IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2023

The Plaintiff’s website, www.raleigh.co.uk, which was registered in 1998, as well as different social media platforms like Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, etc., The word “RALEIGH” is used globally for a variety of products, including children’s bikes, city cycles, mountain bikes, etc.

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Trademark Registering Trademarks Social Media Business 98

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Copyrights safeguard the artists’ rights in the inventive and imaginative content that abounds in digital media. In today’s digital world, a lot of data and information have been shared online and are susceptible to corruption and copying. Image Sources : Gettyimages] One of the important issues in online is copyrights.

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Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Intellectual Property Ownership 98

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

ii] This unreported judgement helped bring the grievances on the table for the others to see that copyright law has deficiencies in terms of music sharing and copying along with royalty issues. August 21, 2006, (Unreported) [iii] Shammad Basheer, The Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012, A Fair Balance ,5 NUJS L. Magic Mantra Vision. [ii]

Copyright Law 96

Copyright Law Copyright Music Law 96

JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Basically, corporations must employ someone willing to scour the internet and report such infringing content by either filing Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices, reporting such individual posts via the methods provided by social media platforms, or both. 511, 523 (2012). viii] See, e.g., Lee J.

Copyright Infringement 98

Copyright Infringement Copyright Intellectual Property Blogging 98

43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

Facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs: Each of the plaintiffs has a significant number of followers on various social media platforms, ranging from greater than ten thousand to several million, and most are “considered social media influencers.” Plaintiffs didn’t show sufficient evidence of recognition.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Allegations that Monster’s Reign energy drink was a “copy-cat” of Bang (and the subject of an unsuccessful trade dress suit by Vital in Florida): Vital argued that these were relevant because Reign was creatine-free, arguably showing that even Monster believed that caffeine, rather than Super Creatine or creatine, was material to Bang purchasers.

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False Advertising Advertising Advertising Social Media 59

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Wilmot Storage Services [2] , the court laid down the scope and extent of de minimis while stating that it can be used in matter of copying of the copyrighted content instead of just a mere display of such work. The Delhi High Court Division Bench was concerned with two combined cases in the 2012 India TV Independent News Service v.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Copyright Law Journalism 52

43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Tech Bros, Social Media, and the End of IP Financing? The problem is that this system fell apart around 2008-2012 when smartphones came out. At the same time, the risk of copying essentially went away. Big difference is the direction of copying. Ideas are nothing without financing.

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IP Copying Due Diligence Registration 40

IP Whiteboard

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Since 2012, it has hosted several pop-up restaurant events in Australia and owns a number of registered trade marks in the jurisdiction, including: Reg. g) placing apparent weight on evidence of confusion from social media posts and no weight on the absence of evidence of actual confusion. Lettuce recap. Trade mark.

Social Media 52

Social Media Branding Branding Brands 52

The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

An iterative design process commenced over emails between Mr Parker and Mr Lazo when producing the designs, resulting in what was referred to as the 1856 design which was also relied on by the House of Bruar as prior art: Although this was never sold, photographs of this 1856 design was posted on Fairfox & Favor's social media in November 2014.

Design 52

Design Designs Copying Art 52

Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

A fraudulent lottery-winning message with Amitabh Bachchan’s voice from KBC was viral through various social media platforms and many people fell into this trap. Ramkumar Jewellers (2012), the defendant copied the plaintiff’s advertisement picture containing a popular artistic pose of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.

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Branding Brands Branding Personality Rights 98

43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

An online article used photos of the Lounge in its coverage of the series, and MGFB also submitted social media posts. Plaintiffs’ social media expert opined that the show meant that Internet searches for “Florabama” or “Flora-Bama” led to “blurred” results filled with MTV Floribama Shore content. Grimaldi, 875 F.2d

Artistic Work 64

Artistic Work Television Trademark Trademark Law 64

Copyright Lately

JANUARY 16, 2022

I expect the case to settle relatively quickly for this reason, much like a similar case filed against Kirkman in 2012 by Tony Moore, an early illustrator of “The Walking Dead” comic. A copy of the Crabtree’s new lawsuit follows. Of course, the moral of the story for both employers and creators is clear: get it in writing.

Ownership 70

Ownership Television Copyright Copyright Notice 70

SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

The Court ruled that the defendants have tried to slavishly copy the plaintiffs’ trademark by adopting a visually, structurally and phonetically similar trademark. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant not only manufactures the impugned product but also promotes the same on social media.

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Trademark Advertising Advertising Invention 45

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The Court reasoned that when the Act was amended in 2012 – internet broadcasting was not alien to India and if the Legislature intended Section 31D to apply to internet broadcasting, it would’ve done so by specifically amending the provision. Ltd and Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd. Music Broadcast Ltd. HULM Entertainment v.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

We are pleased to bring to you a copy of the co-authored op-ed below. Recently, oncologist Dr. Vincent Rajkumar expressed his shock on social media over the fact that two different drugs, treating entirely different conditions, had identical brand names — ‘Linamac’. Please note that the op-ed was first published in the Hindu.]

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Branding Brands Branding Social Media 115

Copyright Lately

APRIL 17, 2023

Minden’s complaints often tout that the company “works diligently to detect online infringements of its works” and that it engages technology companies to “crawl the internet” in search of unauthorized copies of Minden’s photos. Let me know in the comments below or on social media @copyrightlately.

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Copyright Litigation Licensing Due Diligence 71

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Phonogram makers also have to deal with the problem of others copying their musical note and vocal sound signs and symbols. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 , that replaced the 2011 rules.

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