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Who’s Got The Case? Unfair Competition Suit Between Catalyst Medium Four Inc. (Smartish) and Scooch, LLC

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

The lawsuit argues that Scooch is trying to take advantage of Smartish’s years of innovation and marketing efforts by selling cases with similar designs and packaging. According to the Complaint, Smartish, based in Austin, Texas , has been designing and selling mobile phone cases since 2011.

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Google’s Search Disambiguation Doesn’t Create Initial Interest Confusion–Aliign v. lululemon

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Aliign “is an event, lifestyle, and apparel company” allegedly with a first trademark use in 2011. If they really wanted to build their business, they could have invested that money into marketing instead of legal fees. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Ohio Bans Competitive Keyword Advertising by Lawyers.

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Manu Bhaker’s Olympics Victory: Do Brands Violate Publicity Rights by Putting out Congratulatory Posts?

SpicyIP

These various brands have posted laudatory posts congratulating her for this achievement, while at the same time utilizing her image and Olympic win for their own commercial own use by using it in the form of an advertisement. In 2011, in the landmark case of Titan Industries Ltd. This practice is not uncommon in Indian sports.

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TTABlog Test: Is PISSTERINE Confusable with LISTERINE for Mouthwash?

The TTABlog

As to commercial strength, the LISTERINE product has been marketed continuously since 1879. J & J's advertising and sales figures were "quite impressive." Maher , 100 USPQ2d 1018, 1023 (TTAB 2011). The Board found the mark to be arbitrary, inherently distinctive, and conceptually strong. Nike, Inc.

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The House of Cards Crumbles: Why the Bell Media Layoffs and Government’s Failed Media Policy are Connected

Michael Geist

When the company appeared before committee back in 2022, it said its primary risk was competition from foreign streaming services accessing the Canadian market directly and by-passing Canadian broadcasters. In fact, in 2011 I wrote about how this was likely to become a major issue for Canadian broadcasters dependent on licensing U.S.

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Piracy Relic ‘Putlocker.com’ Auctioned Off For $102,499

TorrentFreak

In 2011 the file-hosting service was added to Hollywood’s list of notorious pirate sites and subsequently featured in the U.S. Government’s notorious markets report. That isn’t a lot, but these are all people searching for something specific, which makes them more likely to click on advertising feeds.

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UKIPO unveils report highlighting influence of social media influencers (also) on the purchase of counterfeits

The IPKat

The findings The UKIPO’s findings are based on a quantitative survey of 1,000 female (studies suggest that influencer marketing is “ highly gendered ”) consumers in the UK, aged 16 to 60 and who use social media at least once per week.