Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Try as he might to make his claims about the way Instagram is designed, his claims are inherently grounded in third-party content posted to the app. Implications I look at the “product design” workaround to Section 230 as a type of Rorschach test. Meta appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We decided to have patents in as many markets as possible. For businesses like Manta Hair, securing design rights or patents can offer a quicker path to protection, ensuring the uniqueness of their product is safeguarded in the market. This may serve to deter people from creating a design similar to yours.

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Patent Trademark Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Is it too late to apply for a design patent after product sales? Should they apply for a design patent first or sell the product and see how it goes? How long after selling a product can you still file a design patent? Need to file a design patent application promptly? There might be good news depending on your situation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I’ve repeatedly expressed my opposition to the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC), and now I’ve put my opposition into more formal terms for a judge. With the pro bono assistance of Jenner & Block, I filed an amicus brief in support of NetChoice’s motion to a preliminary injunction against the AADC.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 19, 2022

The role that trademarks play in the marketing of a brand can help us unwind what commercial players and business houses should consider in the development of their brand marketing strategies to best incentivize their assets for better returns. How Does a Trademark Help in the Marketing of a Brand?

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Founded in 2016, Los Angeles-based streetwear brand formerly known as Chinatown Market offers everything you’d need to fit in on Fairfax Avenue. Appearing on the “ Business of Hype with jeffstaple ” podcast, founder Mike Cherman cites the New York street markets that he visited as a kid as inspiration for its name. Photo from Market.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

On 28 November 2022, the European Commission adopted proposals for a revised Regulation and Directive on industrial designs. The proposals, that are now sent to the European Parliament and Council for adoption, are aimed at modernizing the EU design system and the harmonized national design protection laws.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“Influencer Marketing” and “Social Media Brand Endorsement” have become big business. Our law firm represents some of the business’s largest social media marketing agencies and influencers. One reason is that many influencer marketing campaigns allow the brand to measure the return on investment.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Regular readers of this blog will know how often the subject of brand comes up both inside the Den and here, on our blog. A business may get its products or services to market more quickly by acquiring a licence (link) to use existing IP, instead of re-inventing the wheel. A perfect pair?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

” Market Effect. The litigants are in different markets. ” The court doesn’t address the potential licensing market for the tattoo design. 18, 2023) Prior Tattoo Copyright Blog Posts Jury Awards Damages to Tattoo Artist for Video-Game Depiction–Alexander v. In other words, not even close.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Perfect for any naughty puppy owners, these cards are designed to be safe for dogs to eat. To make the most of any licencing opportunities, Gemma could also register a design for her cards, protecting the appearance of the products. You can register up to 50 designs for £150, which can last up to 25 years if renewed every 5 years.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

A victim’s daughter sued Facebook, alleging that Facebook’s “design and architecture” radicalized Roof, and that should disqualify Facebook for Section 230. The post Section 230 Immunizes Facebook’s “Design and Architecture” Choices–M.P. Meta appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Emma is a fashion designer and founder of denim company, Good American. What is its appeal to the market? In IPO’s free, online, easy to use toolkit there are resources designed to help businesses identify their IP and understand how to protect, manage it and even license it to scale up their product. A design worth registering?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

What the second Circuit did say was that, like in the Jack Daniel’s case, the Wavy Baby used plaintiff’s trademarks and trade dress throughout the design of its product. The post Hot Take on the Wavy Baby Decision (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. at 156 (citation omitted)”).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

We say goodbye to 2021 with the most interesting posts and articles from the surrounding IP blogs of the past week! The analysis also referred to a pending case before the CJEU dealing with Community design law ( EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann | C-382/21-P) and other EU trade mark cases from 2021. Daktronics, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

Contracts designed solely to control the flow of information are distinguished from those protecting other values, such as privacy. Bright Data is the Decision We’ve Been Waiting For (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The post X Corp.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 19, 2021

Kluwer Trademark Blog reported here on this ruling. New Balance claims that Michael Kors’ use of a letter ‘N’ on footwear is confusingly similar to New Balance’s trade mark and trade-dress protected design of its sneakers. Other Class 46 blog shared information on a new initiative by the Chinese government.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

But when the case returned to the district court after the initial ruling on the temporary restraining order, hiQ’s antitrust arguments were dismissed for failure to properly identify the relevant market in which LinkedIn has a monopoly. The court dismissed the market division argument on the grounds that it was time barred.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 8, 2022

One of them is ‘Design’ which is a composition of colors, shapes patterns, etc which add value and attraction to the product. Designs are advantageous assets that can be protected only if registered under the Designs Act, 2000. Website Designs. PROTECTION OF DESIGN. Picture Credit: Shutterstock].

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

One of the most common brand protection issues involves gray market sellers and counterfeits on Amazon. Introduction Are grey market sellers and counterfeiters damaging your brand’s reputation and undercutting your sales on Amazon?” There’s both good news and bad news. Let’s start with the bad news.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 20, 2022

Industrial Design (ID) is the professional practice of designing products, devices and services which are used by people around the world. In this blog, we will answer what it takes and how to become an industrial designer. Duties and responsibilities of an Industrial designer.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This choice may be influenced by the design of the product, the cost of repair or available repairers. One of these measures is the proposal to amend the Design Directive by including a specific repair clause for design protection. Design rights provide protection to the appearance of a (part of a) product.

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Patent Trademark Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Get a Design Patent Instead The path to registering a trademark can be strewn with landmines. When your trademark application faces difficult rejections, would a design patent make more sense? Trademarks typically refer to words or logos which can be displayed on products, packaging or marketing materials.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 8, 2022

The Designs Act is an act that protects one of the most significant Intellectual Property Rights of a person. Therefore, many acts govern several IPRs one of which includes the Designs Act,2000. Therefore, many acts govern several IPRs one of which includes the Designs Act,2000. This blog explains all its salient features.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The IP blogs have been active over the past week bursting with a wide range of different topics. DESIGN On Saturday, February 5, 2022, WIPO announced China's accession to the Hague System, making it the 68th contracting party to the 1999 Act and the 77th member of the Hague Union. The IPKat has once again compiled some of them for you.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A design is that aspect of a product that constitutes its ornamental or visual features. An Industrial Design (ID) may be deemed as a process of designing a product that focuses on the functionality and manufacturability of the product apart from just the appearance of it. HOW IS AI RESTRUCTURING THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MARKET?

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 25, 2024

Her mission was to bring the art of henna to a mass market, celebrating diversity and inclusion. Pavan accepted, delighted at the potential for her cultural beauty products to thrive in the market. That is why it’s so important to know your patents from your trade marks and your designs from your copyright. Did you know?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

This post is based in part on the Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 23 January 2023 on the ‘Design Package’, but expresses the authors’ own personal views. Third, the (now even more pronounced) detachment of design and product and what this means for a theoretical approach to cumulation.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 9, 2023

On 28 November 2022, the European Commission adopted proposals for a revised Regulation and Directive on industrial designs. The proposals, that are now sent to the European Parliament and Council for adoption, are aimed at modernizing the EU design system and the harmonized national design protection laws.

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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. Eric’s Prior Tattoo Copyright Blog Posts. An appeal in Alexander v. Take-Two is likely.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To ensure you don’t miss out on interesting IP law developments reported on our other IP blogs, we will, on a regular basis, provide you with an overview of the most-read posts from each of our IP law blogs. Top 3 Kluwer Trademark Blog posts 1) Brothers in arms. Here are the most popular posts over the past few months.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 24, 2023

” CISA’s urging to make AI systems Secure by Design is timely, taking into consideration recent reports of threat actors using AI for attacks and disruption of systems. .” Software developers are conflicted between getting products to market quickly and embedding security in the software.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2024

Today I’m blogging the district court decision after that remand. First, the same logic would extent to all of the threats identified in the try-before-you-buy experience, not just the threat designations of direct competitors (though non-competitors may not have Lanham Act standing). The result is ugly.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

It’s “burn-down-the-Internet” week on the blog, during which I will recap three bad California bills that the California legislature is poised to enact. For background on the bill and its voluminous problem, see this lengthy blog post. Today’s bill is AB 2273, the most pernicious of the three.

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Dragons' Den

MARCH 28, 2024

Laurel also made the point that the stickers were easy to locate on the page due to being designed with a raised surface. IPO’s authorship of this blog does not constitute its endorsement or sponsorship of any products, individuals or businesses referenced within it. Why choose licensing?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

VIP Products sells a toy that imitates the trademarks of Jack Daniel’s Properties using a design similar to the company’s whisky label and bottle shape, but with the name “Bad Spaniels”, a spaniel’s face, and poop jokes. Jack Daniel’s contends this design infringes its trademarks and tarnishes its brand. –Jack Daniel’s v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The pre-populated message indicated that Plaintiff was opting into Mizzen and Main’s program and agreed to receive marketing alerts. In the context of web-based contracts, clarity and conspicuousness are a function of the design and content of the relevant interface.” citation omitted). Plaintiff’s arguments are unpersuasive.

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