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A Seller’s Guide to Navigating Intellectual Property Law on Amazon

LexBlog IP

The purpose of a trademark is to prevent consumer confusion about the source of the corresponding product. “Trade dress” is a subsection of trademark law and protects the design and shape of a product or its packaging, again to identify the source of the product.

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Winzo v Google- Missed Opportunity to Detail out Disparagement

SpicyIP

She is intrigued by the field of Intellectual Property Law and wishes to explore the same.] This results in common claims of ‘disparagement’ in trademark law. Previously, trademark cases have been entertained in situations where disclaimers/ warnings have been given along with products. Image from here.

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Call for Nominations for IPLAC Creator of the Year

Chicago IP

The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Creator of the Year Committee is seeking nominations for its 2022 Creator of the Year Award. Trademark Law: A powerful branding program that combines a strong trademark or service mark and a memorable advertising and marketing campaign.

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Third Circuit Says Section 230 Doesn’t Apply to Publicity Rights Claims–Hepp v. Facebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

.” With respect to policy, the majority goes property-absolutist: “Because state property rights can facilitate market exchange, interpreting the § 230(e)(2) limitation to include state intellectual property laws tracks Congress’s pro-free-market goal.” I even agree with the latter point!)

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Preventing Trademark Infringement or Stifling Healthy Competition? A Look at 1-800 Contacts and its Keyword Advertising Battle

LexBlog IP

It is difficult to remember a time when keyword advertising did not dominate the internet. Most search engines, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo, maintain keyword advertising programs which allow advertisers to bid on search terms and keywords that drive customers searching for a particular product or service to their website.

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Saving your Mark from Trademark Genericide

Kashishipr

Today, several generic terms that we use, such as ‘escalator,’ ‘xerox,’ ‘cellophane,’ sound common but were once protected as trademarks. Interestingly, in these cases, the trademark owner itself/himself misused the trademark as the generic name of the product in advertising and Patent Applications.

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Can Common Terms Be Trademarked?

Kashishipr

We know that brands try to make their trademarks as unique and distinctive as possible to attain the highest level of protection under the Trademark Law. ’ Common or generic terms are usually not protected under trademark law. ’ How are then these common words registered as a trademark?

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