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The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

They did so anyway and followed up by filing a trademark We’ve tried to sort this out in private and they have been uncooperative at every turn [link] — OBS (@OBSProject) November 17, 2021. However, it’s important to replace all the content that comes with a theme and not use any of the demo content.

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Naming Trends Within a Crowded Trademark Landscape

Corsearch

Popular trends in fashion, pharmaceuticals and health, technology, entertainment, and society are often drivers in the words found in trademark registrations. With increasing name saturation, finding a unique trademark is becoming a more difficult task in many industries – and this is in turn fueling likelihood of confusion.

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Can You Register Realistic Images of Common Goods as Trademarks?

Corsearch

Corsearch has identified a growing global trend in brands attempting to register true-to-life images of common goods as trademarks. The trademark is for a realistic, true-to-life depiction [1] of the fruit that is sold widely in supermarkets and green grocers. But are applications successful?

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[Sponsored] LexisNexis Introduces New Legal Issue Analysis for PTAB Ex Parte Decisions in LexisNexis PatentAdvisor

SpicyIP

Last year more than 7,500 PTAB decisions were made by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)—most resulting from a lengthy, costly process for prosecutors. To learn more or request a demo, visit [link]. PTAB Decision search is now available in LexisNexis PatentAdvisor.

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How the New USPTO Pre-Application Assessment Program Only Reinforces the Need for Integrated & Intelligent Patent Evaluation Software

IP.com

Over the last decade, the total annual patent applications submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) each year is over 600,000 applications. Learn more about the power of IQ Ideas+ and Innovation Q+ now – Schedule a free demo.

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Plaid must face jury on PNC's TM/advertising claims, but has good laches/acquiescence argument

43(B)log

PNC interface, L; Plaid connection interface with PNC logo, R sample Plaid bank selection workflow PNC alleged that Plaid infringed its trademarks by replicating the authentic PNC log-on screen to get them to provide private financial information, allowing Plaid to collect their data. I attempt to reconnect. Then the ‘Plaid’ screen appears.

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Applicability of Taylor v Taylor Principle in Protecting Intellectual Property Rights

Intepat

The principle mainly looks into mandating the rules of the statute that are applied thereby mandating the application process , the review process, advertising process of the Trademark/patent/copyright in accordance with the statutory rules provided and nothing beyond the scope of it.