IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 12, 2023

To do this, food firms invest a lot of money in developing and promoting distinctive brands and are increasingly turning to intellectual property (IP) protection as a means of establishing or maintaining their leadership in the industry. billion in 2001 to USD 120 billion now. Intellectual property might be the solution.

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BYU Copyright Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Customers can purchase flashcards, sound graphics, and the SECRET STORIES book in different kits and sizes.The first Secret Stories book was registered with the Copyright Office on April 27, 2001. These illegal copies were made available (possibly to this day) to students and the general public through Springdale’s YouTube account.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Chetanbhai Shah & Ors (2001 case) and held that where a case of prima facie passing off is made out, the Court ought to grant an immediate ex-parte injunction. For the benefit of readers, I am copy-pasting the relevant parts of the judgment: “9. states that “The brand names serve as information ‘chunks’.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 25, 2023

Only a few days ago, news was shared online that energy drink brand Alani Nutrition sued Rise UP and an influencer for copyright infringement and false advertising due to the allegedly unauthorised reproduction of one of its advertising campaigns. Its right pocket has a small star-shaped embroidery with the brand's logo.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Musicologists in litigation: (1) identify formal similarities—instrumentation, chord progression; (2) opine on how aesthetically similar/significant those similarities are; (3) opine about the rarity of similar features; (4) opine that copying did or didn’t occur. Mistaken faith in musicology: let’s find an expert to talk about copying.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 4, 2024

Manu Bhaker’s Olympics Victory: Do Brands Violate Publicity Rights by Putting out Congratulatory Posts? However, to safeguard the interest of the respondent, the Court directed the appellant to place the copy of the GST invoices on the record within ten days of the sale.

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

One of these brands that has popped up on the AmeriKat's Instagram are riding boots from Fairfox & Favor. It sells well-known and artisan brands through its retail premises, online store and mail-order catalogue and has an annual turnover of £30million. The footwear part of their business accounted for less than 20%.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5] § 102(a); see also Pride Family Brands, Inc. The term of a copyright for a particular work may depends on certain factors such as whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication. [2]

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

Firstly, Direct infringement wherein a patented product can be literally copied element to element (Literal direct infringement) and equivalently copied with little to minimal changes not essentially affecting the effect of the product (Equivalent direct infringement). It is also generally available to Amazon Brand Registry.

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5] 102(a); see also Pride Family Brands, Inc. The term of a copyright for a particular work may depends on certain factors such as whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication. [2]

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Varsity Brands , 137 S.Ct. 2001), which itself carried on the notion described in Publications International, Limited, v. In 2022, the NFL branded the Thanksgiving games as the John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration, to honor the memory of head coach and broadcaster John Madden. [ Head , 178 F. 2d 758, 764 (S.D.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

What if we tell you that there is a drug that is used for treating diabetes, but has a similar/ almost identical brand name as another drug used for treating a type of cancer. Eerily the issue of similar brand names for different drugs treating different ailments is pretty common in India. Surprising, isn’t it?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2023

Our goal was to shine a light on certain patent practices of branded drug companies. Biosimilars are copies of biological drugs that are approved by the FDA based on demonstrating high similarity to an FDA‐approved originator drug. patent thickets on branded drugs are overwhelmingly comprised of duplicative patents.

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