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Tiktok's other, smaller legal problem

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2024 WL 1772833, No. 23, 2024) Skipping the copyright and trade secrets part of the case. (In In brief: Meishe argued that Tiktok copied its code via an employee who departed. Beijing Meishe Network Technology Co. Tiktok Inc., 23-cv-06012-SI (N.D. As stated in Luxul Technology Inc. Nectarlux, LLC, 78 F. 3d 1156 (N.D.

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This Case Keeps Wrecking Internet Law–Enigma v. Malwarebytes

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After remand, the case went back to the Ninth Circuit, which held that anti-threat classifications might be Lanham Act false advertising. That putatively means that the court would characterize all threat identifications as “advertising.” Today I’m blogging the district court decision after that remand.

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No copyright over simple colors and shapes used to annotate X-rays

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2024 WL 3480212, No. In fall 2023, Overjet launched its “Anatomical Structures Visualization Tool” for Overjet Caries Assist, which introduced the relevant coloring scheme and design. It also allegedly “selected the design and colors to help with brand identification; the purple, for example, complements Overjet’s purple brand color.”

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Measuring device (c)able under Star Athletica; ignoring Dastar, court also allows false advertising claim

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Kitchen Cube LLC, 2024 WL 1829620, No. 17, 2024) Leszczynski invented a measuring cube that combines various measuring volumes into a single cubical structure. He posted the Cube design and 3D print files on Thingiverse.com, the largest site for 3D print objects. Thingiverse cube Kitchen Cube made and sold copies of the Cube.

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Two hospitals can both be best, and use purple ads (for now at least)

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2024 WL 898941, No. 1, 2024) NYU Langone sued Northwell for trade dress infringement, unfair competition and false designation of origin, and false advertising under the Lanham Act, as well as related claims under the New York GBL and New York common law. Northwell Health, Inc., 23-CV-5032 (VEC) (S.D.N.Y.

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

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The Court noted that the Patents Act is specifically designed to deal with matters concerning allegations of unreasonable conditions in licence agreements, abuse of one’s status as a patentee, the necessary inquiry into these allegations, and eventually the relief that can be granted. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

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