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Protecting Digital Identities: Trademarks, Domain Names, and the Menace of Cyber-Squatting

IP and Legal Filings

Therefore, with the increasing presence of commercial enterprises on web, it becomes apparent that domain name may be subject to norms applicable to other intellectual property rights such as trademarks. Akash Arora [8] , the plaintiff was the proprietor of the well-known trademark “Yahoo” and corresponding domain name, “Yahoo.com”.

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Getting your Trademark Registration in Bahrain

IP and Legal Filings

Trademark in Bahrain. ?????????A A trademark is a sign or form used to distinguish the goods, products, or services of one establishment from those of other establishments. In addition, a mark of sound or smell can be considered a trademark. There are two ways for going ahead of trademark registration.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

NFT creation, investment, sale, and ownership interest exists in Indonesia and elsewhere in the world. While NFT platforms are not yet specifically regulated, they are subject to the provisions on Electronic System Providers (“ESPs”) contained in several regulations, as follows: • Law No. Introduction. Government Regulation No.

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Battle of the Firms – The Irony of IP Law Firms Being Sued for Trademark Infringement

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Battle of the Firms – The Irony of IP Law Firms Being Sued for Trademark Infringement Niyati Prabhu It is well known that companies across the world take their brands seriously and deploy law firms in order to safeguard their intellectual properties, be it their names, slogans, brands, taglines, marketing tools and (even phone numbers ).

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CAFC Affirms TTAB Dismissal of Consolidated Cancellations Due to Lack of Entitlement to a Statutory Cause of Action

The TTABlog

The CAFC affirmed the Board's dismissal of two petitions for cancellation on the ground of lack of entitlement to a statutory cause of action under Section 1064 of the Trademark Act. 330, 340 (2016). TransUnion LL C, 594 U.S. at 425; see Spokeo, Inc. Robins , 578 U.S. The Board concluded that it did not. The CAFC agreed. [W]e

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Departing Employees Rename Their Former Employers’ Facebook Account. That May Be a Problem–La Baguette v. Tito & Tita

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The analogous non-digital conduct would be to take a photograph of a crowd inside La Baguette with the caption “La Baguette, Christmas party 2016,” erase “La Baguette,” write-in “Tito & Tita,” and keep the photograph on the wall where customers can see it. One wonders how a domain name would fare under Maryland law. DLB-21-401 (D.

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Your domain name, your identity: the risks of not protecting it for your brand image

Garrigues Blog

When we start any business, one of the first things to choose is the name that will identify you in the market and, if the homework is done, it will be registered as a trademark (see a related post here ). since it has a different extension, without the defendant having any possibility of prohibiting it, much less of claiming its ownership.