Corsearch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

X (formerly Twitter) is one of the most popular social media platforms for businesses and individuals, with around 335 million monthly active users worldwide. Unfortunately, this global reach and accessibility to a large audience also attracts bad actors looking to exploit the popularity and features of social media platforms.

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Branding Brands Branding Social Media 59

Patentably Defined

APRIL 28, 2020

Enhanced Protection on Social Media. Better Social Media Results. Reason #1 — Enhanced Protection on Social Media. Social media services like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have policies in place to protect brands against abuse – provided that you can establish ownership.

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Branding Brands Branding Social Media 52

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

Daler Mehendi, a known singer and the plaintiff in the present case, had a registered trademark over the letters “DM” and established a business called “D.M. If such content is not taken down within the prescribed time, the social media intermediaries would be liable for the same. Entertainment v. Entertainment Pvt.

Personality Rights 75

Personality Rights Intellectual Property Social Media Intellectual Property Law 75

Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 11, 2024

Social media & E-commerce takedowns – In case you do find infringing use of the mark on social media or e-commerce platforms, make sure to take appropriate measures separately for taking down of those contents, as those affect your rights more adversely considering the power of digital media today.

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Registration Branding Brands Branding 40

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Introduced to incorporate the Jan Vishwas Act amendments within the Trade Marks Act, the proposed Rules prescribe an adjudication mechanism to hear complaints alleging false representation of a mark as a registered trademark. Read the detailed comments authored by Pranav, Praharsh, Swaraj, and Reva on these Rules.

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Trademark Social Media Registering Trademarks Copyright 82

Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

The dramatic rise in e-commerce in the last two decades saw many brand and business owners struggling to safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) assets in cyberspace, starting from domain names and then going onto social media handles. These are non-fungible, implying that they are unique and can never be replaced by something.

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Intellectual Property IP Non-Fungible Tokens Branding 116

Corsearch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Given the huge commercial opportunity, it is clear to see why there is great demand in trademarks for goods and services linked to the holiday name and others throughout the year. Can you trademark a holiday name? A trademark is not just a means of securing and protecting a brand name, it is also a valuable business asset.

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Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens IP Branding 52

Corsearch

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Intellectual property rights are defined as legal rights that protect the ownership of artistic, literary, and other creative works. Trademark infringement A trademark signifies a unique term, logo, expression, design, or emblem utilized to indicate the origin of goods and services.

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Branding Brands Branding Intellectual Property 59

JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

The most recent of them is the metaverse, and similar to what has happened to other parallel realities such as video games and social media, the metaverse is being invaded by fashion brands. The new gems being mined are the non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are already at the center of several trademark battles.

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Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Branding Brands 40

IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

It has the ability to be one-of-a-kind and unrepeatable token that cannot be split but may be used to represent real or virtual world things, as well as the token’s own qualities and ownership, all while remaining within a blockchain representation. This endows NFTs with the unique qualities that make them so desirable.

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Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property Ownership Branding 40

Corsearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Intellectual property rights are defined as legal rights that protect the ownership of artistic, literary, and other creative works. You should prepare links and screenshots as evidence for your claims of copyright, or trademark, patent, or design right infringement on Alibaba.

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Branding Brands Branding Intellectual Property 59

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Defendants were permanently enjoined from infringing Kaira’s trademark and copyright and were required to disclose the names of anyone participating in the infringing activities. Included within Kaira’s request for relief was an order transferring ownership and all rights in the infringing LinkedIn and social media accounts.

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False Advertising Social Media Trademark Branding 40

Kashishipr

JULY 21, 2021

Proof of IP Ownership – IP Registration Certificate or Copyright Recordal Certificate is necessary. According to the policy of the e-commerce sites, the company may have created specific programs where IPR holders can register as a member to provide in advance IP ownership by filling in a standard form notice.

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Branding Brands Branding Cease and Desist 105

43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

A&E owns a trademark (for entertainment services) and registered copyrights for Live PD, “which for four years featured live feeds of law enforcement activity across America, along with live narration and commentary from host Dan Abrams and others.” Fan reactions on social media included “Ok. I’m confused.

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Social Media Copying Fair Use Advertising 57

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Branding has become more important than ever, particularly in developing an online presence through search engines, various online platforms, and social media. Nearly every mainstream marketplace and social media platform has Acceptable Use Policies, which provide procedures for reporting intellectual property infringements.

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Branding Brands Branding Intellectual Property 52

43(B)log

AUGUST 19, 2021

CasperLabs, meanwhile, alleged that “Casper” and “CasperLabs” had become widely recognized on social media to refer to its network. Without assessing whether Zamfir owned any valid interest, reasoning that ownership of a valid mark is not a requirement under §43(a), the court jumped straight to the Sleekcraft factors.

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Registration Social Media Trademark Registering Trademarks 70

Corsearch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Intellectual property rights are defined as legal rights that protect the ownership of artistic, literary, and other creative works. Trademarks A trademark is a distinctive word, logo, phrase, design, or symbol used to identify the source of goods and services.

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Branding Brands Branding Reporting 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Dfinity argued that its registration of its marks gives it “prima facie evidence of [their] validity,” so it need not plead use in commerce to demonstrate a protectable ownership interest in an enforcement action. The Ninth Circuit does not agree.” All the specific uses to which Dfinity pointed were uses of its rainbow mark.

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Designs Design Registration Trademark 57

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

NFTs are data units stored on a blockchain used to transfer ownership of physical items or digital media with smart contracts. This allows brands to identify infringers attempting to register trademarks or domain names using well-known marks. The NFTs act to authenticate these items.

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Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property Trademark Branding 40

43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

My former student Grace McLaughlin has written an excellent note about the fact that these putative trademarks don’t serve human trademark functions—it’s very hard to remember them or distinguish one random string from another random string in terms of knowing what you’ve seen before—and has proposed some possible responses from the PTO.

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IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 94

Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

That is, in fact, the very nature of sound recording copyright and ownership.” Artists also may own registered trademarks in their names for use as source identifiers. Hit me up in the comments below or on social media @copyrightlately. We own all sounds captured on a sound recording.

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Music Copyright Copying Copyright Law 84

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Supreme Court looked into a wide variety of issues such as oxygen and Covid-19 drugs shortage, equitable pricing of vaccines, protection of health workers, possibility of invoking compulsory licenses and the clampdown on free speech on social media platforms. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. Cipla Ltd [Madras High Court].

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IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 138