The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furthermore, as regards to the Applicant's argument that the shape of a smiling face represented by the contested mark did not differ significantly from the habits of the food sector, it is common knowledge that deep-frozen potato products, such as fries and croquettes, are generally designed in the form of sticks, pucks or wedge-shaped.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2022

The new 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the 2022 Contract), which is retroactively effective to April 1, 2022, appears to offer certain benefits to advertiser and agency signatories of the Commercials Contract, particularly JPC authorizers, as well as Union member performers.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

During the summer the UK government announced a new inquiry to investigate what needs to be done to “maintain and enhance” the UK’s position as a global destination for film and television production. For the major Hollywood studios of the MPA, IP protection and piracy remain key issues.

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43(B)log

MAY 24, 2021

Mary Kate Fernandez, The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance: Unfair and Deceptive Advertising in Children’s Apps, 66 Loy. A striking passage on host selling: This advertising practice, illegal during children’s television programming, is fundamentally unfair to child consumers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Alexander claimed that Take-Two Interactive infringed the tattoo designs she inked on her client, professional wrestler Randy Orton, when the company produced and distributed a video game featuring a realistic in-game depiction of Orton. Tattoo Advertising/Human Billboards. Warner Bros. Copyright in Tattoos.

Blogging 144

Blogging Fair Use Copyright Infringement Licensing 144

Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Bill C-11, the online streaming law that is now before the CRTC, was never really designed to address Bell’s broadcasting concerns. In other words, broadcasters went from expecting a quarter billion dollars in annual payments from Bill C-18 to support news to just $37 million for the entire television and radio broadcast sector.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 19, 2022

From a basic web browser to dedicated media players such as VLC, many tools will do the job, but when users want to access IPTV streams (Internet Protocol Television), they often turn to tools designed for that specific purpose.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 10, 2023

Two other positions useful to copyright holders include a position on the board of the Advertising Ethics Committee at the Advertising Council, and a vice-presidency of the Supervisory Board at the Association of Internet Industry Employers. We are not responsible for the content of television programs.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 8, 2024

For people on a budget and even for those who are not, there’s a lot to like about free, ad-supported television; FAST for short. Designed to be used as live links rather than downloaded, these.m3u8 files are not only convenient and easy to use. They automatically update when providers change their stream URLs.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 2, 2022

The piece argued that Internet streaming of television was in its infancy, but could soon become the norm with major implications for Canadian broadcasters: While the use of the Internet to by-pass Canadian broadcasters is still relatively rare – most U.S. The partnerships were designed keep U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The transition from simply turning on the television to logging into accounts such as social media and OTT platforms, has resulted the entertainment industry to witness an astonishing evolution. The surveillance on viewing the habit of individuals is often used to advertise similar targeted content.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Hepp is a television newscaster. While this may sound a little wacky, it makes sense that Section 230 was designed to ensure that Internet services only need to comply with a single national standard as much as possible. This creates the foundation for a possible Supreme Court review of this issue. About the Case.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Judge Leval responded by saying that preventing downloads is of great commercial significance to YouTube, as it generates its revenue from advertising. “The second, though, is that is the same concern, Your Honor, that every television broadcast had when the VCR came out. Is it designed to prevent copying?

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The law states that the shape should not serve a functional purpose, meaning it should not be designed to achieve a technical result. The sheer volume of general drugs available are combined with the extremely similar looking products and their designs makes it almost impossible for the traditional trademarks to appear distinctive.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2024

Commercialising Celebrity Persona Speaking of image rights, Emma Perot 's book looks into the timely topic of how various industries—advertising, merchandising, film and television, and sports video games—utilize celebrity persona as a key component of their products. You can read our review here.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Autocontrol and Asociación Española de Anunciantes (Spanish Advertisers’ Association or AEA) agree on the ethical standards that should be applied to advertising by influencers from January 1, 2021. Debate over television series based on real events: ‘biopics’ and honor, privacy and publicity rights.

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43(B)log

MAY 3, 2023

“Defendant’s argument confuses the question of whether a reasonable consumer would likely be misled by an allegedly false advertisement with the separate question—relevant where reliance is at issue—of whether an individual consumer was misled by the advertisement….

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The TTABlog

JULY 31, 2023

& design for "extended warranty services, namely, service contracts; Providing extended warranties on motor vehicles, namely, extended service contracts covering mechanical breakdown or failure in which a vehicle dealer will provide repairs.] Kenneth Thomas , Opposition No. Kenneth Thomas , Opposition No. Mealpal, Inc. Cancellation No.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Before, there were various print media outlets that we could rely on such as newspapers, television, and radio. Other issues include defamation and advertising law [1]. It also prohibits the forwarding of electronic mails that are designed to cause injury, annoyance, or insult to other people.

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The TTABlog

JULY 26, 2023

mp3 files, example here ) constituted mere advertising material. The three-note sound, referred to as the "slamtone," typically appears near the end of each advertisement, and is broadcast "as an inducement to purchasers to buy DURACELL batteries while shopping in the store."

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The High Court also noted that merely because the impugned mark’s advertisement occurred in Delhi, the courts of Delhi will not become eligible to adjudicate on the dispute. Eenadu Television A Division … on 8 November, 2022 (Andhra Pradesh High Court). Mahindra Roxor can face a permanent ban in the USA over design infringement.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2023

It would benefit their specific business model and it would encourage the distribution of more content in a manner that frees them from the obligations that this bill was designed to establish. It is up to the creator to trigger the Content ID system and to choose whether to advertise against those third party uploaded videos.

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Garrigues Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

That is, if advertising in the press is submitted, the date on which it was published must be evidenced, or if refers to the presence of the mark at a trade fair, evidence must be provided that said fair took place during the period indicated, in order to meet the requirement of proving when the use took place.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 8, 2021

To kick off the final day of the National Advertising Division’s (NAD) 2021 virtual conference last week, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter gave a keynote address laying out her views on consumer privacy and the digital data economy writ large. Myth #4: Surveillance advertising is necessary to support free services.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It outlines trends, data and legal rights pertaining to patents, trade marks, designs, plant breeder rights ( PBR ) and copyright. Design certifications remained generally stable (with a small decrease) in 2020. Class 35 Advertising (14 370) +3. Design Right Applications, Registrations and Certifications. Key players.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 24, 2023

As to dilution-by-blurring, Nautica failed to prove that is mark NAUTICA is "widely recognized by the general consuming public of the United States as a designation of source, " as required by the dilution statute. Although opposer's sales and advertising figures were "impressive," they were not broken down by product category.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The BGH ruled that the exclusive right of distribution of the author also included the right to offer the original or copies of the work to the public to purchase and to advertise to the public, in a targeted manner, the purchase of either the original or copies of the work.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Having established that social media services exercise editorial discretion, it’s fairly easy to conclude that strict scrutiny applies because, after all, the law by design sought to impose censorship. The Level of First Amendment Scrutiny. ” (Please stop treating real estate cases as analogous to online publication decisions ).

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

On November 16, 2021, film and television studio Miramax, LLC (“Miramax”) sued Tarantino and his company Visiona Romantica, Inc. In the Amended Complaint, Hermès claimed that Rothschild first began advertising the NFTs under the “METABIRKINS” trademark on December 2, 2021, at Art Basel in Miami, Florida. at 4 ¶ 22. [21]. at 8 ¶ 33. [22].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. Defendant had not obtained the Deposit Design from the Copyright Office. Signal 23 Television v. Anthony, 2020 WL 11206863 (N.D.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2021

“This site is stripped of all AATV branding and designed to appear like it sells VPN software to consumers,” the complaint notes, adding: “Defendants’ actions are consistent with an intent to operate the AATV service in covert manner because they know the service is illegal.”

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Applicant’s POTIFY platform is designed to permit legal marijuana dispensaries to market and sell their products, including via mobile applications and websites. The inclusion of the design element did not change this conclusion as POTIFY was the dominant portion of the mark. Spotify AB , 2022 USPQ2D 37 at *13–14.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Google Llc vs Makemytrip (India) Private on 14 December, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Image from here A Single Judge bench of the Court had previously held that the use of trademarks ‘MakeMyTrip’ and ‘MMT’ of the Respondent as keywords by Google in its advertising services would constitute infringement of the Respondent’s mark. DRS Logistics (P.)

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Relying extensively on the rationale of the Single Judge’s order, the Division Bench held that Section 31D specifically deals only with Radio and Television Broadcasting. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai. Controller of Patents and Designs and Raytheon Company v. Microsoft Technology Licensing v.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 20, 2025

Administrative Pirate IPTV-Related Fines Offering piracy products or services on the internet, either through advertising or promotion, is now punishable by an administrative fine of 1,500 euros for each violation. For scale, a 256GB thumb drive can hold around 83,333 320kbps MP3 files.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Fiji Water opposed an application to register the mark FIJIAN SPICE COMPANY & Design , shown below, for spices [SPICE COMPANY disclaimed], alleging a likelihood of confusion with its registered mark FIJI for "“natural, spring and artesian water for drinking." billion individual bottles of water. [17 17 bottles per case? -

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

MARCH 17, 2025

Beyond broadcasting, licensing these trademarks to official partners, sponsors, and advertisers constitutes a substantial revenue source. Examples include: Unauthorized Promotions: A retailer advertising “Buy A New Big Screen TV in Time to Watch March Madness” without NCAA authorization.

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