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Serious Comparative Advertising: Broadening the Definition

SpicyIP

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Sangita Sharma, looking into the law around comparative advertisements in India. Serious Comparative Advertising: Broadening the Definition. It allowed the advertisement but asked the company to remove the reference to the detergent soap. Sangita Sharma.

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Audi and the Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection

Plagiarism Today

The ad, which was produced by the London-based advertising agency M&C Saatchi, featured prominent Hong Kong actor and musician Andy Lau Tak-wah as he delivered a monologue about Xiaoman, the eighth solar term and second solar term of summer on the traditional Chinese calendar.

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Hot n Cold ruling from Australian Federal Court partially overturns Katy Perry trade mark decision

The IPKat

Katy Perry is a famous American pop artist, who was born Katheryn Hudson, but adopted the stage name Katy Perry in 2002. Her management team set up a web-store by 24 September 2008 to advertise and sell such merchandise.

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Fifth Circuit Issues an Important Online Jurisdiction Ruling–Johnson v. HuffPost

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The majority says this case is easily resolved by its 2002 Revell precedent (a progeny of the legendary, and legendarily bad, 1997 Zippo precedent ): Our decision in Revell requires dismissal. First, HuffPost displayed ads from Texas-based advertisers. Second, it used visitors’ location data to tailor advertising to them.

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Legal Discernment On The Co-Existence Of Similar Trademarks

IP and Legal Filings

The plaintiff has made various efforts to make their trademark famous like advertising and has hosted various sports and cultural events including international cricket matches. The plaintiff by these advertisements has gained a big market all over the world. The fourth schedule to Trade Marks Rules, 2002 – [link].

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Be Bold but Never Break the Trademark Mold:Implications of Delhi HC’s Decision in PepsiCo v. Parle Agro

IP and Legal Filings

The plaintiffs argued that the in Parle Agro’s label, “For the Bold” was prominently displayed and emphasis was given to the contested tagline in all the advertising campaigns. As evidence, advertisements featuring on Parle’s Facebook Page on 28 th November 2020 and 3 rd January 2021 were presented before the court.

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Legalizing All Movie Piracy Bad For Russia, Media Giants Inform Parliament

TorrentFreak

There is a single economic goal here – to make money from advertising on the site.” The media companies also propose that access to Western content should not be universal; companies that had licensing agreements in force on February 224, 2002, should receive priority consideration.