A severe injury took him from farming to the path of engineering and inventions. Curtis Droege enriches our podcast with his experiences and knowledge as a patent agent and through his book “Patent Strategy For Entrepreneurs.” Continue reading Season 2, Episode 3. Patent strategy for entrepreneurs: Curtis Droege
Margery Hilko takes us on a journey from the printing press, radio, personal computers, the Internet, and Artificial Intelligence. We immerse ourselves in her book “Disrupting Copyright: How Disruptive Innovations and Social Norms are Challenging Intellectual Property Law.” Continue reading Season 2, Episode 2. Disruptive Innovation & Copyright: Margery Hilko
We kick-off the new season by talking with Peter Button, Vice Secretary-General of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). We discuss food security, climate change, and the crucial role of protecting new plant varieties. Continue reading Season 2, Episode 1. Achieving food security with new plant varieties: Peter Button – UPOV
We discuss industrial design with Davide Radaelli, designer, entrepreneur, and university lecturer. Continue reading Season 1, Episode 11. Designer: Davide Radaelli – Industrial Design
We have the joy of two guests to talk about plant variety and seed certification, Kamalesh Adhikari, Ph.D., and David J. Jefferson, JD, Ph.D. They are the editors of the book “Intellectual Property Law and Plant Protection: Challenges and Developments in Asia,” and Research Fellows with the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods and Members of the ARC Laureate Project ‘Harnessing the Potential of Intellectual Property to Build Food Security’ at the School of Law, The University of Queensland, Australia. Continue reading Season 1, Episode 10. Plant Variety & Seed Certification: Professors Kamalesh Adhikari and David J. Jefferson – Intellectual Property
We will go beyond what the intellectual property laws establish by navigating in the book “The Biopolitics of Intellectual Property: Regulation Innovation and Personhood in the Information Age” with his author Gordon Hull the Director of the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, Prof. Philosophy and Public Policy, and Affiliate Faculty, School of Data Science at UNC Charlotte. Continue reading Season 1, Episode 9. Biopolitics and Intellectual Property: Gordon Hull – Philosophy
We talk about the author’s rights and the new book “Copyright, Creativity, Big Media, and Cultural Value: Incorporating the Author” by Kathy Bowrey. Kathy is a legal historian, socio-legal researcher, and Professor in the Faculty of Law, UNSW (the University of New South Wales), Sydney, Australia. Continue reading Season 1, Episode 8. Copyright, Creativity, Big Media and Cultural Value: Incorporating the Author: Kathy Bowrey
We talk with Martin Calvino, a multimedia artist and scientist that integrates arts with genomics, machine learning, and tango culture. Continue reading Season 1, Episode 7. Artist Martin Calvino – Creating with AI
We talk about artificial intelligence and intellectual property with Ryan Abbott, a university professor, researcher, licensed physician, patent attorney, and author of “The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law”. Continue reading Season 1, Episode 6. The Reasonable Robot: Ryan Abbott – Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
We talk about novelty in a patent with Ruth Amos, an inventor, entrepreneur, edutuber, managing director of Stairsteady, and the recipient of the 2006 Young Engineer for Britain. Continue reading Season 1, Episode 5. Ingenious Inventor: Ruth Amos – Patent
We talk about trademark with the internationally renowned designer and director Zoa Martinez. She is the recipient of over 150 international design and marketing awards, including Emmys, Promax/BDA, Tellys, Clio, Graphic Design USA, and the New York Film Festival, and more. Continue reading Season 1, Episode 4. Internationally renowned designer and director: Zoa Martinez – Trademark
We talk about Copyright for Filmmaking with Producer, Director, and Writer Jay Silverman. He is known for Girl on the Edge (2015), Off the Menu (2018), and his latest film, Saving Paradise (2020). Continue reading Season 1, Episode 3. Producer, Director and Writer: Jay Silverman – Copyright
We talk about Copyright with Ashley Peake Wellman the author of “The Girl Who Dances With Skeletons: My Friend Fresno”. Continue reading Season 1, Episode 2. Self-published author: Ashley Peake Wellman – Copyright
We talk about patents with a worldwide prolific inventor Bengt Lindoff. He is the inventor behind many of the patents we use every day. Continue reading Season 1, Episode 1. Worldwide prolific inventor: Bengt Lindoff – Patent
In patents, we can find two types of pioneers: the first one who invents and the first one who patents. Which one has the advantage? Continue reading Be the first
Patents must always be new, ingenious and industrializable inventions, but sometimes they are also surprising. Continue reading Surprising patents
The video game industry, valued at $120 billion by 2019, has most, if not all, of its value in intellectual property. Continue reading Seriously playing around
One of the most successful trilogies in recent times began in a fanfiction blog, where the author, inspired by another series of books, narrated over-the-top love fantasies frequently reaching a censored tone. This is how in fiction, a vampire became … Continue reading Fanfic: Original?
Art, in its various forms, gives us countless characters adored, loved, hated, and forgotten. Some manage to go beyond the universe in which they were initially created and achieve protection under intellectual property. A character can become exclusive thanks to … Continue reading Exclusive characters
Music transmits emotions, exalts any experience, and enriches any content. Thanks to these attributes, we are tempted to include music in our content when we create videos, applications, video games, advertisements, publications, and so on. Before making use of any … Continue reading Music synchronization
The story usually begins when someone publishes a content of cultural origin that triggers a reaction from the public, a community, or a group. This happens across multiple areas such as fashion, music, film, and art. Cultural appropriation happens when … Continue reading Cultural appropriation
Social media, as a great content dissemination platform, can be friends or foes of your Intellectual Property. Of course, it all depends on how you handle them. Each social media has its own procedure, here are a few of them: … Continue reading Intellectual Property in social media
The simple answer: you register your Intellectual Property wherever you will use it. First, you identify what type of registration corresponds to your intangible property. Second, identify whether your market or audience will be local, national, regional, or global. 1. … Continue reading Where do I register my Intellectual Property?
Building on my previous post on “Choose Your Trademark,” let us explore more about the descriptive or generic trademark. On the one hand, the descriptive trademark is the one that describes in part or in whole the product or service … Continue reading The obvious trademark
Some trademarks are born strong, and some trademarks are born fragile. It all depends on the sign you choose to identify it. If you choose descriptive or generic terms specific to the product or service you offer, then your trademark … Continue reading Choose your trademark
Intellectual Property is unique in providing various protection mechanisms, either by completely protecting a creation or just parts of it. This is the case of the … Continue reading The title is also protected – Dominican Republic
The effort, time and resources invested for developing a plant variety with improved properties (withstand pests, changes in the ground…), may be protected as a plant … Continue reading Plant variety protection – Dominican Republic
If you make original photos, your work may be protected under copyright law. This protection grants moral and economic rights over the photograph. The original photo … Continue reading Protect your photo – Dominican Republic
A successful business model generating value for its creator, company and even to its economic sector, must be protected and maintained under the ownership of the … Continue reading Keep the ownership of your business model – Dominican Republic
Related rights can be summarized as providing exclusive rights associated to copyright, but different. Who enjoys related rights? Particularly: 1. Performers 2. Producers of phonograms (sound … Continue reading Related Rights – Dominican Republic
The producer of the audiovisual work (including cinematographic) will have the following exclusive rights: For obtaining economic benefit, they can fix and reproduce the work to … Continue reading Rights of film producers – Dominican Republic
The film is included in the Dominican legislation as an audiovisual work with a special regulation on copyright. Unless otherwise agreed the following applies to … Continue reading The film owner – Dominican Republic
For each purpose we have a distinctive sign. Each of these legal forms are designed to specifically protect the sign as it is used in commerce. … Continue reading Differences between distinctive signs – Dominican Republic
Where and how a product is made means an added value in itself. Recognizing the importance of these attributes the appellation of origin focuses on protecting … Continue reading Appellation of origin – Dominican Republic
Before signing a license agreement on either trademarks or patents, keep in mind that if you do not leave certain key points clear in the contract … Continue reading Trademarks and patents: legal regime for licenses – Dominican Republic
The R in a circle ® or any other indication to identify registered trademarks are not explicitly required in the Dominican Industrial Property Law, therefore no … Continue reading What about the ®? – Dominican Republic
High market value is usually the main goal of products and services providers. Quality or certain properties distinguish them from others and causes a positive impression to the … Continue reading Certification Mark – Dominican Republic
Since the protection of industrial property (trademarks, patents, industrial designs…) is generally granted by registration, both Dominican law as well as various international treaties establish the … Continue reading Priority – Dominican Republic
To answer an objection or opposition to a trademark registration, identifying when a trademark is identical or confusingly similar to another is of vital importance. The … Continue reading Confusingly similar – Dominican Republic
As for many things in life, being famous may offer plenty advantages for a distinctive sign (trademark, trade name, slogan, logo…) The Dominican Republic legislation considers … Continue reading The greatness of being famous – Dominican Republic
Following the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy for .do and Implementation Rules any dispute resolution between trademarks and domain names will be in charge of … Continue reading Dispute resolution for .do
To know your rights as a trademark holder is as important as to know your limits. When you exercise the protection over your registered trademark please bear … Continue reading How far can I go with my registered trademark? – Dominican Republic
If you have a significant amount of time without using or just barely using your registered trademark and “out of nowhere” comes a non-use trademark cancellation … Continue reading Defense against trademark cancellation request – Dominican Republic
You found a trademark for your product/service, BUT there is an identical or confusingly similar trademark already registered (that you never have seen in the marketplace). … Continue reading Why do you want it if you don’t use it? – Dominican Republic
What can be register as an industrial design? A design of an industrial or artisanal product, such as: school chair, clothes, home appliance, desk, bookcase, lamp… … Continue reading Industrial design registration in Dominican Republic
Accepting the idea (which shouldn’t be too hard) that you may have in front of your eyes valuable assets you should ask yourself: What can be … Continue reading Measure your intellectual value
The registration process started without any problems, ONAPI had no objection and you successfully completed their examination. Everything was perfect until your trademark application was published … Continue reading And now, why do you oppose? – Dominican Republic
If you are thinking on identifying your business, product or service with a catchy phrase that will differentiate you in the vast Dominican market, please claim … Continue reading This is my motto! – Dominican Republic
“I create, therefore I register” Some may think that the fashion industry has an easy job which involves little or no originality, only copying past tendencies … Continue reading Trending fashion – Dominican Republic
