Patently-O

MARCH 26, 2024

The Supreme Court ultimately reversed the lower court’s decision upholding the patent and found instead that Brady’s claimed invention lacked novelty and did not constitute a patentable advance over the prior art. Such an indiscriminate creation of exclusive privileges tends rather to obstruct than to stimulate invention.

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Intepat

MAY 29, 2024

Registering a trademark involves navigating various procedures and submitting several documents to the Trademark Registry. Trademark applications can be filed under two primary categories: “Claiming User Date” and “Proposed to be Used.”

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

Introduction In today’s digital economy, trademarks play an important role in developing a brand’s identity, establishing customer trust, and assuring market competition. Trademark violation raises significant issues. Cybersquatting is another type of trademark infringement.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 10, 2024

If IPR is not understood in technology transfer process, sharing of knowledge and invention faces legal challenges. Further Trademarks Act, 1999 and Designs Act, 2000 allow licensing of trademarks and designs respectively. Before the knowledge or invention is transferred, the owner must make sure they own rights over it.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 21, 2022

For starters, social media is become an essential marketing platform for the majority of firms. Second, social media platforms are always developing online marketing tools to assist firms in reaching out to present and future clients. NEED FOR HASHTAGS TRADEMARK. ORIGIN OF HASHTAGS. HASHTAGS IN INDIA AND USA.

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IP Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

On September 3, 2021, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) will announce that it is modifying the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program to accept an unlimited number of applications until December 31, 2021. Please see our blogs here and here for further background information.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2023

PatentNext Summary: Software and computer-implemented inventions (CII) have experienced explosive growth in recent years. There has been explosive growth in software and computer-implemented inventions (CII), including in specialized areas such as Artificial Intelligence. Ryan Phelan is a registered U.S.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

trademark and patent registrations will not protect rights holders’ IP in the Philippines. The Philippines Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) maintains a registry of patents and trademarks that is widely recognized in Southeast Asia. A trademark applicant may be a natural or juridical person. For example, U.S.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The legal world is buzzing about AI and its use for all kinds of things, including generating logos, text, and other things people would normally want to register for copyright or trademark protection. For starters, Bob’s Burgers is already a trademark belonging to someone else. Can you use it in the ways you want to?

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

On January 3, 2021, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) announced an extension of the modified COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program. The post The USPTO Again Extends the Fast Track Program for COVID-Related Inventions appeared first on Global IP & Technology Law Blog.

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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The Trademark Rights have clearly explained the essentials and attributes of a trademark. A trademark exists in the form of an expression, slogan, or any other sign identifying the services or products of one business and distinguishing them from those of others in the market. Salient Attributes of a Trademark.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2021

With an estimated GDP per capita of around $39,048 and with trillions in foreign exchange reserves, it is having one of the largest consumer markets in the world. For all those, it becomes very important for the companies to understand the procedure for getting a trademark in Japan. If not, then the grant of a trademark can be refused.

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

For Example, Person A used the trademark of Nike to defraud the public and to cause the loss to original Nike by selling duplicate products. So, this is an infringement of trademark and Nike can sue Person A for using its trademark without consent and causing loss to its goodwill. What are the rights in Intellectual Property?

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Last October, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives To Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights. Many of our strategies reflect the startup-nature of our inventions, where we are constantly working on the product-market-fit.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals or businesses for their creations or inventions. IPRs are crucial for startups as they safeguard their unique ideas and creations, enabling them to establish a competitive edge in the market. WHY ARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IMPORTANT FOR STARTUPS?

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 27, 2021

Here’s an easy guide to understanding the differences between copyright, patent, and trademark. Patents protect inventions. If you invent a new mousetrap, a new way to make hats, a medicine, or anything else that someone can make or do, you can protect it with a patent. What Is a Trademark? What Is a Copyright?

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Intepat

MAY 28, 2024

Intellectual property transforms knowledge into an economic result by interacting with legal and economic forces in the market. It includes creations of mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, and names used in commerce. This is where IP management steps into the picture.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Companies seek to protect the value of their trademarks since they can be quite valuable to the brand. Under trademark law, however, phrases are frequently deemed not to disclose the commercial origin of products or services, which is a trademark’s primary role. 2017/1001 and thus can be registered as a trademark.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

On January 3, 2021, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) announced an extension of the modified COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program. Compliant requests filed on or before March 31, 2022, will be accepted.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2024

Organizations must carefully consider to consider these options when protecting their inventions. Understanding Patents A patent is a legal protection granted by the government to an inventor, providing the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention for a specified period, typically 20 years from the filing date.

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Kashishipr

JULY 20, 2022

Although this may sound quite encouraging and motivating for those with original ideas, many famous brands out there are accused and widely recognized for being copycats in the market and, unfortunately, making a lot of money. The stories feature on Instagram is the same as that of its rival and competitor in the market, Snapchat.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

On September 3, 2021, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) will announce that it is modifying the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program to accept an unlimited number of applications until December 31, 2021. Please see our blogs here and here for further background information.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Walsh You can’t “trademark your copyright,” but you can protect your brands and innovations with intellectual property rights. They discuss the significance of protecting distinct creations, from inventions to brands to original works of authorship, in the competitive middle market landscape throughout the world.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 9, 2022

Trademark, and design are two very crucial kinds of IPRs which provide a certain extent of protection at their levels. Trademark and design are two of the most important and popular IPRs which can sometimes be confused as the line between their differences may perhaps seem blurry.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Some law firms are more focused on IP litigation while others, such as our firm , are heavily focused on filing patents and trademarks. Despite their marketing efforts, the utility patent cost estimates of many IP firms may be out of reach for many clients. How to save patent costs by describing your invention.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

These rights safeguard intangible assets resulting from human creativity and innovation, allowing creators to have control and benefit from their inventions or creations. IPR primarily include patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and designs, each serving a specific purpose in protecting various forms of intellectual creations.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The survey was conducted by response:AI, an independent market research firm. The survey focused on providing an assessment on the perception of the value of IP rights (patents, copyrights and trademarks) also in comparison to other types of property rights and whether IP rights encourage sharing.

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

the past decade, the use of 3-D printing has expanded rapidly, in part because the original intellectual property protections on the technology, first invented in the 1980s, expired, making it less expensive to produce the hardware and software involved in the 3-D printing process. 3-D Printing and Copyrights, Patents, or Trademarks.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

With the Metaverse and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) being the common buzzwords as of late, the USPTO (US Patent & Trademark Office) has been experiencing a significant rise in the number of Trademark Applications filed in the virtual sphere to safeguard the products and services.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 27, 2022

A fanciful trademark is the strongest trademark type and, in addition to providing examples below, we define it as one that is “coined” for the purpose of serving as a trademark. EXXON is an example of a fanciful trademark because it was created solely to function as a trademark and has no meaning.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office and the International Trade Administration. Intellectual property (IP) protection is a key asset to help entrepreneurs raise capital, commercialize their inventions, and provide even more innovative solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems. February 16, 2022. KCPullen@doc.gov.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 9, 2022

The encouragement towards innovation is legalized under Intellectual copyrights patents and trademarks Rights are provided by the states around the globe. These rights have the sole purpose and that it so protects and confer the creation or an invention specific to a certain period.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The present case revolves around a dispute between the two parties where the main concern was the usage of 2 programs invented by the Plaintiff’s founder and it was before United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina Asheville Division. The Plaintiff’s services included the HBDI assessment as well.

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Kashishipr

MARCH 16, 2022

In this article, we will be throwing light on the 03 most common forms of IP, including trademarks, copyright, and patents, along with the different and varying levels of protection that they offer. Trademarks. A granted patent describes the features of an invention or innovation and how it works in well-written and illustrated detail.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The Core Issue at Hand This case centers around the America Invents Act (AIA) and whether a product’s prior sale by the patent applicant can disqualify the patenting of the method used to produce said product. They then filed for a patent more than a year after Ace-K hit the market. v ITC, 22-1827 (Fed. Plot twist!

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In this race to explore new markets, infringing conducts have also taken place as a result of the unauthorized uses of famous brands to create NFTs. The New York-based court has yet to rule on whether Hermès’ trademark rights will prevail over Maison Rothschild’s freedom of expression. The EUIPO’s guidelines as from 2023.

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