Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

In 2016, The Atlantic did their own expose on widespread plagiarism on Amazon’s self-publishing service. Though Amazon claims in its Brand Protection Report to have taken down millions of improper listings and destroyed millions of products , that same proactive push is not extended to authors, even those featured on its Kindle service.

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Patently-O

JUNE 29, 2022

Coca-Cola stepped-in in 2016 seeking to cancel Meenaxi’s mark registrations. But, the missing link was evidence that the US-based Indians and Indian-Americans were aware of the branding. There is no basis [in the evidence] to assume that an American of Indian descent is aware of brands in India. ” = = =. Christine H.

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IPilogue

MAY 12, 2022

Given the power of Apple’s brand, it is no surprise that they actively challenge trademarks that resemble their own to protect the dilution of their trademark. However, brands attached with the term “trademark bully” can face negative consequences and be reprimanded by the courts for filing “weak” cases. Photo by Pineapple Supply Co.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 5, 2024

‘International Organized Crime’ Between 2010 and 2016, Engel Systems sold a range of devices that provided illegal access to pirated TV content. Another 300,700+ euros should be paid off over the next two years, all thanks to a massive law enforcement operation in May 2016.

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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 Others still in operation today are keeping the ‘ZT’ brand alive Judgment in France The men finally went on trial in France on March 13, 2023.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2022

However until 2016 the Club did not have a trademark for Wimbledons signature colours of dark green and purple. Even though those specific colours have been associated with Wimbledon for several decades, there was no trademarks protection for it and hence until 2016 those colours were exploited by other companies.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 26, 2024

Similar notices dated 2016 , 2017 , and 2018 , fail to raise any obvious red flags and since the first and last were processed by GitHub, people can be confident they received considerable scrutiny. Finding takedown notices featuring the domain mm-nintendo.com wasn’t difficult. So Real or Fake?

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The biggest individual brand story of the year was Facebook’s announcement of its new META brand. Major brands across industries – including Marvel, KISS, UFC, Nike, and many more – filed for trademarks to cover new products and services in the metaverse. 2016: [link]. Mega META announcement. NFT trademarks.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In September 2021, a grand jury returned a 62-count indictment charging Bill Omar Carrasquillo with crimes related to his Gears-branded IPTV services. Circumvention of an access control device, from March 2016 through November 23, 2019, in violation of 17 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a)(1)(A) , 1204(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. §

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azrights

MARCH 15, 2021

There are two drivers of brand asset strength: uniqueness and fame. For example, when you see the swoosh logo of the Nike brand you know it represents Nike even though it may be featured on its own with no name accompanying it. If an asset is less famous, it is more likely to be mistakenly attributed to a competitor’s brand.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 8, 2023

While other branded services were featured in the investigation, the focus was on Flawless IPTV and its operations between August 2016 and May 2018. During this period, Flawless served around 42,000 customers direct, charging each around £10 per month. The same holds true for 13 former moderators of Flawless.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Wtf is a juice demon pic.twitter.com/OxYMWEuoCq — Eli Matthewson (@EliMatthewson) October 1, 2016. They are part fashion, part artwork, part branding and part character. However, one of the areas that is generally less talked about is copyright’s impact on Halloween costumes. Bottom Line.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Abhishek, in two interviews ( here and her e ), has argued that the FSA explicitly stated that all brand, IPR, copyright, TMs (whatever that means) of the Lodha business, including Lodha and Lodha group, would belong to the Lodha Developers Private Limited (Macrotech Developers). In case an agreement exists (FSA, MOU, Trust deed etc.)

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In December 2016 and after substantial work to amend the law, an Australian court ordered the blocking of several pirate sites headed up by the infamous The Pirate Bay. However, the Judge wasn’t satisfied with the approach.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” … but would that which we call a brand by any other name be as hype? Founded in 2016, Los Angeles-based streetwear brand formerly known as Chinatown Market offers everything you’d need to fit in on Fairfax Avenue. Photo from Market.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 17, 2022

As reported , Revlon, the iconic cosmetics brand, has filed for bankruptcy. The New-York based cosmetics company reportedly struggled due to competition from other established brands as well as a host of small companies that use social media. The Indian Bankruptcy Code, 2016 lays down a two-step process for insolvency.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Trademark infringement is the nightmare that keeps big brands up at night. Imagine you’ve conjured up the hottest brand on the market – “Crispy Crunch Delights” , complete with a jazzy logo. ” They are selling what you sell, they are reaping the benefits of your brand, without doing any of the hard work. .”

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 13, 2024

As such a proprietary right is granted by way of registration of a trademark, whereby the owner of the mark or other parties granted a license to use the brand has the exclusive right to use it for the purpose of making money. Under Sections 47 and 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, Pidilite Industries Ltd. FEVIKWIK, FEVICOL, FEVISTIK).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2025

Background Koninklijke Philips NV (Philips) marketed various air fryers under the brand Airfryer. Since 2010, it owns registered Community designs (RCD) for the Airfryer, including RCD no. 001654591-0001 and no.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 2, 2023

The streaming portal first appeared on the scene in 2016 and has thrived ever since. As a result of this decision, all backup 9anime domains currently point to Aniwave.to, leaving the old brand completely behind. However, that could also be achieved by simply switching to a new domain name with similar branding.

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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. If we have to come up with a possible explanation, we would hypothesize that the site’s operators might want to abandon the tainted Fmovies brand. Copyright holders were less pleased.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

They include the resurrected Demonoid , EZTV ( first blocked in 2013 ) plus additional sites operating under familiar brands such as Primewire ( 2013 ), Solarmovie ( 2013 ), and Putlocker ( 2016 ).

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The IPKat

MAY 3, 2022

In 2016, Verstappen was featured in a TV commercial for Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo. In this commercial, a (very accurate) look-a-like of Verstappen, wearing the identical racing outfit Verstappen wore in the Jumbo commercial, delivers groceries in Picnic branded lorry, as depicted below. Background What was the case about?

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Established, but offensive, brands change names. Never before have some many brands backed away from names or name origins that were offensive. Uncle Ben’s, Eskimo Pie, Aunt Jemima, Washington Redskins, and Cleveland Indians are some of the brands began name changes or removed items from their logo in 2020. 2016: [link].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

MSCHF has frequently targeted major brands. 2016), aff’d , 674 F. 2016)) traded on the goodwill of Louis Vuitton; it is what made them attractive products. At this point the Second Circuit baldly states “MSCHF used Vans’ trademarks—particularly its red and white logo—to brand its own products.” 3d 252 (4th Cir.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2022

And another from 2016 that featured a piracy ‘brand’ with an even bigger profile. Following the surprise shutdown of KickassTorrents in 2016, details of the FBI investigation revealed some of the inner workings of the site and its business dealings. KickassTorrents.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Moreover, the IPR eases the market development and establishes a solid brand identity. The environment is branded by the active interaction of various stakeholders, including the entrepreneurs, investors, incubators accelerators, and the administration forms. The Startups have filled more than 12000 applications between 2016-2024.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 5, 2021

with those branded QBox, Ubox and EVPad proving the most popular. In the UK, for example, the BBC had wall-to-wall coverage of London 2012 and Rio 2016 but this time around, licensing restrictions imposed by the International Olympic Committee mean that coverage has been drastically reduced and additional subscriptions are required.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 26, 2022

French Military Police Shut Down Site in 2016. But in 2016, ZT ran into serious trouble. In a report published last year titled ‘Illegal consumption of videos in France’ ( pdf ) , ALPA listed ZT and Tirexo-branded domains in first and third positions in its ‘illegal site’ list.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2024

ACE/MPA Takes Control of IPTV Domains After being registered on May 25, 2022, xnetultimate.com was transferred to brand protection company MarkMonitor around May 10, 2024. Whether the same can be said of the many IPTV domains officially commandeered over the past few days is up for debate.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 6, 2021

They allow companies to promote their brand image and connect with the community around them. This preliminary analysis has to go further and check, for example, if the brand we have chosen is also available as a domain name. These issues can have a major impact on brand strategy and affect credibility in the market.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 26, 2021

On July 26, 2021, the fashion brand ‘Fear of God’ publicized that they had filed a trademark and counterfeit lawsuit in Illinois in early July against several e-commerce sites operating in China. million worth of fake goods in 2016. Photo by Negative Space (Pexels).

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In an otherwise straightforward Section 2(d) analysis, the Board ruled that confusion is likely between Respondent's registered marks MIRAGE BRANDS (standard form) and MIRAGE BRANDS & Design [BRANDS disclaimed], and Petitioner Mahender Sabhnani's previously used and registered mark ROYAL MIRAGE & Design , all for perfume.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2025

Globe IPTV Use of the Globe brand in connection with TV piracy dates back over a decade. When Flawless launched in August 2016, Globe was a major supplier to the operation. Even from our very limited knowledge of the investigation, it seems likely to have been one of the longest of its type ever undertaken.

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Kashishipr

MAY 11, 2022

The single color or color combination of a product’s packaging can obtain Trademark Protection only if it is capable enough to be recognized by the general public as unique or belonging to a specific brand. Case No: A3/2016/3082). It also encourages safeguarding the interests of the traders and consumers in the market.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Danielle Bernstein is a 28-year-old New York City influencer and founder of the brand We Wore What (“WWW”). TGE claimed Bernstein copied their signature pattern of nude female silhouette line drawings, which had been printed on their tissue paper since the store’s inception in 2016. In this case, via alleged copyright infringement.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A Kat while using à L'Oréal shampoo Facts Between 2013 and 2015, L'Oréal asked Ms Y to take photographs of products in its KERASTASTE brand ranges. In 2016, L'Oréal changed the packaging for its Kérastase products. The Court found that these photographs had been put online between 2013 and 2016.

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