Kashishipr

APRIL 20, 2022

The North American Free Trade Agreement defines a trade secret as “Information having commercial value, which is not in the public domain, and for which reasonable steps have been taken to maintain its secrecy.” Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.”

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TorrentFreak

MAY 11, 2022

If something was made for hire, protection is available for 95 years after publication or 120 years after creation, whichever is shorter. This change would also apply retroactively to companies with a market cap of over $150 billion and are part of the movie or entertainment industries. New Bill Proposes to Shorten the Copyright Term.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The lower court considered that, while the mark was not technically necessary (which would have led to the invalidity of the trade mark regardless of acquired distinctiveness), the trade mark was part of the public domain and Nestlé failed to prove that the trademark had acquired distinctiveness. Generic license.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2022

A patent refers to an exclusive right granted by the patent authority of a nation to the inventor or applicant of a unique invention. Patent Rights exclude others in the industry or market from manufacturing, using, selling, distributing, or importing the patented product or process. 4) Validity/Invalidity Search.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In 2019, the EU’s Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (CDSMD) was adopted. The French transposition clarifies that a “very short” extract must not be capable of replacing the press publication itself or exempting readers from referring to it. Public domain material.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

While creating AR experiences, so-called markers provide information on the real-world element of reference to be overlapped with digital images. As a result, AR may be attractive not only to potential users of the cultural heritage-related services, but also for market operators with commercial interests. i) Public domain works.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2021

The title of this book clearly sets out its premise: trademark protection has encroached into what used to be solely copyright’s domain, resulting in an undesirable over-protection of works which impoverishes the public domain and restricts others’ creative endeavours. Figure 1: Get your paws on this new book y'all!

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SpicyIP

APRIL 29, 2023

Image accessed from here While there are many factors which result in the success of business organizations, their ability to use sensitive procedures and advanced technology, thereby protecting their confidential information, can be another crucial aspect of remaining competitive in the market. Sundial Communications Pvt. and Ors. ,

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

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. Firstly, trademarks help distinguish one product from another in the market. Generic Trademarks: An Introduction. Primarily, trademarks perform four functions.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

Dawgs alleged that Crocs falsely marketed its “Croslite” shoe material as “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” when in fact the material ethyl vinyl acetate, a well known compound used by many footwear companies. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Alternatively, the terms and conditions of the online marketplace where the NFT is marketed may state that the sale of the NFT is complemented by an IP rights assignment in the related digital asset, tethering copyright ownership to NFT ownership (the crypto-native approach) (see, for example the Bored Ape Yacht Club ( BAYC )).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Here the final version is a clear improvement over the original Parliament text as it no longer suggests that model providers need to distinguish between copyright-protected and public domain training materials and then apply different transparency standards to both, which would be unworkable.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2022

Therefore, once copyright protection ends, and the work falls in the public domain, others must have the right to call the work by its name. Moreover, if the work sought to be registered is not copyrighted, the public may copy it at once and would be as clearly entitled to call it by its name (case citations omitted).

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

Unveiling Merchant Privileges in the Shadows of Craftsmanship Developing nations like India require financial and technical support to market their products internationally and attain the sustainability of GI. It’s possible that India unintentionally made it harder for its Artisans to obtain GI protection for their agricultural goods.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 25, 2022

The district court ordered the defendant to “take all necessary steps to prevent publication” of those applications or resulting patents. The companies here compete in the market for creating specialized finger-LED equipment and accompanying data analysis services. ” (Quoting Ultimax ).

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Significant amounts of content are also available through the public domain. Our current AI-related offerings are focused on the corporate, research, academic and education markets. The courts will also look very closely at market harm under the fourth factor. As stated by the Supreme Court in Campbell v. 4th 1262 (D.C.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Birkenstock's claim that it had designed the pattern and it had been the first on the market to use that design, was considered by the court to as insufficient to consider that the pattern itself also significantly different from other patterns in the shoe and clothing sector. Universal Public Domain Dedication license.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2022

In that respect, the BOA refers to an earlier decision by the CJEU (in the case Acacia v. Being consumables, the cleaner bags are promoted independently on the market and sold at various locations. picture on the right is by painter Kobayashi Kiyochika and is in the public domain

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

So: if the gov’t can bar registration of a TM including a disparaging reference to a person without that person’s permission, can it also bar you from a © registration if your work disparages a living person? Or abortion. Those are content/speaker based, but are they in any way related to the purposes of TM? A: Agreed on point of sale.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Initially, neither the 1992 Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Designations of Origin , nor the 1992 Patent Law , had provided that putting patented or trademarked goods onto the market within Russia exhausted IP rights. The picture in the upper middle is by Amin and is licensed under the Cretive Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Since the ruling was handed down, the Advocate General’s opinion on the Polish request for the partial annulment of article 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) has also been published. Or, if the work in question has fallen into the public domain prior to the infringing act.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. Before using someone else’s creation, consider how your actions will affect its market worth. Public domain resources as a starting point. There are several places where you can find public domain content that is free to use.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

IP licensing provides business companies and organizations with additional or core revenue streams, which enables them to increase brand awareness, enhance their overall reputation, and extend their offerings (products or services) into new geographies and markets across the globe cost-effectively. Bottom Line.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Parallel to this, Non-Fungible Tokens, often known as NFTs, have seen tremendous growth as more and more people enter the market. v] Prior to the development of NFTs, artists depended on non-traditional legal and financial frameworks to drive the art market.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This app, as they claimed, is unique in that it combines a stock market trading feature alongside fantasy gaming, something that they said was non-existent in the market prior to its app. The matter found itself back in court, before the Division Bench (DB), in less than a month though.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

However, with the publication on 23 October 2012 of UAE Federal Law No. 4 of 2012 Concerning Regulation of Competition all businesses with operations in the UAE or supplying goods and services to the UAE market will have to ensure that they focus on and comply with the provisions of this new law. image Source : Medium Blog].

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SpicyIP

APRIL 17, 2023

Offering an alternative, she argues that instead of looking at the Amendment Bill, the judicial orders and judgements by the Indian courts should be the source of reference for the upcoming Diplomatic Conference on IP, Genetic Resources and TK. Case: M/s Mahavir PVC Cables Factory v.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2024

In light of criticism following the announcement of the political deal – and renewed warnings that the AI Act risks will hamper innovation in the European market – there may still be room for debate over the final terms of the AI Act before ratification. [13] 10] See European Parliament’s draft, Article 28(b)(4)(c). [11]

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The IPKat

APRIL 11, 2023

Nor did this Kat find any reference to the claim that the acquisition was based on the notion of the target as a failing company. But even then, and controlling for the possibility of state censorship, the reach of books depended on market forces that treat the distribution of books like any other business commodity.

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SpicyIP

MAY 22, 2022

By harmonising what they referred to as ‘minimum standards’ for different forms of IP, the ‘property’ rhetoric, even if not the narrative, did become cemented. Similarly, a thaumatrope refers to the perception caused when two distinct images appear as one conjoined image , see here ( drawing attention to the projector ). excitedly ).

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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. INTRODUCTION. Image Source: iStock]. But then why are colour marks controversial?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

This holds true regarding the exclusion of “individual words or very short extracts of a press publication” from the scope of the PPR, in relation to which the Greek implementation has adopted a rather innovative approach. 15 of the CDSMD. Unsurprisingly, the restriction of Art. More specifically, Art.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 18, 2023

In fact, it may well be argued, that opposition helps the examination process and results in better patent grants (Refer UCB Farchim ). The ultimate sufferer, in such a situation, would be the ailing public, who seek access to the product. ”. In this author’s study, Ms.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

First, when we refer to input or training data (a technical category) we mean material that from a copyright law perspective could be either works of authorship, other protected subject matter or mere facts and data. Scenario (1): Public Domain. The public domain is arguably the “cheapest” source of data.

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IIPRD

MAY 4, 2023

To qualify as a patentable invention, the invention: must not be in the public domain or have been published or used previously; must not be obvious and must involve a technical advancement; and must be capable of being implemented commercially. More and more involve collecting data that is processed via algorithms “in the cloud”.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2024

Reference was made to Dutch national practice by Kodak to argue that this should be different. In these proceedings, the Court of Appeal commented that the member of the public trying to get access had not made a specific request. 6 RoP echoes. 9 (2) of the trade secrets directive).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Niklas Jansson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons On 30 December 2022, the Italian Supreme Court ( Corte di Cassazione ) issued an order that intervened again on the interpretation of the quotation exception under Article 70 of the Italian Copyright Act ( l. 633/1941 , l.aut.). Several arguments move in this direction.

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