IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

The complaint asserts trademark infringement, misrepresentation and unfair competition due to StockX’s minting of sneaker-related NFT’s using NIKE trademarks without Nike’s authorization. StockX responded that its NFTs are permissible trademark “fair use” as part of its retail sales and advertising of authentic NIKE sneakers.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Copyright infringement silently screams from the sidelines, while buzzwords like “fair use” and “transformative use” enter the conversation, doing a delicate dance between legality and technology. Are you safeguarding your innovations with due diligence?

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

One interesting note on copyright protection is that copyrighted materials are subject to the “fair use” doctrine, meaning that judges hold case-by-case flexibility to determine if the unauthorized uses of copyrighted material are permissible under four guiding factors. Patent Protection for Functionality.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

The complaint asserts trademark infringement, misrepresentation and unfair competition due to StockX’s minting of sneaker-related NFT’s using NIKE trademarks without Nike’s authorization. While NFT-related marks are clearly protected under US law, the laws of other countries might differ.

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43(B)log

MAY 22, 2023

It is also a widely known fact that on the outset of creating a highly coveted endorsement deal, clients and/or their advertising agencies will conduct due diligence of models in advance of contacting a model to discuss an endorsement opportunity.” Thus, they argued, they couldn’t know their losses.

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Intepat

APRIL 11, 2025

However, this exemption is contingent upon the intermediary observing due diligence and expeditiously removing or disabling access to unlawful content upon receiving “actual knowledge” or being notified by the rights holder or a government authority. Specific URLs of the infringing content.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 27, 2024

In a similar vein, MeitY had issued a due diligence-related advisory in March 2024, that required all intermediaries and platforms to label any undertrial or unreliable AI models, and to secure prior government approval before such models could be deployed.

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