Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Sony Music and UK fitness apparel brand Gymshark have settled their lawsuit over Gymshark’s alleged use of Sony’s music in social media posts. government is asking a court to award a 27-33 month sentence to George Bridi for his role int he SPARKS piracy scene group.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 30, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) got it wrong, and that the decision could upend the careful balance contemplated by the Hatch-Waxman Amendments between incentivizing new brand name drugs and allowing cheaper generics into the market.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In response to a request from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has submitted a list of so-called ‘Notorious Markets’ to the US government. Nsw2u.xyz (previously branded Switch-xci) offers links to pirated games for most platforms including PC.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 13, 2022

3: Omi in a Hellcat Sued Again, This Time Over Pirate IPTV Brand ‘Reloaded’. Finally today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that Omi in a Hellcat is facing yet another lawsuit, this time over allegations of trademark infringement over apparel he sold under his “Reloaded” brand. That operation was shut down by the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 9, 2025

For branded drugmakers, the development of a pharmaceutical product approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) all but assures generic competition.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

was reportedly ‘ acquired ‘ by a new team, who kept the site online under the Aniwatch brand. “The criminal enforcement path available against these sites and their operators remains excessively long and lacks transparency.” However, those actions didn’t have a lasting effect. “Both 2embed and zoro.to

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2024

Image from here Manu Bhaker’s Olympics Victory: Do Brands Violate Publicity Rights by Putting out Congratulatory Posts? Moment marketing” refers to a strategy where brands can take advantage of ongoing events to gain relevance, and especially for some of the sheen of patriotic athletic victories to wear off on them.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The destruction of Megaupload by the US government had serious implications for sites with a similar business model. Later in 2012, the RIAA submitted its regular report to the United States Trade Representative, requesting various sites to be branded notorious pirate markets. Over the space of just a few days, everything changed.

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Introduction Trademark law is mainly governed by two key principles: “first to file” and “first to use.” When we think about trademark disputes, we often imagine a small company trying to imitate a bigger, well-known brand. What Is Reverse Confusion Theory? But reverse confusion flips this scenario.

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The IPKat

MAY 3, 2022

Brands are taking advantage of the increased consumer engagement by launching projects such as Nike’s Nikeland and Balenciaga’s ‘ Afterworld ’. So, what about brand protection in this unchartered territory? Adidas and Prada recently launched Adidas : Prada, Re-Source , a collaborative NFT art project. ESRT Empire State Building, L.L.C.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

The campaign is just one part of the larger collaboration between the government and FACT, which has already resulted in multiple arrests and site closures. 3: Zara Sues “Responsible” Brand Thilikó for “Passing Off” Zara Wares, Photos as its Own.

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The IPKat

APRIL 28, 2023

Legea-branded jersey. Does EU law govern joint ownership of IP rights, including the exercise thereof by each and individual joint owner? Rather, it means that this is an unharmonized matter which, as a result, falls within the scope of national law. Hence, this is also a matter for national law to regulate.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Other Posts Curing the Rare: Government Issues Tender to Acquire 17 Patented Rare Disease Medicines The threshold for procuring 127 medicines, including drugs for rare diseases, was raised by the Ministry of Finance in its August 9 circular. Government invites comments on the draft Commercial Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This is an exciting time for cannabis entrepreneurs as the US government is poised to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III drug in a move that recognizes cannabis’ medical and therapeutic uses and may open the door for new cannabis trademark registrations.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

On 19 November 2024, the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) at UCL Laws hosted a closed doors roundtable on academic publishing. In the complicated landscape of genAI and copyright law, several different themes have emerged as particularly thorny and triggering the interests of different stakeholders.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 24, 2024

Unlike in other countries, the federal government does not fund Team USA, so our athletes mostly rely on sponsorship dollars to compete. When advertisers use the Olympics brand without authorization, the USOC views this as a loss of sponsorship dollars.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2024

That message appeals to pirates, but also to opportunistic pirate site operators, who’ve successfully cloned the Streameast brand. This includes streameast.to, but also other cloned pirate brands such as crackstreams.dev, crackstreams.biz, nflstreams.gg, nflbite.io, nbastreams.gg, markkystreams.com, methstreams.me, and many others.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 19, 2024

In addition to Fortune 500 companies and governments across various continents, the American company also provides its services to pirate sites. There are other domains using the Guardaserie brand that are still functional. In recent years, rightsholders have urged Cloudflare to take a more proactive stance against piracy.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

Intellectual Property Rights are the bundle of rights given to the owner or creator of IP by the virtue of law that governs that specific IP. Trademarks are governed by the Trade Marks Act, 1999 in India. It helps in building brand identity, goodwill and consumer trust. These are governed by the Copyright Act, 1957.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Government, MPA wrote that TVWIKI has millions of monthly visitors, who accounted for nearly 40 million visits in August. However, as is often the case, others will be eager to take over the brand, as also happened with Noonoo last year. In a report sent to the U.S. At the time, it used the tv51.wiki

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The IPKat

APRIL 10, 2025

The wine brand has been around since the nineteenth century and its trade marks are well-known. This was a strict rule, tempered only by an exception for well-known pre-existing trade marks that were identical to the name of a specified region, who may continue to use that brand name if it meets certain conditions.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 12, 2023

More than two years ago the federal government shut down Gears-branded IPTV services operated by Pennsylvania and New Jersey man, Bill Omar Carrasquillo – better known online as ‘Omi in a Hellcat’ The seizure of dozens of high-end cars and a reported $5.2m Barone Entered a Guilty Plea. Code § 1201(a)(1)A and 17 U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Trademarks Act, 1999, gives trademark protection to the identity of brands. As against this, customs law governs the entry and exit of goods in and out of the country under the Customs Act, 1962. It deprives trademark owners of losing market and financial losses through apprehension of infringing imports.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 3, 2023

Government, it branded the site a “notorious market” among a list of other piracy targets. Government did eventually seize SoccerStreams.net and SoccerStreams.to. The Premier League was also determined to deal with SoccerStreams, however. In a recent submission to the U.S.

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The following is an excerpt from my book, Building a Bold Brand. The basic government filing fee is. show both employees and customers the brand’s value and. The basic government filing fee is. show both employees and customers the brand’s value and. the brand is taken seriously and has USPTO legal protections.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The government chose to prioritize two flawed bills on online streaming and online news, both of which sparked considerable opposition, lengthy delays, and ultimately delivered few actual benefits ( Bill C-11 faces at least another year of hearings at the CRTC, Bill C-18 is a disaster that has left many media companies worse off).

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 6, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of my book video Building a Bold Brand Chapter 6: Why Apply to Register Trademark registration with the USPTO has tremendous value. Appearing in the USPTO’s online database.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 5, 2022

The second reason is that there’s been a little bit of activity in the government’s efforts to fight trademark scams. Number two, even if you have been duped, let’s spread the word to the USPTO and the other government agencies so they understand how serious of a matter this is. So that is good news.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Abhishek, in two interviews ( here and her e ), has argued that the FSA explicitly stated that all brand, IPR, copyright, TMs (whatever that means) of the Lodha business, including Lodha and Lodha group, would belong to the Lodha Developers Private Limited (Macrotech Developers).

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 19, 2022

That’s where there are some costs involved, both government fees and attorney’s fees, if you’re working with a lawyer, as I recommend. Having that registration also allows your brand to use the ®. It’s much easier to get a takedown when you have a registered trademark standing behind your brand.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Gifford accused Sheil of both direct and vicarious infringement for mimicking the neutral tones of her brand identity. The courts contrary interpretation fundamentally misreads the Berne Conventions principle of territoriality, which ensures that each country independently governs copyright protection within its borders.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Non-conventional or Non-Traditional trademarks such as sounds, color, shape, scent or any other motion marks have emerged as a new innovative tools widely being used in the todays changing and competitive market era that redefine how brands connect with the public at large.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Moreover, the IPR eases the market development and establishes a solid brand identity. The environment is branded by the active interaction of various stakeholders, including the entrepreneurs, investors, incubators accelerators, and the administration forms. United States of America and China are in the top two positions above India.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 3, 2023

A new government initiative launched today on the website of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) sounded interesting; at least until the website started delivering broken and insecure HTTP pages in an apparent protest against an encrypted connection. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In September 2021, a grand jury returned a 62-count indictment charging Bill Omar Carrasquillo with crimes related to his Gears-branded IPTV services. Government Attorneys Submit Sentencing Memorandum In a sentencing memorandum submitted in a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday, U.S. Possible 98 Years’ Imprisonment, $3.5

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 10, 2023

After reading hundreds of copyright reports, anti-piracy studies, lobbying documents, and submissions to government and law enforcement agencies, anything that strays from the norm tends to stand out. ” Govt. ” Govt. The proposition as it stands seems to entail doing unpaid anti-piracy work.

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The IPKat

JULY 14, 2024

The development of the GI was supported by a program to promote local produce, funded by the Canadian Government and launched in 2017, which led to the establishment of the Melitopol Cherry Growers’ Association in 2019. The registration of the appellation of origin in Ukraine was finalised in September 2020.

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