LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

There are, however, several challenges related to obtaining IP protection for algorithms in China. Lack of IP protection may expose the development to theft, infringement and misuse by Chinese competitors and it may result in huge economic losses for the developers. licensing, assignment, JVs, cooperation and co-development etc.)

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Menell * As the knowledge economy expanded and concerns about trade secret misappropriation mounted in the digital age, federal policymakers undertook efforts to reinforce trade secret protection a decade ago. David Almeling and Victoria Cundiff are two of the most experienced trade secret litigators in the nation.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 13, 2023

The controller general or the registrar, is vested with extensive powers as well as a fundamental duty to administer the patent process with proper diligence and ensure the protection of the innovation along with the rights of the patentee. The act was adopted to give effect to the provisions of Madrid Protocol.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Whether you are looking to make your own non fungible token to sell or you’re looking to buy an NFT as an investment, you need to be aware of copyright and trademark laws that might apply to your NFT. Trademark rights can be even more confusing to navigate in the world of NFTs. Copyrighting vs Trademarking NFTs.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

It’s always good to start off the year with an overview of trademark and copyright cases to watch. In short, the matter at issue will address when a work is sufficiently transformative to qualify for fair use protection under the Copyright Act. The case will determine the proper balance between trademark rights and free speech.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 10, 2023

Trademark owners take note: In Abitron Austria GmbH et al. laws, it vacated a $96 million damages award against a foreign defendant because the conduct relating to the damages was not a “use in commerce” under the Lanham Act. foreign sales of products for which foreign buyers designated the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 27, 2023

There is a little-known provision of the Lanham Act (the US Trademark Act) that packs a potentially big punch. entity by serving the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). There is a little-known provision of the Lanham Act (the US Trademark Act) that packs a potentially big punch. In Equibal, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

’s (“Whirlpool”) famous KITCHENAID trademarks and trade dress. In January 2022, Whirlpool sued Shenzhen alleging trademark infringement and dilution, trade dress infringement, and unfair competition under both federal and state law for Shenzhen’s sale of its stand mixers sold online under the names COOKLEE and PHISNIC.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 9, 2023

Like the cases against the other cheat operations, this lawsuit wasn’t fully litigated. After concluding that the court has jurisdiction over the foreign defendant and that a default judgment is appropriate, she awarded more than $6.7 million in compensation. million. . ” Success!? . ” Success!?

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2022

Trademark in Bahrain. ?????????A A trademark is a sign or form used to distinguish the goods, products, or services of one establishment from those of other establishments. In addition, a mark of sound or smell can be considered a trademark. If the proprietor wish? Things that can be registered in Bahrain.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The year 2022 has been an extremely important year for the development of trademark jurisprudence in India. There have been various landmark judgements which have not only highlighted cardinal principles of trademark law but have also given a nuanced understanding of how Courts interpret statutory trademark provisions.

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IP Tech Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

The recently published Draft Amendment to the Chinese Trademark Law is proposing the introduction of important changes to the current trademark system in China. 32 of the Trademark Law requires that no trademark shall be registered if it collides with a prior unregistered mark that has acquired a certain or high reputation in China.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The objective of the Singapore Treaty is to create a modern and dynamic international framework for the harmonization of administrative trademark registration procedures. Most significantly, it is the first international instrument dealing with trademark law to explicitly recognize non-traditional marks. Introduction.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Have you ever wondered who protects the IP rights of IP lawyers? But what happens when these protectors of IP seek the protection of their IPs? In the course of the litigation, the defendant argued that there cannot be a monopoly on the publicly available font ‘Edwardian Script ITC’, which was used in their logo.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

Vivian Cheng focuses her practice on trademark and copyright litigation and also counsels clients on a broad range of issues relating to trademark, trade dress, and copyright protection and enforcement, unfair competition, and false advertising. Patent & Trademark Office. He received his J.D.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 6, 2023

Harness IP partner Joels Samuels is featured in a Bloomberg Law article outlining 2023’s most anticipated intellectual property (IP) court cases, legal trends, and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rule changes. Samuels, a partner at the firm’s St. months and registration takes around 14 months.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Identify instances where you have been denied patent protection for an invention in the United States solely on the basis of patent subject matter ineligibility, but obtained protection for the same invention in a foreign jurisdiction, or vice versa. intellectual property.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Supreme Court issued numerous landmark decisions in 2020, among those—for trademark scholars and practitioners— Romag Fasteners, Inc. Considering the importance of Chinese manufacturing to global trade, the Chinese legal system and its evolving trademark enforcement system will likely cause companies to get creative. Fossil, Inc.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the new Patent (Amendment) Rules, and some thoughts on safeguards which can be used by intermediaries to prevent trademark infringement. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Image from here F- Hoffmann -La Roche Ag & Anr v.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Let’s look into what those intangible assets might be, and how they can be protected. This is where trademarks play a role. Names or logos used to sell a product may be protectable even if the product itself is nothing new. Trademarks can last indefinitely. Think of perfumes or luxury goods. Yes, you certainly can.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A Patent Box is a fiscal tool introduced at a national level that intends to incentivize investments in research and development (R&D), avoid the relocation of intangible assets to foreign countries or encourage returns, through tax incentives. Most of the discussion over the year has been on what kind of IP assets could be protected.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Sunanda Bharti on the Michelin Stars and its interaction was trademark laws. Image from here Mischief, Manifestation, and the Michelin Trademark! As an IP enthusiast, the author perceives this as a trademark matter. Bharti is a Professor of Law at Delhi University, and her previous posts can be accessed here. By Dr. (Prof.)

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) becomes effective on December 27, 2021 and makes several important amendments to federal trademark law (the Lanham Act) intended to modernize trademark application examinations and clean house of trademark registrations for marks not used in commerce.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Likewise, as to prong two, VNG had taken the position throughout the litigation that it was not “subject to the personal jurisdiction of any state court of general jurisdiction in the United States.” content owners.”

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 27, 2021

The decision was based on a set of local IP regulations implemented in 2019 to increase protection of intellectual property (IP) rights associated with the booming local innovation in key new technologies. The forerunner of a very bold experiment is the Shenzhen AMR. The First Case in Shenzhen.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 27, 2021

The decision was based on a set of local IP regulations implemented in 2019 to increase protection of intellectual property (IP) rights associated with the booming local innovation in key new technologies. The forerunner of a very bold experiment is the Shenzhen AMR. The First Case in Shenzhen.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. Its cancellation petition for Zenú has been suspended during this litigation. Latinfood argued that the IAC claims were barred by territoriality.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Instead of protecting consumers, this bill gives trademark owners absolute control over online marketplaces by overturning Tiffany v. Because the bill makes it impossible for online marketplaces to avoid contributory trademark liability, this bill will drive most or all online marketplaces out of the industry.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 15, 2021

Identify instances where you have been denied patent protection for an invention in the United States solely on the basis of patent subject matter ineligibility, but obtained protection for the same invention in a foreign jurisdiction, or vice versa. intellectual property.

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Patent Trademark Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Many common misconceptions surrounding patents may also lead to poor choices in declining patent protection. If you must delay, then the US gives you a 1-year grace period from your earliest date of public disclosure, but foreign countries may not give you any grace period at all. What is the cost of a patent?

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 25, 2022

District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Likewise, as to prong two, VNG had taken the position throughout the litigation that it was not “subject to the personal jurisdiction of any state court of general jurisdiction in the United States.”

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Delhi High Court decreed the suit in favor of the Plaintiff and inter alia directed the Defendant to assign its trademark ‘Saptrishi Sandhi Sudha India’ in favor of the Plaintiff, as undertaken by it in its affidavit. Delhi High Court declared ITC’s ‘Bukhara’ to be a well-known trademark. on 25 November, 2022 (Delhi High Court).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 17, 2023

the Supreme Court held that the Lanham Act does not reach trademark infringement that occurs outside of the United States (US). Nonetheless, the majority opinion will have significant practical implications for transnational litigation in all IP areas. The same is true even in trademark treaties. Hetronic International Inc. ,

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The IPKat

JANUARY 9, 2022

Christian Thomas (Kuhnen & Wacker), discussed issues such as (1) changes to the Chinese trademark system, including changes to the review of bad faith applications; (2) registrability of and search tools for multimedia and non-traditional marks across jurisdictions; (3) the U.S. Guanyang Yao (Liu, Shen & Associates). Copyright Office.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

This applies to companies that have never taken serious steps to protect intellectual property and companies that understand the value of intellectual property and take active steps to secure and protect those assets. . As 2023 commences, it’s time for companies to review and take stock of their intellectual property assets.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We are pleased to bring you a guest post from Payal Saraogi, on a recent decision of the Delhi High Court on Google’s use of trademarks as advertisement keywords. Revival of the Third-party Trademark as a Keyword Dispute. Google India Private Limited and others. The parties and their positions.

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