TorrentFreak

AUGUST 7, 2022

At the other end of the market, cutting costs to maximize slender advertising revenues appears to be more important than a glossy user experience. In addition to channel sources and analytics accounts, advertising affiliates are shared across multiple domains. Court Filing Targets Streaming Sites.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Department of Justice indicted two men who allegedly “stole” millions in advertising revenue by making false copyright claims through YouTube by falsely representing rightsholders. Many rightsholders prefer to keep content up in exchange for the advertising revenues the video generates. Just last week, the U.S.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Dear Rich: I am working on a book project which would use advertisements from a major U.S. The magazine itself was copyrighted, but the ads do not contain any copyright markings, so my understanding is that the ads would have entered into the public domain. The advertisements are most likely in the public domain.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Besides the case of unofficial tickets, in the past the Italian state has relied on the CHC to prevent commercial advertisements of rifles in which Michelangelo’s David was portrayed in full armour.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2023

over a TV and radio advertisement which the latter had commissioned on behalf of bottled water brand Brio Blu. Said advertisement featured actor Max Tortora dressed up as popular character Zorro. holding that the character of Zorro had fallen in the public domain. A parody could be indeed done not in the course of trade.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

He found that many commercially-available products were not being sold as advertised and included fillers and even toxic substances mixed in. Thompson, for his part, has said that he and his colleagues plan to “place our full set of concerns into the public domain soon,” signalling that this is not the end story.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The court began with the issue of functionality, finding that "[u]tility patents disclose, and some claim, the features of TBL's applied-for design, and TBL's own advertising touts the functional benefits the features." Most of the issued patents cited in this brief have expired, meaning that the disclosed features are in the public domain.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Defendants also use privacy protection services to hide their names and contact information from the public domain name WHOIS database.” . “Many Defendants do not provide any contact information such as a physical address, email address, or phone number, and conduct their transactions entirely pseudonymously.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority had emphasised this in its April 2021 guidance on advertising cryptocurrencies. For instance, CrypToadz is a prominent CC0 NFT project wherein the artwork related to the NFT is in the public domain.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

His defense is that the work he used was free for all; after his victory, that work remains in the public domain for others to build upon. The notion that there is no publication or commercial “use” upon placing the image on the open Internet ignores the terms and purpose of Cal. This “analysis” sucks.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

(operating as INDIA TV), sought a permanent injunction restraining infringement of his personality and publicity rights. [2] This brings us to the discussion of their personality rights, which confer upon an individual the exclusive right to govern how their persona is depicted in the public domain, particularly for commercial purposes.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 17, 2023

Furthermore, the court also observed that the plaintiff has alleged that the defendant has infringed the copyright in its drawing however, prima facie the defendants were able to establish that these drawings are a part of the public domain and thus no exclusivity lies over them. Case: M/s Mahavir PVC Cables Factory v.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2022

In 2019, the European Union (EU) has introduced the Press publishers’ rights under Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single (CDMA) with an intention to redistribute the inequitable distribution of digital advertising revenue between the news media and information society service providers. Analysis in Indian Context.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2022

This is different to non-consumable components, which are generally not advertised independently and only sold together with the vacuum cleaner. picture on the right is by painter Kobayashi Kiyochika and is in the public domain What is this component?

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

For instance, in accordance with this doctrine, the author would be entitled to copyright protection if someone collected different poems that were previously in the public domain and produced in a single document. With the information in the public domain, the Rural Telephone Service issued a phone book.

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43(B)log

JUNE 17, 2022

However, statements that the videos were “low quality [public domain]” were mere opinions. Commercial advertising or promotion: Yes, because the review was commercial speech made by Beyond Blond’s direct competitor. “[S]peech

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, the prevalence of unauthorized use of renowned person names in advertisements has become a concern. Need for Protection of Personal Names through IPR Celebrities commonly demand a licensing fee for the utilization of their name, image, or other distinctive attributes in advertising or merchandising endeavours.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

MARCH 27, 2018

Sometimes the works in question are reproduced on clothing, other times the works are featured in advertising and marketing campaigns. Most recently, a Los Angeles based street artist by the name of Revok threatened to sue clothing retailer H&M for its use of one of his murals in a filmed advertisement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Do these creations belong to the artists or the public domain? s advertisement for hats, copying Sarony’s Oscar Wilde No. A new breed of artists is using generative artificial intelligence tools like DALL·E, Midjourney, Firefly, and ChatGPT to create artistic works. By guest blogger Prof. Ehrich Bros.’s

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Lastly, trademarks are pivotal for commercial purposes such as sales and advertisements. Eventually, the Court held that the word “thermos” was indeed a generic term that was in the public domain, and thus, the defendant could proceed with the use of the word under the condition that “thermos” shall not be capitalized.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Pictures of marks are in the public domain. The unregistered rights ground did not fare much better. use on a different product); (vi) keep submissions and evidence of fact separate; (vii) explain why witnesses are filing evidence on your behalf. So, Kat readers, having imbibed these practical tips-- "bottoms up"!

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Since the norm is to permit the dissemination of crucial information to the public in order to make it accessible to the general public, there is no valid justification for treating footage any differently.

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The IPKat

JULY 14, 2022

The Hearing Officer decided that mark 822 should suffer the same fate as mark 361 and explained that “ this is because as it stands the representation does not explain how the colour is used as a sign at all, whether it be on the packaging, advertising materials or applied to the goods themselves ”. the packaging is purple).

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

It is also fair to use works that have fallen into the public domain as the rights over such content are exhausted due to the nature of these rights. Another additional benefit of securing trademarks for blogs is where the blog is making commercial gains through advertising. It can be used freely by anyone.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A company can use a unique typeface to convey pretty much anything on any of its products, its advertising, its website, and any other place a company would publicly use the written word. Namely, anything protected by a design patent will enter the public domain generally 15 years after the patent office issued the design patent.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

WPI counterclaimed against Restellini and third-party Institut Restellini SAS – Documentation Centre alleging copyright infringement and false advertising. Cases about false advertising of the source of “services” were inapposite. “[T]he This opinion got rid of the counterclaims. “In

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

The subject design is original and has never been in the public domain. While the GUI in the present case is in-built, the in-built ICONS can be displayed in shops as well as in advertisements. GUI can positively influence customers to buy such products.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After using a fragment of the imagery from the advertising in his painting, Koons gave the image new significance in his 2000 piece Niagara. The picture was released in Public Domain without permission, which is the issue with this. However, the Courts claimed that since Koons had seen the image in Allure Magazine.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

For example, there was a lack of evidence in relation to the distribution of advertising and marketing evidence, and the only evidence of turnover submitted was comprised of seventeen invoices. Pictures on lower middle are in the public domain. Given this, it will be interesting to see if Inver appeals.

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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. Khodays Breweries Private vs House Of Khodays Private on 3 November, 2022 (Bangalore District Court). Licensing Ip International S.AR.L

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

This is great for Google but highly harmful to Genius, which, like many websites, bases its business model on users’ traffic and advertisements. In other words, what level of contractual control over public domain information is acceptable. Other legal tools can address this difficult question more directly.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In return for users agreeing to the TOU, Craigslist provides services to its users “including but not limited to classified advertising, forums, and email forwarding.” TOU at 6-7. ” TOU at 1. Because the Copyright Act generally does not preempt contracts, see Montz, 649 F.3d at 976-977.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Display on front of T-shirt: ornamental, decorative; have legislature consider purposes of TM and PTO as well to be gatekeeper to protect public domain. we could add harm back in to the TM test): defamation has these too; patent/false advertising interface requirement of knowing the claim was meritless.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Niklas Jansson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons On 30 December 2022, the Italian Supreme Court ( Corte di Cassazione ) issued an order that intervened again on the interpretation of the quotation exception under Article 70 of the Italian Copyright Act ( l. 633/1941 , l.aut.).

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

With the fast-growing media and entertainment sector, the era of digital advertising for product branding and selling has also stepped up. With the fast-growing media and entertainment sector, the era of digital advertisement for the products branding and selling have also stepped up.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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