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The new guidelines cover topics such as formality examination and procedures for trade mark applications, oppositions, declarations of invalidity, cancellations, classification of goods and services, examination of applications for change of trade mark ownership, trade mark renewal and other procedural issues. Is overblocking real?

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ALI Proceeds Toward Vote on Restatement of Copyright, Critics Ignored

The Illusion of More

On June 7 and 8, the membership of the American Law Institute will vote on several sections of the Restatement of Copyright, covering a range of topics, including categories of works, scope of protection, ownership, and transfers of rights.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. copyright law, a particularly confusing subject for foreign works published before 1978. copyright law. publications of the translated work, which lacked both registration and copyright notice in Scott-Giles’ name.

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Why Bots Shouldn’t Decide Copyright Cases

Plagiarism Today

The case pits Sheeran against Structured Asset Sales, a company that owns a one-third stake in the copyrights of Ed Townsend. Sheeran’s attorneys argued the elements that were allegedly copied, namely a chord progression and the harmonic rhythm, were both commonplace in music and not protectable by copyright. The Battle of the Bots.

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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Creative Commons and NFTs – is CC licensing compatible with the new technologies?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Most of you may well be familiar with the concept of Creative Commons licensing, but to reiterate, Creative Commons (CC) is a not-for-profit copyright licensing organisation. The ownership of an NFT is recorded in the blockchain, and can be transferred by the owner, allowing NFTs to be sold and traded ”.

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[Guest post] Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

The IPKat

The IPKat is pleased to host the following contribution by Katfriend Marianna Ryan (Edwin Coe and King's College London) on the topical issue of how Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are to be treated and what IP issues come with them. Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

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