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As the Ball Drops: Ten Intellectual Property Resolutions for 2024

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2023 is nearing its sunset, and with it comes the time for reflection and intellectual property resolutions. Yet, while most resolutions fade with the January frost, safeguarding your businesses intellectual property deserves steadfast commitment. Intellectual property protection protects your bussinesses most valuable assets – its ideas, innovations, and tangible expressions of creativity. Think of intellectual property protection as a shield, if properly designed it will allow you to reap the benefits of your years of hard work and investment.  We believe 2024 should be your year of innovation, and that starts with building an impregnable IP fortress.

Design Your Future: Unveiling the Secrets of Design Patents in the US and Beyond

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Ever wondered what it would take to secure design patent protection for your creative vision? A design patent can unlock a world of possibilities for growth and intellectual property protection. It can also attract investors, increase product value, and give you a competitive edge in the marketplace. Intellectual Property Center believes in Advancing The Power of Imagination for creators, like you, to turn their KC Design Patent dreams into tangible realities. Contact us to see how we can help.

Mickey’s Magical Meltdown: The Copyright Countdown Begins!

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Its hard to believe that what once was lived at the Laugh-O-Gram studio at the corner of Forest Avenue and 31st Street in Kansas City, Missouri has become a symbol of ingenuity and creativity around the globe for nearly a century.  Since the early 1920s, Mickey Mouse has been the grinning emblem of Disney’s empire, protected by a copyright as ironclad as his yellow shoes. But the copyright countdown is ticking away on its exclusivity, and on January 1st, 2024, the original “Steamboat Willie” Mickey will sail into the uncharted waters of the public domain.

Game On or Copyright Conundrum? Copyright of AI in the US

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Under current US Copyright Office policy, AI-generated content cannot be copyrighted unless it contains sufficient human authorship. This means that the copyright of AI content, including game content created through AI-generated elements, without sufficient creative additions involving human creativity and ingenuity, are not eligible for copyright protection.

Copyright Infringement Services

Avoiding Copyright Infringement: The Truth About the 30% Rule

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The idea of a 30% rule for copyright protection is a fallacy. Someone who reproducing another works, without authorization is subject to liablity.  Any copying can result in a claim of infringement.  Copyright law does not provide an exception based upon a specific percentage or limitation of amount copied. 

Protecting Confidential Information Does Not Safeguard Trade Secrets

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Business, innovation and proprietary information are often the cornerstones of a companies’ success. Companies invest significant time, resources, and expertise to develop and maintain their unique processes, formulas, and strategies that provide an edge over their competitors. However, just because the information is a valuable business assets does not automatically make it a trade secret and provide the foundation for a lawsuit over its unauthorized use. In the world of trade secret protection, information is either a “trade secret” (and protectable) or it is not a trade secret (and not protectable).
Despite attempts over the years to conflate the issue, there is no middle gound. Protecting Confidential Information does not make it a trade secret. To be protected as a trade secret companies must protect their valuable information as a secret.

Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property: A Guide to Navigating IP License Agreement

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In the dynamic realm of business, intellectual property (IP) stands as a cornerstone of innovation and competitive advantage. From groundbreaking inventions to captivating creative works, IP assets hold immense value, often serving as the lifeblood of successful enterprises. To fully realize the potential of their IP, companies often engage IP Attorneys to help Navigate IP license agreements, strategic partnerships that enable the transfer of IP rights for mutually beneficial outcomes.

Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Drafting Software Patents

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In the ever-changing realm of Patent Law, drafting software patents have become an increasingly complicated area of practice. The recent decision in KOM Software Inc. v. NetApp, Inc. by the District of Delaware has reignited discussions surrounding the patentability of software under the Alice test, a two-step framework used to determine whether an invention falls within the categories of patent-eligible subject matter. The KOM Software decision highlights the importance of understanding the evolving landscape of software patents and the challenges associated with obtaining and enforcing patent protection in this area.

NCAA to Allow Student-Athlete Endorsements

NCAA lawsuit over Name, Image and Likeness Sprints Forward

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College athletes won class action certification last week in a lawsuit accusing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of failing to compensate student althetes for use of their name, image and likeness (NIL), exposing the NCAA to damages of up to 4.5 billion.