Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

which will determine the scope of the Lanham Act as applied to trademark infringement that occurs outside the US. The Court has also agreed to hear a patent case this term, and it will rule on a copyright fair-use case brought by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that was heard this fall. Queen of Christmas.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2023

A fundamental principle of trademark law permits the owner of a well-known trademark to forbid third parties from using it in a manner that would lessen its distinctiveness. In accordance with a provision of trademark law known as trademark dilution, the owner of a brand may.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

3: What Now for Fair Use After Warhol v. Goldsmith that Andy Warhol’s portrait of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. As we look back, we want to share The Briefing’s most popular episodes in 2023. Goldsmith The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Andy Warhol Foundation v.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

JULY 9, 2020

It is difficult to imagine why any competitor would want to use “Booking.com” in other contexts, when doing so would only send consumers to Booking.com’s website and would thus thwart the competitor’s attempt to capitalize on Booking.com’s goodwill.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Big Ligas sued for tortious interference and for false advertising and trademark infringement under the Lanham Act. Of course, descriptive fair use requires good faith which sure sounds like it’s hard to decide on a motion to dismiss, but that’s no barrier here. [Of False advertising: “That Ms.

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This ground-breaking decision heralds the expansion of traditional fair use defenses to any trademark infringement claims where a defendant’s conduct relates, in any way, to the broad category of activity considered “expressive” under the First Amendment.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Nor could Google place ads in Plaintiffs’ marketing brochures or superimpose ads on top of Plaintiffs’ print advertisements without Plaintiffs’ permission and without paying Plaintiffs’ price. In that case, the trademark owner claimed that Google committed theft/conversion by selling its trademark for keyword advertising purposes.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

She would create a dataset of sound files consisting of Drake acapella vocals (stripped from the music tracks using a vocal separator) and run the data through software used to train the voice model.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

It raises an interesting question about Internet-related copyright and trademark law. We use a filtered Internet service […] The post Adverference? Republished by Blog Post Promoter Working from home today after a bruising few weeks at work (see yesterday’s post!), appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In order to maintain the owner’s rights, a trademark must be used and periodically renewed; otherwise, the proprietor might lose the validity and the right of enforcing the trademark. Image Sources : Shutterstock] A trademark’s removal from the trademark registration is the consequence of non-use.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This ground-breaking decision heralds the expansion of traditional fair use defenses to any trademark infringement claims where a defendant’s conduct relates, in any way, to the broad category of activity considered “expressive” under the First Amendment.

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43(B)log

MAY 22, 2023

May 19, 2023) Whereas the timeshare false advertising cases might be making law largely applicable to other timeshare cases, what’s going on in the strip club advertising cases might have somewhat broader implications. Several had appeared in magazines, advertising campaigns, television episodes, and films. 21-2149-cv, F.4th

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. What about fragmented literal similarity based on use of clips from the 2001 Documentary (no clips from the 2003 Documentary were allegedly used)?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Ujoy Technology and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha vs Tech Square Engineering Pvt Ltd [Delhi High Court] This year the concept of transborder reputation in trademark law saw two important interpretations from the Delhi High Court. Bolt Technology v. First, in Toyota v. Makemytrip (India) Pvt. d) Other IP Developments 1.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

“Google makes money not by reason of the nature of the keyword, but by someone clicking on the keyword,” Google lawyer Alexandra Neri told a 15-judge panel of the European. The post Key decision appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 9, 2021

I took some heat a little while ago for suggesting, contrary to my generally skeptical view of what constitutes trademark. The post Second Circuit and the whole of the law on confusion appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. This is big, but stay calm. Though I hardly can.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

Trademark infringement has grown more complex and pervasive, ranging from counterfeit goods to digital squatting and keyword advertising. Using trademarks in domain names, linking, framing, meta-tagging, and framing are a few methods that could lead to trademark challenges.

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IPilogue

MARCH 2, 2022

On January 14, 2022, Hermès filed a trademark infringement and dilution lawsuit against Mason Rothschild, the designer of MetaBirkin Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), a collection of 100 fur-covered Birkin-shaped bags, which launched in December 2021 on the NFT exchange platform OpenSea. . Is this Fair Use? Hermès’ Action.

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SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2022

The Indian Trade Marks Registry is also seeing activity under classes 9, 35 and 41 for registration of trademarks in relation to ‘downloadable virtual goods’ and online virtual services. Some examples under class 9 include: S.No. Application date. Description (shortened). Feb 25, 2022.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Panel #2, TM, moderated by Vice Dean Felix Wu Jack Daniels says that use as a trademark is special: like copyright’s bête noire, confusion caused by trademark use is the central concern of trademark law. None of those were branding uses. Tam and Brunetti, striking down various bars on registration.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

VIP Products, on the other hand, argued that their toy was protected under the doctrine of “fair use” as it was being used in a non-trademark sense, and that it was not likely to cause confusion among consumers. ” Id. In VIP Products v. Jack Daniels Products , 953 F.3d 3d 1170 , 1172 (9 th Cir.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 20, 2024

However, it provides both good challenges and opportunities under trademark law. The blog covers how trademarks evolve in the era of social media and influencer marketing, analyzing legal uncertainties, protection mechanisms, and best practices for commercial usage. Therefore, a brand can be registered in the U.S.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For about a decade, courts had realized that IIC had gone way too far, and had expanded liability in ways that didn’t protect consumers and facilitated anticompetitive claims about false advertising. The court or appeals also commented that relying on IIC might change the available damages and relief—but how exactly?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Changes in Trademark Law and Evidentiary Rules Introduction: Jake Linford Before courts admitted surveys routinely, they were concerned about hearsay. Instead of surveys, can we look at things like Google results or large text databases reflective of use in a particular community? It doesn’t work so well for advertising!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Ramsey is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law. She writes and teaches in the trademark law area, and recently wrote a paper with Professor Christine Haight Farley that focuses on speech-protective doctrines in trademark infringement law.] Source-identifying uses of marks.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Does the ornamentality doctrine have doctrinal purchase elsewhere in trademark law? In the fair use calculus? In what ways is the ornamental nature of a defendant’s use relevant to defences based on artistic or expressive use (or some other defence)? But there is a defense for nondistinctive use.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

follows statutory trademark protection under the Lanham Act, courts recognize the common law tort of unfair competition, which closely aligns with passing off. Unauthorized Use: The defendant must have used the trademark or a similar mark without obtaining permission from the rightful owner.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I’m going to talk briefly about last term’s Jack Daniels case—a trademark infringement and dilution case—as well as Elster, argued last week, in which the Justices appeared inclined to reject a First Amendment challenge to the refusal to register the claimed mark “TRUMP TOO SMALL” for t-shirts. Trademark: In Jack Daniel’s v.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Missouri’s predominant purpose test, which inquires into whether the predominant purpose of using the famous person’s name or identity is to exploit its commercial value; or whether “the predominant purpose of the product is to make an expressive comment on or about a celebrity.” [15] 26] Which one? Dogan & Mark A. at 2304 (Breyer, J.,

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