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Joint trademark “ownership”: Tea for two? (Best of 2016)

Likelihood of Confusion

Originally published January 25, 2016. The post Joint trademark “ownership”: Tea for two? Best of 2016) appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. It’s been almost ten years ago since the March 2006 blog post, which got a bit of play as it turned out, in which I expressed a.

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[Guest post] Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

The IPKat

Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh? The idea of DAO is not that new with the most well-known DAO (uninventively called “ The DAO ” ) dating back to 2016. Such ownership sometimes arises “automatically” when a work has been created in the course of employment.

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Copyright Ownership: Exploring Employer-Employee Relationship

IP and Legal Filings

the ownership disputes in India and the U.K. CS (COMM) 935/2016 [8] Michael Penhallurick Vs. MD5 Ltd., 2021] EWHC 293 (IPEC)[8] Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The post Copyright Ownership: Exploring Employer-Employee Relationship first appeared on IPLF. Unlike the U.S.A., are heavily subjected to judicial interpretations.

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Investor Group Buys Half of Prince’s Tightly Controlled but Intellectual Property-Attractive Estate

IP Watchdog

With the value of his music catalogue still subject to an ongoing dispute between the trust managing his estate and the IRS, Prince, who died in 2016, has a new partner. He also railed against his record company, which sought to assert ownership rights over his catalogue and name.

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

HAuNTcon 2016 – Copyright and Trademark for Haunters : Skipping ahead to January 2016, at that year’s HAuNTcon, a convention for haunted attraction owners and operators, I gave a talk on copyright and trademark for haunters. That’s exactly what this October 2016 article does.

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3 Count: International Incidents

Plagiarism Today

They are essentially a receipt that is placed on the blockchain that allows a purchaser to claim “ownership” over that particular NFT. However, it was raided in 2016 and two men, the owner and his son, were arrested. .” NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have seen both big sales and big business in the past year.

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3 Count: Falling Down

Plagiarism Today

The investigation began after Carrasquillo failed to file timely tax returns from 2016 to 2019 and the service was shut down in 2019 when FBI agents raided his home. He claims to have received the copyright through a series of transfers and is also suing over another film, After the Rain , that similarly came under his ownership.