Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2022

As I’ve explained many times over, Section 230 by design applies when defendants exercise editorial discretion over third-party material; the whole point is to encourage entities to do more content moderation. Gellis appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The Real Estate Group. March 17, 2022). The complaint.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. Gutman appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will soon issue its first ruling concerning the concept of “normal use” in EU design law (case C-472/21 ). In 2011, Monz Handelsgesellschaft International (design owner) registered a national design for “saddles for bicycles or motorbikes” at the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA).

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TorrentFreak

JULY 11, 2022

The BPI says this is the first time since website blocking began in 2011 that a mobile operator has begun blocking pirate sites. Considering the millions the company spends on advertising and marketing each year, EE makes absolutely zero personal appearance in the BPI’s announcement, not even a short comment from a spokesperson.

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 17, 2023

These new dolls captured about 40% of Barbie’s market share in five years, creating tension between Mattel and MGA. In 2011… However, the verdict was later overturned in 2011 when the court rejected Mattel’s claims and instead sided with MGA. The court awarded MGA over $137 million for copyright infringement.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Unicolors’s business model is to create artwork, copyright it, print the artwork on fabric, and market the designed fabrics to garment manufacturers.” A Google search turns up three different pairs of designs with differing degrees of similarity. b)(4)(i)(A) (2011). Factual and Procedural Background. 3d at 1196.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2022

Last week, the General Court (GC) answered this question in the affirmative in its decision in T-483/20 Tecnica Group , concerning trade mark protection of the shape of an icon of Italian fashion design and history: the Moon Boots. Since then, over 20 million pairs have been sold. Registration ( No 10 168 441 ) was granted the following year.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 15, 2022

When Christie’s Auction House first entered the secondary art market of mainland China in 2005, it licensed its brand to a local auction house and received a total of RMB 97,000,000 (roughly $12,100,000) for its inaugural sale. [1] A relaxed regulatory environment helps explain the enormous growth of the Chinese art market.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Samsung : This was a case, from 2011 to 2018, where Apple took the word against Samsung, claiming infringement of its smartphone design and utility patents. 2] Adidas vs. The lawsuit raised an understanding of the value of enduring trademarks and the perils of “knock-off” designs. FAMOUS CASES OF TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT 1.Foreign

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The 19th Asean meeting, which took place in November 2011, saw the introduction of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. By integrating 16 nations’ markets, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) aspires to make it simpler for each nation’s goods and services to be available throughout the region.

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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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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Ericsson (2018) discussed the need for a candid evaluation of all relevant information during the negotiation process for the designation of a licensor as willing ( paras 68 to 73). The DHC itself in its judgment in Intex v. Similarly, Thomas F.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Furthermore, it was only after Italy claimed 'Prosecco' as a protected designation of origin that the EU declared the 'Prosecco' grape variety would be renamed as 'Glera' in 2009. Prosecco from Northern Italy had been in the Singapore market since about 2011.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 19, 2022

In 2018, Eagle filed its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the FDA seeking to market a generic version of Par’s vasopressin injection product (Vasostrict) used for emergency blood pressure treatment. We have the ANDA filing, but there are always substantial design choices before final release. Eagle Pharm.,

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2022

On 24 January 2019, Hotel Cipriani S.P.A (‘Hotel Cipriani’) filed a revocation request against all of the goods designated to the contested EUTM, invoking Article 58(1)(a) EUTMR. That assessment implies a certain interdependence between the factors taken into account.

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Garrigues Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Molagominola) and FNAC, thereby rejecting the existence of unfair competition in the marketing of certain idiosyncratic sweet containers. On June 25, 2021, the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Happy Pills, S.L against Fresh & Good, S.L

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2023

That practice largely stopped in 2011 in the medical community when Medical Justice reversed course and stopped encouraging doctors to use gag contracts; and the CRFA’s passage further sent clear signals to the business community to quit it. 10, 2023) Robinson v. Hah , 2023 WL 5122503 (Tex.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Several large corporations have already begun developing new marketing efforts for this new digital environment after realising the enormous potential that exists here. The platform integrates platforms, digital accelerators, domain and design skills, and solid partnerships in a “rich creator-partner economy.”

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Barbie, a name synonymous with an unattainable standard of femininity and the concept of commercial feminism, was designed to captivate the toy market with all its glittery pink magnificence. Products may also come in widely recognised packaging designs.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

These items have restricted production and remain in the market only for a short duration of time. They almost never re-enter the market again. This creates scarcity of the product in the market. Basic principles of economics dictate that when a product is scarce in nature, its demand in the market tends to increase.

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 18, 2023

An important part of the amendment is the introduction by Article 76 of the patent linkage system in China – a system for litigation of drug patents prior to market entry of generics, similar to that provided by the Hatch Waxman Act in the US. Has the Chinese Patent linkage framework worked as designed?

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In fact, and much to the contrary, it has been established national law and practice – prior and after ‘Cofemel’ – that the scope of protection correlates with the level of originality which, in return, corresponds with the degree of departure from the existing design corpus (i.e., the “degree of creative freedom exercised by the author”).

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2024

Assistant Controller Of Patents And Design accepting an appeal against the Controller’s decision rejecting a patent application for “aerosol generating article with multi material susceptor.” The ban halted thriving e-cigarette manufacturing businesses and left researchers and designers seeking patents on e-cigarettes at a loss.

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Intepat

MAY 28, 2024

This success is largely attributed to Apple’s effective trademarking of various designs and sounds related to its products and services. Notably, Apple trademarked its store design in the United States in 2011. has invested heavily in marketing and brand promotion, making its trademark well-known to consumers.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 11, 2023

23] observed that a trader acquires a right of property in a distinctive mark merely by using it upon or in connection with his goods…the trader who adopts such a mark is entitled to protection directly as soon as the article having assumed a vendible character is launched in the market… common law rights are left wholly unaffected. [24]

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

states became evident in a lawsuit from 2011 between a celebrity photographer and Marilyn Monroe’s estate ( Greene Archives v. For instance, the Indiana Civil Code § 32-36-1-8 (current through P.L. However, there is no federal law regarding the matter. Therefore, laws vary state by state. The legal differences between the U.S.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

In April 2011, Apple Inc. They also said that Samsung did not violate any of Apple’s patents in designing the company’s smart phones. By: Sharon Urias, Esq. filed its patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung demanding $2.5 billion from its smart phone competitor. Judge Koh did grant a sales ban of the Galaxy Tab 10.1

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Gardens Alive, Inc (“Gardens Alive”) is reported to be a family of brands that provide fertilizers, pest and design control products, seeds, perennials, bulbs, nursery stock, gifts, games and mores. Gardens Alive acquired the assets of Weeks on June 5, 2011 out of a bankruptcy through its wholly owned subsidiary IGP Acquisition LLC.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It outlines trends, data and legal rights pertaining to patents, trade marks, designs, plant breeder rights ( PBR ) and copyright. Design certifications remained generally stable (with a small decrease) in 2020. Over the past decade, standard patent applications have shown an overall upward trend, with 2020 filings up 15% from 2011.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Those machines have been imported into the UK for distribution and sale since June 2013, and marketed using the acronym ICE and the following logo: Both the Claimant and the First Defendant have trade mark registrations in the United Kingdom.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 3, 2023

Moderna asserts that it pioneered these innovations years before the COVID-19 pandemic and patented them between 2011-2016. The complaint alleges Pfizer and BioNTech initially tested different vaccine designs but ultimately chose to copy Moderna’s approach, despite being aware of Moderna’s patents.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Gebi Products [10] , The Gala Company used the label mark “LAXMI” to market brooms. Brooms are one of the things that Gebi, another firm, began marketing under the name “MAHA LAXMI.” 8] 2011 (48) PTC 235 (Del.) (DB) In Freudenberg Gala Household Ltd v. Commercializing religion via trademarking god.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In 2011, Fauré Le Page Paris filed applications for the French trade marks that were containing the words ‘Fauré Le Page Paris 1717’. AGA Rangemaster Group Limited (AGA) objected to the sales and marketing activities of a company, which sold second-hand AGA cookers retrofitted with an electronic control system.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

. (“Chanel”), is an iconic fashion company based in New York known for its luxury fashion products and owns rights to several Chanel and CC monograms trademarks associated with the brand design. 1114(1)(a), false endorsement and unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. 1114(1)(a) on a direct infringement theory ( Chanel, Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

. (“Chanel”), is an iconic fashion company based in New York known for its luxury fashion products and owns rights to several Chanel and CC monograms trademarks associated with the brand design. 1114(1)(a), false endorsement and unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. 1114(1)(a) on a direct infringement theory ( Chanel, Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Non-conventional or Non-Traditional trademarks such as sounds, color, shape, scent or any other motion marks have emerged as a new innovative tools widely being used in the todays changing and competitive market era that redefine how brands connect with the public at large.

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