Likelihood of Confusion

JANUARY 6, 2023

Originally posted October 25, 2012. The post Best of 2012: Fashionably great appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. I had a fabulous time, if you will, as a panelist and participant in last night’s Fashion Lawyer Marketing CLE at Fordham Law School’s Fashion Law.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

First posted March 27, 2012. The post Best of 2012: The way of all flash appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. So, what happens when a trademark registration lapses? The post at the link, by Corsearch, is, yeah, kind of an advertisement for Corsearch.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 17, 2024

As the results below show, the combined effort in 2023 produced the best anti-piracy performance for UK cinemas since 2012. Given the implications of CAM copies on the multi-multi billion dollar box office revenues of the movies listed above, rewards five times bigger than they are now would still represent ridiculous value for money.

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IP Close Up

JUNE 1, 2022

Despite the high economic relevance of innovation and explosive invention growth reflected in the number of patents issued annually by the United States Patent and Trademark Continue reading.

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IP Close Up

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Paranoid Style is a successful DC-based indie band formed in 2012 and fronted by singer-songwriter Elizabeth Nelson, who is dubious about the fate of Continue reading

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Originally posted 2012-03-30 14:37:51. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Second Circuit, just yesterday (March 29, 2012) has issued an opinion called Louis Vuitton v. Ly USA, Inc. (08-4483-cv(L)) 08-4483-cv(L)) sure to bring joy to the hearts of trademark counterfeiting enforcers everywhere.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 30, 2023

Hyundai Motor America, 2012 WL 1022247 (S.D.N.Y., March 22, 2012) and covered. In 2010 I wrote this post about a now-notorious case, eventually ensconced as Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. The post Trademark parodies and iconic marks: can foul become fair? appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 12, 2023

2012 WL 4863696 (D. 2012); Merritt v. Lexis Nexis, 2012 WL 6725882 (E.D. 2012); Nieman v. 2012 WL 3201931 (C.D. 2012); Getachew v. 2012); Mmubango v. Pataki, 514 F. 2d 577 (S.D.N.Y. 2007); Shah v. MyLife.Com, Inc., Versuslaw, Inc., Google, Inc., 923 (10th Cir. Google, Inc., 2013 WL 664231 (E.D.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Originally posted 2012-07-02 17:00:11. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe EFF is suing Viacom over their DMCA takedown notice for a Stephen Colbert parody clip on YouTube which EFF says is non-infringing. Viacom sent out about 37 million of those puppies, based on the well known legal-analytical principle of “what the heck!”

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Since 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has provided patent applicants and examiners an opportunity to continue collaborative prosecution after a final rejection has been received through the After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0

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JD Supra Law

JULY 18, 2024

The New Judicial Interpretation replaces its May 2012 predecessor to align with 2022 amendments to China's Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML") and seeks to reconcile administrative and judicial enforcement of the AML. By: Jones Day

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The Illusion of More

APRIL 30, 2024

When the internet industry killed the antipiracy bills SOPA and PIPA in January 2012, I was a newbie blogger but guessed at the time that those parties had totally blown their wad on […] The post Site-blocking: can the U.S. Will things be different this time? finally get it done? appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Originally posted 2012-02-23 13:50:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter And that’s why the U.S. District Court issued a restraining order in the Palin vs. Gawker copyright lawsuit. Hat tip to Instapundit. UPDATE: Issues laid out, nice and neat, at the Duets Blog. UPDATE: Lawsuit settled. Not that doing so helped Gawker.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

66 (2012), and Alice Corp. by Dennis Crouch As its name suggests, the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) is designed to substantially overturn the Supreme Court's decisions in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. , CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. 208 (2014).

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SpicyIP

MAY 4, 2023

Image from here [Long post ahead] In a momentous development, the Bombay High Court made a bunch of important interpretations concerning the rights of the authors of underlying literary and musical works in light of the Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012. for the court’s observation that the 2012 amendment is only clarificatory in nature.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2022

In its ruling delivered last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that Denmark had breached its obligations under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 , by failing to stop the use of the Greek PDO “Feta” on cheese produced in Denmark and intended for export outside of the EU (case C-159/20 ). However, it argued that Art.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 4, 2023

2012 WL 4863696 (D. 2012); Merritt v. Lexis Nexis, 2012 WL 6725882 (E.D. 2012); Nieman v. 2012 WL 3201931 (C.D. 2012); Getachew v. 2012); Mmubango v. Pataki, 514 F. 2d 577 (S.D.N.Y. 2007); Shah v. MyLife.Com, Inc., Versuslaw, Inc., Google, Inc., 923 (10th Cir. Google, Inc., 2013 WL 664231 (E.D.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 10, 2022

61/652,086, filed May 25, 2012 ("P1"), U.S. 61/716,256, filed October 19, 2012, ("P2"), and U.S. On November 19th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. Provisional Application No.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Originally posted 2012-10-18 10:28:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter “Your Name Is My Business” [a now-defunct blog] asks a question only a trademark lawyer can when presented with so much processed meat (link added): Does the Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents apply to mortadella and bologna? The post Bunch a’ baloney?

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JD Supra Law

JULY 17, 2024

In April 2024, BioPharmaTrend published a comprehensive review of the past and current state of artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery, using the 2012 advent of modern deep learning as a starting point.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 5, 2024

In 2012, the FDA approved Vascepa for the treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia (“the SH indication”), and in 2019, the FDA approved it for reducing. Opinion by Lourie, joined by Moore and Albright (sitting by designation). By: Alston & Bird

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 16, 2022

61/652,086, filed May 25, 2012 ("P1"), U.S. 61/716,256, filed October 19, 2012, ("P2"), and U.S. On February 18th, Sigma-Aldrich filed its Opposition to Junior Party's (the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier; collectively, "CVC") Substantive Preliminary Motion No. Provisional.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 17, 2024

Supreme Court’s perspective, its Mayo and Alice decisions from 2012 and 2014, respectively, are still sufficient to govern patent law’s § 101 analysis. From the U.S. This inference stems in-part of the Supreme Court’s cert denial in 2023 of both Tropp v. Travel Sentry, Inc. and Interactive Wearables, LLC v.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 19, 2024

Since the inception of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) in 2012, design patents obtained a higher rate of favorable results in Inter Partes Reviews (“IPRs”) and Post Grant Reviews (“PGRs”) than utility patents. For example, the institution rate for design patents is about 38% compared to roughly 65% for utility patents.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

61/652,086, filed May 25, 2012 ("P1"), U.S. 61/716,256, filed October 19, 2012, ("P2"), and U.S. On November 19th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. Provisional Application No.

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IP Law 360

JULY 1, 2024

A charity has argued that an artist it previously sued for £100,000 ($125,500) over holographic portraits of the queen wasn't entitled to profits from a 2012 exhibition of those works.

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The Illusion of More

MAY 31, 2024

The Illusion of More blog was started in 2012 based on three interrelated premises: 1) that disinformation is toxic to democracy; 2) that Big Tech’s assault on copyright rights was both a disinformation campaign itself and a catalyst for more disinformation; and 3) that technology should serve humans and not the other way around.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Originally posted 2012-10-31 19:16:13. Republished by Blog Post PromoterInstapundit.com – YES, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A GROWING POLITICAL CONSENSUS in favor of shutting up the [sic] hoi polloi. I don’t even consider myself all that polloi, if you don’t mind my saying so. They’d just like us all to shut up.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MAY 4, 2023

Originally posted 2012-02-29 23:27:24. Fabulous filings for fashionistas — and those who just want to look like them! Republished by Blog Post Promoter The post Couture in Court appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

61/652,086, filed May 25, 2012 ("P1"), U.S. 61/716,256, filed October 19, 2012, By: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board for benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. Provisional Application No.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 21, 2024

Later, after the loss of Inter Partes Reexamination in 2012, the USPTO added all newly filed reissue applications to the CRU Examiner’s regime. As a result, the USPTO formed the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) and staffed it with 15 year+ Examiners and legal experts. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 13, 2024

To rectify such changes, the 2012 Amendment was made by Parliament to the Copyright Act, largely achieved by lobbyists made up of composers and lyricists. These efforts resulted in the recognition of their right to equitable sharing in the royalties, The Bombay High Court also, in Indian Performing Right Society Ltd. Rajasthan Patrika Pvt.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 20, 2024

Appointed to TTAB in 2012. Prior Professional Experience : Private Practice (Michigan), USPTO Associate Solicitor 2012-2023; Education : B.A., Prior Professional Experience : Private Practice, 1998-2012, TTAB Interlocutory Attorney, 2012-2023; Education : B.A, Appointed to TTAB in 2012. Adlin, Michael B.:

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Last year, in our inaugural issue of “The Year in Review,” we reported that since the landmark jury verdict in the IP litigation between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which awarded more than $1B to Apple for infringement of several design patents, interest in design patents grew exponentially. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 18, 2021

61/652,086, filed May 25, 2012 ("P1"), U.S. 61/716,256, filed October 19, 2012, ("P2"), and U.S. On May 20th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. Provisional Application No.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 20, 2024

Later, after the loss of Inter Partes Reexamination in 2012, the USPTO added all newly filed reissue applications to the CRU Examiner’s regime. As a result, the USPTO formed the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) and staffed it with 15 year+ Examiners and legal experts. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 30, 2024

Originally posted 2012-02-23 13:50:39. Republished by Blog Post PromoterIt’s the Internet Law Treatise, “a project to maintain a free, open licensed, collaborative treatise summarizing the law related to the Internet with the cooperation of a wide variety of attorneys, law students and others.”

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