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It’s Not Going to Be (Y)easy: What Happens when Business Collaborations Dissolve?

IPilogue

On October 25, 2022, following a string of antisemitic remarks and hate speech from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) on social media, Adidas announced their decision to terminate their co-branding partnership with Ye and end production of all Yeezy branded products.

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Outcome of Hermes Claim Against MetaBirkin NFT May Provide Glimpse of Future for Fashion, Art in Metaverse

LexBlog IP

The artist in the Hermes lawsuit branded his images MetaBirkins and is attempting to sell them on various internet sites using MetaBirkins as a brand name. Second, be on the lookout for competitors and opportunists knocking off your design patents, goods, and services, or causing consumer confusion.

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trolling over gnomes--no, really--on Amazon

43(B)log

6, 2021) (R&R) Shenzhen sought a declaratory judgment that a design patent for a toy gnome figurine was unenforceable and invalid, given that defendant/counter-plaintiff Tatiana Mironova allegedly purchased its stuffed gnome toys, then switched manufacturers and obtained a patent for an identical ornamental design without authorization.

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Registration and Protection Of Industrial Design In India

IP and Legal Filings

Website Designs. The design created for your brand brings enormous value to the business. There is always the deleterious possibility of said design being attempted to be imitated or infringed upon. However, for the acquisition of the protection, it is mandatory to get your brand registered under the designs act.

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Protection of Copyrights in China

IP and Legal Filings

A copyright of a work may belong to its creator or the employer of the creator, as it is defined in the contract between those two parties in advance. can still lead to brand dilution, lost customer loyalty and lost profits. Copyright arises on the date the original work is created.

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Rise Of IP Issues Due To The Increasing Popularity Of NFTs

IIPRD

The development of these tokens has marked a new age of transparency and digital security as it is now possible to create and store a plethora of creations consisting of art, music, contracts, records, pictures, and even tweets as digital assets.

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What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on. When a ledger shows which brand owner owns what, they are offered a potential reference point for the existing rights and to the extent, those rights can be used in the market.