JD Supra Law

JUNE 1, 2023

Thank you for reading the May 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss Taco Bell's attempt to cancel two TACO TUESDAY trademark registrations, and a precedential TTAB decision reaffirming the challenges of federally registering marks for drug paraphernalia.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

Thank you for reading the January 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. Marking Yourself Safe From Trademark Scams in 2023 - Watching the PotTM Please see full Newsletter below for. In this issue: - Here It Goes Again: OK Go’s Recent Trademark Dispute Over…Cereal?

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 28, 2023

Thank you for reading the April 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss practice tips for the two new petition processes instituted by the Trademark Modernization Act and highlight significant proposed amendments to the Chinese Trademark Law.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Thank you for reading the December 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

In 2023, I logged 225 such cases (this number will grow a bit due to lags with the electronic databases). The 2023 count represented a 17% increase over the 2022 count. 2023 marked a significant milestone: my census now counts over 1,000 total U.S. Ballenger, 2023 U.S. I continue to maintain my census of U.S.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The Masters Conference is the largest advertising, marketing and promotion law conference in the nation, bringing together major brands, storied advertising agencies, and prominent regulators to discuss cutting-edge topics impacting.

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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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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 30, 2023

The Digital Markets Act is a groundbreaking law from the European Union that regulates the performance of large online platforms (designated as gatekeepers) in the digital economy to guarantee fair competition, which started applying on 2 May 2023. It controls an important gateway for business users toward final consumers.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The GII 2023 rankings that were published by WIPO yesterday saw Switzerland topping the list for the 13th time, followed by Sweden and the USA. This is considerable progress from when it was ranked 66th in 2013 , making India one of the top climbers of the decade 2013-2023.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 22, 2024

​​​​​​​As we settle into 2024, we reflect on the significant legal developments of 2023 that hold potential impact on the biologics and biosimilars market. The following is a recap of some of the top five legal decisions and developments in the biosimilars and biologics space in 2023 that we covered on the Big Molecule Watch.

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Olartemoure Blog

JUNE 28, 2024

According to the document titled “Relationship in the Open Innovation Ecosystem in Colombia Landscape 2021-2023,” it is highlighted that Colombia surpassed Brazil in the total value of contracts in the third year of measurement, despite having a much shorter trajectory. For further information, consult the report here.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2024

Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2023! Regulation, Innovation and Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets, by Margherita Colangelo. Please note: Some nominations do not appear in the list above: exclusions were made for example for not being a book about IP Law, or not being published in 2023.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 9, 2024

141 Billion Visits in 2023 Fresh data released by piracy tracking outfit MUSO and consulting firm Kearney suggests that piracy remains rampant nonetheless. In a report released today they reveal that there were 141 billion video piracy visits globally in 2023, a 12% increase since 2019. The 2023 report places the U.S.

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SpicyIP

MAY 17, 2023

Image from the Report The US Trade Representative (USTR) released the Special 301 Report for 2023 on April 26, 2023, and has placed India in the ‘Priority Watch List’, yet again. Prabhat Kumar Saha highlighting certain concerns of the USTR in the 2023 Special 301 Report and assessing the same from a public health perspective.

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Managing IP

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The report, which is about the unitary patent and UPC, analyses the views of more than 3,500 survey respondents and features interviews with patent practitioners

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As 2023 gets underway, we would like to remind our readers to remain vigilant for trademark scams, which target both new application filers and established brands, and have been known to arrive via email, mail, fax, and even text. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 5, 2023

With the start of the new year, the ArentFox Schiff Hospitality Industry team reviews 10 of the most pressing legal issues for hospitality companies in 2023. Potential Down Market Pressures. By: ArentFox Schiff

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 18, 2024

From the Big Mac v Big Jack to the KFC v HFC – 2023 was the year of the burger. In Australia, the burger debate was first brought to our attention in 2020 following a marketing campaign by Hungry Jack’s Pty Ltd (Hungry Jack’s) for its limited-edition Big Jack burger.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

On 27 November, The State of Scholarly Metadata: 2023 will be featured as a Virtual Poster Session.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

District of Columbia , 2023 WL 5964764 (D.C. City of Delray Beach, 2023 WL 6037456 (S.D. Manteca, 2023 WL 3833367 (Cal. June 6, 2023): Breitenbucher “liked” comments and an article in a public forum, Facebook. Newman, 2023 WL 2645555 (5th Cir. Marigot Beach Club and Dive Resort, 2023 WL 2743305 (D.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

StreamSafely: How it All Began The people who came up with the StreamSafely campaign and still run it today are collectively known as Ctam Cable Marketing Association Inc. , As the current member list shows, cable marketing has considerable scope. or CTAM for short. ” Under the heading The Cable Industry v. million expenses, $1.1

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2023 – the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, it’s about the trade marks. Tinderet is an area in Kenya.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Thousands will compete, many are objectively baseless, but only five can be crowned the worst of the worst copyright lawsuits of 2023. This year, I’m counting down the five most frivolous, ill-conceived, and all-around cringeworthy copyright lawsuits of 2023. The 5 Worst Copyright Lawsuits of 2023, according to me. Polychron v.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

While social media influencers were showing off pictures from the Amalfi Coast this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was finalizing its guidelines regarding the endorsements that paid for their vacations in Italy. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

CCC is pleased to once again be participating in and speaking at the National Information Standards Organization’s (NISO) Plus 2023 Conference. The post Designing a Metadata Fitness Program: CCC at NISO Plus 2023 appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Earlier this month, the USPTO announced that it intends to send a “Welcome Letter” to applicants or counsel of record who have filed new trademark applications. The letter, which should appear as shown here, will be sent either electronically or by mail along with filing receipts issued for newly filed applications.

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43(B)log

MAY 8, 2023

The Roundtable will be held on Friday, October 6, 2023. We invite submissions from academics working on any aspect of trademark, false advertising, marketing, right of publicity, or related areas of the law. The Roundtable will cover the travel and lodging expenses for invited authors.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Thank you for reading the December 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year and a preliminary ruling in Europe regarding an online marketplace's potential liability for advertisements for counterfeit goods offered on its platform.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

October seems to be the inescapable Taylor Swift’s unofficial month of choice – 17 years after she released her self-titled first album in October 2006, the October 2023 news cycle is buzzing about her “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” theatrical debut, re-recorded “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” album, and recent boost she’s given to the NFL’s “Reputation.”

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A new crop of copyrighted works (including rights in a certain famous British detective) will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. public domain on January 1, 2023. Happy Public Domain Day 2023. On January 1, 2023, Frank and Joe Hardy will be in good company. public domain on January 1, 2023.

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McKinsey Operations

APRIL 28, 2023

Meanwhile, concerns about financial-market volatility as a risk to growth have increased. Executives’ enthusiasm for the economy rose—and then came back to earth.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Therefore, such AI-generated works are said to compete directly with human-authored works and thus might be capable of disturbing the market for low creativity works, which is where apparently many artists nowadays make a living. It would not genuinely guarantee a level-playing field for all players in all Member States in a specific market.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 31, 2023

marketing the brand to a massive TV audience of millions. Omo, EVO, Mega We’ll end this brief and selective overview with a few key cases that started earlier, but saw some (preliminary) conclusions in 2023. Finally, 2023 also brought closure for two of the Megaupload defendants; Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

While the final decision is yet to be given in February 2023 , the recent holding recommends an order to ban imports of any infringing SharkNinja devices. According to representatives from iRobot, “ Shark’s plan has always been to copy iRobot’s innovations, undercut iRobot on price, and steal iRobot’s market share ”.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We have also included a list of other notable IP developments of 2023. The judgement was passed in October 2022, but was uploaded in September 2023 on the High Court’s website. A special thanks to Mr. G.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 26, 2023

Other indicators show that women creators have made incredible strides in the literary market, with one news story deeming the jump of women authors from 10 to 50% the “book market’s female revolution.” The post CCC Celebrates World Intellectual Property Day 2023 appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 17, 2023

biosimilar market has come a long way and has overcome many hurdles. It has been 13 years since the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) was enacted and biosimilars had a pathway to enter the U.S. While there have been challenges over this time, the U.S. By: Venable LLP

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