IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Amazon launched a pair of lawsuits Wednesday in Seattle federal court against social media influencers, accusing the two women of using their profiles to advertise knockoff luxury brand products as part of a scheme with third-party counterfeit sellers.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Fiskars Finland OY AB and Fiskars Brands Inc. and its affiliated parties (“Woodland”), asserting design patent infringement, false advertising, trade secret. collectively, “Fiskars”) sued Woodland Tools Inc. By: Irwin IP LLP

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The court says that Amazon “easily satisfies” this factor: Plaintiff’s claims are all based on the theory that Defendants ‘continue to allow unlawful sellers to maintain their accounts’ and ‘permit them to advertise’ on Defendants’ website. This argument has failed so many times. Google opinion.

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43(B)log

MARCH 9, 2022

His marks are enrolled in Amazon Brand Registry, and Royal Silk Direct maintains an authorized Royal Silk “storefront” on Amazon.com. Melwani alleged that Amazon’s Brand Registry has not offered proactive brand protection and that it has been “almost impossible” to remove any listing through Amazon’s Brand Registry.

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43(B)log

APRIL 29, 2024

He posted the Cube design and 3D print files on Thingiverse.com, the largest site for 3D print objects. Kitchen Cube also stated on its website that “we designed and manufactured every kitchen measuring device in one easy to use gadget.” False advertising: Only ok against Kitchen Cube. The breach of contract claim survived.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

22, 2021) This case should be of interest to people working on contextual advertising. Yet plaintiffs are suing Vogue , because Vogue has an agreement with the website Moda Operandi to link from Vogue to Moda if anyone wants to purchase the designer clothes featured in Vogue online stories. In one way, it's a replay of the Stewart v.

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IPilogue

JULY 15, 2021

Behind every costume is a designer whose vision and design breathes life into characters. But behind every designer, other figures may undercut and miscredit them. Disney’s Cruella , released in May 2021 , tells the story of two haute couture designers battling for recognition in the fashion industry.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 28, 2024

May 20, 2024) Note: A jury found Kaijet liable for design patent and copyright infringement after this opinion, but rejected the TM claims, which I guess says something about a jury’s ability to distinguish claims. Email communications repeatedly referenced Sanho’s design, and expressed a desire to use similar elements in its own product.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In addition, the notion of ‘counterfeit’ was taken to refer to “ items that look identical to a genuine product with or without the official branding/logo, but are not made by the brand and may be of lower quality, for example, a handbag of identical design to a “Chanel” with or without the Chanel logo.”

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 24, 2023

Non-traditional trademarks are some of the most interesting and fun topics to discuss in the world of brand protection. They’re not terribly common for most brands, and that’s part of what makes them interesting. Essentially, things that are not made up of logo designs or words. I want to focus on color trademarks.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Warning of potential prosecutions for offenses under the Fraud Act 2006, Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, and even the Serious Crimes Act 2007, PIPCU suggests shutting down as an alternative. Total number of brands and total number of advert intermediaries. Total IWL domains that have advertising on them.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

However, instead of barring Sunset from selling its competing products, it prohibited Sunset marketing or advertising its filter in any bare form. Rather, the defendant must “prominently display the Sunset brand name in a manner that leaves no reasonable confusion that what is being sold. is a Sunset brand filter.”

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

TaylorMade Golf Company teed off a dispute over golf club design and filed a patent infringement lawsuit on January 31 st, 2024, in the Southern District of California against Costco and Southern California Design Company alleging infringement and false advertising relating to five of TaylorMade’s patents related to golf irons.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2023

It provides an unmatched degree of design and layout possibilities. Image Sources : Istock] Metaverse- a Magnet to Fashion Brands Virtual worlds provide fashion brands with the opportunity to significantly cut down on the excessive resource consumption of lifestyle and create sustainability.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Copper Compression Brands LLC, 2021 WL 5013799, No. 27, 2021) Ideavillage sued CCB for trademark infringement and false designation of origin related to Ideavillage’s “Copper Fit” line of copper-infused compression garments. Here, the court granted leave to amend to add a false advertising claim. 4604 (KPF) (S.D.N.Y.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2022

After obtaining permission from the court in late April, MPA investigators began serving third-party subpoenas on advertising brokers including Amobee, Exponential Interactive, Oracle Corporation, Yahoo Ad Tech, AdSupply, Aragon Advertising, Insticator, and Outbrain, plus Amazon and Google. Arm’s Length Advertising.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The changes raise the burdens in relation to the labeling and advertising of products with excess critical nutrients. 09/22/22 – Industrial Designs. In September, the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (CPO) issued Resolution 60452 , which modified directives for submitting Industrial Design applications (ID).

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, artists and entertainers, among others, have started focusing on producing digital work that is revolutionizing the way we perceive art, through the creation of NFTs and commodities. Are they protectable by design patents? In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Article 2.4

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In pirate streaming, in part due to the way sites tend to copy each other’s branding, obvious long-standing players are less easy to identify. However, one platform that has stood the test of time is PrimeWire, which in one form or another has been around for perhaps eight years – even longer if its previous branding 1channel.ch

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2023

Over to Theodora: Second-hand fashion and trademark rights’ exhaustion under EU law, a guide for brand owners to “wear” this new trend by Theodora Goula Every day, more and more consumers are joining the second-hand fashion movement. Let’s start exploring the above issues from an EU perspective, aiming to give some guidance to brand owners.

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Olartemoure Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

The photograph in question features Shayk wearing sweatpants designed by the brand Deadly Doll, which is protected by copyright. The trademark claimed that it had the rights over the photograph and published it on its social media as advertising , without the authorization of the author.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2022

Las Vegas Skydiving Adventures offers tandem skydiving under the “Fyrosity” brand. Melwani sells products under the “Royal Silk” brand. ” The false designation of origin claim is similarly governed by the Ninth Circuit’s Lasoff v. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. BONUS: Melwani v.

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IP Intelligence

MAY 9, 2024

In response to various office actions, Post limited its claim to simply the colors of the cereal and submitted additional evidence of the mark’s acquired distinctiveness, including the long use of the mark, results of a consumer survey, advertising expenditures, sales revenue, extensive media coverage, and customer statements. 2] 15 U.S.C.

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azrights

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Apple and MacDonalds are household brands that have lost their EU trademarks in recent years, meaning that third parties may now freely use ‘Think Different’ and Big Mac in the EU. What this means is that the legal system shifts the burden of proof so that the brand owners need to show that they’re still genuinely using their marks.

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azrights

JUNE 27, 2023

Do you: Know what ‘brand’ means and signifies to the value of your business? Have the knowledge and skills in Brand IP and branding to be your own brand manager? You as the business owner need a solid understanding of Brand and IP so you can be its brand manager. Why brand management?

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Defendants allegedly copied key components of Trackman’s copyrighted software and falsely suggested, in promotions and advertisements, that defendants were authorized to use the well-known courses in their game. Although the court dismissed a contract claim, copyright and false advertising claims survived.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The fashion industry sector extends beyond simple trademarks, such as logos or brand names, but rather includes characteristics, including colour palettes, product forms, or even the structure of physical store spaces. In an aesthetic-driven industry, these marks are very important for differentiating one brand from another.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. This primarily includes three groups of people: Those who sell costume elements on sites such as Etsy, those that use costumes in advertising or promotion and those that operated haunted attractions. Bottom Line.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether that’s by choice or design isn’t clear but a lecture from someone who earns more in a day than many fans do in a year could be even more disastrous than it sounds. As outlined in red, the site reported that live matches were available on Tuesday, but without advertising.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 25, 2022

22, 2022) The court here allows an antitrust claim to proceed based in part on allegedly false/misleading statements because they form part of the alleged anticompetitive product-hopping scheme and because the unique characteristics of the drug market make market-based responses to false advertising difficult.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

On the occasion of the opening of a new store in NY, the well-known clothing brand created a collection of NFTs based on digital copies of works of famous artists such as Miró, Tàpies and Barceló, incorporating various outfits of the collection available at the store, to be displayed in the Decentraland Metaverse, at the coordinates 16.78

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The court rejects the plaintiffs’ attempts to create single-brand markets. ” Plus: its decisions as to which apps are allowed to sell through the App Store is not an act that in itself causes harm the antitrust laws were designed to protect. There is no showing that Apple is reaping the fruits of anticompetitive conduct.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 3, 2023

Campaign to Raise Kids’ Awareness of Online Harms The new awareness campaign targets pre-teens and young teenagers and is designed to raise awareness of some of the risks they’re likely to encounter when using the web. That may mean they’re clean but there are no guarantees, especially for apps with CyberFlix branding.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 19, 2022

The form of intangible property comprising of skillsets, know-how, business ideas, and strategies have helped in the development and generation of the transborder reputation of several brands. Noting the Difference between a Brand and a Trademark. A trademark can be inclusive of the brand name or something completely different as well.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Our technology and internet lawyers are constantly contacted by Amazon sellers trying to protect their brand names and products on the Amazon marketplace. One of the most common brand protection issues involves gray market sellers and counterfeits on Amazon. There’s both good news and bad news.

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 13, 2022

If you are a non-professional artist who is eager to turn your artistic talents into a career in graphic design, you’ve come to the right place. In this article series, you’ll find valuable information on building and maintaining a career in the creative space, including learning graphic design. What does a graphic designer do? .

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

The ads “are designed to display generic terms that consumers might associate with any personal injury firm.” The defendants run the Accident Injury Legal Center, which runs a lawyer referral service. It bids on the Adler trademarks for “click-to-call” keyword ads. ” Adler sued for trademark and related claims.

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