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EU: Complex Pirate IPTV Networks Underpin a Parallel Black Market

TorrentFreak

The MPA branded BestBuyIPTV a ‘notorious market’ back in 2018, noting that it was “likely” to be located in Italy. The MPA reported the service to the US Government again a year later, but in the 2021 ‘Notorious Markets’ report, Italy was no longer cited as a hosting location. King365tv – Down?

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Cent NFT Marketplace Halts Sales, Cites Plagiarism

Plagiarism Today

As such, Cent is a name that is well known both by those invested in the NFT market and those that are merely observing. Coca Cola, Nike and Gucci have both tried out their own NFTs , All in all, NFT sales have bloomed, growing from $95 million in 2020 to $25 billion in 2021. Bottom Line.

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Trademark Enforcement In E-Market : Challenges In Identifying The Infringer And Holding Them Accountable

IP and Legal Filings

These E-commerce platforms make it simple to access consumer goods from a computer or smart phone, but they also, by their very nature, make it simple for counterfeiters to market their counterfeit goods. In the year 2017 the market value of the E-commerce was $38.5 Nakul Bajaj &Ors, [Civil Suit No. 344/2018]. [6] 344/2018]. [7]

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EU enforcement of IPRs: the DG TAXUD and EUIPO’s joint report

The IPKat

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union ( DG TAXUD ) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) recently released the first joint annual report on EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the EU internal market 2020. billion in 2019.

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China’s Rise in U.S. Design Patent System

Patently-O

For instance, 55% of global design applications filed in 2020 were by Chinese residents. In 2015, the US linked its design patent system with Hague — this gives U.S. designers easier access to global design rights; and non-U.S. applicants easier access to the U.S. This week, China announced that it is also joining the system.

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Twitter Can’t Quash a 512(h) Subpoena

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In October 2020, the user posted 6 tweets attacking Brian Sheth , a private equity billionaire, that included photos “depicting a woman or portions of a woman’s body.” 2H 2019 and Q1 2020 Quick Links, Part 1 (Copyright, E-Commerce, Advertising). Q2 2015 Quick Links, Part 1 (IP, Marketing and More).

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IPTV Operator Who Was Sentenced For One Week of Piracy is Less Lucky at Court of Appeal

TorrentFreak

They alleged that between August 20, 2020, and May 17, 2022, J.E. Patent and Market Court Convicts In its judgment handed down in April 2023, Sweden’s Patent and Market Court found J.E. By August 2020, a “large number of payments” for IPTV subscriptions had been received by J.E., Evidence J.E.

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