The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. Copyright Office explains, copyrights protect “original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.”

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

The highly anticipated jury verdict in the Hermès litigation over MetaBirkins NFTs has some important takeaways for both artists and sellers of NFTs as well as brand owners. Rothschild asserted that, due to the artistic nature of his NFTs, all of Hermès’ claims were barred by the First Amendment.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Intellectual property or IP is a creative work or invention that one holds rights to. Manuscripts, designs and art can all be classified as intellectual property. Non- fungible tokens have been designed to give a person ownership of something, kind of like modern day digital collectibles. What is Intellectual Property?

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Kashishipr

MARCH 16, 2022

One way in which the real estate owners designate the boundaries of their assets, which is the land, is by putting a fence around it. For instance, when a consumer buys an iPhone, the expectation is for the smartphone to operate well with a fine operating system and processor that would work for a long time. Trademarks.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 8, 2024

Karanveer Singh Chhabra, emerges as a poignant saga, pitting the stalwarts of the liquor industry against each other in a quest for brand integrity and consumer trust. The present appeal is filed by appellants under order 43 Rule 1(r) of CPC against order of Commercial Court, Indore. In this realm, the case of Pernod Ricard India Pvt.

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

This right can be related to music, a book, a logo, any art work, work related to science, designs of the industries. Work related to art or any rights which is related to literary, artistic, or scientific related matters. The brand image is created of the company. Case Law on Copyright in India.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2024

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. ” Copyright protection exists at the time of creation of the artistic or literary work, but before enforcing the rights against an infringer, it is necessary register the work with the U.S. .”

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

When artificial technologies are utilized for creating innovations, such as employing evolutionary algorithms for antenna design or engaging IBM Watson to produce music, IPR laws become relevant. AI is doing lots of creative work in the fields of animation, web apps, images, music, designing, and various other things.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 29, 2022

With evolution and development in recent trends and creations, every person got the right to protect their artistic creativity by acquiring intellectual property rights to save their invention from being violated by the competition present in the market. The World Intellectual Property Organization administers both accords (WIPO).”.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Brands are often targeted by bad actors looking to make a quick profit by stealing intellectual property and exploiting consumers. But we also explain the most effective approach: using AI-fueled and expert-led brand protection solutions to save time and ensure a sustained reduction in infringement across marketplaces.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 20, 2023

As we previously blogged, the issues presented in the care were: Whether humorous use of another’s trademark as one’s own on a commercial product is subject to the Lanham Act’s traditional likelihood-of-confusion analysis, or instead receives heightened First Amendment protection from trademark infringement claims.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Summary of current treatment: Although courts have often referred to “expressive” or “artistic” works as shorthand for the scope of Rogers, they have applied it to speech that quali?es And sometimes brands do unauthorized customizations—McDonald’s customized a PS4 with painted McD fries. Will people assume co-branding?

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 27, 2022

Whether you’re looking to secure a spot in an art school, land an art-related job, or vying to get a show at a gallery, the quality and effectiveness of your portfolio presentation are essential. While having a physical portfolio is still something some artists and creators want and need, here we will focus on your digital presence.

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 27, 2022

Whether you’re looking to secure a spot in an art school, land an art-related job, or vying to get a show at a gallery, the quality and effectiveness of your portfolio presentation is essential. While having a physical portfolio is still something some artists and creators want and need, here we will focus on your digital presence.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Read Tejaswini’s post on the recent DHC order concerning these two liquor brands. Two options were presented by the court : issuing a Letters Rogatory through the government of India or directing Google Ireland to seek orders from Irish Courts. Would you mix up these two labels: Officers Choice and Peace Maker?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Other Posts Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) Sift through the pages of November(s) posts on SpicyIP in another round of SpicyIP flashbacks by Lokesh. If the Expert Committee, so opines, any senior official may be contacted from CGPDTM, who may also be present before the Exert Committee for rendering assistance.

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IIPRD

JUNE 8, 2024

Abstract In the dynamic realm of the fashion industry, the saying ‘following in someone’s footsteps’ takes on a new dimension, where the replication of designs is not a mere stride but a strategic dance. Up-and-coming artists can exhibit their work to attract attention and serve as an inspiration to well-known brands.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

VIP Products, Jack Daniel’s, the maker of the popular whiskey brand, filed a lawsuit against VIP Products, a company that sells a dog toy shaped like a whiskey barrel. Jack Daniel’s argued that the toy infringed on their trademark, as the shape of the whiskey [bottle] is closely associated with their brand. Rogers , 875 F.2d

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SpicyIP

JULY 10, 2024

In the present case, neither is the mark used in relation to the goods of the appellant nor in any manner takes undue advantage of association with the NBC like in circumstances illustrated above. However, what is reasonable for competitors can be arbitrary and oppressive when applied to artists. Hindustan Coca Cola Ltd. &

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Even presently, user creation and ownership of valuable assets and currencies contribute to developing a unified metaverse, which includes VR Technology, Augmented Reality, virtual currencies, NFTs, and other similar technologies. Artists are using virtual reality and augmented reality to create previously unimagined artworks.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

VIP Products LLC, a dispute involving a “Bad Spaniels” dog toy parody of Jack Daniel’s brand of whisky. 1125(c)(3)(C) by claiming its humorous use of the Jack Daniel’s marks was not pure commercial speech because it poked fun at the company in the Bad Spaniels design.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

My presentation, galloping across a bunch of developments. In this recent case, Epic sought to register this design for "downloadable video game software"—the Loot Llama in Fortnite, which serves as a resource cache for players. Question: is a political newsletter really artistic? Slides here. Is this explicitly misleading?

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