OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK

1. The trade mark adventures of Lara Croft

https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-trade-mark-adventures-of-lara-croft.html

2. Can AI Prompts Be Patented? Don’t Be Too Quick to Dismiss this Question

https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/01/02/can-ai-prompts-patented-dont-quick-dismiss-question/id=171338/

3. New York Times Takes on OpenAI, Microsoft

https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/01/02/new-york-times-takes-openai-microsoft/id=171355/

4. A Running List of U.S. Copyright Office Decisions on AI Artworks

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/a-running-list-of-u-s-copyright-office-decisions-on-ai-artworks-post/

5. How Companies Use Trademarks to Influence Consumers & What They Buy

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/how-companies-use-trademarks-to-condition-consumers-what-they-buy/

6. This Was the Year of Generative AI, What Expect in 2024

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/2023-was-the-year-of-generative-ai-what-expect-in-2024/

7. Chanel v EasyCash: Distribution of sample cosmetics does not trigger trade mark exhaustion

https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/chanel-v-easycash-distribution-of.html

8. Recording a license agreement in the EU requires consent of the currently registered trade mark owner

https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/recording-license-agreement-in-eu.html

9. Prada’s Triangle pattern (mostly) not inherently distinctive to be a trade mark, says EUIPO Board of Appeal

https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/pradas-triangle-pattern-mostly-not.html

10. UPC Munich Local Division takes a novel approach to claim interpretation (SES vs Hanshow, UPC-CFI-292/2023)

https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/upc-munich-local-division-takes-novel.html