IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 10, 2025

This grants celebrities to capitalize on their brand value and at the same time protect it under the realm of privacy rights. Celebrity rights are in a way paradoxical in nature are they form a combination of publicity, personality and privacy rights. under the trademark laws.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Q: What do you think is an emerging field or topic in IP law that future lawyers should focus on? Li : Privacy Law is a growing field of law, as is law related to artificial intelligence (AI). These Technology Marketplaces raise a variety of concerns including privacy and antitrust.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The book structure can be divided into four parts, with the first three analysing the overlap of patents, copyright, and trademarks, with other IP rights, respectively. Since, that involved an intra-IP overlapping approach, but is now extended to constitutional law) as well. Their focus of jurisdiction is EU, German law, and US law.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

In addition to regularly reviewing IP assets, a company should regularly make sure that its privacy and data use policies comport with the manner in which it collects and uses customer and employee data. If a company conducts business internationally, it may have to adhere to the privacy laws of foreign countries.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

This unauthorized usage may also give rise to breaches of confidence or violations of privacy. While economic interests can be quantified and compensated monetarily, non-economic concerns such as privacy violations, damage to reputation, and mental distress may not be entirely redressed through financial means.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The concept of passing off under trademarks law was used to provide relief to the plaintiff. The concept of passing-off under Trademark law can be applied if the person concerned is a well-known figure. It is a common tort law aspect and can be used for unregistered trademarks. In Amitabh Bhachchan v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

Bloomberg Law: “ JLM Likely Owns ‘Hayley Paige’ Insta Account, Court Says (Correct) ” Linnea Orians: “ More Than a Name: A New Era ” Related Posts : Social Media Ownership Disputes, Part I: the Satanic Temple of Washington Can’t Get Its Facebook Pages Back. The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Cowichan could have had a stronger claim against Ralph Lauren, given that they had already turned their minds to protecting their intellectual property through trademark law. Notably, Belgian copyright law includes a statutory right to privacy , which includes the right to control your image.

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Intepat

JULY 4, 2024

Accountability AI can help address trademark infringement but faces challenges in evaluating target audiences and their interest in specific product categories. Academics question the practicality of AI conducting subjective examinations in trademark law, as it lacks the ability to capture subtle distinctions.

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 17, 2024

TRADEMARKS AND TATTOOS Tattoos can also intersect with trademark law. For example, if a tattoo features a recognizable brand logo or slogan, it could infringe on the trademark holder’s rights. EXCLUSIONS AND DEFENSES TO IP INFRINGEMENT Several defenses exist for IP infringement in tattoos.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Johnson The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws Do Employers Own LinkedIn Groups Created By Employees?–CDM Gutman Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee Ex-Employee’s Continued Use of Twitter Account May Be Conversion–Farm Journal v.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 12, 2023

trademark law requires applicants to include their domicile addresses in trademark applications. Sincerely, Jamie Holcombe USPTO Chief Information Officer and Chief Privacy Officer Read comments and post your comment here. What happened and what information was involved? Text Copyright John L. Welch 2023.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

What about employee social media laws? Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021. As with other such laws, this law struggles with definitions. The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws. Social Media and Trademark Law” Talk Notes. An Update on PhoneDog v.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MAY 28, 2024

In response to these threats, many popular personalities have started trademarking their names to protect their goodwill and reputation from being misused by technology.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 27, 2025

These uncanny and exact replications of celebrity voices and visuals lead to a world of problems not just from a privacy point of view, but in general IP as well. However, due to the absence of a legal mechanism for the regulation of deepfakes and AI, he had to file a PIL.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Chestek PLLC, a law firm run by Pamela Chestek and specializing in trademark law, challenged the domicile address rule itself, saying its imposition failed to comply with the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). licensed counsel. where many of us know each other at a personal level.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Assessing trademark similarity and classification is another hurdle, involving subjective decision making which is difficult for AI to replicate reliably. Compliance with complex trademark laws and regulations also presents a significant challenge.

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Intepat

JULY 4, 2023

While YouTube seeks to protect the IP rights of the trademark holder, they only provide a minimal investigation of the complaint. However, in addition to these limited measures, the trademark laws in India provide the following comprehensive remedies for trademark infringement.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Concerning infringement, a trademark is abused when a person adopts a corporation’s domain name without authorization. The unlawful use of a web domain containing a registered trademark is in direct violation of the Indian trademark law.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Can “honest concurrent use” be used as a defense against a trademark infringement claim? Lokesh, highlighting its history, argues that honest concurrent use is a principle of trademark law and is not limited to a provision. Thus, there is no question of invasion of privacy or personal information of a third party being sought.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

With specific reference to India, personality rights are considered a part of the right to privacy guaranteed under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. Also referred to as publicity rights, it is defined as the right of a person to his/her own personality and provides for the right to control commercial use of one’s human identity.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Philosophers might be able to learn from consumer protection law about how to break down the concept of manipulation [and distinguish it from persuasion?] Barbara Lauriat, Two Nations Separated by a Common Trademark Law In UK, goodwill is a different thing from TM protected by the tort of passing off.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The method of foreign trademark filing raises the question of whether it is, on an extreme end, an exploitation of trademark law that regulatory bodies should address, or a perfectly legal strategy for those that are willing to spend the time and money to protect their privacy of developments.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The complaint notes that at least two of these pirate sites use privacy services provided by the named defendants – Cloudflare and domain company NameSilo. TIR claims that enforcing its rights is all but impossible due to these privacy services. 65 Videos in Total. .

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Trademark owners will weaponize that ambiguity. The Lanham Act doesn’t preempt state trademark laws, so this law isn’t likely to preempt any state law equivalents. Who Cares About Privacy? Trademark owners demanded the WHOIS system to make it easier for them to sue domain name registrants.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Union of India [1] , established that privacy is an essential Fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Unauthorised use of someone’s identity is a violation of both their personality rights and their basic right to privacy. The Court rejected the privacy defence, which is often employed in IP proceedings.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The book consists of four parts, 52 chapters, and covers research methods in a variety of areas of law: privacy law, criminal law, popular culture research, or psychology, to name a few. In this post, this Kat will review the first two Parts, on intersections of IP with other areas of law and with the humanities.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

Through various case laws, the scope of publicity rights has been expanded by the Indian judiciary. The Trade Marks Act, 1999 governs trademark law in India and provides for the registration, protection, and enforcement of trademarks. Under this Act, Sec.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Johnson The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws Do Employers Own LinkedIn Groups Created By Employees?–CDM Gutman Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee Ex-Employee’s Continued Use of Twitter Account May Be Conversion–Farm Journal v.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Nevertheless, with the increasing impact of copyright and privacy on the flow of information, the path of transparency seems to be becoming more and more turbulent, warranting more attention and closer scrutiny than before. Corruption in IP Offices, Anything New? “Ad-word” Let’s see how it unfolded.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 16, 2021

This appears to be most similar to the test for passing off in trademark law, whose elements are goodwill associated with the mark (which is similar to the reputation associated with a celebrity’s real or professional name), likelihood of deception, and damages.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. For a review of Privacy legislation in Canada, check out Emily Prieur’s article published this week. Trademark Law. Parody in Trademarks is No Joke.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. The court, in a careful opinion, rejected all the claims.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

Differentiating the right to privacy and the right to anonymity, the court held that a tussle between RTBF and public interest needs to be settled mainly through legislative action and, in some cases, by Courts using a balancing exercise.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

An interim order issued by a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court recognised the right to be forgotten (RTBF) as a subset of the fundamental right to privacy. The Kerala High Court had recognised a petitioner’s right to privacy and reputation while seeking the removal of their name from judgments published on IndianKanoon.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Defendant has also used Plaintiffs’ trademarks “Seeking Millionaire,” “Seeking Arrangement,” “Whats Your Price,” “Carrot Dating,” and “Seeking” as search terms in the Apple Appstore and Google Play Store to yield LuxyApp as a search result. There’s also a copyright claim for Luxy copying the plaintiff’s TOS/privacy policy.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

By Lisa Ramsey , Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law The Supreme Court held in Elster that Section 2(c) is consistent with the First Amendment, but the Justices disagree on how to evaluate the constitutionality of trademark restrictions In a unanimous opinion published on June 13, 2024, the US Supreme Court held in Vidal v.

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