LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. Trademark law has something to say about use.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Kat friend Iana Kazeeva provides an enlightening discussion on steps taken by the Russian government and courts with respect to IP following the invasion of Ukraine. The common denominator is the use of changes to the IP law as a political instrument towards states taking “unfriendly” actions against Russia.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2021

Katfriend Dr Sabine Jacques , Associate Professor in IP, IT & Media law at the University of East Anglia and author of The Parody Exception in Copyright Law (OUP 2019), provides the follow review of The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection is Stifling Cultural Creativity – by Martin Senftleben.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 18, 2023

d/b/a Prep Sport - When an organization publicly disavows a trademark, does it turn over the mark to the public domain? By: Irwin IP LLP Vintage Brand LLC and Sportswear Inc. Regarding the “Chief Illiniwek” Logo (“Chief Logo”), the Northern District of Illinois punted by denying Vintage Brand LLC and Sportswear Inc.’s

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. After compiling a list of those IP assets, the next step would be to review what the company is using and compare that to the list of registered or pending IP.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2023

From what I can tell, the movements have been treated like they are in the public domain, without copyright or trademark notices. So, most of what you want to use is in the public domain due to old age, and you can perform or duplicate the moves and describe them in your own language. Is this accurate?

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Corsearch

JULY 7, 2023

Corsearch has identified a growing global trend in brands attempting to register true-to-life images of common goods as trademarks. Apple – known in the IP world for its iconic logomark and watertight IP portfolio – is making further strides to cement its hold over brand-related images. But are applications successful?

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IPilogue

JANUARY 17, 2022

Nikita Munjal is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, a Student Editor with the Intellectual Property Journal, and a third-year JD/MBA Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . While many were observing the new year, intellectual property scholars and the artistic community were celebrating Public Domain Day. public domain.

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IP Close Up

JANUARY 9, 2024

The most anticipated entry to the public domain, “Steamboat Willie,” an animated short featuring and early incarnation of Mickey Mouse, became available royalty-free to all Continue reading

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We are very happy to announce the results of the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law! Like previous years, we kept the topic selection open to participants – asking them to choose any topic they wanted so long as it related to IP. Exploring the “Space” for Makeup Dupes in the Indian IP Framework ”.

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IPilogue

JULY 20, 2022

Pankhuri Malik is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and an LLM Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On June 8, 2022, Apple took a hit to its trademark portfolio when it lost another trademark battle with Swatch, the famous Swiss watchmaker, before the General Court of the European Union. Apple v Swatch 3.0?

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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The IPKat

JANUARY 20, 2024

IP events, news, and opportunities are continuously announced as the end of January rapidly approaches. PermaKat Eleonora Rosati will address how IP rights protect fictional characters through several case law examples, aiming to “answer whether, in the end, the only fictional thing is the notion of public domain”.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Any form of Intellectual Property (IP) , be it a trademark, patent, or copyright, can be licensed to third parties. Through IP licensing, IP rights holders grant third parties the exclusive right to use their IP while retaining their ownership. Understanding the IP License.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Even though the focus of these activities involves, among others, accounting, financial, and the legal standing of the entity, there are also a number of tasks that involve the status of IP matters and rights held by the company. Trademark registrations are effective for a ten (10) year term, which is renewable for successive periods.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Generic Trademarks: An Introduction. A trademark refers to a name, mark, or sign through which the products belonging to a company or a person can be distinguished from other products in the market. Primarily, trademarks perform four functions. Firstly, trademarks help distinguish one product from another in the market.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 30, 2023

Introduction In the conventional sense, trademark law requires the mark to essentially be a word or a logo. However, there have been significant advancements in the interpretations of trademark law over the years, with one such advancement being protection of fictional characters under trademark law.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The authors emphasize that AI cannot hold moral rights and that in the absence of an author, the work should be in the public domain. By addressing the concepts of authorship and moral rights, as well as subject matter requirements, they evaluate AI and creative works to tackle the question of originality of AI-generated works.

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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).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

* For over a decade, I’ve implored people to stop using the term “Soft IP.” His defense is that the work he used was free for all; after his victory, that work remains in the public domain for others to build upon. After II Movie, LLC v. Grande Communications Networks, LLC, 2023 WL 1422808 (W.D. Jan 31, 2023).

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Trademark refers to the cumulation of distinctive sign/symbol, design, or combination which is exclusively associated with the products or services helping the targeted customers identify the same easily. Distinctiveness – under the Trademark Act, the term ‘mark’ includes ‘combination of colours’ making it intrinsically obscure.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Popeye copyrights are now in the public domain in Europe. That’s copyright, not trademark. As Mark Owen, an IP lawyer at the UK firm. Published on January 6, 2009. The post Best of 2009: I can’t stands no more! appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Now that we are a month into the new year, and the fireworks have faded and the noisemakers are packed away, we take a moment to highlight a few notable developments in the IP world that made a somewhat quieter entrance on the scene when the clock struck midnight. Look for it soon at your favorite independent bookstore!

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A musical production of the 1908 children's classic "Anne of Green Gables" on Tuesday urged a New York federal court to shut down another production's trademark claims, saying that, since the book is in the public domain, it would be equivalent to claiming ownership of Shakespeare's works.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 24, 2022

IP Reveries: Class I – “IPR” – A Tantalising Term or Troubling Terminology? To start with, let’s think a little about what IP and IPR mean. Mindy: I think it is just copyright, patent, trademark, and stuff like that, right? Swaraj Barooah & Lokesh Vyas. Hands over the class to the Professor ). Akira: Yes.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 28, 2021

FTO is a pretty simple and straightforward concept, which implies that at a given point in time, no Intellectual Property (IP) from any third party is infringed upon a given product or service in a given market or geography. It also allowed them to research well and come up with therapeutic and diagnostic antibody-based products.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. After compiling a list of those IP assets, the next step would be to review what the company is using and compare that to the list of registered or pending IP.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 29, 2021

Harder still to believe, given that Disney now seems to own much of the existing popular intellectual property that exists, was that the nascent studio owes no small amount of its success and survival to IP that it didn’t own. That is where things get somewhat more complicated.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 15, 2024

Here is a brief recap of IP developments from last week. Do read our summaries of the post about a party seeking help from gods in a trademark dispute and the post on Makemytrip ad words case. Other IP Developments Sale of generic versions of Ibrutinib blocked after the Delhi High Court order.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Much like regular websites operated by governments, companies, organizations, and the general public, most internet-based piracy services can be accessed using a domain name. From a user’s perspective, domain names are more easily remembered than IP addresses and remain the same despite IP address changes behind the scenes.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 20, 2022

In today’s highly competitive working environment, almost every other individual knows what Intellectual Property (IP) is and that the protection of IP assets is a matter of paramount importance. and commercial info, including the list of clients and suppliers, distribution methods, marketing strategies, etc.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2023

While you are getting your sequins ready for the NYE party, we bring some exciting IP news and opportunities to finish off the year. This week’s big IP news is the New York Times suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, trademark dilution and other violations of existing laws. Microsoft Corp.,

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Dear Rich: A company in Florida filed a trademark on "Louise Brooks" and has used that to remove all Louise Brooks items off of Etsy in order for its company to sell its own Louise Brooks products. The story behind the trademark. A company from Coral Gables, Florida applied for the Louise Brooks trademark in 2018.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In an interesting turn of events, the Delhi High Court in Sujatha Chaudhri Vs Swarupa Ghosh ruled in favour of Sujata Chaudhri of Sujata Chaudhri IP Attorneys in a trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and passing off suit restricting another intellectual property lawyer Swarupa Ghosh from using a deceptively similar logo.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 15, 2023

It’s no news that there is a dearth of empirical research in the Indian IP landscape. Exploring the idea of reforming the current IP legal research methodology, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Niharika Salar, arguing in favor of “mixed” socio-legal empirical methods. Her previous post can be found here.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

2022 The Pennsylvania State University (“Penn State”) sued Vintage Brand, LLC (“Vintage”), an online retailer of screen-printed goods featuring logos and images, for violations of federal and state trademark and unfair competition laws. When a trademark fails to fulfill this purpose, it is subject to cancellation.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

But don’t stop reading if your passion lies along other branches of IP law, because this volume has plenty to say about copyright, trademarks, and more. Theme 4: Nature as Subject Matter The final two chapters discuss how IP law has consistently been faced with the challenges of dealing with nature-based subject matter.

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