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Infographic | Trademarks 101: super bowl exclusivity

Olartemoure Blog

the Super Bowl moves billions of dollars, mainly through advertising. Even small businesses that have used “Super Bowl” to advertise watch-parties, have received cease and desist letters from NFL lawyers. Arguably the most important sports event in the U.S.A., THE SUPER BOWL TRADEMARK in 1969 In 1969, the NFL trademarked “Super Bowl”.

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Third Circuit Says Section 230 Doesn’t Apply to Publicity Rights Claims–Hepp v. Facebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In 2007, the Ninth Circuit in Perfect 10 v. ” With respect to policy, the majority goes property-absolutist: “Because state property rights can facilitate market exchange, interpreting the § 230(e)(2) limitation to include state intellectual property laws tracks Congress’s pro-free-market goal.”

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Facebook Can Reject Unwanted Ads–Newton v. Meta

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In our Advertising & Marketing Law casebook, Prof. Google ruling from 2007. Meta appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Newton’s fraud claim fails for insufficient pleading. The court defers considering whether 230 could preempt it too. Tushnet and I include the Langdon v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

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over dissent, 6th Circuit holds that large player in fragmented market could show proximate cause under Lexmark

43(B)log

Ultra Bond alleged that Safelite violated the Lanham Act by falsely advertising that windshield cracks longer than six inches could not be safely repaired and instead required replacement of the entire windshield. Safelite is the VGRR market leader: in 2016, it had 35.4% of the market; its closest competitor had just 3%.

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Hashtags And Trademark

IP and Legal Filings

For starters, social media is become an essential marketing platform for the majority of firms. Second, social media platforms are always developing online marketing tools to assist firms in reaching out to present and future clients. Hashtags are basically a series of words or phrases separated by a hash (#) symbol.

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Police Piracy Blacklist: UK Govt. Wants to Know Who’s Still Funding Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

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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CAFC Affirms TTAB in Genericness Refusal of MODULAR GABION SYSTEMS for. Guess What?

The TTABlog

Shepherd’s contention, the Board did not err in crediting evidence from international websites, given its finding that they were in English and were directed to the United States market. 2007) (explaining potential relevance of foreign internet evidence). Shepherd’s competitors spent on advertising. See In re Bayer AG , 488 F.3d