LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Securing the right IP protection for an NFT will be key to its successful commercialization and exploitation by the creator and its owner. In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2024

SpicyIP intern Jyotpreet Kaur writes on these rights, the changes proposed in the guidelines, and India’s position on similar arrangements. In a very interesting turn of events, it looks like the US is now pushing forward towards guidelines that expand how the US can apply their own version of compulsory licences, a.k.a.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

Kurian’s trail of transparency, discussions about authors and copyright societies, updates on the international IP landscape, or the hustle and bustle of the domestic IP domain, including Statements of Patent (Non-)Working, the journey through Junes had its own jilts and joys. Whether it’s P.H.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact). In H Lundbeck A/S v.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

When people find out that I am an Intellectual Property (IP) attorney, I am often battered with questions about the topic. 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. How do I get a Copyright?

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But we also explain the most effective approach: using AI-fueled and expert-led brand protection solutions to save time and ensure a sustained reduction in infringement across marketplaces. Intellectual property rights are defined as legal rights that protect the ownership of artistic, literary, and other creative works.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

After an eventful week, here is our recap of its top IP developments. This Weekly Review is co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Kevin Preji. Deputy Controller will have major implications on the patentability of business methods, in the future. Don’t forget to check them out on the blog too!

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Bambauer, Everything You Want: The Paradox of Tailored IP Regimes Customized IP has benefits (avoids lowest common denominator [or highest] problem), but also costs: manipulation to shift from one regime to another; colleciton of information by decisionmakers. The paradox of getting your way and finding it unsatisfying.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

Like the United States, China offers protection for 2D and 3D designs of products and packaging, which is often known by U.S. It focuses on the similarities and dissimilarities of different aspects of intellectual property (IP) law in China and how they interact with each other. Protection of 2D Designs. Trademark.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

How was ChatGPT trained? In particular, ChatGPT is a type of “language” model designed to respond with a natural language reply when prompted with a text-based question. The “Chat” in ChatGPT refers to this question-and-answer design, where ChatGPT behaves like a ChatBot.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse examine the patentability requirements and prosecution schemes in the US and Europe and how applicants can prepare applications that will best serve their needs in both jurisdictions. Read the full article on Managing IP. can significantly complicate the coordination of a global patent strategy.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A comprehensive guide to intellectual property and legal protections for software technology. As a software developer, investor, visionary that has invested significant time and resources into software technology, it is crucial not to share the details of your innovation until you have taken steps to protect it properly.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 2, 2022

Is manipulating documents produced in discovery enough to get you sanctioned? If you’re a trade secret owner trying to fend off a motion for summary judgment and get your case to a jury, take a look at U.S. Last month, U.S. Stay tuned for the Seventh Circuit’s eventual ruling. A recent ruling by the U.S. al , Case No.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The first legal alternative at hand is to get a patent for the innovation. However, patents are not the only mechanism to obtain legal protection; other instruments may provide effective legal protection, as long as the innovator plans and implement measures and proceedings, from an early stage, to secure protection.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Their function is so fundamental, and presence so ubiquitous that the thought that fonts and typefaces are eligible for copyright protection, seems inconceivable at first. The legal position in India is that fonts do not enjoy copyright protection under its copyright law, i.e. under the Copyright Act, 1957 (page 5). Shivam Kaushik.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Bita Amani, Some More Equal Than Others: Critical Contexts for the (False) Promises of Intellectual Property Rights IP and sustainable development goals: What is equality itself? Often formal equality is presented in the pretext of equal application as if IP were immune from feminist and critical race critiques.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Introduction Private International Law governs the disputes between two individual parties rather than States. Unlike Public International Law that has a defined jurisdiction and law, Private International Law lacks in that area. Basis of Jurisdiction is deciding which court is competent to hear the case.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As harm showings become less important, both trademark use and the First Amendment become relatively more important as the remaining limits on liability once a theory of how consumers might possibly be confused has been introduced. Professor Alexandra Roberts has written an excellent recent article on this, Trademark Failure to Function.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

If you have not done so yet, now is a good time to get started. Some of these issues are specific to doing business with the government and others are broader issues that all companies face when using AI, and generative AI (GAI) in particular. As a result, many companies are developing corporate policies on employee use of AI.

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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 and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Hence, it is no wonder that the battle for ownership of her trademark is also highly sought after. Barbie’s unique corporate identity, which includes its name, logo, and slogan, has always been carefully protected by trademarks thanks to Mattel’s vigilance.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

If the collection sells specific goods and/or services, it may receive trademark protection. Trademarking an NFT at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is the first step in securing your intellectual property (“IP”). Can NFTs Receive Trademark/IP Protection?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 13, 2021

From developing your product or service and getting funding to taking measures to protect your business, entrepreneurs must do their homework. business structure that combines the simplicity, flexibility, and tax advantages of a partnership with the personal liability protection of a corporation. Who should form an LLC?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

Copyright Conundrums, Sovereign States, and IP Piracy (2020). I have to give it to creative, resilient lawyers (and in fact, I have lauded them in the past here and there ). When the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Allen v. Cooper, 140 S.Ct. ” Flynn, Queen Anne’s Revenge, Indeed!:

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2022

PatentNext Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are expected to increasingly provide automated decisions impacting, for example, home ownership, job recruitment, and other important life events. An understanding of how an AI model is trained is illustrative of how statistical bias can arise in an AI model.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 4, 2023

I have to confess this decision seems extreme, given that a standard confidentiality order would achieve the narrow purpose sought–protection of confidential information involving a pending litigation–and the breadth of this ruling may unfairly impinge on the ability of counsel to engage in joint defense communications.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2023

Other federal courts are requiring greater the identification of trade secrets with greater particularity at different junctures of litigation, as they grapple with whether the information before them deserves protection. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. In Dental Services v. ” And in United Source One, Inc. Frank , the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation? The title of this piece tracks a common “ phrase of exasperation used to emphasize a question or statement.” society at $4.8

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