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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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether that’s by choice or design isn’t clear but a lecture from someone who earns more in a day than many fans do in a year could be even more disastrous than it sounds. As outlined in red, the site reported that live matches were available on Tuesday, but without advertising.

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The IPKat

JUNE 30, 2024

Slightly altered image of a Kat Facts In 2013, the RATP commissioned Amo Films to design and produce a collection of three photographic books. 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.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

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. Had designing logos and making websites look pretty begun to look less attractive to prosecuting authorities than they had done a couple of years earlier?

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Overview of current legislation in China.

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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 district court found that these violations caused harm because they “were designed to create a false continuity between Italian VSL#3 and the De Simone Formulation so that VSL#3 could keep its prior customers and potentially poach new ones.”

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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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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2024

On 27 June 2016, BIW filed another application for EU trade mark no. A geographical name is non-distinctive and descriptive if two conditions are established: (1) The name must be known to the relevant public as the designation of a place. (2) The picture was created with Image Creator from Microsoft Designer.

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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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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. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 20, 2025

Sound recording licensing, Indiaa annual IP report, creative works as industrial design, and a lot more that has happened last week. Part I] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from Gaslighting Design The Supreme Courts recent judgment in Cryogas Equipment Pvt. Anything we are missing out on? Inox India Ltd.

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

A very popular design of one of these boots is based on a traditional Spanish riding boot - the Regina boot or Heeled Regina - which looks like the below (and for a closer look click here ). Although their products have the "country" look and feel about them, the products aren't designed for serious country wear.

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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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SpicyIP

MAY 10, 2023

Deputy Controller of Patent and Designs : Emphasis on a speaking order by the Controller The dispute pertained to Patent Application no. Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs , Auckland Uniservices Limited v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs , N.V. June 7, 2016) by citing new, previously unmentioned, grounds.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

Whether it always performs as advertised is up for debate but there are videos showing it in action on Amazon and other platforms quickly downloading files, rather than attempting to record the screen. In 2016, AACS told the Court that DVDFab had blatantly ignored its injunction and was continuing to conduct business as usual.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2024

The green “upgrade now” button plays a key role in the court’s latest analysis: Enigma sued Malwarebytes for its classifications in 2016, back when Obama was still president. After remand, the case went back to the Ninth Circuit, which held that anti-threat classifications might be Lanham Act false advertising.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Furthermore, the Office's Teflon survey suffered from at least four design flaws (discussed in detail by the court), that rendered it non-probative. [T]he Snap has not proven that consumers need to employ any imagination to instantaneously associate SPECTACLES with one of the most essential aspects of smart glasses—its eyewear design."

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 1, 2022

Jaguar Land Rover had used the imagery of the Maasai community to enhance the aesthetics of their advertisement. Corporate giants like Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, on the other hand, blatantly and unfairly used in their clothing collection the exact patterns and designs that are unique to the Maasai community.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In 2016, the defendant IJR published an article/listicle titled “15 Signs Your Daddy Was a Conservative.” Philpot sued in 2020 over the 2016 IJR publication, i.e., after the 3 year statute of limitations that no one seems to care about post-Petrella. (In Larry Philpot is a repeat copyright plaintiff. The Fourth Circuit reverses.

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43(B)log

JUNE 15, 2022

Netaifm alleged that defendants engaged in anticompetitive market behavior when the Jain entities acquired majority shares of two local design firms, which connect manufacturers to growers, and alleged false advertising. Jain had approximately $25 million in Central Valley sales in 2016. Jain is Netafim’s largest competitor.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The petitioner through the simple means of regular and massive use and advertising of its FEVIKWIK trademark already holding a strong market with a design not changed since 1987, argued that it had a right to the recognition of goodwill in such a name. 2016 SCC OnLine Del 4738. [12] Vardhman Properties Ltd., 8] Para 24 and 25.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

But genuine fact issues remained on whether J-B Weld’s advertising of “Made in USA” was false and whether Illinois Tool had standing. In 2016, it even commissioned a survey asking customers whether they preferred “J-B Weld Ultimate Black” or Illinois Tool’s “Permatex Ultra Black.” package closeup standalone parts?

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

P and P Imports (“P&P”) sells outdoor games under its GoSports brand, and in December 2016, it began selling its “Giant 4 in a Row Game” that was based on the classic tabletop version. Johnson Enterprises, LLC, in which the parties were battling a trade dress infringement claim involving these large outdoor Connect 4-like games.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

But Industria does not advertise or sell its Zenú or Ranchera products in the United States and there are no market surveys specific to the United States for Zenú or Ranchera. In 2016, the Latinfood website contained the phrase “We have products from” followed by marks of imported brands, among which was an image of Industria’s Zenú mark.

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43(B)log

APRIL 17, 2023

The appellate panel remanded to decide whether the defendant’s publication was for the purpose of influencing consumers to buy the defendant’s goods or services, as additionally required for “commercial advertising or promotion” under the Lanham Act. Citing, among others, Enigma Software Grp. USA, LLC v. Bleeping Comput. LLC, 194 F.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In another decision , from 2016, the BGH found that remuneration claims under Section 32 UrhG arise when the agreed remuneration at the time of the respective contract being concluded is not appropriate when viewed from the perspective of the time of conclusion of the contract (ex-ante view). Collecting Societies.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Barbie, a name synonymous with an unattainable standard of femininity and the concept of commercial feminism, was designed to captivate the toy market with all its glittery pink magnificence. Products may also come in widely recognised packaging designs.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2022

” It’s also worth mentioning that Hatton and Berkeley, a business entity that is also involved in this settlement project, previously advertised the usefulness of an LLP structure (i.e It’s the kind of messaging the Open Rights Group warned about in 2016 but the government did nothing to prevent.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 31, 2021

The 2016 label references the “coastal hills” of Oregon as an “ideal region to grow” this type of wine. Marketing materials related to the 2016 version designate the same three valleys as “Regions of Origin,” and describes them as “premiere growing regions along Oregon’s coast.” the 2017 reads “ACAMPO, CA • CONTAINS SULFITES.”

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

3 of 2016 on Child Rights (Wadeema’s Law). Strict regulations on tobacco and vaping advertisements. The competent authority may designate specific smoking and vaping areas subject to conditions outlined in the Implementing Regulation. 15/2009 on Tobacco Control, Cabinet Decision No. 24/2013, and Federal Law No.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

In May 2016, Delta Air Lines (“Delta”) filed a federal lawsuit, Delta v. Delta claimed that the Websites’ scheme was designed to harm Delta’s business reputation and to diminish the value of its trademarks. By: Sharon Urias, Esq. Fly Tech LLC et al.,

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Trademarks, industrial designs, and domain names are examples of IPs interrelated to multiple aspects of the Olympic games. This implies that the Treaty prevents the usage of the Olympic symbol on any goods, advertisements or websites that are unaccredited by the IOC. This Olympic torch was protected as an industrial design.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Allen maintained that the parts it sold bore the same part numbers and were identical in design, function, and quality as Toyota parts that are intended for sale in the U.S. Toyota allegedly sells parts in the U.S. at significantly higher prices than the prices charged by other Toyota entities elsewhere in the world. Arbitrage thus occurs.

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43(B)log

JUNE 6, 2023

Enigma sued its competitor Malwarebytes for Lanham Act false advertising and NY business torts for designating its products as “malicious,” “threats,” and “potentially unwanted programs” (PUPs). The district court dismissed the complaint on the grounds that these designations were “non-actionable statements of opinion.”

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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.” But the app was not updated after 2016 and was removed from WCT’s website. But the app was not updated after 2016 and was removed from WCT’s website.

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43(B)log

MAY 19, 2023

Natera’s advertising touted “fewer false positives and fewer false negatives” and offered patients the ability to “[d]iscover more about your baby’s health.” In 2016, Natera acknowledged the results of a published study which found that Panorama had an 18% PPV for DiGeorge syndrome, a rare genetic condition.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Opposer claimed to own a family of MONSTER-formative marks, but it failed to prove the existence of a family of MONSTER marks prior to SS Vape’s July 2016 date of first use. The Board has long recognized that the 'Internet is such a pervasive medium that virtually everything is advertised and sold through the Internet.'" Opposition No.

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