Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Whether you are looking to make your own non fungible token to sell or you’re looking to buy an NFT as an investment, you need to be aware of copyright and trademark laws that might apply to your NFT. Trademark rights can be even more confusing to navigate in the world of NFTs. Copyrighting vs Trademarking NFTs.

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SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2022

Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs? World over companies are rushing to protect their trademarks in the online, virtual environment – the metaverse. In the US too, several companies are protecting their trademarks for similar goods and services. Aparajita Lath. Image from here. Application date.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The year 2022 has been an extremely important year for the development of trademark jurisprudence in India. There have been various landmark judgements which have not only highlighted cardinal principles of trademark law but have also given a nuanced understanding of how Courts interpret statutory trademark provisions.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 5, 2023

Introduction Trademarks are recognised phrases, words, or symbols that designate a certain item and lawfully distinguish it from all other items of the same type. A trademark is a valuable intellectual property that businesses use to differentiate their brand from their competitors’ in the market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. The court explains: They describe steps in the process of fashion design and capture much (if not all) of the creative output that Gutman might produce in her role as a designer.

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

When artificial technologies are utilized for creating innovations, such as employing evolutionary algorithms for antenna design or engaging IBM Watson to produce music, IPR laws become relevant. AI is doing lots of creative work in the fields of animation, web apps, images, music, designing, and various other things.

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

The Court held that in the absence of directly comparable source code in a software copyright infringement and misuse case, records of conversations, meetings, timelines, and e-mails can be used to show ownership of copyright, highlighting the importance of keeping a record of this information.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 26, 2023

I often cringe at use of the word "trademark" as a verb, and Bob's article explains what the problem is. The Most Important Trademark Fact You Probably Don’t Know Client: “I’ve been in business for a couple of years now, and I want to trademark my company’s name.” Trademark Lawyer: “What do you mean you want to ‘trademark’ it?”

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azrights

OCTOBER 18, 2021

I’ll then explain the role of trademarks and why and how to be strategic with them. And maybe rather than buying just a laptop, we bought a MacBook because we wanted that good design and simplicity that Apple offers. So, let’s look at trademarks now. The Meaning of Brand. It distinguishes one product or service from another.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

District Court for the Southern District of New York for designing, minting and offering handbags inspired by Hermès’ famous Birkin handbag, under the name “MetaBirkins”. The New York-based court has yet to rule on whether Hermès’ trademark rights will prevail over Maison Rothschild’s freedom of expression.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2023

It provides an unmatched degree of design and layout possibilities. Not to mention, it allows for almost infinite expansion, allowing marketers to design apparel of any size. The players can collect up to 30 NFTs in the game, 10 of which are designed by the artist Beeple [i].

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IIPRD

JUNE 9, 2024

The metaverse acted as a virtual boundary in this design for the future. This will give recognition to those persons and provide them with ownership rights for that intellectual activity. Trademarks A Trademark can be a mark, symbol, design, color, combination of colors, shapes, etc. Mason Rothschild.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. The dispute is between bridalwear designer Hayley Paige Gutman and JLM Couture, a bridalwear company. The district court initially punted on the ownership question. We blogged this case twice before. While it was true that the accounts were imbued with aspects of Ms.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 30, 2023

TTABlog Test: Is CLAIM WATCHER Confusable With CLAIM WATCH & Design for Certain Insurance Claim Services? [No] TTABlog Test: Is "K2 MOTORCARS & Design" Confusable With "K2 MOTOR & Design" For Automobile-Related Services? [No] [Yes] TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Appeals from Section 2(d) Refusals Turn Out? Guess What?

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In what could be one of the biggest NFT cases to arise so far, Nike has sued resale marketplace StockX for trademark infringement in the Southern District of New York, claiming that StockX is selling NFTs that display Nike’s trademarks without Nike’s permission. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Using NFTs has, in part, allowed digital artists to associate ownership in an original version of their art through the NFT that can be monetized much like the physical paintings or sculptures of artists creating in physical media. Hermes is suing the artist for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and cybersquatting.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

This unique status is particularly emphasized through the avenue of Trademark registration, underscoring its distinct position within the framework of legal protection. This Act does not explicitly specify the inclusion or exclusion of personal names or surnames for trademark protection.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A thorough awareness of intellectual property laws is crucial, regardless of your career goals—be they that of a fashion designer, singer, filmmaker, or just someone curious about the legal side of entertainment. Copyright and trademark are the most important IP rights in this industry.

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Larson & Larson

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Product designers, inventors, and artists of all types need to understand the meaning of intellectual property and how to protect their creative contributions. . The interpretation of the Constitution ensures that trademarks and patents get monitored at the federal level. Code covers patent law. . Title 25 of the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2023

” Most of the opinion discusses the trademark implications of Ripps’ rival NFT collection. With that framing, trademark law protects against the unwanted competition, and the court treats this as an easy rightsowner win. Of the efficacious four, three were based exclusively on trademark rights, not copyright.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In a footnote, the court acknowledges the law is “evolving” with respect to employer ownership of social media accounts: The law on the ownership of a social media pages created by employees for employers is evolving rapidly and varies between jurisdictions. One wonders how a domain name would fare under Maryland law.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Many big companies are getting ready to enter the world of Metaverse, for example, Nike for the purpose of selling virtual footwear and apparel in the virtual world of metaverse filed many trademark applications with the U.S These trademark applications consist of Nike’s logo “just do it” and air Jordan designs.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Dear Rich: A company in Florida filed a trademark on "Louise Brooks" and has used that to remove all Louise Brooks items off of Etsy in order for its company to sell its own Louise Brooks products. The story behind the trademark. A company from Coral Gables, Florida applied for the Louise Brooks trademark in 2018. 15 USC Sec.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

In the lawsuit, Hermès alleged that defendant Mason Rothschild’s MetaBirkins NFTs infringed and diluted Hermès’ trademark rights in the Birkin word mark and design. 1989) and provides strong protection to uses of trademarks that implicate freedom of speech issue. Grimaldi , 875 F.2d 2d 994 (2d Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 17, 2023

the Supreme Court held that the Lanham Act does not reach trademark infringement that occurs outside of the United States (US). In addition, the opinion has important ramifications for domestic trademark law through its identification of “use in commerce” as the actionable domestic conduct. Hetronic International Inc. ,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

WhenU concluded that trademarks was a dead-end. In this lawsuit, the plaintiffs aren’t suing Google for violating their copyrights or trademarks. The Kremen case involved the alleged theft of the sex.com domain name by improperly modifying the electronic records evidencing ownership of the domain name. Wells Fargo v.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

Within just over a month, a raft of barely-underground Discord servers like AI Hub have popped up to provide users with access to software—and step-by-step instructions—for creating new songs using hundreds of community-made AI models designed to mimic specific artists’ voices. We own all sounds captured on a sound recording.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 25, 2022

The inventor’s rights to the patent vary depending on ownership, further explained below. What it contains: type of patent document – the type of patent document can inform stakeholders of whether the patent is a design, utility, or plant patent. Rob is a patent, trademark, and technology associate at Founders Legal.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This demonstrates the succinctness and simplicity of the Metaverse’s trademarking mechanism. Their rights will be protected thanks to the metaverse brands’ trademarks. By deterring rip offs, trademarks safeguard a company’s identity and the repute of its brand(s), especially in the Metaverse.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Accordingly, the court preliminarily enjoins the Owocs from posting to the accounts until ownership is definitively adjudicated. You can see how social media account ownership issues are intractable when companies embrace “cults of personality” around a charismatic entrepreneur. So the accounts remain in limbo for now.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2022

Kayode & Co, a boutique IP law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Lara is a leader in Africa trademark law, and represents the interests of numerous international companies in counterfeit enforcement and brand protection matters. Why should international companies seek to register their trademarks in Nigeria?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2022

Kayode & Co, a boutique IP law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Lara is a leader in Africa trademark law, and represents the interests of numerous international companies in counterfeit enforcement and brand protection matters. Why should international companies seek to register their trademarks in Nigeria?

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The individual rights-based regime neglects the collective identity and duties arising from ownership. Li proposes redefining the nature of IP ownership through the lens of collective duties with a view to optimising the use of IP rights. And now she has our full attention.

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Intepat

JUNE 17, 2024

Introduction Trademarks are the identifiers that enable businesses to establish a strong footing in the global marketplace. Trademark law underwent substantial changes, both multilaterally and regionally. The Madrid System is composed of the Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol. Allows payment of one set of fees.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Whether you can file a trademark for an NFT depends on whether the NFT is part of a larger collection or series. If the collection sells specific goods and/or services, it may receive trademark protection. Can NFTs Receive Trademark/IP Protection? In fact, to date Yuga Labs LLC has filed at least 38 trademarks at the USPTO.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” context to see how various other countries have responded to such challenges as well, not only in copyright but in trademark and patent too.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court interpreted the clause on ownership of work made during a contract of service (Section 17(c)) to not apply in situations where there is a contract between equals.

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