Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

2023) involves a set of thirteen different professional models whose images were allegedly used without their permission to advertise for the Capital Cabaret, a strip club halfway between Raleigh & Durham, North Carolina. 1125(a)(1) for misrepresentation of sponsorship (False Advertising + False Association). Defamation.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

After being indicted along with the others in 2012, the Estonian was reported as living in the Netherlands. Julius Bencko, Graphic Designer In the United States government’s superseding indictment dated February 16, 2012, Julius Bencko is described as a citizen and resident of Slovakia.

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IPilogue

MARCH 13, 2023

One of the most effective ways to influence consumer behaviour online is through targeted advertising. Value for Advertisers Access to personal information has become necessary for advertisers to convert potential leads into customers. Interestingly, increasing barriers to the online advertising ecosystem may benefit users.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Lanham Act claim: The recall was not “commercial advertising or promotion.” 2012), was not to the contrary. There was no dispute in that case about whether the notice was commercial advertising or promotion. CRF’s recall, necessary or not, was only about its own product.” Innovation Ventures, LLC v. 3d 723 (6th Cir.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 18, 2022

In order to finance their operations, millions of websites rely on advertising to generate revenue. For some readers, however, excessive or obtrusive advertising is something to be combatted, often through the use of adblocking tools. Springer Likens Adblocking to Videogame Cheating.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 22, 2022

The statements were “commercial advertising meant to sell a product, and generally there ‘can be no constitutional objection to the suppression of commercial messages that do not accurately inform the public.’” The First Amendment has long coexisted with no-fault false advertising laws. The California Supreme Court reversed.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2022

At the time in 2012, the course was free and many people had registered for the course, but ultimately only a few people submitted assignments etc. In the book, I have a detailed chapter on patent drafting, replying to office actions as well as solutions to past question papers (Paper I). The book is available on Amazon and Flipkart.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2022

While uploading copyrighted content was already illegal, in 2012 Japan criminalized unlicensed movie and TV show downloading, punishable by fines and up to two years in prison. He is being investigated for copyright infringement offenses and is said to have generated revenue from advertising.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In 2012, Japan passed legislation that made it illegal to download unlicensed movies and music from the Internet. In common with the 37-year-old linking site suspect, it’s said that the man in this matter earned money from his platform, specifically via advertising revenue. Severe Sentences Available.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 26, 2023

Some possible reasons why: The 2008 en banc ruling functionally became dicta in 2012 when the Ninth Circuit held that Roommates.com never touched illegal content at all. ” Finally, Facebook argued that its tools were “neutral” because they worked the same across all advertisers, not just housing advertisers. .”

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

The law firm claims it has been using a black and silver color scheme to promote its services since its inception in 2012. According to the letter, the NFL claims that Dimopoulos used hashtags, including the Raiders’ marks, and engaged in other unauthorized use of their marks.

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43(B)log

APRIL 25, 2022

25, 2022) I know it probably seems sometimes like I approve of every expansive use of false advertising law, but sometimes even I find an aggressive position to go too far. Defendant Pacifici “is a professor at Emory University who has been studying the clinical application of probiotics since at least 2012.”

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 30, 2024

According to publicly released information, the operators earned money through advertising and dodgy subscription scams. They started converting their revenue to bitcoin in 2012 when it was worth just a few dollars per coin. Interestingly, the site operators didn’t necessarily get paid in bitcoin; they purchased the coins.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2024

S2CPI launched in 2012 under the Spanish government’s Ministry of Culture and Sports and has the authority to instruct the country’s internet service providers to block subscriber access to confirmed pirate sites and services. Amendments to Spain’s Copyright Act (Law No. 10downloader.com 71. genteflowmp3.one nswgame.com 2.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2023

The goal was to identify financial accounts, assets, advertising agencies, and the site’s hosting servers. The pair founded the site in 2012 but had left France and were living in Andorra when the authorities shut down their site. In the wake of the raid, it was claimed that Zone-Telechargement generated at least 1.5

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 27, 2022

In reality they are massively simplified and carry nothing like the maximum sentences available for the offenses listed in the US superseding criminal indictment dated January 16, 2012. Megaupload generated advertising revenue due to the popularity of the copyright-infringing content. Megaupload Was Intended for Piracy.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We are pleased to bring you a guest post from Payal Saraogi, on a recent decision of the Delhi High Court on Google’s use of trademarks as advertisement keywords. The steady growth in search engine advertisement in India appears to have led to an uptick in the complaints of trademark infringement rooted in alleged misuse of keywords.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 14, 2024

Recently, the Delhi High Court clarified that the distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) testing is a must before a plant variety registration application can be advertised by the Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority. Sungro”), which were sent for DUS testing but also advertised before the testing results came in.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Regulators have sought to suppress online targeted advertising for years, with only minimal success. In turn, advertisers have fled Twitter. Then, in Liapes v. seriously, are you still posting THERE???) TikTok bans.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Police say that they uncovered a network, operating through various companies, that had been fraudulently commercializing video content since 2012. The investigation began in 2020 following a complaint from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It has opened wide range of facilities for us like entertainment, education, advertisements, communication etc. In India particularly, the Copyrights Act, 1957 was enacted to prevent copyright infringement and recently the amendment act of 2012 was introduced to combat the changing needs of copyright law. and Ors.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

A similar but broader effort failed in 2012 but twelve years is a very long time; in the tech and internet world, it’s almost forever. ” As stories go, it’s as compelling as a synopsis accompanying a good film on Netflix which promises and then delivers, exactly as advertised.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

On November 7 th , Conde Nast sued Drake and 21 Savage for $4 million for false advertising and infringing Vogue’s trademarks. 2012: [link]. The court issued a preliminary injunction and the duo agreed to no longer use Vogue’s marks in connection with the album. Metaverse and NFT Filings Decrease. 2020: [link]. 2019: [link].

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TorrentFreak

JULY 11, 2022

For example, another recent target – Mixdrop.co – loads with no issues and the same holds true for ThePirateBay.org, the BPI’s first ever blocking target a decade ago in 2012. BPI Welcomes EE Development. Mobile Network Blocking Raises New Questions.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

see this latest post) , penned a potent piece in 2012— examining the controversial past and uncertain future of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Generally, the benchmark for comparative advertising hinges on the “average consumer” test. Check Mihir’s post for more. Yet, more nuanced cases, like Colgate vs.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

And Defendants began saying that they planned to expand into the display-advertising business: putting ads on a vehicle’s digital signage, a rider’s mobile app, and on digital screens like electronic billboards. Starting in 2012, Uber Inc. But in 2019, Uber Technology allegedly began preparatory steps to enter the advertising business.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This case comes in when the Retrolympics applied for the word and the figurative mark Retroolympic at the German Patent and Trademark Office in 2012 (for Nice classes 28 (games and sporting goods); 35 (advertising) and 41 (sporting and cultural activities).

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 17, 2023

Launched in the UK back in 2012, NOW TV is also available elsewhere in Europe, including Italy and Germany. Both satellite and NOW streaming platform of every country are broken and so far you haven’t changed the decryption keys, makes me wonder in what way you’re fighting piracy as you advertise,” he wrote.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Accepted & Advertised. Advertised before acceptance. Once the dataset was built, we segregated examination reports on basis of whether the mark was accepted or whether it was objected to. Exam Report Issued. Rectification Filed. Registered. Under Division.

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Corsearch

MARCH 19, 2025

Why Gen Z matters to brands Typically defined as people born between 1997 and 2012, Gen Z are seen by many brands as the number one audience to connect with online. Max Klymenko runs Klym&Co , a specialized digital communications agency, and hails from a background in Brand Protection.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In 2012, they allegedly signed a contract committing to purchase $573,000 in basil from plaintiffs per year, and then Whole Foods gave plaintiffs a “local producer loan” to buy greenhouse equipment, presenting them with an oversized check for $100,000 at the opening of a Whole Foods in Del Mar, California.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 7, 2023

Read together and taken as true, these allegations plausibly suggest that Paul Mitchell tested some of its cosmetic products on animals and that its contrary “cruelty-free” advertising misled reasonable consumers. Maybe there’s another explanation, like nonenforcement, but that didn’t defeat plausibility.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2023

The Plaintiff and M/s Naren International (“hereinafter, Indian Licensee”), a business based in Ludhiana, Punjab, are said to have entered into a distributorship and licence agreement as of 2012 for the exclusive manufacturing, importing, selling, and distribution of “RALEIGH” bicycle products in India.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Slogans are brief, memorable words that are commonly used in advertising to promote a specific company. Using a mark as an advertising slogan, on the other hand, does not prevent it from being registered as a trademark. Introduction. Companies seek to protect the value of their trademarks since they can be quite valuable to the brand.

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Above the Fold

APRIL 27, 2022

After the recent passage of Earth Day, companies released a number of advertisements promoting sustainable initiatives, earth-friendly products, and eco-conscious production methods. The FTC issued its first Green Guide in 1992, which it subsequently revised in 1996, 1998, and 2012. [2] The FTC Steps In.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Both suits were filed before the 2012 amendment to the Copyright Act. Further, given that the 2012 amendment does not have a retrospective effect, the Court held that the amendment has no effect on the legal position. Merck Sharp and Dohme v. SMS Pharmaceuticals [Delhi High Court].

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It has removed billions of reported infringing links and since 2012 has been downranking pirate sites, something that hit torrent portals particularly hard. In August 2020, the injunctions, which also covered banks, payment processors, credit card companies, advertisers and search engines, were made permanent.

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