Patently-O

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Rather, Lizzo apparently saw a social media meme about being 100% that b h and then added it to her song. Unlike patents and copyrights, trademark law is not designed to reward the creative endeavor of invention or authorship. ” But Lizzo herself did not create the phrase. On appeal, the TTAB reversed the refusal.

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Intepat

MARCH 25, 2025

The market for dupe perfumes is largely being fuelled by two factors, consumer demand and social media marketing. Additionally, the widespread promotion of dupes on social media platforms, driven by influencers and trendsetters, has further fuelled their popularity, amplifying their reach and appeal.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

While logos can be protected under both copyright and trademark law, it’s rare to see a plaintiff succeed on a copyright claim while failing to establish trademark infringement. Let me know in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media. Here, the jury sided with the airline, awarding $4.7

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. Moore, Find Out Who Your Friends Are: A Framework for Determining Whether Employees’ Social Media Followers Follow Them to A New Job, 39 CAMPBELL L. See generally, Christopher A.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 19, 2021

During her time as a trademark law professor at Drake University, Shontavia Johnson wrote that she believed the laws created solely to protect the Olympics had been stretched too far. Rule 40 restricts social media posts and advertisements published by athletes and sponsors during the Games, both in volume and content.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

Using trademarks in domain names, linking, framing, meta-tagging, and framing are a few methods that could lead to trademark challenges. Cybersquatting is another type of trademark infringement. A fundamental tenet of trademark law is to avoid consumers being confused about the origin or source of products or services.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Is it “hashtag law,” as the PTO examiner suggested would be the most common understanding, or “pound law,” as alleged by the unsuccessful registrant of #law as a service mark. And to what does it refer: a hashtag for a social media topic, or a number that can be dialed from a mobile phone to reach an attorney referral service?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

Social media intermediaries are directly connected to the aspect of freedom of speech and expression, whose over-regulation can stifle the same. Existing trademark laws sufficiently address online infringement without needing a new “e-infringement” category. E-Infringement Merely Academic Distinction?

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 7, 2025

Global brands must adopt an international trademark strategy by registering their trademarks in multiple jurisdictions under treaties such as the Madrid Protocol. Each will include strategies like: Digital Monitoring: Deploy tools to see who and where the trademarks are being used in app stores, websites, and, or, social media.

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43(B)log

JULY 25, 2024

Venkateswaran allegedly worked as an independent contractor for Portkey from 2017 to 2022, during which Venkateswaran performed work in areas like “communications and public relations,” “management of social media platforms,” and “attending and representing in conferences.”

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JD Supra Law

JULY 27, 2023

law, the rationale underlying its decision may complicate future U.S. trademark actions to stop foreign-sourced counterfeits. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog While it is not surprising that the Court adhered to the longstanding presumption against extraterritorial application of U.S.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 15, 2023

A track called “ Heart on My Sleeve ” went viral recently on social media with lead vocals sounding eerily similar to a certain crooner known for his lovelorn lyrics. Promoting the track using Drake or The Weeknd’s names would likely run afoul of trademark law, given that consumers could be confused as to the source of the music.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2023

While the court in Titan Industries did not require proof of falsity, confusion or deception, the Gautam Gambhir court emphasized the need for evidence to establish confusion and disrepute, potentially due to the case being analyzed under trademark law. Interestingly, the court in Gautam Gambhir v. . &

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Power Ventures involved a social media aggregator’s consensual use of its users’ Facebook passwords to access their Facebook accounts. The service that Power Ventures sold was a platform to manage multiple social media platforms together. Power Ventures, Inc. dispute back in the Ninth Circuit in 2016. Facebook v.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 17, 2021

However, British artist Stuart Semple considers Tiffany Blue as being held captive through trademark law. Semple has been “liberating colours since 2016” , with previous paints replicating trademarked colours including International Klein Blue , T-Mobile Magenta , and Blackest Black.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It also has a reasonable argument that consumers may ultimately be confused when they are deciding to visit one of the team’s websites or looking to tag one of the teams on social media.

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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 IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics) Rules place responsibility on the Social Media Intermediaries to ensure that no prohibited content is allowed to be published or circulated on their platforms.

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IPilogue

MARCH 20, 2023

The motion court first hearing the case misapplied the fundamental principles of trademark law. because they were the first to file a trademark application for “Bombay Frankies” despite not having yet used the mark. The motion court granted the injunction to 2788610 Ontario Inc.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

Content producers should keep a close eye on social media and digital platforms for the emergence of works that could be derivative of theirs. Although terabytes or petabytes of content data would be too much to handle manually, current search tools should enable the efficient automation of this process.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 26, 2024

Unsurprisingly, copyright issues have also thrust TikTok into unfavorable light, with numerous rightsholders arguing that the social media platform could do much more to protect artists’ rights. We honor valid removal requests based on infringements of copyright law and trademark law.”

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Scary Issues with Licensing and Trademarks. Although costumes are generally not afforded copyright protection, trademark laws still prevent retailers from selling and marketing unlicensed versions of costumes using the names which they are based on. It appears in the U.S.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Ramsey is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law. She writes and teaches in the trademark law area, and was one of the signatories of the First Amendment Professors amicus brief filed in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. by guest blogger Lisa P. Ramsey [Lisa P.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 27, 2022

With the increase in globalization and cross-border trade, intriguing types of trademarks are trending and have become a crucial tool to signify a company’s identity. The most critical aspect that may be subject to the Trademark Protection of a motion mark is the succession of images in the said mark.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2022

This article seeks to examine how trademark law interacts with the freedom of expression of artists to choose the subject matters they wish to engage with, using the dispute between Hermès, a fashion industry giant and Mason Rothschild, a digital artist, as a contextual backdrop. Concluding Remarks.

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The IPKat

APRIL 17, 2024

These and approximately 30 other motifs were then sold as oil paintings, posters, canvas prints, and replicated on a variety of merchandise, promoted on social media, and sold both in the gallery and online. Court’s decision The case was filed as a preliminary injunction.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 12, 2022

All ardent social media users are aware of the latest trend of using hashtags to spread the word across a wide range of users for bolstering consumer engagement. Therefore, the prime role of such hashtags needs to be assessed in line with the Trademark Law to deduce whether they qualify for trademark protection.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 24, 2024

However, in trying to clarify their position with regard to their (dis)association with the Trust, looks like the defendants forgot about trademark law! Unsurprisingly, consequent to this order, the defendants have taken down their website and social media pages using the “Khadi Organic” mark.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In this episode of The Briefing from the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a trademark infringement lawsuit that was filed against a beauty influencer for a sponsored post she shared on social media. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

While Bolt’s trademark registration is for the design mark rather than the pose, the use of poses and gestures in branding can potentially bring a new wave of “unusual” trademarks, especially as social media and technology have spread previously unthought-of but recognizable traits.

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Intepat

APRIL 23, 2025

Trademark registration strengthens their rights concerning domain names and social media handles. Trademark registration safeguards this appreciating value, ensuring that the goodwill associated with the brand remains proprietary and can be strategically leveraged for future endeavours and commercial opportunities.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Bournvita’s Sugar Rush Against ‘FoodPharmer’: An Unreasoned Injunction and a Clarification Without Clarity Recently, the DHC passed an interim injunction against the social media influencer ‘Food Pharmer,’ restraining him from disparaging Mondelez’s ‘Bournvita’ and ‘Tang’ branded products.

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azrights

MAY 3, 2022

Any new media company doing work customers want, such as websites or social media, can and does add on a branding service to their offerings. I soon discovered that the branding industry is a minefield with conflicting advice and multiple disciplines. There are a wide range of companies offering branding services.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Right now we are living the intangibles revolution: social media, online shopping, on screen greetings, audio messages and meetings via platforms. So, when their digital self attends an online class or chats on social media, they can choose which t-shirt to wear from the items stored in their digital wardrobe.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of advertisements on social media for perfumes that offer the same fragrance as a luxury one at a reasonably affordable rate. If you have come across such ads and have wondered whether such use of a mark infringes the mark of the luxury brand, then you are not alone.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Applicant pointed to its use of the mark for at least five years, website photos, social media posts, photographs of attorneys wearing the pin, and several other items.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

Unlike trademark law, copyright is not a “use it or lose it” proposition. As always, let me know what you think, either in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media. As the rightsholder, Netflix has the ability to dictate the terms on which fans can utilize its works for commercial purposes.

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