SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

” The Plaintiff undertook a market survey, which revealed that the defendant was secretly selling inferior quality apparel, under deceptively similar trademarks to those of the plaintiff. The defendant did not claim ownership of the “Levi’s” trademark and only denied selling such goods. Mrs Arti Gupta & Anr.

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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. The domain has been targeted in just seven requests with just eight of its URLs removed since 2018. What is Stream-Ripping and How Does it Work? Bluntly, it’s difficult to see what more could’ve been done.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California Civil Code section 980(a)(2) , which grants “exclusive ownership” of a sound recording fixed before February 15, 1972, to its “author,” provides only an exclusive right of reproduction and distribution, and does not provide an exclusive right of public performance.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In November of 2018, a limited-edition Enchanted Owl print sold for almost ten times that price, totaling at Waddington’s Auctioneers and Appraisals Toronto – breaking the record for the most expensive Canadian artist print ever sold via auction. Not all Canadian galleries oppose ARRs.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Remember the Fifth Circuit case from 2018 holding that a real restaurant’s name could infringe trademark rights in the name of a fictional restaurant from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Krusty Krab? It confirms both ownership of valid copyrights and copying by the defendants of original constituent elements of the works.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

ANALYSIS OF THE DISPUTE According to the Indian Copyright Act of 1957, copyright ownership is contingent upon the nature of any agreements or the footage in place. 5] The idea is affected by the market value of the original work and its usage. 2018 SCC OnLine Del 13480 [7] R.G Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd.,

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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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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The consolidation of this many attorneys under just two ownership groups has naturally led to some concerns about a reduction in competition. So let’s dive into the details, and some charts. Read more »

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Patent Ownership IP Patent Application 52

Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

10] According to one of the biggest litigation funders, publicly traded Burford Capital—recently featured on 60 Minutes [11] —there was a 237% increase in overall litigation funding in the US between 2012 and 2018, a trend that, by all accounts, continues unabated. [12] Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Introduction Prior to 2017, China was the largest cryptocurrency market in the world, with 80% of Bitcoin transactions, the most popular digital currency, taking place in yuan 1. In 2017, China closed down its domestic cryptocurrency exchanges at a time when 90% of all bitcoin trade worldwide took place on their speculative market.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

Imported into the gray market in Europe, US cartridges were cheaper than their Japanese counterparts. While the prediction concerning key acquisition seems valid, in the unlikely event Nintendo addresses key ownership, licensing agreements would almost certainly tilt in favor of the gaming company. A snip at $165.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 16, 2021

Its LoopNet is allegedly “the leading digital marketplace for commercial real estate,” and contains CoStar’s copyrighted images, data from the CoStar database, and edits made by CoStar to “improve marketability.” 17-00461, 2018 U.S. McGucken v. DMI Holdings, CV 18-4837, 2019 U.S. See also Maule v. Anheuser Busch, LLC, No.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Binding nature The SPR should apply regardless of the copyright ownership of the publication, or of any contractual restriction in the publishing agreement. ALLEA requests the new European Commission to prioritise this in its legislative agenda.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

A share re-purchase, often known as a buyback, occurs when a firm purchases its own existing shares in order to decrease the number of shares accessible on the stock market. Reduced market share ownership raises the number of shares possessed by investors. SEBI (Buy-back of Securities) Regulations, 2018. APPLICABLE ACTS.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

According to the complaint, these separate entities are just one big data-sharing family, leveraging their combined resources in non-standard ways such as Microsoft sharing hardware and cloud infrastructure resources in exchange for an ownership interest in OpenAI. Complaint at 31. Corelogic, Inc. , 3d 666, 671 (9th Cir. –Doe 1 v.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

After the US Ambassador to Vietnam got involved in 2018, calling on government officials to launch criminal prosecutions , several persistent sites suddenly shut down. Over time, several hundred domains reappeared online with similar branding, but none were as relevant or persistent as those previously removed from the market.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It first expanded into Austin in 2018. If consumers believe, even though falsely, that the natural tendency of producers of the type of goods marketed by the prior user is to expand into the market for the type of goods marketed by the subsequent user, confusion may be likely.” Intent was neutral.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Introduction Over $67 billion USD was transacted in the worldwide contemporary art market in 2018, an increase of nearly $3 billion USD from the previous year’s value. Artwork based on such a notion presents challenges when attempting to establish ownership.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

NFTs are an attempt to enforce decentralization, ownership tracking, and value storage, while also making the lawful owner’s claim to the original work visible in the event of duplication. It aims to act as valid proof of ownership and grants the creator “digital bragging rights” through traceable proof of ownership.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 16, 2022

Trademark law was developed to help protect a seller’s “brand” in connection with the marketing and labeling of products for sale to avoid “consumer confusion.” ’” This approach favors those sellers who took “the time to comply with government regulations before bringing products to market.”

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2022

Trademark law was developed to help protect a seller’s “brand” in connection with the marketing and labeling of products for sale to avoid “consumer confusion.” On the other hand, AK Futures argued that delta-8 THC fell within the definition of hemp, which Congress had legalized in its 2018 Farm Act. on a dry weight basis.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

It took eight months, but the ownership question of the photographs has been settled. However, it is not what I expected for the first case to be finally determined: Section 512(f) and an ownership dispute between former business partners. On June 4, 2018, Oppenheimer found his image on Prutton’s website. It seems like it did.

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IIPRD

JUNE 21, 2021

[i] Since then multitudes of different crypto currencies coming into existence, 10,295 different crypto currencies to be precise according to market cap and this number is still bound to increase. [ii] This move wreaked havoc in the market leading prices to fall due to people selling their holding in India. Conclusion.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 5, 2021

The legalization of cannabis in 2018 created a booming industry in Canada. However, it is clear that biotech companies have taken notice of the potential for gaining profits by keeping competitors out of the niche market through obtaining patents. In 2020, the sales of cannabis products hit $2.6

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Laws aiming to remedy these issues have thus been adopted in Spain in 2011 and 2022 , Italy and Germany in 2013, Austria in 2015, France in 2016, the Netherlands and Belgium in 2018. What’s next?

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Nepal Privacy Act was passed in September 2018. An NFT and the corresponding permission to use, copy, or display the asset can be bought and sold in digital markets. And a public proof of ownership for the NFT can be provided via blockchain technology. NFTs are viewed as the future of ownership by enthusiasts.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Case Summaries Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing v. The Respondent operates his business through two incorporated entities and claims ownership of the trademark via the permitted use by the two incorporated entities. But how does this finding interact with the position of relevant laws in India?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

In interpreting these provisions, the Commission’s Guidance (COM/2021/288 final) states that information is considered “relevant” if it is at least “accurate about the rights ownership of the particular work or subject matter in question”. fingerprinting” and “metadata-based solutions”).

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In 2018, CasperLabs asked Zamfir to collaborate on developing a new blockchain. Zamfir has the burden of rebutting the presumption of ownership conferred by CasperLabs’ registered mark, but that burden can be met by showing that the registrant had not established valid ownership rights in the mark at the time of registration.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

To create global consumer interference along with the profit from it, is now the primary objective of majority of the markets. In our country, securities market is basically run and controlled by SEBI i.e. The Securities and Exchange Board of India. Gaining access to new markets. Enhancing operating markets and productivity.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The Papa Texas affiliate was owned by Mr. Perales, and he began actively promoting his ownership of CiCis and Papa John’s franchises shortly thereafter. Mr. Perales claimed his relationship with Papa John’s did not violate his commitments to CiCi Enterprises based on an unmemorialized 2018 amendment. [3]

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

These items have restricted production and remain in the market only for a short duration of time. They almost never re-enter the market again. This creates scarcity of the product in the market. Basic principles of economics dictate that when a product is scarce in nature, its demand in the market tends to increase.

Editing 52

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SpicyIP

JULY 18, 2024

Its further appeals at the EUIPO’s Board of Appeals and subsequently at the European General Court met with the same effect by late 2018 (a convenient way of looking up all the relevant cases is to search for the nickname “khadi” at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)’s website with their “eSearch Case Law”.

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

I can only imagine the time it takes to catch these and comment to claim ownership and promote the book in which these graphics are published. Through this limited sample of artists, I hope to encourage and remind legal professionals, marketers, and the broader public to consider their practices and use these reflections to inform decisions.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 15, 2023

The company aims at highlighting the qualities of the products through advertisements which thereafter becomes an advertisement campaign which build the market identity of the product. Advertisements are for public display and therefore, claiming the ownership is a debatable question in the domain of intellectual property.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 19, 2021

CasperLabs was founded in October 2018 under that name. Without assessing whether Zamfir owned any valid interest, reasoning that ownership of a valid mark is not a requirement under §43(a), the court jumped straight to the Sleekcraft factors. 1) The marks were identical. (2)

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43(B)log

JANUARY 18, 2022

This seems wrong to me—like holding a skateboard nonfunctional because you can also use roller skates if you want personal wheels, or the Dippin’ Dots ice cream configuration nonfunctional because one can eat regular ice cream instead—but does provide a nice illustration of the importance of market definition to functionality determinations.

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