Patently-O

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Lee , 1:15CV405(JCC/IDD), 2016 WL 880367, at *2 (E.D. 8, 2016) (“The parties have agreed that. Now, the company has filed a civil action in the Eastern District of Virginia seeking a court order that TBL is entitled to a registration. ”); Seacret Spa Intl. ”); Autodesk, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2023

For those who care to remember it, November 2016 was a dark month for communities with a penchant for sharing files. Then in November 2016, as French authorities swooped, What.cd The goal was to identify financial accounts, assets, advertising agencies, and the site’s hosting servers.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2022

As part of the course pedagogy, two question papers from 2013 and 2016 will be solved and methods to draft claims, specification, and abstract will be discussed. Participants can also send in their solved questions from the years 2013 and 2016 and they will get individual feedback. may be addressed to eoffice@techlaw.in.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 19, 2022

14, 2022) Once in a blue moon, a false advertising-based antitrust claim survives a motion to dismiss in a circuit that imposes a list of excessive requirements on such claims. Consumers and advertisers adequately alleged that Facebook has monopoly power in social network/social media (consumers) and social advertising markets.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 2016, the CDC and the FDA began investigating reported instances of illnesses related to Listeria and soon determined that the strains were “closely related to strains” of Listeria detected in vegetables processed at CRF’s facility. Lanham Act claim: The recall was not “commercial advertising or promotion.” 3d 723 (6th Cir.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The Karnataka High Court in one of their recent judgement in matter of Hubballi Dharwad Advertisers Association (R) v. The issue that is being discussed hear is about the conflict between the advertisement tax and the Good Service Tax and whether the implementation of both taxes lead to the problem of Double taxation. State of U.P [3]

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Ministry of Information and Communications expects companies in the advertising sector to avoid placement of ads on these platforms, many of which are illicit football streaming platforms or services offering text updates on live matches.

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43(B)log

JUNE 17, 2022

InterNACHI argued that ASHI’s tagline constituted Lanham Act false advertising because it portrays ASHI’s entire membership as being educated, tested, verified, and certified, even though its membership includes so-called “novice” inspectors who have yet to complete training or become certified.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Though most contract cheating still takes place in person, students that want to skip writing an essay already have plenty of options online and are likely being bombarded by advertising for them already. AI simply replaces the human author with a computer. Bottom Line. In the end, I don’t think that the college essay is dead.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Wtf is a juice demon pic.twitter.com/OxYMWEuoCq — Eli Matthewson (@EliMatthewson) October 1, 2016. This primarily includes three groups of people: Those who sell costume elements on sites such as Etsy, those that use costumes in advertising or promotion and those that operated haunted attractions.

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43(B)log

JUNE 17, 2022

7, 2022) The court upheld a contempt finding based on an underlying false advertising claim. The injunction didn’t define the term, but since it was based on a Lanham Act violation, “commercial advertising or promotion” was the proper guidepost. Anyway, that was “commercial advertising or promotion.” De Simone v. 20-1846, No.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 17, 2024

When Fmovies first appeared on the scene in 2016, it quickly gained popularity among streaming piracy fans. Instead, Fmovies continued to focus on providing free entertainment to the masses, profiting from this activity through advertisements. Copyright holders were less pleased.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

She played the game virtually every day from 2016-19–over 10,000 hours worth–and spent over $9,000 on in-game transactions. This lawsuit involves the freemium videogame “ Forge of Empires.” ” The plaintiff, Penny Quinteros (a/k/a TwoCents), claims she became addicted to the game.

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The IPKat

JUNE 30, 2024

Amo Films and Mr F learned that RATP had organised an exhibition of 27 of these photographs in 2016 and had reproduced 69 cropped shots in volume 3, despite their disagreement and without naming Mr F. To achieve this, Amo Films called on the services of Mr F, a professional photographer and freelance filmmaker.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 23, 2022

This was not the first time the Italian Supreme Court has taken a position on copyright protection for advertising claims. In 2016, the Court ruled on the slogan “ You are, we car ” used (again) by FIAT to advertise its new “500” car model, without mentioning the name of the author who came up with the catchphrase.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today, the prevalence of such activities can be seen in online rummy advertisements on social media and the 2013 IPL match-fixing scandal. Advertisements for these games are allowed as long as they are not indecent or immoral. 5, 2016), [link] committees-recommendation-of-legalising-betting-in-cricket-is-welcome/.

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The IPKat

MAY 3, 2022

In 2016, Verstappen was featured in a TV commercial for Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo. Comment Although the Dutch Supreme Court extended the protection of image rights beyond their original scope, the decision allows image right law to be more flexible and adaptable to modern times and advertising trends.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

The plaintiffs, in that case, are two photojournalists who captured images of the George Floyd protests and the 2016 election and posted them to Instagram. The plaintiffs alleged that Instagram encouraged the embedding of photos in order to drive up advertising revenue. The photographers filed a class action claim against Instagram.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In 2016, the Commercial Court of A Coruña ruled that Rojadirecta must stop linking to unauthorized streams of football events. The site reportedly earned between one and two million euros per year in advertising revenue, of which the operator was the main beneficiary. Mediapro vs Rojadirecta. Seoane is the sole operator.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The authorities claim that the IPTV service was advertised on TikTok, Facebook and similar platforms, but the parties responsible for that aren’t mentioned. “Decrypting TV Signals” Since 2016 Investigators say that the men are suspected of decrypting TV signals since 2016. ’ as reported by local media.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2023

When a match is found, rightsholders have several broad options – block the uploaded content, monitor its statistics, monetize the upload with advertising and take the revenue, or sit back and do nothing. Facebook launched its own content-matching, rights management tool in 2016.

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The IPKat

JUNE 11, 2022

However, upon further examination, it appears that the outcome was to be expected, given that revocation proceedings were based on a lack of genuine use of the mark between 2011 and 2016. from 14 October 2011 to 13 October 2016). Trying to follow Apple's words of wisdom.

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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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The TTABlog

AUGUST 6, 2024

Shepherd’s advertising expenditures because the figures seemed modest and there was no evidence about what C.E. Shepherd’s competitors spent on advertising. The Board also put little weight on C.E. Shepherd takes issue with these findings, but “[w]e may not reweigh this evidence on appeal.” I n re Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.,

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2022

From a few early steps in 2016/2017 and more recently in 2022 , services are being dynamically blocked and many individuals have been arrested for broadcasting or selling access to the league’s games without permission. LaLiga Strikes Again. Top-tier Spanish football league LaLiga is now tackling live streaming piracy on all fronts.

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43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. The consent judgment was a lump sum and, Princeton argued, included uncovered claims; most of the images fell within the 2017-18 period.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2024

On 27 June 2016, BIW filed another application for EU trade mark no. The evidence submitted by New Yorker did not show that a significant part of the public knew Compton at the filing dates in 2015 and 2016. New Yorker also referred to BIW trying to popularise Compton in its advertising for the relevant goods.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 20, 2021

Shingle Savers counterclaimed, alleging, among other things, false advertising under the Lanham Act and violation of the Ohio Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Lanham Act/ODTPA claims: First, the court declined to hold that Rule 9(b) applied to Lanham Act false advertising claims, which don’t require fraud.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Goldsmith said she was not aware of Warhol’s work until Tribute magazine featured the image, without crediting her, when Prince passed away in 2016. In fact, nearly all creations by Andy Warhol are derivatives of existing images—celebrity photos, advertisements, magazine illustrations, etc.—to

Copyright Infringement 105

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43(B)log

JANUARY 3, 2024

I’m only going to discuss the false association/false advertising bits; as to the latter, state law provides more protection than federal because of the “commercial advertising or promotion” requirement for Lanham Act false advertising. The false association/coordinate state law claims survived. Ankura Consulting Grp.,

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Xbmckodiaddons.com was specifically mentioned as a completely independent forum when DroidSticks advertised its June 2015 launch on Twitter. Powell Was Raided in June 2016. Piracy discussion would be banned in future, unless it took place elsewhere else. It was too little, and already too late. eBay Reported DroidSticks’ Sales.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 23, 2023

If the best ideas are always the simplest, in 2016 software developer Elias Saba hit the jackpot. Released on the Amazon Appstore in November 2016, Saba’s ‘Downloader’ app offered users just two things; an empty URL field and a download button. ISPs to block the sites after all.

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The IPKat

JULY 29, 2024

238/2016) on the organic discipline of wine cultivation and wine production and trade. 238/2016 , reserved for products obtained exclusively from the acetic fermentation of alcoholic or sugary liquids of agricultural origin. 238 (Law no. The contested products were condiments marketed under names such as “Balsamico di.” 49 of Law No.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In 2016, the trade marks rights were transferred to a Hong Kong-based company, Super Union Holdings Ltd. It however cancelled the trademark for those services of Class 35, which are related to trade of electrical and electronic goods and for their advertising. Thus, the relevant services in Class 35 were invalidated.

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The IPKat

JUNE 6, 2022

CIVC also argued that GB is taking unfair advantage of the reputation of the PDO “Champagne”, and asked the court to order GB to cease use of all logos and advertisement documents with “Champanillo” sign, to cancel the registration for the domain name “champanillo.es” and close all social media accounts with this name.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 28, 2024

“Beginning in 2016 and continuing through 2019, Freemon sold illegally modified Fire TV Stick devices. . “Freemon has a long history of brazen disregard for copyright laws, and his early foray into internet piracy is the first link in the chain leading to his current web of illegal services,” they write.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2024

CODA says that its work against B9Good dates back to 2016 when it filed an administrative complaint in China. It was alleged that the women were paid by the site’s main operator to upload pirated content, while the man uploaded content to file-hosting sites to generate revenue from advertising.

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