43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

NatureWise’s entry into the market knocked Vitamins Online from its #1 seller spot, which has competitive advantages. A “strict two-player market is no longer inflexibility required. Rather, the market simply must be ‘sparsely populated.’” Cue antitrust lawyers talking about the difficulties of market definition in antitrust!

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

WCT’s app was first released in 2014 for the iPhone and Pebble watch as a metric-tracking cycling app that was designed to “track speed, distance, altitude, and grade.” initial Bike+ app with [bike more] in name and b+ in icon 2021 Bike+ name with logo and "Bike" in icon Like the 2014 app, the 2021 app is for metric tracking while cycling.

Marketing 59

Marketing Marketing Trademark Registration 59

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.

Marketing 52

Marketing Marketing Social Media Law 52

TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2022

In 2013, Afdah.com entered the already crowded market and quickly attracted millions of users tempted by a comprehensive library of copyright-infringing movies. But of course, along with a rise in Afdah’s popularity came increased interest from copyright holders determined to shut down or disrupt the site.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

VHT licenses real estate photos for marketing purposes and many of its photos appear on Zillow. This prompted ZHT to file the lawsuit and decided that Zillow’s infringement was innocent until July 10, 2014, when ZHT sent a cease and desist letter to the company.

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The IPKat

JULY 12, 2024

This Regulation ensures the free movement, cross-border, of AI-based goods and services, thus preventing Member States from imposing restrictions on the development, marketing and use of AI systems, unless explicitly authorised by this Regulation ”. This sprawling regulation comprises 180 recitals and 113 articles.

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IPilogue

JULY 21, 2022

Rhode-NYC is a fashion brand founded by two women entrepreneurs Purna Khatau and Phoebe Vickers in 2014, whereas Hailey Bieber’s Rhode skin launched in June 2022 during an era of celebrity brands. For example, the beauty brand Glossier developed the line “GlossiWEAR” which includes apparel and accessories such as a hoodie.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

AUGUST 7, 2023

billion) initial public offering and listing on the STAR This is the largest A-share listing in 2023 so far, and the third-largest listing on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Hua Hong Semiconductor debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2014, a listing on which Herbert Smith Freehills also advised. "We HK/ 688347.SSE)

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Marketing Marketing Publishing Law 52

TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2024

CODA & MPA Officially Extend 10-Year Anti-Piracy Partnership On March 20, 2014, CODA and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) signed an agreement to develop new strategies to tackle online copyright infringement worldwide, and to strengthen their joint copyright protection activities.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The “Infringing Website List” (IWL) was launched in March 2014 as part of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit’s (PIPCU) efforts to combat intellectual property crime. The process began late 2023 with a soft market testing exercise followed by the publication of the listing above mid-April 2024. million visits.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The principle that characters which evolve over time don’t enter the public domain all at once was established by the 2014 opinion in Klinger v. The wall clock on the right was the subject of a 2014 copyright lawsuit filed by Harold Lloyd Entertainment alleging infringement of the iconic clock scene from “Safety Last” (1923).

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Public Domain Derivative Work Copyright Social Media 145

IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 21, 2021

In the United States, the first financial exchange focusing on the IP asset was established in 2014. Keeping this in mind, we should delve into the market-based approach of the same. Tech-driven companies have a total dependency on the IP and as per some estimates; around 80% of the market value comes from these intangible assets.

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Due Diligence IP Contracts Licensing 93

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2024

We usually get ours at the local farmers market.] In 2014, the defendant launched a website called “The Texas Tamales Warehouse” but was driven off of that. CPUSA2 appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Yum, and easily veganized. ” Say what? .” ” That prompted this litigation.

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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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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In 2014, rightsholders and ISPs solved these problems by signing a Code of Conduct which ensures that when one ISP is ordered to block, others follow voluntarily. Part of the problem is that to have pirate domains blocked, rightsholders need to have authorization from the court.

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Publishing Copying Copyright Design 144

TorrentFreak

MARCH 22, 2024

. “DoodStream operates a partner program that offers financial remuneration, either per download or stream depending on the country of origin,” the MPA informed the USTR in its ‘notorious markets’ submission. The case is listed for hearing on April 8, 2014.

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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. The PSP was discontinued in 2014, but after more than a decade, Sony’s lawsuit is still alive and inching toward a conclusion – one way or another.

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43(B)log

JULY 24, 2023

I n 2014, Amgen introduced Onpro, a new method for delivering Neulasta through an “on-body injector.” The first pegfilgrastim biosimilar hit the market in November 2018, and would ultimately be followed by five others, including Sandoz’s Ziextenzo in November 2019. Onpro” and “[w]ith PFS, FN incidence increased by 31% vs Onpro.”

False Advertising 92

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Marketing 92

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Entertainment Software Association ( ESA ) has submitted its latest overview of “Notorious Markets” to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR). These submissions serve as input for the USTR’s yearly overview of piracy ‘markets’ which helps to shape the Government’s global copyright enforcement agenda going forward.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

A share re-purchase, often known as a buyback, occurs when a firm purchases its own existing shares in order to decrease the number of shares accessible on the stock market. Reduced market share ownership raises the number of shares possessed by investors. Companies (share capital and debentures) Rules, 2014 – Rule 17.

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Ownership Business Marketing Marketing 98

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 24, 2023

This WeCast product was marketed towards the hotel market at some point but regardless of location or content, functionality doesn’t change. CNN listed him as one of Africa’s ’15 tech entrepreneurs to watch in 2014′ for his internet-based content streaming startup, Able Wireless.

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Social Media Marketing Marketing Copyright 120

Velocity of Content

APRIL 26, 2023

Other indicators show that women creators have made incredible strides in the literary market, with one news story deeming the jump of women authors from 10 to 50% the “book market’s female revolution.”

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Intellectual Property Registration Intellectual Property Law Marketing 98

Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 26, 2024

Greenwashing is a marketing strategy that deceives or misleads consumers about a company’s sustainable practices or the environmental benefits of a particular good or service. Currently, this Decree is being considered for elevation to law through Bill No. 015 of 2022, seeking to sanction greenwashing.

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Advertising Advertising Intellectual Property Trademark 105

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

By recording the latest movies directly from the silver screen using concealed devices, ‘cammers’ fuel the illicit piracy market that thrives during the first few days of a film’s initial release. TGx is an open platform with an active and lively community, a relative rarity in today’s streaming-dominated market.

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Cinema Intellectual Property Copying Government 145

TorrentFreak

JUNE 6, 2023

At a time when a limited number of rightsholders were demanding thousands of dollars from alleged BitTorrent pirates, Rightscorp focused on the budget end of the market. In 2014, the company revealed a $2.2m Can The Indie Market Give Rightscorp a Boost? loss for the previous year, $6.5m

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Settlement Music Publishing Copyright 132

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 3, 2023

While stakeholders and experts struggled to comprehend this ban, on October 5, 2022, word spread that Nigeria’s Federal Government had sued Meta over marketing and was seeking 30 billion naira (about 70 million dollars). Despite being misplaced, APCON focused on RTICM and MIC, the advertised company’s proprietors.

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Advertising Advertising Social Media Government 96

The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2022

doubled on average every five years between the early 1990s to 2014 [see here page 61, figure 10.1]. Competition and market functioning 3. A patent that protects technology which is essential to implementing a standard is known as a standard essential patent (SEP). The number of declared?SEPs?doubled Transparency in the system 4.

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Government Publishing Patent Reporting 93

Patently-O

APRIL 14, 2022

Lack of Standing : With respect to use of the mark on sanitizing products, the appellate court dismissed Brewery’s appeal because the company did not show any concrete injury since Brewery does not compete in the sanitizing product market. ” The parties also do not compete in the beer-making-kit market. Petition ].

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Trademark Registration Marketing Marketing 128

The IPKat

MARCH 17, 2024

Importantly for this case, VCC produces two types of expensive French red wine involving various up-market grape types. The director and CEO of Kreglinger, Paul de Moor, gave evidence that he wanted to pay homage to his family heritage (being descended from the Thienpont family, who run VCC) with the marketing of "New Certan".

Designs 108

Designs Design Marketing Marketing 108

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Adding another leaf to the FCM patent litigation saga, the Delhi High Court on September 19 refused to grant an interim injunction to Vifor considering the launch of the Biological E’s product in the market. In defense, the defendants raised the court’s observations in the 2014 Vifor (International) Ltd v.

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Patent Infringement Patent Marketing Marketing 105

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

To this point, Apple responds that it would rather control the market for security research on its products. Summary of argument: The constitutional goal of copyright protection is to “promote the progress of science and useful arts,” Art. Patton, 769 F.3d 3d 1232, 1256 (11th Cir. Oracle America, Inc., See Oracle, 141 S.Ct. at 1199-1200.

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Derivative Work Fair Use Copying Copyright 90

The IPKat

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Case Background: "Heat not burn" Philip Morris (PM) and BAT both market so-called "heat-not-burn" devices as alternatives to conventional cigarettes. Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 1292, AP Racing Ltd v Alcon Components Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 40 ). In these electronic devices, cartridges of tobacco are heated ("not burned"). Smoke Free World. "

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Invention Patent Application Patent Drafting Patent 115

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

So-called ‘fully-loaded’ Android boxes were openly sold on eBay, Amazon, and other online platforms, while local markets, car boot sales, and dedicated retail units offered a same-day service. New Marketing Strategy Changed Nothing. This prompted a marketing review at DroidSticks.

Intellectual Property 103

Intellectual Property Cinema Marketing Marketing 103

More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you have invented a 3-D printed product or have a new printing process, remember to consult an intellectual property lawyer before marketing it. Trademark and trade dress issues arise from 3-D scanning of well-known articles and other designs in the hopes of marketing them as your own. Copyrights.

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Intellectual Property Designs Design Invention 98

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Government’s notorious markets report. The owners eventually decided to let go of the name and in 2014 rebranded as Firedrive. In 2011 the file-hosting service was added to Hollywood’s list of notorious pirate sites and subsequently featured in the U.S. Not just once but two years in a row. The Old Putlocker.com.

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Advertising Advertising Copying Registration 122

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Launched in 2014 and controlled by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), the ‘Infringing Website List’ (IWL) carries details of pirate sites nominated by rightsholders and provides the basis for future enforcement via escalating actions.

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Intellectual Property Advertising Advertising Contracts 135

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

663 (2014) (“It is hardly incumbent on copyright owners, however, to challenge each and every actionable infringement”). Chen appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ” Copyright owners don’t have any policing duty. See, e.g., Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. , MGA Entertainment.

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