inked, the tattoo artists drawing your own work, or an artist […].

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Obtaining a Patent: The Why, What and How

Larson & Larson

What is a Patent? Understanding what exactly a patent is, and the purpose they serve, is important when determining if you need one. A patent is the granting of a property right to an inventor that prevents parties other than the inventor to produce, copy, or make use of the product or concept for their own means without the explicit permission of the patent-holder.

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Our Pro Bono Achievements

Erik K Pelton

At Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC , we are very proud of our achievements for pro bono work. We strive to give back to the community in many ways, and pro bono services are one such way. The post Our Pro Bono Achievements appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Bigbasket v. Daily basket – the blurring line between trademark protection & bullying

Selvam & Selvam Blog

Trademark bullying has always been a cause for concern because it spells out overstepping the line, monopoly and power all in one place most of the times. As the name suggests, trademark bullying happens when a registered trademark owner, without justifiable reason, threatens or tries to threaten another trademark owner with legal action. It is predominantly instances of one entity intimidating another to give up on their trademark rights even though there are no cogent grounds to oppose the use

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How to Challenge a Patent in the PTO

The IP Law Blog

The validity of a United States patent can be challenged in federal court litigation. Patents can also be challenged in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which, in most cases, is a quicker and less costly process. The PTO provides three procedures by which a patent can be challenged: inter partes review (IPR) , post grant review (PGR) , and ex parte reexamination.

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Invest in Your Brand Protection and Watch it Grow

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video, Invest in Your Brand Protection and Watch it Grow. You know those commercials for investment services that always have more legal disclaimers than a normal commercial stating that they can’t guarantee success, and every case is unique? I’m going to spare you the disclaimers here, but I want to talk about how investing in brand protection can be just like a successful investment in the stock market or a savings account over time.

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Who Owns the Copyright in Your Tattoo Art?

Art Law Journal

You’re considering a lot of different things when thinking about inking a new tattoo, but copyright infringement probably isn’t one of them. But copyright laws come into play in various ways when tattooing new work – whether you’re the artist whose designs are being inked, the tattoo artists drawing your own work, or an artist […].

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.

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Business Method Patents: The Basics

Larson & Larson

Getting the right type of patent and understanding its full implications is a first step in protecting your intellectual property. After all, you want the patent that will give you the protection you need without wasting resources on the wrong paperwork. To that end, here is one of the less known options. What They Are. Utility patents are the most common type of patents, and business methods are a type of utility patent.

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How to Protect your Trademark

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

Trademarks are powerful marketing tools that can help a potential customer not only to recall the associated brand but also to affiliate the words of the trademark with that brand. You may want to trademark a phrase to control how your brand is perceived in the minds of potential customers. For this reason, being able to protect your company’s trademark is critical in preserving the brand identity and protecting its hard-earned reputation. .

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Three Mistakes That Can Sink Any Trademark Application

Erik K Pelton

Many trademark applications do not get approved, and often times for reasons that are within the applicant’s control. Listen as Erik explains the three common mistakes that applicants can avoid when applying for trademark registration at the US Patent and Trademark Office. The post Three Mistakes That Can Sink Any Trademark Application appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Profiles in Diversity Journal Names Todd Garcia a 2021 “Latino Leader Worth Watching”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Fish & Richardson principal Todd Garcia, Ph.D. has been named a recipient of the 2021 “Latino Leaders Worth Watching” award by Profiles in Diversity Journal. The honorees were selected for their advocacy, perseverance, legacy, or professional achievements, and have addressed racism and bias to become a Latino Leader Worth Watching. Dr. Garcia’s practice emphasizes patent prosecution and counseling , opinion work, due diligence studies, and development and management of patent portfolios.

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"Selling Art to Pay the Bills Divides the Nation’s Museum Directors"

The Art Law Blog

The NYT's Robin Pogrebin and Zachary Smalls have a piece on the "heated" debate museums are having about whether to make permanent the "temporary two-year loosening of an Association of Art Museum Directors’ policy that has long prohibited American institutions from selling art from their collections to help pay the bills" -- "an idea that, depending on which institution you talk to, either makes perfect sense or undermines the very rationale for their existence.

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EP79: Chandresh Pala – What is a Business Model? Make Sure You Use The Right One For Your Business

azrights

The post EP79: Chandresh Pala – What is a Business Model? Make Sure You Use The Right One For Your Business appeared first on Azrights.

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News of the World – Tech platforms and the News industry

Selvam & Selvam Blog

The Australian government recently passed legislation that has the potential to completely rework the way in which news is disseminated on the internet. The Australian News Media Bargaining Code , passed by the Australian legislature in February 2021, seeks to mandate that Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook pay news producers in order to use their content.

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Speaking of the Deaccessioning Debate (UPDATED)

The Art Law Blog

I just want to thank the organizers of last week's two-day symposium on deaccessioning at Syracuse University for including me on a panel with deaccessioning luminaries Brian Frye (the Deaccessioning Hall of Fame Scholar-in-Residence ), Mark Gold , and Nicholas O'Donnell. Throughout the event I did not see a debate that was " heated " or " bitter " but rather civil and respectful at every turn.

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Pakistan joins the Madrid Protocol

Selvam & Selvam Blog

In a major development, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan acceded to the Madrid Protocol on February 24, 2021, making it the 108 th member of the Madrid system which now covers 124 countries in total. Pakistan also becomes the fourth SAARC country to join the Madrid Protocol after India, Bhutan, and Afghanistan. Photo by www.slon.pics – www.freepik.com.