TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In the wake of Hollywood’s 2005 win at the U.S. A Telegram channel with exactly the same branding suffered a traffic collapse at exactly the same time. Over the past two decades, pirate sites and services frequented by millions of users have been shut down following legal action. “Don’t think you can’t get caught. .”

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Frank Schechter which says that a common (Generic) name can be registered by anyone, but no one has the exclusive right to that trademark, For instance, the renowned brand Apple has its trademark registered under various classes but the word ‘apple’ diluted under class 29 of the food category. Protective strategies from Dilution.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Although OSU claims to have used the mark in commerce since August 2005, MJT’s application was filed earlier. Three months later, The Ohio State University (OSU) filed their own application for use of the word “THE” on clothing and related goods.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As appealing as an opportunity to cash in on their clients’ fame by extracting payments video game makers, clothing brands , or other firms may be, the overwhelming majority of tattooers recognize that clients should control their own bodies and likenesses. Also, see Q2 of my 2005 contracts law exam and the sample answer.

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IPilogue

MARCH 10, 2023

In a battle of the stripes, athletic fashion giant Adidas went head-to-head with American luxury fashion brand Thom Browne in a court case that tested the delicate balance between protecting a company’s branding and allowing for creativity and competition in the marketplace. If successful, Adidas sought $7.8

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

Imagine a brand that has multiple locations in the world, trying to print their logo, stating it is “sky blue” or “chicken yellow”. However, it can become a huge mess. An example of a color legal battle between companies within the same industry over a color (Purple Pantone 2685C) was between Cadburry and Nestlé.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 11, 2022

In 2005, Louarn’s name showed up again in federal court records, with Sony accusing him of operating Divineo, a company through which he sold modified Playstation devices and modchips. Louarn, meanwhile, will seize any opportunity to brand the FBI and the US justice system as biased. His lawyer hopes to have this case closed.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Template from here In the foreground of today’s fiercely competitive offline and digital marketplaces, where brands engage in neck-to-neck battles for visibility, the role of colours in trademarks has become a focal point of legal discourse. The Roots of Overbroad Protection in India From the decision in Colgate Palmolive v.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 16, 2024

JW Player was born around 2005 as an open source project, taking its name from the initials of main developer, Jeroen Wijering. During the mid to late 2,000s, most people who consumed video online encountered JW Player at least once; before Google bought YouTube, JW Player was YouTube’s video player of choice. billion plays per month.

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IP Tech Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Prize draws and promotions are a popular choice for brands to engage with its consumers, particularly through online social media platforms. As discussed in a previous blog post, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has emphasised that prize draws must comply with provisions of its CAP Code.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2021

Pattern Brands, Inc., First, as discussed above, these searches have only a limited usefulness in establishing whether PRETZEL CRISPS is generic due to the more than a decade (and $50 million in advertising and marketing expenditures) that has passed since the challenged registration of the mark in 2005. 2021 WL 1226156 (S.D.N.Y.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Data for industrial design registrations covers 2005 – 2021 and shows a much more sporadic pattern than trademarks or patents. From 2005 to 2012, all years showed positive growth rates, which were mostly substantial (with a few exceptions). There were contractions in 2013 and 2014 of -6.5% respectively.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 30, 2023

It will enable the metaverse to run smoothly without any brand abusing and illegal copying of the existing IP owners. It includes protection of novelty, creativity, and uniqueness of each person and for it we require Intellectual Property Rights , to protect the creations of these ideas of people.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 9, 2022

They argued that their idea to brand Williamson as “the First Zion Williamson,” rather than “the Next LeBron,” was a trade secret. The court found that these allegations were too vague to establish that any trade secrets existed.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Prize draws and promotions are a popular choice for brands to engage with its consumers, particularly through online social media platforms. As discussed in a previous blog post, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has emphasised that prize draws must comply with provisions of its CAP Code.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 1, 2021

OSU contended that since the year 2005 it has consistently been using “THE” trademark on its athletic merch which is a decade prior to the date since which Marc Jacobs used the same mark in connection to his offerings. The main issue is whether a generic word “THE” can be trademarked?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 1, 2021

OSU contended that since the year 2005 it has consistently been using “THE” trademark on its athletic merch which is a decade prior to the date since which Marc Jacobs used the same mark in connection to his offerings. The main issue is whether a generic word “THE” can be trademarked?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 1, 2021

OSU contended that since the year 2005 it has consistently been using “THE” trademark on its athletic merch which is a decade prior to the date since which Marc Jacobs used the same mark in connection to his offerings. The main issue is whether a generic word “THE” can be trademarked?

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The expansion of the legal definition of a trademark in Canada, in conjunction with the potential perpetual term of protection, offers brand owners significant incentive to employ a multi-pronged approach in the protection of their products and services. 2005 SCC 65. MBM offers initial consultations at no charge. 1] Kirkbi AG v.

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Trading Secrets

JULY 12, 2022

Excel argued that a preliminary injunction was necessary to prevent Eways from diverting the corporate brands with whom Excel had developed relationships in favor of deals with Klutch’s clients. 2005); See also Arthur J. It is also noteworthy that Klutch was specifically identified as a competitor in Eways’s non-compete. 1] [link]. [2]

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The “DANTANNA’S” trademark issued in 2005. There was no dispute that the mark obtained in 2005 was not obtained fraudulently. The operative facts of the case are relatively straightforward. In overturning the Board ruling, the majority focused its analysis on the plain language of the Lanham Act.

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The IPKat

MAY 2, 2023

However, this argument did not satisfy the Court, which on the contrary, specified that it was those characteristics that are specific to Lidl’s brand. Tesco attempted to argue that it had a right to use the combination of the yellow and blue colours for commercial reasons (without the text).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

in computer engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2005. in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005, and his B.S. degrees with highest distinction in electrical engineering and high distinction in computer engineering from the University of Nebraska in 2005. Patent & Trademark Office.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 5, 2024

2005 TTAB LEXIS 600, at *33 (citing In re Universal Press Syndicate , Ser. The Board noted that "n]either the Trademark Act nor authorities interpreting the Act distinguish between retail stores that sell products under the same brand name as the store and those that sell goods produced by and bearing the brands of others."

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 12, 2023

It's hard to believe that Dragons’ Den has been around since 2005. Although Deborah is correct in that others could choose to open a similar business, the doggy duo are concentrating on building their brand with registered trade marks. In tonight’s episode we saw a delightful throw back of Peter Jones and his investments.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

Back in 2005, the People’s Supreme Court (“SPC”) ruled in favor of Ferrero in the “Ferrero SPA v. The defendant, a Chinese chocolate maker, used a similar packaging design to produce and sell TRESOR DORE branded chocolates, which the SPC held were likely to cause consumer confusion. Ferrero’s Products.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A branded drug manufacturer can sometimes extend its exclusive right to market a drug by patenting a method of using the drug and successfully suing a potential generic competitor for infringement based on the premise that an instruction or warning appearing on the generic product’s label will induce doctors and/or patients to infringe the patent.

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43(B)log

APRIL 29, 2024

23, 2024) Hetronic has US registrations; Abitron sold Hetronic-branded products without permission to customers around the world, including in the United States. Hetronic terminated its licensing and distribution agreements with Abitron, but Abitron continued to sell Hetronic-branded remotes without Hetronic’s authorization.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Instead of paying right royalties and buying adequate licenses, these companies believe in acquiring a huge catalogue first and bearing the cost later through settlements which helps in keeping the costs at check along with brand reputation; since cases are settled before going to the court. [ix] 1743/2005 (Delhi H.C.),

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This patent (corresponding Indian application number: 220/DELNP/2005 ) has already expired in the ‘market’ with the most number of patients, i.e. India. As readers may know, in India, tuberculosis has been causing hundreds of thousands of deaths a year, for decades now. As mentioned above, there are 4 more applications.

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The IPKat

JULY 3, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Henning Hartwig (Bardehle Pagenberg) on a brand-new decision issued by the General Court of the European Union on 3 July 2024 in an interesting design case (Case T-329/22). On 24 July 2020, Canalones Novokanal S.L.,

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Bhole Baba Milk Food Industries Ltd [8] , The Parul food Pvt ltd, sold ghee under the brand “Parul’s Lord Krishna,” which featured Krishna printed in a huge font, whereas the Appellant sold dairy products under the name “KRISHNA.” 7] 2005 (3) AWC 2097. [8] In Parul Food Specialities Pvt. 5] Aseri, Ankita.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 29, 2022

There are different legislations and acts such as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2005, Copyright (Amendment) Act 1999, The Trademark Act 1999, The Designs Act 2005, and many more to regulate and protect India’s intellectual property rights. million sellers are involved worldwide in Amazon for business purposes.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In 2005, Qualcomm generated about 58% of its $5.7 cola brand is estimated to be worth US$80 billion. Some facts were: In the US, nearly 40% of the market value of an average company is absent from its balance sheet. In the EU more than half of all large companies leave IP outside the scope of internal audits.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Petitioner’s actions and communications stating that it no longer had any NAKED brand condoms in the United States so that it should be 'clear sailing' for Respondent to launch its NAKED brand condoms caused Respondent to reasonably believe that any rights Petitioner had in the NAKED trademark for condoms had been abandoned.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Years later, in 2005, the U.S. In the EU, the use of artificial intelligence will soon be regulated by the brand new AI Act – “ the world’s first comprehensive AI law ” (see further information here ). court in Mannion v Coors Brewing, 377 F.Supp.2d On 14 June 2023, MEPs adopted Parliament’s negotiating position on the AI Act.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

91275100 (October 8, 2005) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cheryl S. The Board then found confusion likely between the two marks. DowntownDC Business Improvement District v. Clarke , Opposition No. Applicant Clarke was hired by Opposer BID as a "Digital Content and Design Assistant."

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