IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 16, 2024

It reviews the growing importance of the protection of non-traditional trademarks within the fashion world in assessing how firms use trade dress to create and maintain an identity that may thrive within market competition. Recent court decisions such as Christian Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent [1] and Herms v. WHAT IS TRADE DRESS?

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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 form of intangible property comprising of skillsets, know-how, business ideas, and strategies have helped in the development and generation of the transborder reputation of several brands. A brand name is usually a name given by the proprietor of a product or service to designate a name to the company with which it is associated.

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Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Even in situations where a business owner contracts a third-party web designer to build their website, both the business and the web designer can be held liable for copyrights violated if they are used on your website. the effect of the use upon the potential market. the purpose and character of your use.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Mahindra, Tanishka Goswami analyzes the Court’s findings on the importance of house marks in infringement assessment, and the nature of the relevant market. In pursuance of its goal to accelerate EV adoption, it developed a new vehicle design and coined the same EZIO. Explaining the recent Delhi High Court decision in Gensol v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 28, 2023

Despite the California Legislature’s blunder last year with AB 2273 (the Age Appropriate Design Code), many states, including Minnesota, are stubbornly pushing for nearly identical laws. The bill describes the following obligations for in-scope businesses: Data Protection Impact Assessments. Default Privacy Settings.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC / AB2273, just signed by Gov. American business regulation generally encourages “permissionless” innovation. It requires businesses to prepare “impact assessments” before launching new features that kids are likely to access.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

are again in litigation over their crossing business of manufacturing and selling valves and pipe fittings. Green Leaf’s various word marks and a design mark are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office under Nos. Indiana-based companies, Banjo Corporation and Green Leaf, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Can the existing UK Age-Appropriate Design Code tell us anything about what AB 2273 might look like in practice? First, many UK regulations expect businesses and government agencies to cooperate to develop and implement the rules. Businesses could always “dumb down” their offerings so that adults are treated like children.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

2: Maine Costume Maker Claims Retail Giants Undercut Her Business Through Copyright Theft. Okolita began making costumes in 2014 for her own children and turned that into a business the following year. However, the Senators not the other registrars have had similar relationships in place for years and have had few issues.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Its certain that none of us enjoy putting a soggy brolly back into our bags, and Gilley promises a solution to these common issues with its wind-proof design thats also less prone to loss thanks to its hard, moisture-wicking case. Or left out to dry and forgotten in the corner of a restaurant?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We’ve seen a flood of terrible Internet laws in the past few years, including the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC). The AADC would require many businesses to sort their online visitors into adults and children–necessarily requiring age authentication–so that children can receive heightened statutory protections.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

StreamSafely: How it All Began The people who came up with the StreamSafely campaign and still run it today are collectively known as Ctam Cable Marketing Association Inc. , As the current member list shows, cable marketing has considerable scope. or CTAM for short. ” Under the heading The Cable Industry v. million expenses, $1.1

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

The only profitable approach for businesses is to screen for users’ age and categorically deny services to any minors, period. The post A Short Explainer of How California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Bill (AB2273) Would Break the Internet appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 27, 2022

For maintaining a competitive edge in the market, businesses need to keep innovating. It applies to different aspects of a business, such as finance, corporate transactions, negotiations, employment agreements, technologies, to name a few. In the present era, working business environments have become significantly dynamic.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? All the creations of the human minds such as designs, inventions, artistic works, names, symbols, etc. are intellectual properties owned by individuals and/or businesses.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

To determine whether the use constitutes fair use or not is determined based on a number of factors like if they primarily include the purpose and character of the use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount used, and the effect on the market for the original work. Another important factor is market effect. Google, Inc.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 21, 2022

You can see in the video version and the accompanying visual that Chad Barr and his wonderful team have designed, which shows that by consistently providing for your brand, like consistently watering your plants, and doing the following things, your brand will be positioned for wonderful growth and success. Great content.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

The original lawsuit was filed against luis Fonsi, the original performer of Despacito , alleging that the hit song made an unlawful use of their 1989 riddim entitled Fish Market (better known as Poco Man Jam ). Now that lawsuit has expanded drastically to include dozens of performers and others connected with the genre.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Touker Suleyman makes a sound observation: once the market has been established, overseas manufacturers may undercut to compete for sales. Kelsang responds that the market for the product is yet to be properly established. They claim this would be through marketing and education. The two seek 75K for 1% of their business.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We’ve been using the phrase, Making Trademarks Bloom since 1999® and using sunflowers for at least 10 years in our marketing, and I recently learned about the golden ratio and sunflowers. It is found throughout nature—from the human body to plants—and creates structure and harmony intentionally by design.

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azrights

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Intellectual Property (IP) is part and parcel of business, yet it abounds with misconceptions. So, making the right choice of name and other branding elements, and being able to identify how IP protects key assets, is the best way to protect a business. Learning key IP principles equips you to better structure and design a business.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

The dramatic rise in e-commerce in the last two decades saw many brand and business owners struggling to safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) assets in cyberspace, starting from domain names and then going onto social media handles. NFTs may refer to the digital goods or specific pieces sold in the Metaverse.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 16, 2025

From mystery football shirts on your doorstep to Italian pizza in pubs, the second episode of series 22 was full to the brim with keen entrepreneurs ready to pitch their business to the Dragons. The panel of business moguls were, as always, full of questions to keep them on their toes. He shoots, he scores?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

These platforms deployed various business models, but for consumers who signed up for a short trial, what followed was never good. In many cases busy people simply didn’t know that their opportunity to cancel had expired, or that they were being charged $50 or $60 every month for absolutely nothing.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

Architectural designs came to be recognised as a form of intellectual property capable of protection after the 1908 Amendment to the Berne Convention, 1886. This inclusion was crucial in recognising and protecting the rights of architects over their architectural designs and works.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

million in copyright damages against Skiplagged—but the website’s business model remains largely unaffected. Skiplagged’s defense also highlighted its website’s disclaimers, which warned users that hidden city ticketing “may upset the airline” and marketed itself as exposing fares airlines “don’t want you to see.”

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McKinsey Operations

JANUARY 4, 2023

Although a fully immersive, interconnected metaverse remains years away, mobility stakeholders can already capture real business value from the technologies designed to enable it.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Wheeling their way into the future, are Hornit - an innovative and creative British business that produces a wide range of cycling products. We spoke to their CEO Tom de Pelet about how Hornit has grown and how intellectual property rights have strengthened his business. Or complex mounted structures designed to be used within garages.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 29, 2025

While acknowledging the strong reputation and goodwill of the Thatchers brand, the court determined that the differences in the two products packaging such as distinct brand names and design elements were enough to eliminate any real risk of consumer confusion.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Businesses in seemingly every industry are rapidly embracing artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, to revolutionize their operations, enhance productivity, and drive innovation. Let’s explore why responsible AI use starts with proper licensing and implications for businesses like yours when navigating these waters.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 13, 2024

My Market, LLC, (Plaintiff) an Indiana-based convenience store operator, has initiated legal proceedings against Batth Markets, Inc. and Chhaterpal Singh (Defendants) for the unauthorized use of its trademarked business name. This trademark is used to identify My Markets services, particularly in the food industry.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

One especially problematic bill is AB 2273, the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC). The AADC requires businesses to adopt protective practices for children. However, to achieve this outcome, businesses must know which users are kids. However, to achieve this outcome, businesses must know which users are kids.

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Corsearch

JANUARY 31, 2025

This constant relisting is designed to maintain visibility, as counterfeiters vie for limited digital space and aim to appear above their competitors. Exploiting gray markets Parallel imports and other gray market threats see a rise during this period.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. trademark protects names, slogans and other things that identify a specific business, product or service. However, there are two key exceptions to this. The other major part of the question is trademark.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2022

There have been no public developments on that front but Carrasquillo now faces new problems relating to a spin-off business. The YouTuber was already considering the apparel/merchandising business and has since used his already well-known ‘Reloaded’ IPTV brand to sell a range of clothing and sneakers through ReloadedMerch.com.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2023

California passed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) nominally to protect children’s privacy, but at the same time, the AADC requires businesses to do an age “assurance” of all their users, children and adults alike. Today’s case doesn’t answer the question, but boy, it’s a red flag.

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