The decision of the EPO Board of Appeal in T 1311/21 provides important guidance on evaluating standards of proof in cases of alleged prior use. The Board of Appeal suggests that there should be a nuanced approach to assessing this evidence, that moves beyond the traditional binary choice between th
In 1975, NBC debuted its new logo. However, it had a major problem: It was virtually identical to another broadcaster's trademark. The post The Time NBC Used a Plagiarized Logo appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Court years arguments by OpenAI and New York Times, M. Night Shyamalan trial begins and metal musicians fight over copyright. The post 3 Count: AI Hearing appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Brett TroutInnovation drives progress. Whether you’re an independent inventor with a groundbreaking idea or a business leader developing cutting-edge technology, your intellectual property (IP) is one of your most valuable assets. Securing a patent not only protects your invention but also provides
A recent EPO Board of Appeal decision considered the patentability of human-animal chimeras and where the line should be drawn on moral acceptability (T 1553/22). The Board of Appeal found that the invention in question was an offence against "human dignity" given that the scope of the cl
Another eventful week in the world of IP, and this Kat is here to keep you updated with the latest from The IPKat.Trade marks and Plant VarietiesMarcel Pemsel reviewed a recent decision of the General Court concerning the visual similarity between Armani’s well-known eagle-shaped logo and a sign tha
A Youtuber famous for her folk metal covers of famous songs had one of her tracks stolen and her original work copyright claimed. The post YouTuber Has Song Stolen, Her Original Copyright Claimed appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Vimeo wins appeal in the Second Circuit, UK plans to make copyright more AI-friendly and the Supreme Court declines attorneys' fee case. The post 3 Count: Vimeo Victory appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Brett J. TroutYou’ve created a new invention, congratulations! Protecting your idea through a patent is an essential step in safeguarding your intellectual property. Below, I answer some of the most common questions about the patent process to help you understand what’s involved and how to proceed.
The first issue of issue of Music & Copyright for 2025 has now been published. Here are some of this edition’s highlights. SPECIAL FOCUS: Music publishers and Anthropic reach agreement on the use of guardrails in AI song lyrics copyright dispute An agreement between music publishers and the US a
Originally posted 2009-05-26 13:57:46. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWe see again that the ill-defined “scandalous” criterion for rejecting trademark registration applications — and not merely those involving hot-button ethnic slurs — lives, as John Welch reports (not safe for work, and, really,
The Copyright Claims Board has issued another final dertermination. This one looks at issues of joint authorship and joint ownership. The post Copyright Claims Board Tackles Joint Authorship appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Moana 2 sparks lawsuit against Disney, Travis Scott sued over Telekinesis and Meta trained its AI systems on pirated books. The post 3 Count: Moana Lawsuit appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
This Kat is back from her Christmas break, where she enjoyed a recent addition to her library: “Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights and Arbitration”, edited by Simon Klopschinski and Mary-Rosy McGuire (Edward Elgar, 2024). The book, which consists of 31 chapters divided into three part
It is certainly enticing to use a famous trade mark on a book cover in order to make it appealing and promote the book. What could go wrong when doing so is shown in a recent decision from the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg. The case dealt with the use of a bleeding red cross on a book cover that
In recent years, there’s been a lot of innovation to develop alternatives to animal-based food products. Unsurprisingly, such efforts to create and market new products have been accompanied by plenty of IP disputes, from the EUIPO’s refusal to register a trade mark for vegan bacon to the EPO’s consi
Warming paws over the fires of more EPO referrals As the freezing air continues to set in across Europe, KatFriend, Ian Jones at GJE is back to warm our paws on an important EPO referral concerning third-party interveners. Over to Ian: "In European Patent Office (EPO) opposition proceedings,
Originally posted 2011-12-05 10:40:49. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSomehow—despite that I always have one eye open for decisions involving copyright in fictional characters, because almost always I disagree with the ruling and I enjoy then getting to rail about it—I didn’t learn about a n
Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal — “In his order, Chhabria referenced an internal quote from a Meta employee, included in the documents, in which they speculated, ‘If there is media coverage suggesting we have used a dataset we know to b
Last week this Kat started evaluating the Opinion of the European Copyright Society (ECS) concerning Pelham II [IPKat here]. In the first part, readers were briefly reminded of the prosecution history of the famous Pelham saga, and the four options – set by the ECS – that the Court of Justice of the
