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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. The National IPR Policy of 2016 has resulted in increasing IP registration since its inception. Trademark as Collateral in the US.

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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

music, video, art, writing) that are part of a collection to register because the source is identifiable. If you want to protect your NFT’s IP as an original work of authorship, consider filing for copyright registration. Trademark Act Sections 1, 2, and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2002); TMEP §§ 904.07(b)