43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

2:21-cv-07929-MEMF(PVCx), 2022 WL 18674459 (C.D. 22, 2022) This is a super messy case with a lot going on; I’m going to blog about it mainly to highlight a new thing you can apparently do with a trademark application , which is use it on non-Amazon platforms to gain advantages. Hollywood Unlocked, Inc.,

False Advertising 87

False Advertising Trademark Registration Advertising 87

43(B)log

JULY 15, 2024

NFT background: In early 2022, StockX introduced Vault NFTs, which featured Nike’s trademarks and provided the holder ownership of an associated physical item. As for the positivity of the ads, “consumer surveys in false advertising cases commonly display the challenged advertisement.”

False Advertising 69

False Advertising Branding Brands Branding 69

43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

19-11461-PBS, 2022 WL 4630231, F.Supp.3d 30, 2022) Pegasystems alleged that defendants, which compete with it in the business process management (BPM) software field, engaged in false advertising and commercial disparagement in an online report that portrayed Pegasystems unfavorably. Pegasystems Inc. Appian Corp.

Marketing 59

Marketing Marketing Business False Advertising 59

The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

The case was brought by Lavinia Deborah Osbourne (founder of Women in Blockchain Talks) against Ozone Networks (trading as OpenSea) in January 2022, after two NFT artworks that she had purchased from the Boss Beauties collection were taken from her digital wallet without her consent.

Non-Fungible Tokens 140

Non-Fungible Tokens Advertising Advertising Ownership 140

43(B)log

MARCH 4, 2022

Tito & Tita Food Truck, LLC, 2022 WL 622234, No. 3, 2022) Plaintiffs alleged that they employed the individual defendants in part to manage social media advertising and promotion for plaintiffs’ baking businesses, aka La Baguette. Pan 4 America, LLC v. DLB-21-401 (D.

Social Media 72

Social Media Advertising Advertising Business 72

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

IP 112

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 112