IPilogue

JULY 21, 2022

While Hailey Bieber’s new skin care brand Rhode promises “ happy and hydrated skin, ” the brand itself has a blemish: an alleged trademark infringement. Rhode-NYC argues that Hailey Bieber’s use of her middle name “Rhode” as the name of her skin care brand is creating market confusion and potential harm to its goodwill and reputation.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 6, 2024

French luxury brand Louis Vuitton Malletier SAS is seeking statutory damages of up to $2 million per counterfeited mark from the operator of a Connecticut flea market where fake goods were repeatedly sold despite a June 2018 agreement to cease such activity, according to a federal lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 19, 2024

In the Scandinavian pirate market, Viking IPTV is a well-known brand and according to Rights Alliance, business appears to have been brisk. Rights Alliance reports that all plaintiffs were awarded damages by the Patent and Market Court (PMD), with the TV companies appearing to take the lion’s share.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 20, 2022

When we marketers think about a branding initiative, our eyes light up at the notion of limitless creative possibilities. But to use these creative assets to power your brand, you must first get the strategy right. How is our company’s broader strategic plan reflected in our brand strategy? What’s in a Name?

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Global fashion brand Nine West recently filed a Notice of Opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board contesting the registration of the mark “Nina West” by a company owned by Andrew Levitt, drag name Nina West. Nine West, popular for its shoe, handbag, and accessory lines, filed for bankruptcy in 2018.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

It is to be mentioned that many products fall in different regulatory categories than those whereby they were registered in the country of origin, sometimes requiring additional technical documentation for its sanitary registration (Marketing Authorization-MA). Sentence 2004-00883 of June 7, 2018.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2023

The major threat in today’s market has been growing for many years, mainly because it’s so quick and easy. Denmark was the first country in the world to declare stream-ripping illegal and currently blocks sites with flvto, ytmp3, yt1s y2mate, and savefrom branding, among others. What is Stream-Ripping and How Does it Work?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2022

In 2018, broadcaster DISH Network sued the people behind pirate IPTV service SetTV for illegally obtaining the company’s broadcasting from its satellite service and redistributing them online. On June 4, 2018, the court issued a temporary restraining order against the SetTV defendants, which included measures to freeze their assets.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Owners of luxury trade marks have a strong interest in building and preserving the luxury and prestigious aura around their brands. It sells the perfumes under these brands through a selective distribution system. and Calvin Klein perfumes and sold them in their stores from December 2017 to October 2018. 15(2) EUTMR exist.

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Dragons' Den

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In 2020, Ben launched his own trade marked brand called ‘Uptheir Clothing’. I was inspired by fashion and noticed a gap in the market. Now, having trade marked ‘Uptheir’ as a brand name, more than 90% of Ben’s products are ‘own brand’. Filing for a trade mark was the first thing we did as soon as we got the brand name.

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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 brand was not involved with selling secondly handed or vintage goods. RealReal, Inc. 3d 422 (S.D.N.Y.

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The IPKat

JUNE 28, 2024

They estimated the market value of original Off-White items to be around $11,700. Comment Brand owners know that the battle against counterfeiting and piracy remains a challenging one. Off-White submitted that there had been "use in the course of trade," citing the quantity and amount of counterfeit garments. customs trainings).

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2022

In 2013, Afdah.com entered the already crowded market and quickly attracted millions of users tempted by a comprehensive library of copyright-infringing movies. Nevertheless, several well-known ‘pirate’ brands exploited the ‘loophole’, including Movie4K, Putlocker, Yify and Afdah. and Afdah.to.

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azrights

MAY 10, 2022

Not understanding the role of Brand Names in Business led to China Tang having to rebrand even though they had been using the name for 12 years. Read, listen to podcasts and audio books, take courses such as Brand Tuned to discover better ways to design your business, get clients, and serve your existing ones. Business is hard.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2023

Internet Brands opinion. Including the Internet Brands case, I found six cases using the phrase (see Appendix B). Internet Brands, Inc. , April 19, 2018) Gonzalez v. April 19, 2018) Gonzalez v. 15, 2018) HomeAway.com, Inc. Internet Brands, Inc. , Internet Brands, Inc. , 2018) Doe v.

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Patently-O

JULY 8, 2022

One quirk of the Patent Act is Section 271(e), which creates infringement liability for simply seeking FDA approval to market a generic version of an already approved drug. Here, Actavis filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) seeking FDA approval to market a “liquid methylphenidate (MPH) oral suspension.”

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

He started collecting real-world test data in August 2018. He posted about the app on social media but didn’t encourage others to do so; he didn’t have a written business or marketing plan before launch, and he did not create investor presentations, solicit investors, or raise capital. Peloton’s core brand is Peloton.

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IPilogue

JULY 23, 2021

D isparaging Trademarks at a Time of Social & Racial Justice Movements ” by Brand & New. Brand & New is a podcast by the International Trademark Association. In particular, I enjoyed their conversation about the possibility of minority-owned brands reclaiming and trademarking offensive words or stereotypes. “D

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 26, 2021

With the legalization of various forms of marijuana in some states, products involving Cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp have been rapidly entering the market, and businesses are seeking to protect their brands in this growing market. Do I Still Have Rights if Someone is Using a Name, Mark, or Brand Similar to Mine?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2021

Pattern Brands, Inc., First, as discussed above, these searches have only a limited usefulness in establishing whether PRETZEL CRISPS is generic due to the more than a decade (and $50 million in advertising and marketing expenditures) that has passed since the challenged registration of the mark in 2005. 2021 WL 1226156 (S.D.N.Y.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Another crucial change is abolishing the national regime of exhaustion of IP rights for certain goods and brands. The list includes such well-known brands as Apple, HP, Panasonic, Siemens, Tesla, and Volkswagen. The list includes such well-known brands as Apple, HP, Panasonic, Siemens, Tesla, and Volkswagen.

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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. Access device fraud from June 6, 2018 through June 5, 20198, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1029(a)(2) , (c)(1)(a)(i) and 2 6. False statement, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2023

Vietnam Stays on the Watch List In 2018 there had been some promising signs. When the USTR published its list of ‘notorious markets’ in 2019, Vietnam had other problems on its hands. Fmovies, also known as Bmovies and Bflix, are three of the most recognizable pirate streaming brands for good reason.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 15, 2022

When Christie’s Auction House first entered the secondary art market of mainland China in 2005, it licensed its brand to a local auction house and received a total of RMB 97,000,000 (roughly $12,100,000) for its inaugural sale. [1] A relaxed regulatory environment helps explain the enormous growth of the Chinese art market.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 29, 2024

The marketing and framing of this utopian vision relied on the relative naivety of most internet users. Axel Springer Takes on Eyeo GmbH German publisher Axel Springer, owner of brands including Bild and Die Welt, eventually decided that the ad blocking problem could be solved by its legal department.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Goldsein also sent marketing materials incorporating RCI images to various vendors, including in a PowerPoint presentation. The court noted, that, “[o]n the one hand, the global market for fine jewelry is perhaps enormous.” The court noted, that, “[o]n the one hand, the global market for fine jewelry is perhaps enormous.”

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

In a saturated market where most innovation takes place behind the scenes, if it happens at all, the next big thing may struggle to make any kind of serious impression. Australia has been methodically dealing with locally-significant sites in this manner since 2015, and via a more robust system since 2018.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 29, 2022

In 2018, broadcaster DISH Network sued the people behind pirate IPTV service SetTV. A month later, DISH and NagraStar followed up with a new lawsuit claiming that former SetTV operators Jason LaBossiere, Sean Beaman, and Stefan Gollner had launched three new pirate IPTV services/brands.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

They filed a trademark lawsuit in 2018 but abandoned the suit when it got sent to arbitration. The court says that trademark law: permits the use of trade names as long as referencing other brand names does not confuse consumers and is not deceptive. Google appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 2, 2024

2018); and Howard v. 2018), it was plausible that “there is little chance that clarification or context on the reverse of the package will suffice to overcome a deception claim (especially at the motion-to-dismiss stage).” Bayer AG, No. 17-CV-647, 2017 WL 3168525 (N.D. July 26, 2017), vacated and remanded, 742 F. App’x 325 (9th Cir.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

Pirate site brands, including 123movies, Putlocker, Kisscartoon, 123movieshub, and GoMovies, were suddenly recognized all over the world, despite in many cases having been copied from ‘pirate’ brands already in existence. Running in parallel, news began to emerge of big changes at Zoro.to. Aniwatch.to

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Brands have recently begun to co-opt this form of communication in an attempt to capitalize on the prevalence and effectiveness of memes. [ii] x] In fact, on the contrary, memes can operate as a source of marketing and a way to garner interest in creative works in a funny, generationally relevant way. 29, 2013), [link]. [ii]

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

A Brand New Start or Just Hype After taking so long to arrive, expectations were high. According to the indictment, Valverde marketed Fenix and attracted subscribers through a network of resellers, each of whom sold monthly subscriptions via so-called reseller credits. But in this case, apparently not. 18 U.S.C. §

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 15, 2021

While they commonly consist of a brand name or logo, the shape of a product may also be an indication of its origin. In simple terms, the shape must be highly recognizable, noticeably distinct from other products in the market, and offer a clear indication of the origin of the product. Trademarks indicate the origin of a product.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Introduction Incorporating a novel focus on the digital market environment, the Competition Amendment Act, 2023 stands out as one of the most momentous changes made to the Competition Act of 2002 in the last two decades. The law aims to expand the scope of the Competition Act by including digital markets.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 19, 2022

67306 lakhs over the last three financial years, i.e., 2018-2021. Such a course of action appears to be quite unusual and quixotic, as there is no basis in the suit as to why a trademark suit of a brand having such a huge turnover is sought to be valued at such a low threshold. 1000/- and Court fees of Rs. 150/- is paid for the same.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Global fashion brand Nine West recently filed a Notice of Opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board contesting the registration of the mark “Nina West” by a company owned by Andrew Levitt, drag name Nina West. Nine West, popular for its shoe, handbag, and accessory lines, filed for bankruptcy in 2018.

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