TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2024

In 2017, Elsevier won a court case against LibGen and Sci-Hub in a New York federal court, which awarded the publisher $15 million in damages. However, both shadow libraries remained online and continue to operate to this day. The request isn’t limited to IPFS gateways, of course.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

ACE has shown an impressive ability to get the job done since its launch in 2017 and its activities are regularly reported here on TorrentFreak. Collaborate with the MPA digital team on strategy and content for ACE, TPN and the MPA’s online presence and social media activity. News vs. Marketing and Advertising.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Had a crystal ball been available back in 2017, Merrell would’ve observed the operators of Flawless being sent to prison in 2023 for more than 30 years. Media Maverick Without the benefit of such foresight, Merrell continued to run a school during the day and began reselling Flawless subscriptions on the side.

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43(B)log

MARCH 1, 2022

Anyway, Bell goes around suing unauthorized users of the passage, mostly public schools or nonprofits that publish the passage on social media. That’s what Chisholm Trail High School’s softball team and color guard did in 2017, on Twitter, to under 1000 followers, crediting Bell. But that’s not plausible.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

“Embedding” means the process of copying unique HTML code assigned to the location of a digital copy of the photo or video published to the Internet, and the insertion of that code into a target webpage or social media post so that photo or video is linked for display within the target post. In September, U.S. District Judge Charles R.

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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. 2017), [link] GRnQk94ZEE/view. 2017), [link] GRnQk94ZEE/view.

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43(B)log

MAY 2, 2022

28, 2022) Chanel sued What Goes Around Comes Around (WGACA), alleging trademark infringement, false advertising, false association/endorsement, and related NY GBL claims for deceptive/unfair trade practices and false advertising. Until 2017, it also used the hashtag #WGACACHANEL in its social media posts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2024

98, 107 (2017) for the passage that social media has become the “modern public square.” — Justice Alito writes that “research suggests that social media are having a devastating effect on many young people, leading to depression, isolation, bullying, and intense pressure to endorse the trend or cause of the day.” .

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2022

On 2 nd December 2021, Mason Rothschild began advertising an NFT collection of fur-covered Birkin-like handbags that he designed, advertising them as ‘METABIRKINS’. i)advertising or promotion that permits consumers to compare goods or services; or. (ii)identifying The Hermès-Rothschild Dispute.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Click on picture for larger image Section 45 of the Trademark Act provides, in pertinent part, that a mark is considered to be in use in commerce for services "when it is used or displayed in the sale or advertising of services and the services are rendered in commerce." Harrison won, at least at the TTAB. of Veterinary Sports Med.

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43(B)log

JULY 25, 2024

Portkey sued for unfair competition/reverse passing off, false advertising, and trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, as well as related state-law claims. Where there is no allegation of a comparative advertisement, §43(a)(1)(B) requires “some affirmative indication of actual injury and causation.” 23-CV-5074 (JPO) (S.D.N.Y.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Technologies that are reshaping the trademark protection landscape include, [Image Sources: Shutterstock] AI and Machine Learning [6] , via monitory trademarks AI systems, can handle large volumes of websites, social media, and any e-commerce site to detect infringement of their trademarks. html> accessed 21 November 2024. [8]

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2022

Whether launching their own collections , purchasing an expensive profile pic , or simply endorsing new artists , celebrities have embraced blockchain technology and have been extolling the virtues of owning a unique digital collectible across their social media platforms. So what’s the harm? So why does TINA care?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

Throughout the twentieth century, many newspapers, advertisements, magazines, textbooks, and other reference materials used the term “red gold” to describe the gold-copper combination. ” Plaintiff alleged that it has used the mark RED GOLD on watches since 1989.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 15, 2024

It is no longer confined to museum walls or catalog pages, we have become used to seeing classic canvases in advertising campaigns, on t-shirts and merchandising products, or parodied in memes on social media. Art is present in every facet of our lives.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

30, 2021): Plaintiff alleges that Defendants knew that Defendant Wagner did not own the copyright to the images that Plaintiff posted on its social media channels, because Wagner abandoned the copyrights when he executed the Stipulation of Settlement, which dedicated the intellectual property rights of the images to the public domain.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

30, 2022) Pegasystems alleged that defendants, which compete with it in the business process management (BPM) software field, engaged in false advertising and commercial disparagement in an online report that portrayed Pegasystems unfavorably. Appian disseminated the report through its sales team, social media, and other marketing.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

In support of this position, Palacio del Rio submitted evidence of architectural and industry specific publications from the 1960s, current customer affidavits about the uniqueness and fame of the building’s design, and advertising expenditures. 6 (TTAB 2017). The TTAB was unmoved. Bar-Well Foods, Ltd. , 2d 1342 (C.C.P.A.

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43(B)log

MARCH 18, 2022

They alleged violation of California’s FAL and UCL, false advertising under the Lanham Act, trade libel, and negligence. The complaint was filed mid-2021, and the injuries allegedly began in mid-2017, which was outside the statute of limitations for everything but the UCL. The majority view [among federal courts; I bet the Cal.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 31, 2024

The above-mentioned being the most important ones, do include other evidence such as social media presence, brochures featuring the mark, reviews of your products, listings in ecommerce platforms, marketing data and such others in order to evidence your extensive use.

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azrights

MAY 10, 2022

Compumark an industry leader in trademark research and protection reported in 2020 that trademark infringement is rising year on year with 85% of brands experiencing trademark infringement in the previous year, showing a steady upward trend from 81% in 2018 and 74% in 2017. Not understanding marketing. Every business starts out with a niche.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 20, 2022

We hope this means the FTC will take into account when a post targets, say, the gaming community with its own language or Gen Zers who have grown up with social media. The FTC gives examples of older people and kids as two such audiences with potentially different capacities. Is using such quotes with stock images an issue?

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

If memes are so powerful to engage users with the underlying content, as recognized by their increased use as an advertising tool, then how can the same corporations claim that memes are creating a serious harm that the law should recognize and protect? Put differently, is it fair for corporations to have their cake and eat it too?

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

A fraudulent lottery-winning message with Amitabh Bachchan’s voice from KBC was viral through various social media platforms and many people fell into this trap. Ramkumar Jewellers (2012), the defendant copied the plaintiff’s advertisement picture containing a popular artistic pose of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

The judgment also offers an insight into how the courts will view a party’s efforts to attract media attention by publicising their proceedings, as John Lewis said was the case here. Since 2009, these advertisements have been created by leading agency, adam&eve.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 17, 2022

Applicant’s contemporaneous actions from August 2017 through July 2018 are consistent with that mental impression and intention. He had reason to believe that DOUBLE DARE was available, that it was no longer registered, and that Applicant could produce and air the show with the expertise of its former producer and host.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

2017), raised an interesting example of “copyright estoppel” or, as the Ninth Circuit called it in the “Jersey Boys” lawsuit I recently discussed, the “Asserted Truths Doctrine.” affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the advertisers. “The Conjuring” (2013). The lawsuit, Brittle v. Warner Bros.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The company has brought over 300 cases since 2017, often using copyrighted product images as a technical hook to shut down undesired resellers who advertise its products at below retail prices. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or on your favorite social media platform @copyright lately.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2023

The plaintiff discovered in 2017 that the defendants had adopted the “RPG” mark and were purposefully using the trade name “M/s RPG Developers” with the intent to deceive the public into believing that the defendants were affiliated with the plaintiff as an associate, joint venture, or group company.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

A new track by Drake and The Weeknd is going viral on social media and is bound to top the charts. The concept was first created when a company released an advertisement with a robot that was meant to imitate TV star Vanna White. The song has been hailed as the “banger of the weekend” and was viewed more than 8.5

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2022

. “Embedding” means the process of copying unique HTML code assigned to the location of a digital copy of the photo or video published to the Internet, and the insertion of that code into a target webpage or social media post so that photo or video is linked for display within the target post. In September, U.S.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

Petitioners sued Google in District Court arguing that Google should be held accountable because (1) it approved ISIS videos for advertisements and shared proceeds with ISIS through YouTube’s revenue-sharing system and (2) YouTube’s algorithm suggested ISIS-recruitment videos to visitors of the site. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

In April 2017, Mrs Meikle bought herself a pair of Heeled Regina boots. Another House of Bruar employee, Mr Whitfield, ordered a pair of these Heeled Regina boots in May 2017 on the company credit card to be delivered next day to a House of Bruar designer who was involved in the production of the Bruar's 2017/18 catalogue.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Facebook advertising for the 2014 app continued until 2016 or 2019 and remained available for download; even though the Pebble Watch was discontinued in late 2016, WCT’s principal testified that “there remains a loyal following among the Pebble Watch community.” Downloads declined after a 2015 peak. Significantly favored Peloton.

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IP Whiteboard

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

g) placing apparent weight on evidence of confusion from social media posts and no weight on the absence of evidence of actual confusion. Justice Katzmann noted that it was difficult to put a great deal of weight on the evidence but found the evidence of the social media posts to “have some probative value”.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The court held that the defendant’s advertising falls under the ambit of permissible comparative advertising, rejecting the plaintiff’s claims and emphasized on a competitor’s right to prevent disparagement while allowing reasonable product promotion. POI Social Media Pvt. Humans of Bombay Stories Pvt.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Asst Controller of Patents and Designs , (passed on May 15) the Court meandered through the legislative history of Section 3(k) of the Patents Act and observed that there is a lack of clarity on the meaning of “technical effect” and “contribution” under the present 2017 CRI guidelines used by the Patent Office. Makemytrip (India) Pvt.

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