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IP as Collateral

IIPRD

Instances of companies using IP as collateral during times of distress are as follows: Xerox pledged its Patents as collateral due to problems faced concerning financial fraud and certain distress in 2002. Trademark as Collateral in the US. The agreement lays down conditions for patent ownership in the event of default.

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5th Circuit holds that inquiries weigh less than lost sales but can still be evidence of actual confusion

43(B)log

Here, I think we might be starting to see what a post-Abitron, post-JDI world could look like: courts may begin to reestablish distinctions between registered trademarks and unregistered matter protected by unfair competition law, based this time on statutory interpretation rather than conceptual categories.

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Can You Trademark an NFT?

LexBlog IP

.” As explained above, trademark applications for a single work of authorship are refused eligibility on the trademark register. Trademark Act Sections 1, 2, and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2002); TMEP §§ 904.07(b) IP Issues With NFT Trademarks. Trademark names vary in strength.