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[Guest post] Turin Court of Appeal upholds protection of Juventus FC’s unregistered colour combination trade mark for ‘Be the stripes’ jersey

The IPKat

100/2023, 22nd November 2024 ) and concerning the renowned Italian football club Juventus, one of its official resellers (i.e., b) IPC - is based on the fact that such colour combination is a well-known mark of the Italian club which has publicly used it for the professional sporting activity of its teams.

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CAFC Affirms TTAB in Genericness Refusal of MODULAR GABION SYSTEMS for. Guess What?

The TTABlog

2023-1308 (Fed. The appellate court noted that a gabion is a metal cage that may be filled with rocks and used in constructing dams, embankments, and other structures. Its finding that the public used the proposed mark generically was supported by substantial evidence. Shepherd’s competitors spent on advertising.

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TTABlog Test: Is "SNKRS" Generic for or Merely Descriptive of Nike's Sneaker-Related Services?

The TTABlog

88781464 and 88781470 (July 28, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Mark Lebow). Genericness: The Board found that the word “sneaker(s)” is generic for retail services featuring sneakers because it is a term that the relevant public uses or understands to refer to a key aspect or subcategory of the genus, which Nike did dispute.

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Biosimilars 2020 Year in Review

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

No earlier than July 31, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than November 20, 2023 per settlement. . No earlier than June 30, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than September 30, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than July 1, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than January 31, 2023 per settlement. January 2021.

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NO FAKES Act: Unpacking the New Bipartisan Bill on Digital Replicas

Patently-O

How long the descendible right lasts beyond the initial 10-year period depends on continued “authorized public use of the voice or visual likeness of the individual.” Meanwhile, actors are fighting abusive uses of digital replicas in everything from deep fake porn to fairly mainstream advertising. Is this bill perfect?

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The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

LexBlog IP

On December 6, 2023, Bob Woodward and other defendants moved to dismiss claims brought against them by former President Donald J. Trump Woodward’s publication, The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump, an audio-book also released in print. What did those papers say?