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? If age authentication isn’t done through a review of the user’s face, then typically users must present documents that authenticate their ages. For more on the bill, see my prior coverage: Op-ed.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2024

By decision of 24 January 2024 ( T-537/22 ), the General Court of the European Union (GC) confirmed the validity of the Registered Community Design (RCD) by Lego A/S (Lego) “Building blocks from a toy building set” by stating that an RCD is invalid only if all its features are excluded from protection. On 2 February 2010 Lego obtained RCD No.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This choice may be influenced by the design of the product, the cost of repair or available repairers. One of these measures is the proposal to amend the Design Directive by including a specific repair clause for design protection. Design rights provide protection to the appearance of a (part of a) product.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2024

Here’s what Henning writes: Works of applied art – the difference between design and copyright law by Henning Hartwig I. If this qualifying criterion were to be relinquished, design law would ultimately become obsolete. This is the price for the fact that the author can and should create completely without purpose.

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2022

Concern is often expressed that design rights that are limited in time may be unduly extended in perpetuity through trade mark registrations and thus extended to create a monopoly for a particular shape. Therefore, the present rectangular shape was merely a slight variant of those shapes present on the market.

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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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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The designation of origin is a key concept in intellectual property. On October 11, the General Secretary of the Andean Community released the first edition of the List of Designations of Origin of the Andean Community , which includes 52 products originating in the Andean sub-region.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

He gave a fantastic and very informative presentation on this area, which I’d highly recommend, explaining the larger role of the US and China in the global semiconductor market.The presentation ended with a slide from where my search began. The heading of the last slide said ‘Key to Success is Innovation and IP’.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The findings The UKIPO’s findings are based on a quantitative survey of 1,000 female (studies suggest that influencer marketing is “ highly gendered ”) consumers in the UK, aged 16 to 60 and who use social media at least once per week. The same appears to be true, at least in certain cases, for the purchase of counterfeits.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

At present, with the immense growth of interconnectivity, along with digital experiences creating augmented reality and virtual reality, many digital marketers and technology experts have given the term ‘Metaverse’ to these new spheres of human interaction. Market Reach & Presence. Market Reach & Presence.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 16, 2022

Fluent is a marketing company that generates leads. Far from drawing a user’s attention to the terms, the presentation “deemphasized” them: Website users are entitled to assume that important provisions—such as those that disclose the existence of contractual terms—will be prominently displayed, not buried in fine print.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2022

The quest for practical and entertaining cases often raises various dilemmas with companies: they are forced to come up with new and quirky solutions in an ever-growing competitive market where children are also in focus. These had been circulating on the market since, at least, 2017.

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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. However, the ESA highlights the importance of the site to the Nintendo Switch piracy market. “As the U.S.

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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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SpicyIP

APRIL 29, 2023

Image accessed from here While there are many factors which result in the success of business organizations, their ability to use sensitive procedures and advanced technology, thereby protecting their confidential information, can be another crucial aspect of remaining competitive in the market.

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The IPKat

MARCH 17, 2024

Importantly for this case, VCC produces two types of expensive French red wine involving various up-market grape types. The director and CEO of Kreglinger, Paul de Moor, gave evidence that he wanted to pay homage to his family heritage (being descended from the Thienpont family, who run VCC) with the marketing of "New Certan".

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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. Cite to Ohio State v. Zazzle * CafePress May Not Qualify For 512 Safe Harbor – Gardner v.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2022

13(3) Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, “Member States shall take appropriate administrative and judicial steps to prevent or stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications […] that are produced or marketed in that Member State.” Learning from its “mistakes”, the Commission introduced Art.

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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

JUNE 4, 2022

Nor does such harm become a necessary component of the Uber business model because the Uber entities marketed the Uber app as safe to use, refused to cooperate with sexual assault investigations, or concealed sexual assaults related to the use of the app. Uber appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. B310131 (Cal.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 20, 2022

When we marketers think about a branding initiative, our eyes light up at the notion of limitless creative possibilities. New names, shiny new logos, and innovative new designs bring joy to our creative little hearts. As we look back, here are a few things we figured out that our fellow marketers may appreciate. Lessons Learned.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 8, 2024

This is what was seen in the recent case of M/s KG Marketing of India v. KG Marketing India, through its proprietor, Mr. Karan Kumar, against Rashi Santosh Soni and Santosh Soni (the defendants) to seek an injunction to prevent the use of the trademark “SURYA”. Rashi Santosh Soni & Anr.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 16, 2021

This week, beIN Media Group and subsidiary Miramax submitted their recommendations to the Office of the United States Trade Representative for the purposes of the USTR’s 2021 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets. BeIN believes that the original sources of beIN channels are relatively limited but has identified one in particular.

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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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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Haute24 is an online e-commerce platform whose stated aim is to make luxury apparel from the US and Europe affordable for the Indian market (see here ). Louis Vuitton submitted that these were specially commissioned works used for advertising and marketing their products, and were being used without authorization by the defendants.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 1, 2022

According to The Business of Fashion , Kardashian “tweaked Dolce & Gabbana styles from the 1990s and early 2000s” creating “finished looks” with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana “that were, the designers said, about 20 percent different from the originals.” Consider the corset teddy dress inspired by a Spring 1992 original.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 19, 2022

For the market-leading RightsLink for Scientific Communications platform, 2021 was a momentous—and busy—year serving publishers and their institutional customers. Designed to drive innovation, efficiency and collaboration across the scholarly ecosystem, RLSC is trusted by more than 30 leading publishers representing 2,600 journals.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Although these measures intend to encourage healthier consumption habits, they affect the use of intangible assets such as trademarks and traditional copyrighted characters for branding purposes, discouraging the advertising and marketing industry. 09/22/22 – Industrial Designs. Original source in Spanish.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. However, I find that Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate that such exceptional circumstances are present here. Buzzfeed, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2024

The design elements use “a contrasting font color” making the notice legible on the dark background. Unlike the notices at issue in Berman , the sign-in screen here lacks clutter and uses “[c]ustomary design elements denoting the existence of a hyperlink.” appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Warner Bros.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

v EUIPO | Case T-509/19) and the importance of presenting valid arguments for the existence of a link between the marks - even in the case of marks with an exceptional reputation ( Puma v EUIPO | Case T-71/20). Verena von Bomhard (BomhardIP) presented a summary of trade mark cases before the EU Courts in Luxembourg from 2021.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The Broadcom chips and Apple phones are manufactured outside of the United States, although they are largely designed in the US, and the nerve centers of marketing and sales are also in the US. Broadcom makes infringing chips and they are installed in Apple devices. all occurred within the United States.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This was, in a way, to “monopolize” the adult entertainment market. After hearing this allegation at least twice, the Court instructed plaintiffs’ counsel to go present proof of such a bribe and to specifically subpoena the banks that were allegedly involved in laundering the bribe.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 20, 2021

WIPO will organize an anonymous webinar to present the project and directly interact with questions from bidders regarding the project, to take place on Friday, October 22, at 11:00 CET. Register here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The board says the unregistrable emoji animations “include a familiar heart design and some very minimal amount of motion, which is de minimis and thus unprotectable by U.S. The red color adds to the familiar and predictable nature of the heart designs. copyright law. As the heart breaks, it tilts to the right.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

From a hair care revolution to dental hygiene for cats, the Den saw a variety of presentations, each with their own unique challenges and opportunities. We decided to have patents in as many markets as possible. When it isn't possible or cost effective to patent an invention, design registration may be the solution.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Across-the-board social media and influencer marketing integration are aspects of the present-day artificiality regarding persuasive brand dissemination in faces and identities. Rise of Influencing Marketing: A Proprietary Angle Influencer marketing is now a $21-billion industry as per Aspire’s 2024 Influencer Marketing Report.

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