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Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 26, 2021
To answer that and other questions about Halloween costumes, we have to step back and look at how copyright and trademark law apply to costumes. Since the costume doesn’t have a mask or any accessories, from a copyright standpoint, it’s likely not breaking any laws. Trademark and Halloween Costumes.
IP and Legal Filings
MARCH 5, 2024
Introduction In today’s digital economy, trademarks play an important role in developing a brand’s identity, establishing customer trust, and assuring market competition. Trademark violation raises significant issues. Cybersquatting is another type of trademark infringement.
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SpicyIP
AUGUST 22, 2022
We are pleased to bring our readers a guest post by Abhijay Srekanth and Vivek Basanagoudar on interaction of trademarks with free speech. Abhijay Srekanth is an LLM candidate at the Queen Mary University of London specialising in IP, and a recent graduate of Jindal Global Law School. The views expressed in the piece are personal.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
JUNE 16, 2023
On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that a trademark claim concerning “a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey” which, as a play on words, turns the words “Jack Daniels” into “Bad Spaniels” and the descriptive phrase “Old No.
LexBlog IP
JUNE 9, 2023
Jack Daniels sent a cease and desist letter to VIP shortly after the product launched. ” The Court noted that applying Rogers to all matters where there is an expressive element would impermissibly extend Rogers to nearly all facets of life and potentially supplant the purpose of trademark law.
The IPKat
JULY 22, 2021
Katfriend Dr Sabine Jacques , Associate Professor in IP, IT & Media law at the University of East Anglia and author of The Parody Exception in Copyright Law (OUP 2019), provides the follow review of The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection is Stifling Cultural Creativity – by Martin Senftleben.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
APRIL 29, 2023
Ripps created an NFT collection, the “Ryder Ripps Bored Ape Yacht Club,” that “point to the same online digital images as the BAYC [NFT] collection but use verifiably unique entries on the Ethereum blockchain.” ” Most of the opinion discusses the trademark implications of Ripps’ rival NFT collection.
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