Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This market has been described repeatedly as a scam. His name alone means that his work commands high dollar amounts on the market, and those that have invested in him have every incentive to make sure it stays that way: Plagiarism or not. In the case of the art market, those two entities are largely the same. Bottom Line.

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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 court says the impact assessments don’t require businesses to look at service design configurations or to mitigate any identified risks, so they aren’t likely to advance the state’s child welfare goals.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

However, NFTs were never designed for this purpose. Some blamed artists for not jumping on the bandwagon fast enough, but those infringers were always going to be there, especially in a boom market, and they would always outnumber the legitimate creators. This is especially true now that the NFT market has shrunk so profoundly.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Those arguments were described as “lively” with justices examining both the transformative nature of the works involved but also looking into how both competed for the same market, namely illustrating articles about Prince in magazines. 2: Textile Designer Sues Zulily for Copyright Infringement.

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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. The lawsuit, filed under the Lanham Act and related Indiana state laws, addresses issues of trademark infringement , unfair competition , false designation of origin , and trademark dilution.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 25, 2024

Amarin claimed Hikma induced infringement of its “icosapent ethyl” product, an ethyl ester of an omega-3 fatty acid commonly found in fish oils, marketed as Vascepa. District Court for the Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright was sitting by designation on the CAFC panel.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

First off today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that the RIAA has submitted its recommendations to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) regarding international notorious markets for piracy. The Notorious Markets report is an annual report by the USTR that identifies international markets that enable piracy.

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that the European Commission has released its latest Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List , and it adds the names of Mega, FMovies and DDos-Guard to its list of “notorious markets.” However, the court ultimately disagreed, saying that such protection is not warranted.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Analysing the Riyadh Design Law Treaty in the Indian Context The Riyadh Design Law Treaty (DLT), finalized at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Riyadh in November 2022, marks a significant step towards harmonizing global industrial design registration processes. This consolidation saves both time and costs.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“At a basic level – and common to all the technical devices mentioned – AAPA would like to see the production, marketing and distribution of any device which can be used to infringe IP made illegal” – Sheila Cassells. What’s AAPA’s position there?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 12, 2021

The 91-page report is part of an ongoing legal battle between Harrison/Erickson, a design firm that created the original Phanatic, and the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. Billion Illegal Piracy Market, Report by Digital Citizens Alliance and White Bullet Finds. 3: Advertising Fuels $1.34 billion annually through advertising.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 7, 2024

In the competitive market, protecting the packaging design of products is highly important. How can I protect designs with copyrights? How can I protect designs with patents? Design patents guard your innovations against imitation for up to 15 years depending on the jurisdiction of protection.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2024

Regulation, Innovation and Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets, by Margherita Colangelo. The winner is: EU Trade Mark Law and Product Protection: A Comparative Analysis of Trade Mark Functionality (Routledge) by Lavinia Brancusi Best Book on Design Law The nominations were: • Australian Design Law and Practice, by Tyrone Berger.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Saber sued Oovee for Lanham Act false designation of origin and related state claims. Any representations to real-life persons (living or dead), or real-world vehicle designs (except where licensed), is purely coincidental. It’s easy to see how permission culture took root in this corner of the videogame market.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 11, 2024

In Cyprus, Texas , Valcrum, LLC (“Valcrum”), a company specializing in trailer and axle market products, is engaged in a legal dispute with Dexter Axle Company, LLC (“Dexter”) from Indiana over trademark and trade dress infringement regarding a hubcap design.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The DSA introduces new actors: Each EU member state must designate a Digital Services Coordinator (among its other responsibilities, the Coordinators will award the status of “trusted flagger”), and the DSA establishes the European Board for Digital Services as “an independent advisory group of Digital Services Coordinators.”

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office when obtaining design patents, a Delaware federal judge ruled Monday, shooting down a key argument from Masimo Corp. as the parties continue to fight over the market for smartwatches. Apple did not deceive the U.S.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Country Designations- Desires may be expressed by applicants as named member countries for which they seek trademark protection as ‘designated countries.’ Flexible Further Extension By filing later a subsequent designation, businesses may extend their trademark protection to other member countries at a later stage.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 17, 2022

Dubbed DeviantArt Protect and Launched in July 2021 , the system was originally designed to help artists detect duplicates or near-duplicates of their images on the internet. This is mirrored by an ongoing crash in regular crypto markets , that’s seen many of the currencies lose significant portions of their value.

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The IPKat

MARCH 16, 2023

Unitary character of EUTMs and designs The notion of unitary right (or “unitary character”) comes from EU trade mark (EUTM) and design law. 1(3) Design Regulation. The unitary character of EUTMs and designs is embodied at the levels of both protection and enforcement. 80-81 Design Regulation. Following Art.

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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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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Unlike patents and copyrights, trademark law is not designed to reward the creative endeavor of invention or authorship. Rather, trademark is designed as a consume-protection and market-function tool and so focuses on consumer perception. On appeal, the TTAB reversed the refusal.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

In the ongoing legal battles over print-on-demand services, RedBubble and (more recently) Printify have sometimes achieved favorable results by disaggregating all of the functions and acting solely as a marketing agent for the disaggregated vendors. Pixels appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Cite to Ohio State v.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

As usual nowadays, the plaintiffs relied heavily on product design theories to overcome the obvious Section 230 defense. Some judges recognize that product design theory just rearticulates claims based on third-party content, as it does here because any radicalizing content came from third-parties, not the social media services themselves.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Next up today, Judy Harrison at the Bangor Daily News reports that Maine costume designer Ellen Okolita has filed a lawsuit against Walmart, Amazon and eBay alleging that the three sites are unlawfully using photos and descriptions of her costumes on their site.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Navjot Sawhney designed washing machines that are cranked by hand and do not use any electricity. Efforts were made to commercialise this innovation – re-designing to lower costs, a patent was filed, licensing and royalty sharing agreements were entered into, but mostly in vain, at least in India.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

Any surviving services may need to be structured as marketing agencies that push all of the legal risk to the users and third-party vendors. And although Plaintiff also alleged Defendants marketed, advertised, and sold merchandise bearing his copyrighted illustrations. Sunfrog appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It is a neutron bomb designed to wipe marketplaces off the Internet. The INFORM Consumers Act was designed to redress the same concerns as the SHOP SAFE Act, and it just became effective a few months ago. This bill is not a nuanced attempt to excise harmful products from the marketplace. I’m also confused about the timing.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 4, 2024

Sugraone' was the first seedless table grape variety introduced in Italian market in late 1980s. The grace periods are designed to give breeders time to confirm that their varieties meet the criteria for PVR protection. The decision (English translation here ) also dismissed the claims of trade mark infringement and invalidity.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 10, 2024

Further Trademarks Act, 1999 and Designs Act, 2000 allow licensing of trademarks and designs respectively. Likewise, IP marketing plays a pivotal role, markets are identified where usage of technology is exchanged or transferred by recognizing prospective stakeholders. link] Transferring Technology from Lab to Market.

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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. Binance appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. –Kuklinski v.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2023

“Because these publishers have such concentrated market power […], authors that want to reach wide audiences rarely have the negotiating power to retain sufficient control from publishers to independently authorize public access like that at issue here,” the Alliance adds. Thus, CDL should be upheld under fair use.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

With Arcom supporting their every move, various rightsholders stepped up to take advantage of new legislation designed to make pirate site blocking more efficient, to combat mirror sites and proxies, and to further punish sites by restricting appearances in search engines and curtailing advertising opportunities.

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