IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Intellectual Property such as patents, trademarks, brand value, copyright, etc have become foundational assets for several businesses, seeking greater importance and attention. The risks include unauthorised use and infringement, technological obsolescence, and the marketable nature of IP as collateral. Objective 5.11.1

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

Given that finding and clearing a new brand purely from a legal perspective can take months, it is interesting to note that when a Defendant loses an infringement case it will almost certainly be ordered to rebrand within days, weeks at the most. The parties were back in court in January for a form of order hearing.

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Branding Brands Branding Litigation 70

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Warning of potential prosecutions for offenses under the Fraud Act 2006, Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, and even the Serious Crimes Act 2007, PIPCU suggests shutting down as an alternative. YouTube-ripping sites such as Yout and YTMate are also blacklisted, along with many others serving specific foreign language markets.

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Intellectual Property Advertising Advertising Contracts 115

Kashishipr

AUGUST 18, 2021

In the Bainbridge judgment (2006), the court, in reference to a family of marks, said that “they reproduce in full the same distinctive element with the addition of an element, graphic, or word, which differentiates them from each other or when characterized by the repetition of a single prefix or suffix taken from an original mark.”

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The plaintiff was granted, through an agreement, an exclusive non-transferable, non-assignable license for selling, supplying, and distributing the defendant’s brands in domestic and international markets. If a sub-brand performs the function, as Asava possibly does in this case, it must be treated as a trademark.

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IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

SpicyIP

JUNE 13, 2024

Mountain Valley Springs, the plaintiff, has been marketing its products under the trademark (TM) “Forest Essentials” since 2000, claiming extensive reputation and goodwill, especially for their Ayurvedic products, including a baby care segment launched in 2006. Case Overview: What were The Parties even Fighting for?

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Branding Brands Branding Marketing 56

Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

The next time you would like to protect a great innovative design you expect will be a big hit on the market, you should consider obtaining a design patent. 102(a); see also Pride Family Brands, Inc. As with all intellectual property tools, careful consideration should be taken when assessing a particular product’s copyright status.

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Intellectual Property Design Patent Designs Design 40

LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

The next time you would like to protect a great innovative design you expect will be a big hit on the market, you should consider obtaining a design patent. § 102(a); see also Pride Family Brands, Inc. Scenario 2: Protecting Novel Designs by Patent. ” [8]. Turner Heritage Homes Inc., 3d 1314, 1320 (11th Cir. GFI , 193 F.3d

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Intellectual Property Design Patent Designs Design 52

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Consumer rights abuses, deceptive advertising, and unfair commercial practices are examples. The complaint claims that artificial intelligence-created deepfakes of Anil Kapoor and his name-branded websites defraud customers. This is called personality merchandising or ” marketing of one’s persona. link] Neethling, J.

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Personality Rights Privacy Social Media Copyright 64

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Varsity Brands , 137 S.Ct. 1183 (2021), noting in part (in an obvious allusion to Warhol’s famous Campbell Soup piece ) that “’[a]n ‘artistic painting’ might, for example, fall within the scope of fair use even though it precisely replicates a copyrighted advertising logo to make a comment about consumerism.'”

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IP Intellectual Property Fair Use Trademark 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

What you’re seeing is cross-licensing/branding. Maybe sponsorship/affiliation reflects what brands are doing and how consumers think. If we listened to what brands actually do and what consumers actually see, they see Nike x Common, the dual branding is all over it. They put it all over! But they can’t.

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Trademark Law Branding Brands 44

43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

Significant rise in substantial similarity litigation starting in 2006—tripled. Share of 9 th Circuit opinions also exploded in 2006. Their studies: we might see tarnishment in the brand context, and stronger among conservatives. Control to tarnishment—They rated the brand as stronger if they saw the tarnishing stimuli.

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Trademark Copyright Branding Brands 70

Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

21] Under this test, Ginger Rogers and the estate of Fred Astaire could not prevent a filmmaker from using the title “Ginger and Fred” in a fictional film because the use was “clearly related to the content of the movie and is not a disguised advertisement for the sale of goods or services or a collateral commercial product.” [22]

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