IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

2] They contended that the defendants are perpetuating gross misinformation by running fraudulent medicinal drug advertisement campaigns through wrongful use of Artificial Intelligence and are creating deepfakes by distorting images, voice, and other personality traits of Rajat Sharma, also infringing upon the registered trademarks of his company.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

We are extending the deadline to vote for the IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2024 until 10 February 2025. Our Katfriend evaluated the judgment from three perspectives: unfair advantage, impact of comparative advertising, and unfair competition in the UK. Extension of Deadline!

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

[Sponsored] CRISP (BITS Law School) Invites Applications for Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship (1 April 2025) Centre for Research in Innovation Law for Shared Prosperity, BITS Law School is inviting applications for their Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship. The last day to send your applications is April 1, 2025.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Call for Applications: SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellowship 2025 (Apply by February 23) Attention IP and tech enthusiasts! We are very excited to announce the SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellowship 2025! vs Mr. Sandeep Khandelwal And Anr on 3 February, 2025 (Delhi High Court) Image from here. The deadline is February 23.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 7, 2025

An increasingly competitive and fractured marketplace and a rapidly evolving legal landscape mean that protecting your intangible assets, enforcing your rights, and mitigating intellectual property risks are more challenging than ever.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 22, 2025

8:24-cv-02600-JVS-ADS, 2025 WL 250032 (C.D. These garbage disposals tend to match the same horsepower advertised by InSinkErator on its disposals, but at a cheaper price. Joneca Co., This signals that horsepower is an importantif not primarydistinction used by retailers to market to consumers.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

1:21cv1216, 2025 WL 371303 (N.D. 3, 2025) Metrasens and plaintiff KDI compete in the market for ferromagnetic detectors, used to detect magnetic items (such as iron) on a persons body or clothing before the person enters a room containing an MRI scanner. Kopp Development, Inc. Metrasens, Inc, No. And it is a rebuttable presumption.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

14-MD-2542 (VSB), 2025 WL 354671 (S.D.N.Y. 30, 2025) This is a ruling on 19 motions to exclude expert testimony in this case, which is mostly an antitrust case; I will focus only on some false advertising-relevant rulings. In re Keurig Green Mountain Single-Serve Coffee Antitrust Litig.,

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

24-30111, 2025 WL 586820 (5 th Cir. 24, 2025) District courts denial of preliminary injunction discussed here. Advertising media: Both parties stated that word of mouth advertising is perhaps their strongest form of advertising. Rampart Resources, Inc. Rampart/Wurth Holding, Inc.,

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43(B)log

APRIL 2, 2025

Aljibouri, 2025 WL 959656, No. 31, 2025) Not sure Ive seen this before! The complaint was silent on the first four factors courts consider: (1) advertising expenditures, (2) consumer studies linking the mark to a source, (3) unsolicited media coverage of the product, and (4) sales success. Tentantable.com, LLC v.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2024

” 2025-2029 Manifesto In its manifesto, AAPA advocates for stronger protections for audiovisual content, including live sports and other events. The group outlines their policy priorities for 2024-2029, which includes five main points: – Introduce innovative data-driven legislation to combat live content piracy in 2025.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government responded to the blocked news links by stopping to advertise on Facebook and Instagram and encouraging others to do the same. The CRTC has established a timeline for it to address Bill C-18 regulations that stretch into 2025.

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43(B)log

MARCH 13, 2025

TC Heartland LLC, 2025 WL 777001, No. 11, 2025) Karabas alleged that Heartland deceptively marketed its stevia-based sweetener as 100% Natural when the sweeteners two ingredients stevia leaf extract and erythritol are synthetic because of the process through which the defendant produced the ingredients, which were allegedly not natural.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Sumi Agro ( UPC_CFI_201/2024 ) that distributing an infringing product outside the Contracting Member States (CMS) and advertising a product under the same name within the CMS can create a risk of patent infringement. According to the Court, Sumi Agro should have offered a cease-and-desist declaration in such circumstances.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

The arbitral award dated February 28, 2025 , underscores the importance of accurate registrant information and reinforces that cybersquatting – even passive holding of infringing domains will not go unchecked. The company also owns the domain wakefit.co , which clearly pre-dates the disputed domain.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Moreover, it notes that the value of news for advertising purposes in search is limited, since news queries are a small part of search activity (Google says only 2%) and advertisers are far more interested in advertising against searches for products or services, rather than searches for the latest news.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

For instance, Googles 2024 release of its Gemma 2 model is advertised as an open model , yet, it comes with an expansive Prohibited Use Policy which disallows use for several applications (e.g. Regardless of their aims, RAIL terms are arguably at odds with currently accepted definitions of open source.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 11, 2025

91264923 (March 7, 2025) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas L. Welch 2025. However, opposer's dilution-by-blurring claim was dismissed due, in part, to failure to prove its mark famous for the stated goods. Texas Department of Transportation v. Mexican Restaurants, Inc. Opposition No. Casagrande). Text Copyright John L.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 13, 2025

Case Summaries Ktc India Pvt Ltd vs M/S Himalayan Nomad Ktc And Ors on 8 January, 2025 (Delhi District Court) The present suit was filed by the plaintiff seeking relief of permanent injunction restraining infringement of trademark. 2, a marketing/advertising agency acting under the instructions of defendant no.1, But Defendant No.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 24, 2024

On 9 May, the law regulating the commercialization, consumption, advertising, and use of electronic cigarettes and vape devices was enacted. Fines between USD 680 to USD 1,020 for merchants who fail to comply with advertising prohibitions.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It includes many rules, several of them directed at the language of business in Quebec, and some regarding the use of French on both product packaging and signage/advertising. Amendments to the Charter are expected to come into force on June 1, 2025. Fines for second offences are doubled and thereafter tripled.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In a landmark ruling on February 25, 2025, the Delhi High court ordered Amazon to pay a hefty Rs. crore (USD 5 million) for the extra marketing and advertising costs that Plaintiffs incurred to repair its damaged reputation. crore in compensatory damages for the sale of counterfeit Beverly Hills Polo Club (BHPC) goods on its platform.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2025

The 7th February 2025 decision in Sir Ratan Tata Trust & Anr v. This trend of favourable orders in personality rights cases has gone to the extent that even the concept of a well-known name has been brought to the fore. Dr. Rajat Shrivastava becomes particularly relevant to this discussion.

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Intepat

MARCH 25, 2025

billion in 2025. They also take refuge under the exception granted for comparative marketing, making reference to the luxury product solely as a point of comparison in their advertising. Several luxury brands, including Tom Ford, Chanel, and Dior, annually invest millions into developing and marketing their signature perfumes.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The 10th September 2024 order ( pdf ) has rescheduled the matter to 14 January 2025. The PIL then provides a list of dates of events which I have recreated in a tabular manner for easier perusal: Date Event 30.07.2007 DoPT OM mandated the issuance of an open advertisement for filling up posts. 3 (UP Pandit), for the CGPDTM post.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Further, YouTube disabled access to Season 25 of Skibidi Toilet in response to Next Level’s DCMA Takedown Notice, which caused Invisible Narratives to lose streaming revenue from advertising placement.” Next Level Apps Technology FZCO , 2025 WL 551866 (N.D. Case Citation : Invisible Narratives LLC v.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Running for four seasons from the 2025-26 campaign, the deal will see broadcasters Sky and TNT take the live games and the BBC continue with its popular highlights package. Early December the English Premier League announced a new broadcasting rights deal worth a staggering £6.7 billion (US$8.5 crackstreams.me (left), ronaldo7.io

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Herbert Smith Freehills

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

In 2020, UJU Holding ranked the largest online marketing service provider in China in terms of gross billing generated from advertisements placed by general e-commerce platform advertisers on online short video platforms. billion in 2025 at a CAGR of 30.7%. "We 2025????????7043???????????30.7%?. billion in 2018 to RMB184.6

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2023

billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate of 32%. Clear Disclosure : In the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority (the ASA) and the Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA) regulate influencer marketing by requiring compliance with the CAP Code and consumer protection law. billion in 2020 to $24.1

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

4:24-cv-75, 2025 WL 438100 (E.D. 7, 2025) The defendants published an article in a scientific journal, asserting that they had identified 75 people, additional to 33 in an earlier study, who had malignant mesothelioma but no known exposure to asbestos except through cosmetic talc. What about commercial advertising or promotion?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Allen Interchange LLC, 2025 WL 465815, No. 11, 2025) This discovery dispute says some interesting things about gray market goods. For the purposes of false advertising claims, the issue that the parties must address is whether there are material differences between the products, not why any such differences may exist.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate of 32%. Clear Disclosure : In the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority (the ASA) and the Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA) regulate influencer marketing by requiring compliance with the CAP Code and consumer protection law. billion in 2020 to $24.1

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

However, the World Cocoa Foundation has conceded that it cannot eradicate child labor in cocoa production by 2025.” All defendants advertise their cocoa as humanely produced. Quaker Oats advertised that its Chocolate Chip Chewy Bars “support sustainably sourced cocoa through [the non-profit entity] Cocoa Horizons.”

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43(B)log

AUGUST 30, 2024

The most concrete statements outlined Coca-Cola’s goals: (1) “Make 100% of our packaging recyclable globally by 2025. The court here also specifically rejected Bimbo Bakeries ’s “hostility toward consumer survey evidence as one viable evidentiary tool for discerning how reasonable consumers understand various advertisements.”

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Herbert Smith Freehills

DECEMBER 13, 2021

HK), AI-based mobile app developer and mobile advertising platform services provider Newborn Town Inc (09911.HK), billion in 2025 at a CAGR of 40.1%. HK), online marketing solutions provider Netjoy Holdings Limited (02131.HK), HK), brand e-commerce retail and wholesale solutions provider UNQ Holdings Limited (02177.HK), 53.2%?????????2016??5????2020??30?????2025???40.1%?????????????163??.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 12, 2021

1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2025, and requires 15% PCR by weight. Advertisements emphasizing that a product is “100% recyclable” or “green” may be considered deceptive if there is not a robust and effective recycling program in the community in which the product is sold. 1, 2022, to Dec. And by Jan.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2023

The European Commission expressed its hope that the provisions of the regulation will enter into force across all EU member states in 2025. These include, among others, the use to take decisions that may be detrimental to a natural person or the use for advertising or marketing.

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