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Trademark law and LinkedIn resumes: watch out?

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Venkateswaran, 2024 WL 3487735, No. Maybe companies can resurrect noncompetes by prohibiting uses of their trademarks in former employees’ resumes! Portkey sued for unfair competition/reverse passing off, false advertising, and trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, as well as related state-law claims.

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case hit my alerts because of its discussion about keyword advertising, but first, I have to digest how the court got there. In an April 2023 summary judgment ruling , the plaintiff established that it “possesses the legally protectable, incontestable trademarks TEXAS TAMALE and TEXAS TAMALE COMPANY.” ” Say what?

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Zara vs. Boungiorno and the possibility (or not) of using third-party trademarks

Garrigues Blog

A judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarifies the scope of third-party use of trademarks, taking into account the changes introduced in the European Directive on trademarks. regarding the use of the ZARA trademark. The Commercial Court No.

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The Supreme Court confirms that a third party may not use the ZARA trademark.

Garrigues Blog

The Supreme Court has confirmed that the use of another’s trademark to identify the prize in an advertising campaign constitutes an act of trademark infringement and ordered the infringer to pay compensation for damages. regarding the use of the ZARA trademark, as previously discussed here.

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Print-on-Demand Service Defeats Fish Illustrator’s Copyright Claim–Tomelleri v. Sunfrog

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

And although Plaintiff also alleged Defendants marketed, advertised, and sold merchandise bearing his copyrighted illustrations. I’m also left wondering about possibly divergent applications of copyright and trademark law to print-on-demand services. This plaintiff emphasized copyright law but got little traction.

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China’s Pirate Site Crackdown is Real & Assisted By Anime Anti-Piracy Group

TorrentFreak

That the loudest voices continue to import mountains of Chinese-manufactured goods, including items that in some cases violate copyright and trademark laws, serves to illustrate why differences on IP enforcement are likely to continue. Other conundrums, including IP rights owned by U.S.

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Reconceptualizing Trademark Protection in the Digital Age: A Proposal for Reform in Response to Google Ads’ Policy- Part I

SpicyIP

Malak is a third year law student from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. The same could be said about Google’s Ads program wherein it seems to have successfully charted through the trademark laws to smoothly bypass them in allowing firms to bid for their competitor’s trademark as a keyword for their advertisement.