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A Seller’s Guide to Navigating Intellectual Property Law on Amazon

LexBlog IP

The purpose of a trademark is to prevent consumer confusion about the source of the corresponding product. “Trade dress” is a subsection of trademark law and protects the design and shape of a product or its packaging, again to identify the source of the product.

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Resolving Conflicts Between Trademark and Free Speech Rights After Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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 recently wrote a paper with Professor Christine Haight Farley that focuses on speech-protective doctrines in trademark infringement law.] By Guest Blogger Lisa P. Ramsey [Lisa P.

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New Trademark Laws For Québec – What You Need To Know

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

First, only non-French registered trademarks will be exempt and not need to be translated into French. applied-for or common law) English trademark will need to be accompanied by its French equivalent on commercial advertising and public signage. As such, an unregistered (i.e., 2] CQLR c C-11, r 9, s 25.3. [3]

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Preventing Trademark Infringement or Stifling Healthy Competition? A Look at 1-800 Contacts and its Keyword Advertising Battle

LexBlog IP

It is difficult to remember a time when keyword advertising did not dominate the internet. Most search engines, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo, maintain keyword advertising programs which allow advertisers to bid on search terms and keywords that drive customers searching for a particular product or service to their website.

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Winzo v Google- Missed Opportunity to Detail out Disparagement

SpicyIP

She is intrigued by the field of Intellectual Property Law and wishes to explore the same.] This results in common claims of ‘disparagement’ in trademark law. Previously, trademark cases have been entertained in situations where disclaimers/ warnings have been given along with products. Image from here.

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Right of Publicity Part 2

IP and Legal Filings

the Apex Court held that one of the inherent aspects of the right to privacy as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution is the right to prevent others from using the person’s name or likeness without his consent for advertising or non-advertising purposes. State of T.N., RFMLR (2018) 1 Titan Industries Limited v.

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Personality Rights – Is it enough to protect us from AI?

Selvam & Selvam Blog

In the author’s personal opinion, Trademark law when implemented and enforced effectively can play a crucial role in the protection of personality rights of celebrities and to target the prevention of deepfakes and unauthorized use of an individual’s identity or likeness by third parties.