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The USPTO and USCO Delivered a Report to Congress on IP Issues with NFTs – Maintains Existing IP Regime

Intellectual Property Law Blog

While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs. The Offices agreed with these assessments and did not believe that changes to intellectual property laws, or to the Offices’ registration and recordation practices, are necessary or advisable at this time.

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European IP Office Denies Trademark Registration for “I Love You” Emoji ?

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The EU IPO denied a trademark registration for the following symbol in various real estate-related classes: The trademark examiner determined that the symbol means “I love you” in American Sign Language (ASL). For an overview of the emojis/IP interface, see this article.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Registration of a mask work with the Copyright Office provides certain legal benefits, including the ability to bring a lawsuit for infringement of the mask work. Registration of a Mask Work.

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Copyright Office Proposes Group Registration Option for News Sites

IP Watchdog

Copyright Office issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register today offering a new group registration option for frequently updated news websites.

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ICANN Simplifies Requests For Hidden Domain Name Registration Data

TorrentFreak

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. That included those whose names appeared in public WHOIS databases as registrants or owners of domains.

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What is a crowded field of third party registrations?

Patent Trademark Blog

So your trademark application has been refused registration on the basis that your mark is confusingly similar to at least one registered mark. While there may be a high number of both registered and pending marks, coexisting registrations of similar marks by different owners would carry more weight.

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Copyright Office Issues FRN on Group Registration Option for News Sites

IP Watchdog

Copyright Office issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register today offering a new group registration option for frequently updated news websites.