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Deliberating Colonial Policies to Understand the Causes behind Tribal Revolts in the Chota Nagpur Plateau – Part I

IP and Legal Filings

Leeds in his research article titled By Eminent Domain Or Some Other Name: A Tribal Perspective On Taking Land published in Tulsa Law Review mentions how eminent domain has affected the Tribal population of India. by various eminent historians and other forms of such Secondary sources. This power is based on sovereignty of the State.

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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

IPilogue

As the world entered January 2023, many excitedly anticipated that Disney’s copyright protection of Mickey Mouse in the United States (US) would expire at the end of 2023, allowing Mickey Mouse to enter the public domain as of January 1, 2024. As a general rule in the U.S.,

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Prior Art: The Patent Pitfall

Larson & Larson

It’s the legal term for ‘thing that is exactly like my thing that was in the public before I made my thing.’ The term covers anything that was sold in public, used publicly, described in a magazine or similar publication, or already has a patent on file with the patent office.

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Printed Publication: Documents Made Available only to Customers

Patently-O

A new petition asks the court to examine the phrase again and help define when a document crosses the publication threshold. In particular, the petition asks whether documents made available only to customers, and not generally to the public, count as being published. 102(a)(1). Centripetal Networks, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. ,

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The free evaluation of evidence of prior use (T 0042/19)

The IPKat

Part of the question referred to the EBA in G 2/21 was whether a Board of Appeal is required to deviate from the principle of free evaluation of evidence in respect of post-published data if these data are the only evidence for a purported technical effect (i.e.

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maintaining ex-employees' voicemail/email doesn't violate Lanham Act or right of publicity

43(B)log

Pennsylvania right of publicity: Pennsylvania protects the name or likeness of any natural person that has commercial value and is used for any commercial or advertising purpose without written consent. That is, the likeness must be distributed to members of the public in a way calculated to bring in money.

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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

IPilogue

As the world entered January 2023, many excitedly anticipated that Disney’s copyright protection of Mickey Mouse in the United States (US) would expire at the end of 2023, allowing Mickey Mouse to enter the public domain as of January 1, 2024. The post Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024 appeared first on IPOsgoode.