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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

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The fictitious German inventors want to commercialise their invention, yet do not have sufficient funds to seek patent registration. Ochoa authors Chapter 9, which is devoted to the overlaps between copyright and the rights of publicity or personality rights.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Durga Trading Corporation was clarified in this case. In Dhiraj Dewani v.

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Africa IP Highlights #3: Patents and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration

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June saw a serious push in favour of getting services from Zambia’s Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) online in efforts to curb the spread of COVID. PACRA is the executive agency which administers IP statutes and is mandated to register IPRs in Zambia. In July , PACRA released and published its 2021 – 2026 Strategic Plan.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

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In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including the Plant Variety Registry, different tales of/ takes on personality rights, and multiple leaks of key documents and their contribution in law-making. Stephen Thaler’s AI DABUS, holding that an AI software cannot be listed as an inventor. Inventprise Inc.