TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2022

Since 2018, Brazil’s Plano de Ação de Combate à Pirataria (Action Plan to Combat Piracy/PACP) has sought to counter the country’s piracy problems but with support from ABTA, the Brazilian Pay TV/Telecom Association (Associação Brasileira de Televisão por Assinatura), Ancine and Anatel want a rapid and streamlined ISP blocking system.

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43(B)log

JULY 24, 2023

The first pegfilgrastim biosimilar hit the market in November 2018, and would ultimately be followed by five others, including Sandoz’s Ziextenzo in November 2019. But the FDA, independent reviews at scientific journals, and even some of Amgen’s own employees criticized the advertising claims as unsupported and misleading. Sandoz Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 26, 2023

The (unnecessarily confusing) majority opinion suggested several exclusions to Section 230’s immunity, including these statements: “If you don’t encourage illegal content, or design your website to require users to input illegal content , you will be immune.” In an effort to find housing, she accessed the Facebook Marketplace.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

On Twitter, UpCodes claimed that their copies of building codes are “kept up-to-date with all the amendments integrated natively into the code,” and separately that they had integrated “all 973 amendments” to the New Jersey 2018 codes. UpCodes, Inc., 2021 WL 1236106, Nos. 6261 (VM) & 20 Civ. 4316 (VM) (S.D.N.Y.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 3, 2023

Campaign to Raise Kids’ Awareness of Online Harms The new awareness campaign targets pre-teens and young teenagers and is designed to raise awareness of some of the risks they’re likely to encounter when using the web. Worringly, things only went downhill from there.

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43(B)log

MAY 24, 2021

Mary Kate Fernandez, The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance: Unfair and Deceptive Advertising in Children’s Apps, 66 Loy. A striking passage on host selling: This advertising practice, illegal during children’s television programming, is fundamentally unfair to child consumers.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Samsung : This was a case, from 2011 to 2018, where Apple took the word against Samsung, claiming infringement of its smartphone design and utility patents. The legal battle unfolded in several countries and brought about several verdicts, one of the most significant being a $539 million jury verdict in Apple’s favor back in 2018.

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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. Controller of Patents and Designs. Rosemount Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2021

The Counterclaim alleges that Kid Car purchased “KIDMOTO” as keyword on Google and that by using ‘kid car’ in the resulting advertisement there is a likelihood of consumer confusion.” ” * RVC Floor Decor, Ltd. Floor and Decor Outlets of America, Inc., 2021 WL 1163117 (E.D.N.Y. March 18, 2021). April 1, 2021).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2018, Agrarfrost GmbH & Co. Nonetheless, despite such common knowledge, it was apparent from the market study that was submitted by the Intervener that there were practically no products designed in an identical or similar manner by third parties during the relevant period.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Around 2018/19, CTAM approached IE Network, a company that describes itself as “part intelligence agency, part newsroom.” These threats disproportionately affect casual pirates who are less likely to know that adblocking software like uBlock doesn’t just block unwanted advertising. or CTAM for short.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

These “bad design” arguments to work around 230 have been rejected repeatedly. Based on the facts alleged, there is no reason to believe that even if Schmidt’s estranged husband had not purchased a gun from a person who posted an advertisement on the Armslist website, Schmidt would still be alive. Negligence.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 26, 2023

22] However, to remedy this caveat, the court propounded that designating a colour using an internationally recognised identification code (such as Pantone) will constitute a graphical representation, being precise and stable. [23] 214, 230 (2018). [3] 890/2018 at paras 8(i)(ii), 9(i)(ii)(iii) & 11-13. [7] 214, 229 (2018).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

At the time, ANCINE was clear that the deal meant it would gain access to automated systems that would allow it to “monitor irregularities” related to online advertising in connection with piracy-related products. There was never any real mystery about what it hoped to achieve. Ether appears to be one of its anti-piracy platforms.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 24, 2023

Works covered by copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps and technical drawings. The NITI Aayog in its conversation paper, 2018 suggested that the usage of AI had been increasing in all areas such as medical care, schooling and so on. [8] SYDNEY, Oct.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The same can’t be said for dedicated movie and TV show downloading apps advertised precisely for that purpose. Back in 2018, less than 2% of notices carried a circumvention claim. Powerful torrent site search tools, indexing software, and automatic content downloaders are rarely an issue. In 2022, 15.7%

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Patently-O

JANUARY 3, 2024

EL’s design also includes the idea of different elastic strengths. His first prototype testing occurred in 2018 and continued up until the end of 2019. By November 2019, EL was satisfied with the design. Once the pull-strap extends to its maximum length, the webbing sleeve engages to prevent the rubber from being over stretched.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

. (“Chanel”), is an iconic fashion company based in New York known for its luxury fashion products and owns rights to several Chanel and CC monograms trademarks associated with the brand design. The information was brought to the notice of RealReal by Chanel in 2018, who asked for substantial additional information in response.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

. (“Chanel”), is an iconic fashion company based in New York known for its luxury fashion products and owns rights to several Chanel and CC monograms trademarks associated with the brand design. The information was brought to the notice of RealReal by Chanel in 2018, who asked for substantial additional information in response.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 14, 2022

According to the evidence provided by SLC, the outer packaging boxes of Gucci, Serge Lutens’s and other brand perfumes are all rectangular carton boxes, indicating that the design of the black frame on a white background is a common decoration for perfume packaging.

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43(B)log

MAY 12, 2022

They are: the Unfair Competition Law (UCL); the False Advertising Law (FAL); and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA). While they often cover the same conduct in false advertising cases and are cumulative of each other, they have differences. 2018) (cleaned up), or at least the test changes depending on the situation.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria Limited neglected to renew their contract with actor and filmmaker Adewole Ojo to use his photographs for advertisements. The warning came as a result of complaints from various artists and designers who assert that their works are being distributed on various platforms without benefitting them.

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

This right can be related to music, a book, a logo, any art work, work related to science, designs of the industries. For example, noodles people prefer Maggie over other companies noodles because of the uniqueness in the packaging, taste and also the advertisement which creates an impact on customers to buy the product. 2] Novartis v.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 18, 2021

According to the Complaint, Giant Eagle acquired the Rickers convenience store chain in 2018 and eventually rebranded those stores under the getGo® marks. Further, Giant Eagle claims it has spent millions of dollars to advertise and promote its services using the getGo® Marks.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The Court noted that the Patents Act is specifically designed to deal with matters concerning allegations of unreasonable conditions in licence agreements, abuse of one’s status as a patentee, the necessary inquiry into these allegations, and eventually the relief that can be granted. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 18, 2021

were valid and infringed, but the latter wasn’t counterfeited; SMRI’s dilution victory was vacated, but not its victories on deceptive trade practices, ACPA, false advertising, and unfair competition. The Composite Design Mark registration specifically acknowledged that it made “no claim. apart from the mark as shown.”

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

According to the BGH, the specific design of the cards and consoles manufactured by the plaintiff constituted effective technical measures within the meaning of Section 95a (2) and (3) No. The infringement at trial was a photo of a sportscar illegally used on the internet for advertising purposes.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Started in 2018, the 2nd edition of Overlapping IP Rights (OUP) was brought to completion in 2023 by his co-editor, the inimitable Prof Neil Wilkof, along with Prof Irene Calboli who came on as a co-editor following Prof Basheer’s demise. As Wilkof notes in the preface, this was an edition that Basheer and Wilkof had started work on in 2018.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It outlines trends, data and legal rights pertaining to patents, trade marks, designs, plant breeder rights ( PBR ) and copyright. Design certifications remained generally stable (with a small decrease) in 2020. Class 35 Advertising (14 370) +3. Design Right Applications, Registrations and Certifications. Key players.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The High Court also noted that merely because the impugned mark’s advertisement occurred in Delhi, the courts of Delhi will not become eligible to adjudicate on the dispute. Controller of Patents and Designs ( pdf ), was decided by the Delhi High Court and deals with issues pertaining to prior art and inventive step. Image from here.

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43(B)log

JULY 6, 2022

The court rejected defendants’ arguments that the putative classes were too heterogenous for certification: Some of the identified differences – for example, differences in advertisements that the named plaintiffs or class members may have seen over time or differences in the amount of JUUL product purchased – are simply not material.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It first expanded into Austin in 2018. Section 43(a) reaches more broadly; the court here applies Lexmark to both false advertising and trademark claims. Plaintiff also pointed to numerous calls it received from confused consumers as evidence that the callers assumed that it was the sole source of the advertising.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Neurelis received orphan drug designation from the FDA for its Valtoco for management of ARS in 2015. It then received fast strack designation, which allowed it priority review, and filed an NDA for Valtoco in 2018; this was pending at the time of the operative complaint.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Mystery Ranch, Ltd. (“Mystery Ranch” or “Opposer”) opposed registration of the DANA DESIGN mark based on an alleged false suggestion of a connection with Mystery Ranch and Dana Gleason, Mystery Ranch’s co-owner, under Section 2(a) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § In 1992, Dana Design Ltd.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 11, 2021

In re Sausser Summers, PC , 2021 USPQ2d 618, (TTAB 2021) [re-designated as precedential] (Opinion by Judge Christopher Larkin). 2018) (quoting In re Boston Beer Co. , In the absence of supporting evidence, we cannot find that Applicant has advertised extensively." Royal Crown Cola Co. Coca-Cola Co. , Examining Attorney Andrea B.

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