IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

It serves as an essential element in making up the brand identity, customer loyalty, and market differentiation. Emerging technologies for better Trademark Protection Several challenges occur along the way as the companies establish their brand presence domestically and internationally.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 5, 2023

Heard of the climate activists defacing advertisements, billboards and bus shelters? Brandalism is a recent anti-advertising movement which uses a brand’s own assets and marketing channels against the brand itself, through replacing legitimate advertisements with spoofs and parodies (known as “subvertising”).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 17, 2022

Some require ISPs to block access, while others focus on advertisers. The idea behind the advertising blocklist is that pirate sites are unable to survive without revenue. Advertising blocklists are not new but, until a few years ago, these were relatively local. 14 Advertising Companies. 7,717 Domains, 4,042 Active.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 20, 2022

When a lawsuit directly attacks a site’s ability to operate using specific domains or branding, for example, the ‘hydra effect’ comes into play. to the list of enjoined domains,” the MPA informs the court. When pirates or their links appear in one place, they can quickly reappear in another.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. We know, however, that many laws limit free access and use of information goods, most prominently copyright law (and IP law generally). by guest blogger Prof. Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The following is an excerpt from my book, Building a Bold Brand. Believe it or not, I even had to face changing my brand name early on as a result of receiving a cease and desist letter! Small businesses are just as capable of creating and building great brands as big businesses are. Television advertising.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 24, 2023

Reportedly issued by Globo’s Information Security department, new guidelines inform staff that digital piracy harms the show and as a result, harms the company. For example, there is an impact on the attractiveness of audiovisual products for the advertising market,” it reads. So what can Globo staff do to help?

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 15, 2023

8, 2023) When does TM logic creep into false advertising cases? Faire sued, challenging Tundra’s unauthorized use of Faire’s users’ login credentials to gain access to Faire’s non-public information. Tundra allegedly uses the information it scrapes from Faire’s platform, including contact information, to market its product.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

On August 21, 2023, the Advertising Guide for Influencers of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (PROFECO) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF). This guide provides guidelines for influencers and content creators in Mexico to follow the advertising regulations established by the Federal Consumer Protection Law.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The determination of MPA investigators at the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has been apparent throughout but new information rarely shared in public takes things to a whole new level. Arm’s Length Advertising. And another from 2016 that featured a piracy ‘brand’ with an even bigger profile.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 26, 2024

This occurs when companies use terms like “100% sustainable,” “green,” “eco-friendly,” or “100% renewable” on their trademarks, branding, packaging, containers, or advertisements without having concrete environmental actions to substantiate those claims. Why can it be problematic? Some of these are the following: 1.

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Trading Secrets

APRIL 20, 2022

Matlock alleges that he was approached by Eastern Standard in 2021 to explore expanding its existing pretzel line with Liege waffles, and the two companies began exploring co-branding opportunities. Matlock made and submitted to Oprah, although Eastern Standard continues to advertise its selection on the “Favorite Things” list.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2024

Under that new brand, business continued as usual. ACE and others kept up the pressure and in recent months branded Aniwatch one of the most notorious pirate sites. Neither is there an explanation for the move but users are assured that their information remains intact. However, taking it offline is easier said than done.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2023

After a criminal complaint to the Tamil Nadu Police Cyber Cell failed, Disney filed a First Information Report (FIR) with the Bengaluru Cyber Cell, alleging various crimes under computer abuse and copyright laws. Companies doing business with PikaShow were ordered to hand over all available information on its operator.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

On 9 March 2023, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) took the rare step of issuing an Enforcement Notice against any advertiser distributing ads for electric plug-in mini-heaters that claim – directly or indirectly – that such products are a viable alternative to central heating.

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SpicyIP

JULY 1, 2024

Dabur alleged that these depictions were disparaging their trademarks, infringing their copyright, could mislead viewers and negatively impact their brand. On a broader note, this case challenges us to rethink the balance between protecting intellectual property and upholding the right to free speech and access to information.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 5, 2023

Heard of the climate activists defacing advertisements, billboards and bus shelters? Brandalism is a recent anti-advertising movement which uses a brand’s own assets and marketing channels against the brand itself, through replacing legitimate advertisements with spoofs and parodies (known as “subvertising”).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The IWL is shared among brands, advertising companies, agencies and affiliates, who are informed that responsible companies boycott pirate sites because it a) protects their image and b) starves pirate sites of much-needed cash. Total number of brands and total number of advert intermediaries.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 28, 2024

It didn’t get a chance to decide the false advertising claims, which I think reflects courts’ relatively lax approach to TM compared to the rigors to which false advertising claims are subjected before reaching a jury; personally, I likely would have gone the other way. It was insufficient to provide: 1.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In particular, this may be the case where an online marketplace displays its own logo on the advertisements of third-party sellers and it carries out the storage and shipping of the third party goods in question. For example, how is the operator displaying its advertisements (e.g., storing and shipping their products)?

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The breaches were related with the absence of informed consent for the processing of personal data collected on web pages, the absence of information regarding the processing of personal data, and the establishment of a default option to obtain the informed consent granted by the data subjects. Original source in Spanish.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Copper Compression Brands LLC, 2021 WL 5013799, No. Here, the court granted leave to amend to add a false advertising claim. In May 2021, plaintiffs moved for leave to file a second amended complaint to add a false advertising claim based on statements on CCB’s website. 4604 (KPF) (S.D.N.Y.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 9, 2023

billion users overall and around 120 million users active daily, YouTube is an entertainment powerhouse and a globally-recognized brand. The most visible cost to the user is advertising, lots and lots of advertising. With an estimated 2.5 Premium products aside, YouTube is free to use.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Other announcements carry too little information to warrant an article. We’re informed that the suspected pirate in Liverpool was caught on security cameras with support from evidence obtained from ticketing/payment records. Advertising for 1XBET has appeared in thousands of pirate releases, most of them first-run movies.

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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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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The RIAA also carved out a brand new category this year, labeled AI Based Extractors/Mixers. Most of the sites branded as notorious markets by the RIAA remain quiet but Songmastr, Acapella-extractor and Remove-Vocals, which are all operated by the same person, sent a rebuttal to the USTR which was published this week.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2023

On 9 March 2023, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) took the rare step of issuing an Enforcement Notice against any advertiser distributing ads for electric plug-in mini-heaters that claim – directly or indirectly – that such products are a viable alternative to central heating.

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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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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 23, 2024

By focusing on perceived societal ills, at least in the first instance, regulators are able to step in and inform citizens what’s in everyone’s best interests moving forward. In 2019, advertising that promoted games with cash prizes was outlawed on TV, radio, in print, on social media, and all other internet platforms.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Defendants’ illegal, fraudulent scheme harms consumers, third-party businesses, and Google; stifles competition; and threatens to tarnish Google’s trusted brand.” That damages the company’s search engine advertising business, and the business Google’s customers hoped to attract.

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Indeed, the scale of the issue was highlighted in the Influencer Monitoring Report , published in March 2021 by another regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which found that a staggering 65% of the advertisements it monitored in September 2020 were not properly disclosed as ‘paid for’ content. Content creators.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction Well, the online space is indeed centuries apart from any business process for creating a brand and speaking with its audience; now everything can even protect its intellectual property. This is where trademarks truly reflect as a brand identity and shape a very rapid recognition. It has also brought a lot of challenges.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 20, 2023

Aditya is an attorney at Ira Law and represents Google in trademark litigation relating to keyword advertising. Brand owners, which are aggrieved by competitor ads, have alleged that Google’s Search Engine Results Page (SERP) should only contain results pertaining to the brand owner when the search term comprises or includes their trademark.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 22, 2022

The statements were “commercial advertising meant to sell a product, and generally there ‘can be no constitutional objection to the suppression of commercial messages that do not accurately inform the public.’” The First Amendment has long coexisted with no-fault false advertising laws. The California Supreme Court reversed.

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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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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Indeed, the scale of the issue was highlighted in the Influencer Monitoring Report , published in March 2021 by another regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which found that a staggering 65% of the advertisements it monitored in September 2020 were not properly disclosed as ‘paid for’ content.

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