IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today, the prevalence of such activities can be seen in online rummy advertisements on social media and the 2013 IPL match-fixing scandal. In states like Goa and Sikkim, gambling is allowed to varying degrees, with licenses granted for activities like slot machines and casinos.

Law 85

Law Licensing Government Advertising 85

The TTABlog

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Board found that the registrant, despite claiming attempts to sell or license the mark, had discontinued use of the mark with an intent not to resume use. Nor was there any evidence of advertising. Here, Respondent Branded never intended to use the mark itself, but claimed that it always intended to license or sell it.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 17, 2023

False advertising: Sybersound Recs., 2008), held that misrepresentations about copyright licensing status did not relate to the “nature, characteristics, and quality” of a good under §43(a)(1)(B), unlike “the visual and audio quality of the good.” 3d 1137 (9th Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 9, 2022

. “the underlying communication created by a third-party, a Match.com user, is truly ‘the specific harmful material at issue,’ not the automatically generated advertisement sent by Match.” ” The court rebuffed the FTC’s attempt to distinguish Dyroff. ’”. . ” The FTC cited Anthony v.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

For instance, the fantasy cricket company Dream11, launched in 2008, was perhaps one of the first sites that popularized fantasy cricket in India and today has more than 150 million users. For instance, Nevada operators are required to secure gambling licenses. The states, on their part, have rules about fair and transparent play.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

MySpace case from 2008 and its progeny (assuming the Doe case is still good law in the Fifth Circuit, which isn’t guaranteed ). Even if the new definition applied, the court questions if GMB was the one to “advertise and offer” the boat, as opposed to Chaves: it is Chaves who places the advertisement on GMB’s website.

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Contracts Advertising Advertising Privacy 86

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

False Advertising. eBay case from 2008. In general, courts should not permit a false advertising claim based on a “safe” representation where the representation is rendered untrue by third-party content. The plaintiffs disavowed a claim based solely on Apple’s “safe” representation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 22, 2021

Courts have rejected Section 230 defenses against claims for false advertising, deceptive trade practices, and tortious interference. 6:08-cv-42-Orl-19GJK, 2008 WL 2704404 at *24 (M.D. July 8, 2008). See, e.g., E-Ventures Worldwide, LLC v. Google, Inc. , 3d 1265 (M.D. 2016); Nat’l Numismatic Certification, LLC v. eBay, Inc. ,

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

KNOCK OFF- It refers to the unauthorize use, production, imitation or the creating of replica of the logos and trademarks without the proper permission or without the acquiring of the license from the owner of the trademark.

Designs 102

Designs Design Copyright Copyright Infringement 102

Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The company has brought over 300 cases since 2017, often using copyrighted product images as a technical hook to shut down undesired resellers who advertise its products at below retail prices. In 2008, Morford’s concoction appeared for less than two seconds out of a nine minute YouTube video seen by fewer than 500 people.

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Copyright Art Licensing Social Media 84

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In his inaugural season, he finished runner-up; in 2008, he won his first title to become the then-youngest ever Formula 1 World Champion. Picture is by Rodrigo Chablé and used under the licensing terms of pexels.com. There is no doubt that, within racing motor sports, Lewis Hamilton is a famous person.

Art 102

Art Branding Brands Branding 102

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Didion (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th Plaintiff visited the Mizzen and Main website on his mobile device, which advertised the company’s messaging program and offered a discount to customers who signed up for emails and texts. See Bruni v. — The other recent case that got my blood boiling was Derriman v.

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Contracts Blogging Advertising Advertising 91

IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2021

UMP held the exclusive license to the Song in Australia on behalf of Songs of Universal, Inc. 1] Elwood Clothing Pty Ltd v Cotton On Clothing Pty Ltd (2008) 172 FCR 580 at [41] (Lindgren, Goldberg and Bennett JJ). [2] Pty Ltd v Graphix Labels Pty Ltd (No 2) (2008) 76 IPR 763; [2008] FCA 746 (Futuretronics) at [17]. [13]

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Music Publishing 40

Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. Although the copyright process is fairly inexpensive and simple, fashion companies should take extra care as to not be copyright infringers themselves. 12] See, e.g., Blue Ribbon Pet Prod., Hagen (USA) Corp. ,

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. Although the copyright process is fairly inexpensive and simple, fashion companies should take extra care as to not be copyright infringers themselves. 12] See, e.g., Blue Ribbon Pet Prod., Hagen (USA) Corp. ,

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Design Patent Designs Design 52

IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The telecom industry is one such sector that relies heavily on debt-funding with most businesses pledging their towers and spectrum licenses as their collateral assets. In 2008, the company secured a patent for creating a “physiological footwear” which stimulates the body’s supporting system. bn USD by Nokia.

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

It wasn’t until 2008 that the Claimant sent the Defendant a warning letter, and it then waited until the last day of 2012 to sue in Germany, although it appears there were procedural faults with the claim so it did not actually start until 2014. The Claimant Heitec adopted its name as early as 1991, the Defendant Heitech in around 2004.

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IPilogue

APRIL 28, 2022

On March 3 2022, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Francois-Phillippe Champagne stated that “The wholesale transfer of Shaw’s wireless licenses to Rogers is fundamentally incompatible with our government’s policies for spectrum and mobile service competition, and I will simply not permit it.”

Television 72

Television Journalism Government Law 72

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

25, 2024) The plaintiffs were heavy Twitter advertisers, spending over $1M promoting their accounts. The court disagrees: “the duty Twitter allegedly violated derives from its Advertising Contracts with plaintiffs, not from Twitter’s status as a publisher of plaintiffs’ content.” ProcureNet Ltd. Twitter, Inc.,

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Contracts Blogging Design Designs 98

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

Musk bought Twitter, changing its competitive posture (more #MAGA, fewer journalists), decreasing its advertiser base, and otherwise causing Twitter’s implosion. Previous year-in-review lists from 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008 , 2007 , and 2006.

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Law Social Media Government Privacy 121