SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

Ali Shayif (2009) ( paywalled ) which has been cited numerous times by the Supreme Court and numerous High Courts of India ( here and here ). It has been noted that to justify piercing the corporate veil, there must be both- control of the company by the wrongdoer and an impropriety , a principle from a UK judgment Ben Hashem v.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In May 2009, the European Commission (EC) fined Intel EUR1.06 billion for abusing its dominant position in the x86 microprocessor market (CPUs).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Sentenced at Sweden’s Patent and Market Court The men were sentenced last week at the Patent and Markets Court, a specialist court dealing with intellectual property matters at the Stockholm District Court. million following an unsuccessful appeal of their 2009 convictions.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2022

Due to the way many pirate IPTV services are structured, top level suppliers often rely on a cascading marketing system whereby subscriptions are sold and resold through a network of so-called resellers.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 18, 2023

In 2009, legal pressure resulted in a temporary shutdown. Those were other times, the content was distributed in different ways and, after many years, the market took over with more and more accessible streaming services,” the translated note reads. The site, which relied on a team of contributors, soon gained a steady user base.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The company was founded in 2009 and today boasts 16 million active monthly streaming users, making Plex a serious market player. Plex is a multifunctional media software and service that allows users to easily access all of their entertainment in one place. Most people use the service for perfectly legitimate purposes.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2022

This latest referral follows hot on the heels of the referral from the Finish Market Court on the correct interpretation of Article 3(c) of the SPC Regulation, also with respect to combination products ( IPKat ). The Irish referral relates to both Article 3(a) and Article 3(c). INEGY is approved as a cholesterol lowering agent.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

South Korea’s efforts to seriously reduce piracy were evident in 2009 when a revision of the Korean Copyright Act introduced a “three strikes” administrative program to disconnect repeat infringers from the internet. Not that the government or rightsholders have simply allowed that to happen, of course.

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Bio Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2020

biosimilar pathway the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) is quickly approaching and marks an expansion of the U.S. biosimilar market. biosimilar market has greatly expanded. Sixteen biosimilar products are now marketed in the U.S. Biosimilars on US Market. market with six.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As previously noted, on May 29, 2009, Plaintiff filed the 2009 Opposition with the TTAB requesting that it refuse Mr. Gandhi's application for '654 mark due to Plaintiff's prior use of IDHAYAM. 7-1 at 5), and Mr. Gandhi subsequently denied the allegation in his December 28, 2009 Answer but did not specify his use of the mark (ECF No.

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The IPKat

MAY 7, 2024

There, future harmonization initiatives appeared already anchored not only to an internal market-building rationale, but also to the objective of ensuring the now European Union’s overall competitiveness vis-à-vis third countries and the need to strike a fair balance between the rights and interests of different parties.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2024

The company was founded in 2009 and today boasts more than 25 million users globally, making Plex a serious player in the streaming market. Plex is a multifunctional media software and service that allows users to easily access all of their entertainment in one place.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 25, 2022

The companies here compete in the market for creating specialized finger-LED equipment and accompanying data analysis services. The district court ordered the defendant to “take all necessary steps to prevent publication” of those applications or resulting patents. Ultimax Cement Manufacturing Corp. 3d 1339, 1355–56 (Fed.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We are now witnessing the era of ‘Greenwashing’ where every other emerging business entity puts out claims on their sustainable practices by using vague terms like ‘eco’, ‘green’ etc in their marketing. The objective is to mislead the consumers knowing well the marketability of this concept.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Given the ongoing shift in the TV market away from terrestrial and satellite delivery in favor of IP-based services, cloud recording services are no longer the big deal they once were. When TVkaista launched in Finland way back in 2007, storing video in the cloud certainly wasn’t taken for granted as it is now.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 15, 2023

Since 2009, Bram has been married to Junelyn Alexis “Asia” Unana Agcaoili, a Filipina actress, television host, and model who previously appeared on the cover of FHM. Megaupload marketing man Finn Batato passed away last year after succumbing to cancer. Together they have a son, who was born and raised in New Zealand.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Businesses that prioritize diversity within their leadership ranks are better positioned to adapt to rapidly changing markets, leverage a wider range of perspectives, and capitalize on new opportunities. 4] These companies reported better overall financial performance as well. [5] 5] The implications of these findings are profound.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 23, 2023

Because shareholders acquire shares on the stock market and have no personal access to the company, it is not possible to have every member present at every meeting. When the Satyam fraud occurred in 2009, the whole financial market trembled.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

Same thing with the Lori Drew prosecution from 2009). The underlying legal principles are not complicated: content rules in TOSes are negative behavioral restrictions on authors’ conduct, not marketing or contractual promises to readers that such content will never appear on the site. Google LLC , 2024 WL 2809371 (Cal.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It apparently conducted market research and discovered that P&P was one of the most successful sellers on Amazon in this category. It further alleged that Johnson Enterprises intended to “deceive the public as to the source or origin” of its game to benefit from “P&P’s goodwill and reputation in the four in a row market.”.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Introduction Prior to 2017, China was the largest cryptocurrency market in the world, with 80% of Bitcoin transactions, the most popular digital currency, taking place in yuan 1. In 2017, China closed down its domestic cryptocurrency exchanges at a time when 90% of all bitcoin trade worldwide took place on their speculative market.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

INTRODUCTION Sir Nicholas Stern has called climate change “a result of the greatest market failure that the world has seen,” [i] due to the fact that the entire issue can potentially have colossal impacts on inhabitants of the whole world. A market giant of Indian origin; Infosys has declared it will become a carbon neutral company by 2012.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The 2009 Facebook Terms included the following clause: “accessing or using our website. at 18 (quoting the 2009 version of the Terms at issue in Fteja v. Bright Data claims that it was using its Facebook and Instagram accounts for marketing purposes and was never logged in to its accounts when scraping. signif[ies] that you.

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The IPKat

JUNE 11, 2022

It was also noted that this conclusion was reached by the BoA without deeming it necessary to assess whether sales figures for iMac computers since 2009 were sufficient to demonstrate genuine use of the marks. On 24 August 2018, the Cancellation Division revoked the contested marks in respect of all of the goods in Class 9.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

23, 2024) Plaintiffs alleged that defendants conspired to inflate the US News ranking of USC Rossier School of Education by submitting inaccurate or incomplete data to US News and market the resulting ranking to the public. However, USC submitted student selectivity data only for USC Rossier’s highly selective, in-person Ph.D.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Similarly, these provisions were applied in Montblanc’s 2009 case. This pen was introduced into the market in honour of Gandhi. This backlash forced Montblanc to issue a public apology and swiftly withdraw the pens from the market.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In the KEI cases, KEI Industries claimed the adoption of the mark KEI in 1968 for manufacturing, marketing and selling wires and cables. Conversely, the defendant claimed the adoption of the mark “Regal Footwear”/”Regal” in 1963, however, was not able to prove it. Thus, the plaintiff was granted the injunction.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

OCTOBER 28, 2012

A student from Thailand whose search for inexpensive college textbooks has now led to a legal battle involving federal copyright law that could determine the legal rights of Americans to sell thousands of used products on eBay, Craigslist and at garage sales and flea markets, as well.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 7, 2023

(The element of knowledge of falsity was satisfied by pleading, among other things, that defendants asserted their patent rights many times; that defendants claimed that defendant Lotti was the inventor, and that they have posted on social media that “falsely claiming patents or patent pending is illegal and false marketing.” Molten USA, Inc.,

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The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2023

On the other hand, the reputation of a trade mark will no longer be considered in concluding that a mark is “too famous” to be confused, as was the case in Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 174. The impact of the court’s position in considering surrounding circumstances has yet to play out in subsequent decisions.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2024

4668/DELNP/2007), the NBRA Bill that conferred the regulator power to regulate research, manufacture, import and marketing of genetically modified organisms (discussed here ), etc. 1375/DELNP/2009), which was refused by the patent office under Section 3(b) as it could potentially be used for unauthorised printing of currency and securities.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

BPI’s CEO’s declaration stated that it suffered a decline in sales of its creatine products because of the introduction of products containing creatine nitrate, which compromised its ability to fairly compete in the market with its traditional creatine-based product. This evidence of lost market share was sufficient to get to a factfinder.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 30, 2023

An interim injunction was granted to the plaintiff in 2009 and through the present judgement, the court decreed the suit in favour of the plaintiff. A legal notice had been issued to the defendant on September 27, 2007 and this was subsequently followed by an interim injunction on September 10, 2009.

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IP.com

MARCH 12, 2024

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 billion in 2020. This includes revenue from console games, PC games, mobile games, and e-sports. billion with an estimated $583.69 billion by 2030.

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The IPKat

JUNE 12, 2023

KG (‘Hugo Boss’) owns EU trade mark BOSS , registered on 29 January 2009, inter alia, for ‘clothing for men, women and children’ in class 25. The Court accepted that the BOSS mark enjoys a reputation in Germany, having been used in the market to a significant extent for a long period of time. 9(2)(c) EUTMR.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 5, 2023

1] This empowers an enterprise to market its product effectively and allows consumers to differentiate between products of identical natures or classes. The plaintiff by these advertisements has gained a big market all over the world. COURT’S DECISION.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2022

With the emergence of Bitcoin in 2009 and its rapid growth over the last year , supporters and skeptics of cryptocurrency are asking one main question: What is the future of crypto ? By: Kathryn Overby. This opens the door for people across the globe who previously struggled in becoming an online customer to use cryptocurrency.

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