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Overview of non-traditional trademarks in the world

According to the general theory, trademarks have three main functions: the function of distinguishing the commercial origin of products and services, the quality assurance function, and the advertising function. Along with the rapid development of the economy and society, the quality assurance function and the advertising function among the three functions are given more importance than the prior. In the early stages of the use and protection of non-traditional marks, especially those that are not visually recognizable, the arguments against [...]

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The rights dispute between the Marvel character heir and the Marvel corporation

Marvel has filed five lawsuits hoping to retain full control and ownership of Avengers characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Falcon, Thor, and other Marvel characters. News of these lawsuits was first revealed to the public by The New York Times. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel has sued the heirs of several late comic geniuses including Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Gene Colan. Marvel thinks these blockbuster characters belong to them in the form [...]

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Some notes about geographic trademarks

Due to the development of the world, there has been the rising of many new non-traditional trademarks which are different from the traditional word or visual marks. Non-traditional marks are a new, unique and unrestricted group of trademarks. According to EUIPN (European Union Intellectual Property Network), non-traditional marks include shape, position, pattern, color, sound, scent, motion, multimedia, hologram, etc. In this article, we are going to learn about the “geographic trademark”. There are many marks that have become popular and [...]

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The invention of the automatic helmet-washing machine in Vietnam

In Asia countries, due to their massive population, the ownership of cars in comparison to the majority of the population is low. Most citizens traveled to work or school by motorbike with an obligatory helmet on their head, both for the driver and the passenger. Predicting the need of the people, a group of Vietnamese talented inventors has invented the automatic helmet-washing machine. The automatic helmet washing machine was recently invented by a group of students from the University of [...]

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A journey through Heineken’s secret recipe

Behind every beer is always an interesting story about the relentless efforts in the production process to bring excellent quality and taste to users. For Heineken, it is also a journey of more than 140 years of striving to conquer all limits and peaks. So, what is the secret behind these successes, and does the secret falls into one of the categories of IP law? More than 140 years ago, in the 19th century, Gerard Heineken bought De Hooiberg brewery [...]

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Young Experts Program: Growing Future Global IP Leaders

The goal of WIPO’s Young Experts Program is to develop the next round of intellectual property leaders. The WIPO-organized two-year program is intended to acquaint young individuals with high potential, particularly those from poor and least-developed countries as well as nations. With a focus on on-the-job learning and exposure to various fields, areas of focus, and colleagues, YEP selections will benefit from a comprehensive and extensive WIPO work experience. Additionally, YEP will offer frequent chances for networking with WIPO’s [...]

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Should Covid-19 vaccines have intellectual property rights?

“Could you patent the sun?” This is a famous saying by Dr. Jonas Edward Salk more than 60 years ago. Dr. Salk is an American virologist – an expert who studies viruses and the diseases that they cause. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic raging on across the world, Dr. Salk’s action regarding the patent for the polio vaccine has become more and more relevant today. Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American virologist [...]

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What needs to do when there is copyright infringement?

Copyright is the author’s right to his/her work. This is an intellectual property right, protected in accordance with the provisions of the law in most countries around the world. So if the copyright is infringed, what needs to be done by the copyright owner? The acts of copyright infringement nature can be listed as the following: Appropriating copyright for literary, artistic and scientific works. Impersonate the author. Announcing and distributing works that are not allowed by the author. Announcing and distributing works having co-author [...]

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A few things to note about derivative works

Derivative work is one of the popular works subject to copyright protection by intellectual property law in many countries. So, what is considered a derivative work? What should be kept in mind when establishing and protecting the copyright for these works? Derivative work Derivative works are works translated from one language to another language, adapted, modified, transformed, compiled, annotated, or selected. Derivative work is formed on existing work, bearing the imprint of the original work. In order to develop, derivative works must have [...]

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TikTok and problems with music copyright

TikTok, known in China as Douyin, a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese company ByteDance, was sued by VNG in the past. The Vietnam tech company claimed compensation of VND 221 billion due to the use of Zing’s copyrighted sounds – a subsidiary of VNG without the consent of this platform. This is not the first time TikTok has been caught under copyright lawsuits like this. VNG filed a lawsuit against TikTok for violating music rights in Vietnam TikTok is [...]

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