Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. Selling products tagged with scannable blockchain-based tags, imprints or tamperproof seals can effectively help to fight black-marketing and counterfeits.

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Technology Patent IP Invention 52

The IPKat

MAY 12, 2024

The protection of the integrity of proceedings ensures that the parties are able to bring forward their arguments and evidence and that this is decided upon by the Court in an impartial and independent manner, without influence and interference from external parties in the public domain.

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Confidentiality Art Patent Patent Application 62

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

But socially valuable innovations can be difficult to marketize/commodify. Restrict derivative right to adaptations/forms of representations that change medium, not works in same primary market. May also resolve through settlement. What goes on in settlement? public domain. Qs: should she start earlier?

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Copyright Editing Settlement Music 64

SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

The Court allowed the application and permitted the plaintiff to place the additional documents on record as despite the documents being available in the public domain at the time of filing of the suit, the need for filing the aforesaid documents arose only on account of the stand taken by the defendants in the written statement.

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Designs Design Cease and Desist Art 105

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

(If so, I have seen no evidence of that in public record; and the subsequent procedural posture suggests otherwise.) But in any event, AWF’s aggressive, take-no-prisoners approach made a friendly settlement all but impossible. This is the familiar four-factor test for fair use. at 588, emphasis added).

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Fair Use Derivative Work Blogging Licensing 97

SpicyIP

JANUARY 8, 2024

Noting that the acts of the defendant were a “mala fide and dishonest attempt to cause confusion in the market”, the Court granted the relief and ordered the defendant’s mark to be removed. International IP Developments Nokia and Honor enter into an amicable settlement of their 5G SEP dispute in China.

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Trademark Registering Trademarks Public Domain Registration 59

SpicyIP

MAY 22, 2022

For that matter, is it truly the case that interventions are even required – or is the market advantage granted by first-mover advantage sufficient? Why else should the state be interfering with the free market? But why IP rights, instead of other forms of interventions? Or even more simply – how much IP? excitedly ).

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IP Intellectual Property Public Domain Copyright 131

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Sears/Compco said there was a right to copy things in the public domain; how did that go away? There was a settlement over validity v. But somehow there’s a big change between Sears/Compco and Taco Cabana. Maybe sponsorship/affiliation reflects what brands are doing and how consumers think.

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