The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

These two largest services merged their platforms a couple of years ago, which influenced the taxi market in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and several other Commonwealth of Independent States countries. These mobile services have significantly expanded the market, transferring most of Kazakhstanis from public transport to taxis.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 1, 2022

However, despite those efforts, a study in 2012 found that Google only identified the original content 57% of the time , often ranking duplicates higher than source material. This has taken many forms, including article marketing and spinning. This has made copied content something of a sore spot with many Google watchers.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2024

To put it short, Section 31D, inserted after the 2012 amendment , creates a statutory licensing regime which allows a Broadcaster to communicate a literary or musical work and sound recording, either by way of public performance or broadcast, after paying royalties to the Copyright owner (rates to be fixed by Commercial Court).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2022

None of the following works supported the access inference: Work #3: posted in 2012 to Facebook and got 10 likes, 2 comments, and 2 shares. Work #4: posted in 2012 to Instagram and got 92 likes and 11 comments. Work #8: posted to Facebook in 2012 and got 13 likes, 1 share, and 9 comments. –Cooley v. Target Corp.

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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. PA Law Enforcement appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Pataki, 514 F. 2d 577 (S.D.N.Y. 2007); Shah v. MyLife.Com, Inc.,

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SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

C Union of India (2012). While actions against infringement of copyright or trademark are welcome, the same should not be at the cost of choking a free market or the rights of small businessmen and entrepreneurs to carry on with their business ( Vasundhara Majithia ). Why Does it Matter?

Social Media 76

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Fish & Richardson has named Melanie Green as its new chief marketing and business development officer. Green has led the marketing and business development functions of multiple Am Law 200 law firms and created widely admired programs to enhance relationships between law firms and their clients. She received her B.A.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 5, 2024

Amarin markets and sells icosapent ethyl, an ethyl ester of an omega-3 fatty acid commonly found in fish oils, under the brand name Vascepa®. In 2012, the FDA approved Vascepa for the treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia (“the SH indication”), and in 2019, the FDA approved it for reducing. June 25, 2024).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

I made my last New Year’s resolution 10 years ago in 2012. Well, when law enforcers come knocking and ask about your marketing practices, you can be pretty sure that they will also want to know what sort of training you do to make sure that your advertising and marketing are legally compliant.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 6, 2022

Founded in 2012 as a multi-level marketing company (“MLM”) selling women’s clothing, LuLaRoe reached 80,000 distributors by 2017. Throughout this blog post, I take a legal look at both multi-level marketing companies and their close relation to pyramid schemes and Ponzi schemes. MLMs are nothing new.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 7, 2023

2, 2023) A smoothly written opinion: As the complaint tells it, Paul Mitchell has long marketed its business and its products as “cruelty-free.” Although not all the purchased products appeared in the Chinese import registry, “in its marketing, Paul Mitchell doesn’t just advertise that it sells ‘cruelty-free’ goods.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Chanel brought proceedings against Ms N and Ouest SCS for use of the trade mark without the owner's authorisation and for unlawful use of the trademark on 26 December 2012. Many of those products had been purchased by Ms N, who said she had bought them from an approved retailer in the Chanel distribution network. On 25 February 2020.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In 2010, RLSLOG was reported to the USTR by the RIAA, labeled a ‘notorious market’ worthy of enforcement action. Late 2012, RLSLOG received threats from the prominent law firm Wiggin LLC acting on behalf of the Hollywood studios. Even greater pressure lay ahead.

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Patently-O

JUNE 29, 2022

That divide allows the company to cater to local market preferences and regulations and also avoid potential arbitrage. In the 1970’s Coca-Cola withdrew its flagship sugary cola from the Indian market at a time of heavy regulation of foreign companies. In the 1990s, the Indian market opened again to foreign competition.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

International Exhaustion – The countries where the principle of international exhaustion is followed go by the concept of international markets. This can be understood by analysing the word “market” in Section 30 (3). Samsung Electronics (FAO(OS) 93/2012); The Trade Marks Act, 1999, § 29, No. REFERENCES Kapil Wadhwa v.

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SpicyIP

MAY 17, 2023

Further, the number of pre-and post-grant oppositions are less than one percent of total patent applications published or patents granted as per annual reports of the office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, Trademark and Geographical Indications (CGPDTM) during the period 2012-2022 (also see here ). 59, para 1). 56, para 3).

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The IPKat

MAY 7, 2024

There, future harmonization initiatives appeared already anchored not only to an internal market-building rationale, but also to the objective of ensuring the now European Union’s overall competitiveness vis-à-vis third countries and the need to strike a fair balance between the rights and interests of different parties.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The company’s Action Replay range battled against Codemasters’ Game Genie, with the latter eventually backing out of the market. In January 2012, the Hamburg Regional Court found largely in Sony’s favor. Datel’s venture into the new world of videogame cheat devices was more controversial.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 26, 2023

One study found that overall registration rates for women authors increased from 30% to 36% between 1978 and 2012, with significant differences depending on the type of work.

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Patently-O

JUNE 25, 2024

Hickma highlights some of the challenges that generics are facing when marketing drugs with these carved-out labels. The skinny label itself will not be enough to show inducement, but that evidence can be combined with other evidence (such as marketing) to prove liability. The Patents at Issue. The asserted patents, U.S. Patent Nos.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

5] The idea is affected by the market value of the original work and its usage. It is provided that the courts also consider the market impact, audience perception, and concept of ‘transformative work’ while determining cases under Section 52. Narsimhasn, 2015 SCC OnLine Mad 364 [2] Kamble Sayabanna Kallappa v.

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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. It’s hard to draw firm conclusions but this tends to suggest that EE doesn’t view site blocking as an exciting marketing opportunity.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 3, 2024

Originally posted 2012-03-18 14:49:20. Republished by Blog Post PromoterGoogle struck back last week (again), according to Eric Goldman’sTechnology & Marketing Law Blog. Google’s stock “gave back” (as they say) double-digit dollars from its recent runup the same day as Eric’s posting.

Litigation 52

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As far back as 2012, Adobe was planning for the eventual demise of its iconic Flash Player. Gradually superceded by new technologies, the importance Flash diminished over time and as dawn broke on 2021, Adobe ceased to develop and support it. Well, sort of.

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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. Police say that than 95 resellers represented the service in Spain, UK, Malta, Portugal, Cyprus, and Greece.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

AIG went into bankruptcy because of the crisis and this created the fear that the securities are not properly insured and LIBOR took this to another level making loans more expensive as a result the cash flow in the market was not enough hence the crisis. 8 This is of utmost relevance to the derivatives market than the loan market.

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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. Facebook appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. However, it has not benefited plaintiffs as much as I initially expected. Facebook, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2023

Richie, 2012 WL 3773116 (D. 29, 2012) Ascend Health Corp. 2022) The post Two Common but Disingenuous Phrases About Section 230 appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. April 3, 2008) Milo v. Martin , 311 S.W.3d 3d 210 (Tex. April 29, 2010) Hill v. StubHub , Inc., 2011 WL 1675043 (N.C. Superior Ct. 2d 818 (E.D.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

Previously, in 2012, Prashant penned another interesting short post on National Science Day discussing: The good and bad of Indian policy initiatives for scientific research and innovation. As he noted, the Bill empowered the regulator to regulate the research, manufacture, import, and marketing of genetically modified organisms.

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The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2021

The granted patent was successfully opposed by rivals Johnson Matthey and Umicore, and revoked in its entirety at opposition in 2012. BASF particularly argued that the patent, which would have expired in 2034, would have allowed them to become a market leader in filter products. billion ($1.2 The case continues.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For its part, WOTC claims that it retains common law interest in these marks, on the basis that it has continued to use the marks since at least 2012. Since then, WOTC has licensed the marks to another company which sells older editions of both D&D and the original Star Frontiers.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2023

Sen-Raleigh Cycle Factory, Asansol (West Bengal), first produced bicycle products in Siliguri, India, in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and they were marketed under the name “SEN-RALEIGH.” The plaint includes information on the registrations for the aforementioned mark, which are also registered trademarks in India. .”

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Introduction In the quickly developing scenery of the recent business the startups stand as the indications of modernization which brings the new concepts and fresh products or the amenities to the market. Moreover, the IPR eases the market development and establishes a solid brand identity. Copyright and Trademarks, Copyright, I.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2012, the FBI arrested Shah for extortion, which sparked news coverage. NYP appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. He posted the photos to Facebook and his IMDB page ( this one? ). The media entities republished 20 photos he uploaded to Facebook and IMDB and misattributed the photo credits. The complaint.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 5, 2024

When today’s home video gaming market took its first tentative baby steps thanks to more affordable hardware in the early 1980s, the details of Sony’s lawsuit against Datel would’ve been dismissed as outrageous. In January 2012, the Hamburg Regional Court found largely in favor of Sony.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Furthermore, it is debatable whether the creation of NFTs can be considered “fair use”, since (i) this generates a “new” public and a new “digital” market for artworks that, to date, only existed in the real world and (ii) it deprives de facto copyright holders of a potential source of income.

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