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dissatisfaction w/Amazon's partner program isn't TM infringement/false advertising

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2022 WL 670919, NO. 7, 2022) Melwani owns the Royal Silk trademark for “a wide variety of products.” His marks are enrolled in Amazon Brand Registry, and Royal Silk Direct maintains an authorized Royal Silk “storefront” on Amazon.com. False designation of origin/false advertising: Lasoff v.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

The year saw many trademark stories in the news as backlogs continued at the USPTO even while application filing numbers dropped from their all time highs during the two previous years. Here are the biggest trademark stories of 2022 that we have been following at EMP&A. Trademark Scams. © 2022 Erik M.

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Georgia Supreme Court Blesses Google’s Keyword Ad Sales–Edible IP v. Google

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

.” In other words, they sought to establish (using centuries-old chattel-based theft doctrines rather than trademark law) that a trademark owner has the unrestricted right to shut down anyone using their trademarks, even if no consumers are harmed. to see if it could find some soft spot in Georgia state law.

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Court Dismisses Trademark Claims Over Internal Search Results–Las Vegas Skydiving v. Groupon

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Las Vegas Skydiving Adventures offers tandem skydiving under the “Fyrosity” brand. 2022 WL 594833 (D. 2022 WL 670919 (W.D. March 7, 2022). Melwani sells products under the “Royal Silk” brand. It has never offered its services through Groupon. Groupon, Inc. BONUS: Melwani v. Amazon.com, Inc.,

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11th Circuit affirms Viacom's Rogers-based win for MTV Floribama Shore

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29, 2022) MGFB runs the Flora-Bama Lounge, Package and Oyster Bar on the Florida-Alabama border. Although “third parties have used Flora-Bama in the titles of third parties’ artistic works with Plaintiffs’ oral or written permission,” that doesn’t make this a title-v-title case: Basic trademark law demonstrates why.

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Free Speech, Chatting About Friends, Kraken/Crackin’ On AI, & Thinking About Fred & Ginger: Generated Content, Amici Curiae, & A Case About Jack Daniels That Dances Around Trademark Issues And Leaves Some Things To Chew On

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22-148 , both before and after the petition for certiorari was granted on November 21, 2022. VIP Products, Jack Daniel’s, the maker of the popular whiskey brand, filed a lawsuit against VIP Products, a company that sells a dog toy shaped like a whiskey barrel. VIP Products LLC , Docket No. ” Id. ” Id.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

SpicyIP

The judgement was passed in October 2022, but was uploaded in September 2023 on the High Court’s website. Further, the judgement also sets aside the 4 factor test in the 2022 Nokia v. The rejection order is authored by Dr. Latika Dawara, Asst. Bolt Technology v. First, in Toyota v.

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