Patently-O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The guide will quickly become leading the go-to source as Federal Judges manage their growing trade secrecy caseloads. The following guest post comes from Berkeley Law Professor Peter S. The following is an introduction and request for comments. – D.C. They have been instrumental in the Sedona Conference Working Group on Trade Secrets.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 4, 2021

The relatively new advent allows the marketers to put the barcodes on several different items and allow smartphone users to scan them and discover more information. Can we Trademark QR Codes? However, if you incorporate a QR code into a logo, you can file a Trademark Application to register that logo.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

failed to renew their trademark ‘WHIRLPOOL’ in India, causing the registration to expire. had been using its trademark since 1937, and secured registration of their trademark in India on 1956, however, their failure to renew it in 1977 proved to be a mistake as it enabled N.R. WELL-KNOWN TRADEMARK – WHAT IS IT?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Introduction Be it a trademark, patent, copyright, intellectual property has become an important part of the company’s success. As Revlon has also established its position in India so, considering the ‘trademark’, Revlon has a connection with India. In the case of Revlon Inc. In the case of Revlon Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 8, 2022

In this blog we will talk about the process of registration and what type of protection is provided under the designs act. Intellectual Property Rights come in various forms. One of them is ‘Design’ which is a composition of colors, shapes patterns, etc which add value and attraction to the product. Parts of a product.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

What is AI? As the modern workplace becomes increasingly more open to and reliant on the use of technology generally referred to as AI for daily tasks, this begs the question, what exactly is AI? One method of anticipating and quelling potential liabilities that may arise is through deploying certain internal AI policies.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Over the past four years, anti-piracy campaign Operation 404 has become a permanent fixture in the enforcement calendar with the results of new phases announced every few months. The latest results relating to the sixth wave (Operation 404.6) million downloads in Brazil alone.

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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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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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The IPKat

MARCH 17, 2022

Okonkwo attended the meeting and now reports on how it went and what should happen next. Here is what Ifeanyi says: Nigeria's quest for its own statute for the protection of Geographical Indications gains momentum by Ifeanyi E. Katfriend, Ifeanyi E. The TWG was given 7 months from August 2021 to draft a sui generis GI law for Nigeria.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Congress and the KGF 2 Copyright Dispute: Ex-Parte Injunctions, Fair Dealing, and Blocking Orders. Congress and the KGF 2 Copyright Dispute: Ex-Parte Injunctions, Fair Dealing, and Blocking Orders. Registrar of Trademarks. vs Hari Ram And Sons on 2 November, 2022 (Delhi High Court). Did we miss anything big?

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Hence, the traveling chaos of F1 is a world filled with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and Trade Secrets. ABSTRACT The Adrenaline rushing sport of Formula One is not just a race among the twenty best drivers or pilots in the world but among the ten best Formula One car constructors. These teams develop a car from scratch.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Probably with the large trend of IP awareness the companies are becoming more and more diligent in safeguarding their IP. Effective and timely registration of IPs is now what the company strives for. Things to be aware of while filing Patent Application. This can be done through Form 2.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

While there are a number of aspects covered by “Artificial Intelligence”, ranging from definitions to scope, from life-saving to life-threatening, there has been surprisingly limited public policy discussion on the intersection of AI and IP in India. Basheer and here for a post by Prof. Arul Scaria). Arul Scaria).

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2023

Guest Post By Leena Chitnis, Founder & CEO, Timberdog ® In today’s fast-paced business environment, intellectual property (IP) has become an invaluable asset for emerging companies. It includes patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Let’s delve into the specific reasons why.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Its claim of use analogous to trademark use failed because its prior publicity "was not sufficiently clear, widespread and repetitive." Registrant Harwood International enjoyed a constructive first use date of October 6, 2014, the filing date of its underlying application. Hydro-Dynamics v. Int’l Shoe Co., Chain & Cable Co.,

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If the title sounds familiar, you are part of the reason Booking.com successfully trademarked “Booking.com” while paving the way for owners of similar marks to receive trademark protection. ii] Further, the Court barred a per se rule that a “generic.com” mark is automatically generic and thus cannot be trademarked. [ii]

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

The blog is divided into two parts and this is part 2 of the blog. PART 1: of the blog discussed about history, development, fundamentals of IPR and explained Patents and Trademarks. Section 13 &14 gives a detail about what all can be copyrighted. The need of protecting IPRs is inarguably increasing day by day.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Unlike Public International Law that has a defined jurisdiction and law, Private International Law lacks in that area. Since these cases deals with parties from various jurisdictions, there is no clarity on the laws that would be applicable in such disputes. Choice of Law is determining which country’s laws will govern the dispute.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 23, 2022

There are 45 total Trademark Classes, also known as “International Classes” or simply “Classes.” ” The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) categorizes trademarks by “Classes.” A video of me explaining the trademark classes. What Are Trademark Classes?

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 30, 2021

There are 45 total International Trademark Classes. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) uses these Classes to categorize trademarks. The classification system is critical because trademarks identify a source of goods and/or services that distinguish the trademark from others.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

” Joint Statement at 2. Some of these issues are specific to doing business with the government and others are broader issues that all companies face when using AI, and generative AI (GAI) in particular. This rapid increase in the use of AI creates a number of legal issues, some of which are addressed below.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Since 2019, coronavirus hit the whole world and it is now for 2 years, we are facing this unfortunate pandemic. What the ‘security’ is? The Intellectual Property Rights that TRIPS covers are Trademark, Patent, Geographical Indication, Industrial Design, Copyright, Undisclosed information including trade secrets.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This is due to our legal system being built on the judicial principle of stare decisis, which is intended to generally provide predictability and consistency in the application of the law. And these statutes and administrative rules are often the subject of litigation and require judicial interpretation and application.

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SpicyIP

JULY 10, 2023

We featured a total of 5 posts discussing 2 significant orders from the Karnataka High Court on Twitter’s writ petition against blocking orders issued by the GOI, and on the copyright infringement complaint filed against the Indian National Congress. Last week also saw many landmark orders from the courts across the nation.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Defining Trademark A “trademark” is a mark which is used for a commercial purpose. How do trademarks function? Trademarks reduces the chance of confusion: Trademarks helps in preventing confusion in the minds of consumers by indicating the source and quality of the product, they are intending to use.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge. Zafar Mahfooz Nomani, 2023).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2024

This is because the need to benefit from the TDM exemption under the Copyright Directive becomes obsolete if the underlying training dataset does not include any copyrighted work but is instead artificially created data to which copyright protection does not extend ( see earlier in Part 1 of this series).

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 15, 2021

The exclusive right conferred by the Industrial Design Act does not extend to what the design is made of, how it is made, or how it works. Therefore, if designer ‘1’ created a novel design before designer ‘2’ but designer ‘1’ did not file an application or publicly disclose the novel design (i.e., Notably, an applicant (i.e.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 1, 2021

In part 1, we analyse the Court’s clarification of the circumstances under which a platform performs an act of communication to the public, as well as the overall balancing of fundamental rights on which the judgment is based. 3 (1) InfoSoc Directive, has been eagerly awaited for a long time. Firstly, because Art.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

What is ChatGPT? Wikipedia), articles, and other information available on the Internet. ChatGPT was trained in early 2022, so it is aware of data, news, and information up to that time. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by OpenAI. According to OpenAI, over 300 billion words were used to train ChatGPT.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I am unaware of any reported comparison, but I did find the latter compared to a toilet flushing and have seen the former’s trademark suffer indignities at times too ). Every sound trademark seems not only to signify something but to raise a question or two as well. There’s no roar quite like a Nittany Lion’s!

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

” From ongoing debates about the human element (or requirement) of authorship to debates over what constitutes a transformative work to the gauntlet laid down in footnote 2 of Justice Kagan’s dissent in the Supreme Court’s May 18, 2023 decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc., 2 (Kagan, J.,

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

“What is the methodology behind your research?”. After discussing how to define "international IP law", Grosse Ruse-Khan elaborates on several fresh approaches for research, both in public and private international law of intellectual property. Yet, resources on how to design such methodology are scarce. Calboli and M.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Relationship to use as a trademark; symmetry b/t types of use that might allow acquisition of rights v. Also links to abandonment: what does it take to maintain use? But is the doctrine clear enough to make this a helpful consideration or will it just become part of the mud? types of use that might infringe?

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Here, I think we might be starting to see what a post-Abitron, post-JDI world could look like: courts may begin to reestablish distinctions between registered trademarks and unregistered matter protected by unfair competition law, based this time on statutory interpretation rather than conceptual categories. 4th -, 2023 WL 5735552, No.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Collapse of separate body of unfair competition, but also old-fashioned ways of thinking what it means to use as a mark—a certain kind of way of expecting products to be introduced to the market, that is no longer reflective of lots of stuff that goes on, especially digitally. What causes us to use old tools in new situations?

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