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Landmark Trademark Battles: Shaping Brand Protection Globally and in India

IP and Legal Filings

Protection of trademarks is important for the following reasons: Preservation of brand identity Prevention of customer confusion Business investment protection Fair Competition Innovation in branding Famous infringement cases within the areas of intellectual property underline complex legal issues and stakes involved. Dongre and Ors.

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Empowering Trademarks: How Emerging Technologies Are Revolutionizing Brand Protection

IP and Legal Filings

It serves as an essential element in making up the brand identity, customer loyalty, and market differentiation. It gives the respective companies a competitive edge in a saturated market. Trademarks can be very important for businesses entering new markets. Trademarks encompass a substantial portion of the deal’s value.

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IP Theft, Data Security Breaches and RICO Claims, Oh My! Is E-Commerce Titan Shein the Fashion Industry’s TikTok?

JD Supra Law

After popping onto the e-commerce scene in 2008, it has sky-rocketed into a $100 billion company as it sells more clothing than any other brand worldwide. By: Clark Hill PLC

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STEALING HOME: A PROPOSAL FOR RESCUING FANS AND FRANCHISES FROM THE COUNTERFEIT SPORTS APPAREL MARKET

JIPL Online

v] Thus, the market for counterfeit sports apparel in the United States is quite large. ix] The court continued, stating that “easily identified trademarks reduce the costs consumers incur in searching for what they desire, and the lower the costs of search the more competitive the market.” [x].

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Chanel v EasyCash: Distribution of sample cosmetics does not trigger trade mark exhaustion

The IPKat

Facts Ouest SCS sells various second-hand and brand-new goods under the Easy Cash banner in France. Under these conditions, Chanel could therefore validly object to the resale of its products by Ouest SCS even if the litigious products had been lawfully placed on the market. Relying on a combined reading of the former Article L.

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LimeWire to Return to Sell NFTs

Plagiarism Today

In their statement, Julian Zehetmayer said, “We’ve obviously got this great mainstream brand that everybody’s nostalgic about. Even as the NFT market has grown to billions of dollars, public perception remains very low. We thought we needed to build a real mainstream user experience as well.”

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[Guest post] Court of appeal The Hague: free-riding not possible if reputed brand has suffered continuous decline

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following contribution by former GuestKat Jan Jacobi (BarentsKrans) regarding a recent Dutch decision on free riding and declining reputation of a brand. Quite often, the IP of a bankrupt company is sold to a third party who continues operating all or some of the brands.