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Luxury Real Estate Market Boom in Dubai: Legal Considerations

LexBlog IP

Dubai’s luxury real estate market has witnessed a remarkable boom, attracting investors and high-net-worth individuals from all corners of the world. This requirement ensures transparency, accountability, and legal recognition of property transactions in the luxury real estate market. Article 3 of Dubai Law No.

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Logos Remain Relevant: Source Confusion and Design Patent Infringement

Patently-O

This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. Still, ornamental logos found on the accused product can still be relevant as visual distractors in the process of evaluating similarities and differences between the claimed design and accused design.

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Coffee capsules, reels and vacuum cleaner bags:  Can you protect the industrial design of components?

Garrigues Blog

Whether or not these types of products or components can be protected as industrial designs must be addressed case by case. The legal protection of industrial designs mainly covers aesthetics, the specific shape or aesthetic configuration of a product. Specifically, article 4.2 of Regulation 6/2002. Article 4.3

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Board of Appeal sweeps floor with Invalidity Division: vacuum cleaner bags do enjoy design right protection

The IPKat

Green Label (of 23 August 2021), the BOA ruled that vacuum cleaner bags enjoy design right protection, overturning a previous decision by the Invalidity Division. Background of the case In 2008, Miele successfully registered a Community Design (‘CD’), consisting of a depiction of a vacuum cleaner bag, one of which is shown below.

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Infographic | Barbie movie

Olartemoure Blog

These new dolls captured about 40% of Barbie’s market share in five years, creating tension between Mattel and MGA. In 2008… A federal court ruled in favor of Mattel and ordered MGA to pay $100 million in damages, and to remove Bratz dolls from store shelves for one year.

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The Palworld Phenomenon and Copyright Infringement in the Viral, Fast-Paced Gaming Industry

IP.com

According to a report by SuperData Research , the global gaming market was valued at $159.3 Market data from 2023 shows the estimated market size for the gaming industry at $242.39 and how similar some are to Game Freak’s own Pokémon designs. billion in 2020. billion with an estimated $583.69 billion by 2030.

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TTAB Denies Cancellation Petition for Failure to Prove Acquired Distinctiveness of Petitioner's Common Law Marks

The TTABlog

Petitioner claimed a first used date in 2008. Petitioner sunk its own claim that its marks acquired distinctiveness in 2008 by testifying that its sales that year were $256; furthermore there were no advertising expenditures during 2008-2010. Natural Dog Acquisition LLC v. Pet Go Round of Greensboro , Cancellation No.

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