The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2024

Marking the 16th volume in the p®opriété intelle©tuelle - intelle©tual p®operty collection, this book features contributions by seven authors. The raison d'être of this book is encapsulated in the editor's acknowledgment of sustainability as a significant societal concern with far-reaching implications across various legal domains.

Intellectual Property 57

Intellectual Property False Advertising Editing Settlement 57

JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

iv] Booking.com provides customers online hotel booking and reservation services (but I’m sure you already knew that) and “Booking.com, Booking.yeah” [v] is lingering in your head like a catchy tune you can’t help but hum. xxii] Basically, because “booking” is itself generic, the addition of “.com”

Trademark 98

Trademark Registration Trademark Law Advertising 98

IP Law 360

OCTOBER 18, 2021

has asked a Texas federal judge to prevent its founder's former personal assistant from advertising or selling a book about lessons she learned on the job, alleging the book steals from copyrighted material and is wrongly presented as endorsed by the company. Mary Kay Inc.

Advertising 73

Advertising Advertising Copyright 73

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Advertising/E-Commerce. While such social media posts may not have the indicia of a traditional advertisement, there can belittle doubt that these paid posts are in fact advertisements… Today, consumers face waves of advertisements amid a sea of product choices. Ariix, LLC v. NutriSearch Corp.,

Advertising 108

Advertising Advertising Contracts Social Media 108

The IPKat

APRIL 7, 2023

The book consists of two parts, comprised of nine chapters. A GI denomination enables one to build reputation and potentially save resources on advertising and promotion, as marketing can be done collectively. The book closes with Chapter 9, which summarises the main findings. Part I opens with an introductory chapter.

Intellectual Property 88

Intellectual Property Registration Law Marketing 88

43(B)log

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Challenged material: a video in which Daily “uses the Gust phrase ‘Addiction to Intoxication’ ”; Gust’s book “can be seen on the video”; Daily “makes a statement that. Copyright: For the book, plaintiffs didn’t allege facts indicating that defendants engaged in direct copying or unlawful appropriation.

False Advertising 64

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Copying 64

Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 20, 2021

In this day and age, internet is a powerful tool for advertising with limitless reach and keyword advertising is the most popular form of digital advertising. Google AdWords, Google’s flagship program that facilitates keyword advertising is no stranger to legal controversies. What are Keywords?

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Trademark Intellectual Property 52

43(B)log

AUGUST 22, 2022

The statements were “commercial advertising meant to sell a product, and generally there ‘can be no constitutional objection to the suppression of commercial messages that do not accurately inform the public.’” The First Amendment has long coexisted with no-fault false advertising laws. The California Supreme Court reversed.

False Advertising 59

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Artistic Work 59

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Thothub Operators and Advertisers. The advertising company MultiMedia, also known as Chaturbate, is also listed as a defendant. The RICO claims against the advertiser are dismissed with prejudice, but unfair competition claims remain intact. The piracy claims are limited to Cloudflare.

Copyright Infringement 126

Copyright Infringement Advertising Advertising Copyright 126

43(B)log

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Cornelia sued for (1) unfair competition and false advertising under the Lanham Act, (2) defamation, (3) intentional infliction of emotional distress, and (4) business disparagement. False advertising: This wasn’t commercial speech because the accused videos weren’t ads.

Advertising 64

Advertising Advertising False Advertising Social Media 64

The TTABlog

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Board dismissed this Section 2(d) opposition to registration of BRAINY ACTS for educational publications in the field of early childhood development, finding confusion unlikely with the registered mark BRAINY BABIES for children's interactive educational books.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Registration Ownership 52

DuetsBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hearty thanks to Draeke Weseman for his great work in helping pull together Chapter 7 in the IP Book, which can be purchased here from Minnesota CLE. The post 2020 Midwest IP Institute in the Books appeared first on DuetsBlog ®.

Fair Use 59

Fair Use IP Trademark False Advertising 59

43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Entrepreneur’s desire to bring forth a claim for false advertising against a competitor in a similar market is not unusual behavior.” Along with adding a defendant, Entrepreneur might eventually be allowed to add a false advertising claim, based on facts that were allegedly discovered only during Roach’s deposition.

False Advertising 45

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Contracts 45

Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

2: Pirated e-Book Site Z-Library Vanishes – Sending College Students Into a Panic. Z-Library was recently targeted in complaints to the United States Trade Representative saying that it is “killing” efforts by publishers to monetize their books as their products would often appear on the site within hours of publication.

Music 205

Music Copyright Notice Reporting Plagiarism 205

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 2, 2022

With nearly 12 million books, Z-Library advertised itself as the largest repositories of pirated books on the Internet. Despite the gravity of the accusations, the public demand for pirated books hardly waned. “Z-Library books are now available in @libgen_scihub_6_bot. Pirates Seek Alternatives.

Copyright 128

Copyright Social Media Copyright Infringement Advertising 128

SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2022

I have also recently published a book on Patent Law and Practice that is useful for exam takers. In the book, I have a detailed chapter on patent drafting, replying to office actions as well as solutions to past question papers (Paper I). Unlike other books, I detail why an answer is correct rather than just giving the solution.

Patent Drafting 105

Patent Drafting Patent Advertising Advertising 105

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The District Court of the Hague recently found that Fruugo, an online marketplace, was not directly liable under trade mark law for the advertisement and sale, on its platform, of products which infringed the trade marks of Audi and Volswagen, distinguishing the facts from Louboutin v Amazon.

Intellectual Property Law 67

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Advertising Advertising 67

43(B)log

APRIL 17, 2023

The appellate panel remanded to decide whether the defendant’s publication was for the purpose of influencing consumers to buy the defendant’s goods or services, as additionally required for “commercial advertising or promotion” under the Lanham Act.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Editing Litigation 52

43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

Falsity as to unique services: ICC’s own screenshot shows that UpCodes claims to be the only source of integrated codes only for “jurisdictions [that] do not provide integrated code books.” UpCodes, Inc., 2021 WL 1236106, Nos. 6261 (VM) & 20 Civ. 4316 (VM) (S.D.N.Y. ICC didn’t allege that the statement as qualified was false.

False Advertising 83

False Advertising Copying Advertising Advertising 83

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 7, 2023

This case involves a book called “The Truth About COVID-19: Exposing the Great Reset, Lockdowns, Vaccine Passports, and the New Normal,” which includes a foreword from Robert F. Warren wrote a letter to Amazon expressing “concerns” about the book and Amazon’s role in promoting the book through its algorithms.

Government 114

Government Advertising Advertising Reporting 114

TorrentFreak

MAY 24, 2024

As publicly advertised, pirate site domains are nominated for placement on the IWL by rightsholder groups such as the MPA, BPI, IFPI, and the Publishers Association. Once police have carried out their own investigations, any domain subsequently added to the IWL finds itself blacklisted by most of the advertising industry.

Advertising 91

Advertising Advertising Publishing Music 91

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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. InRaja Pocket Books v. State of T.N., 2007, I, no.

Privacy 97

Privacy Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Advertising 97

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 8, 2022

Looking at the numbers we see that the anti-piracy group has closed the books on a rather productive year. BREIN also kept a close eye on advertisements for pirate services and other illegal offerings. A total of 3,210 advertisements were flagged and reported, while 18 persistent advertisers were identified and stopped.

Settlement 124

Settlement Advertising Advertising Reporting 124

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Pretty much every book ever written is available online for free, including through so-called ‘shadow libraries’ Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries on the Internet. Through a variety of domain names, the site offers over 11 million books and 84 million articles. All my books are up there,” Bowen says.

Social Media 137

Social Media Publishing Intellectual Property Marketing 137

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

With nearly 12 million books, Z-Library advertised itself as the largest repositories of pirated books on the Internet. For their part, many book authors and publishers are disappointed to see this level of public support. This reign ended abruptly two weeks ago when the U.S. Department of Justice seized its domain names.

Social Media 141

Social Media Advertising Advertising Publishing 141

Dear Rich IP Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Dear Rich: I am working on a book project which would use advertisements from a major U.S. The advertisements are most likely in the public domain. The advertisements are most likely in the public domain. But your advertisements (1918-1962) are subject to the 1909 Copyright Act, which had no rules for magazine ads.

Public Domain 52

Public Domain Copyright Copyright Notice Advertising 52

43(B)log

APRIL 15, 2024

The court denies a preliminary injunction on the trademark claims based on lack of likely success on the merits, but declines to dismiss either infringement or false advertising claims. The court noted that the fourth Google result for “good meat” is a book titled Good Meat: The Complete Guide to Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Meat.

False Advertising 64

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Marketing 64

JD Supra Law

JULY 27, 2023

Whether prompted to write a corporate slogan, create music, generate works of art and advertisements, or summarize a book – GAI can do it all. GAI programs can generate new texts, images, and content (outputs) based on textual prompts by a user (inputs). However, its increasing. By: Troutman Pepper

Copyright Law 52

Copyright Law Law Copyright Music 52

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

With nearly 12 million books, Z-Library advertised itself as the largest repositories of pirated books on the Internet. As such, the site impacted the revenues of authors and publishers of millions of books. This reign ended abruptly two weeks ago when the U.S.

Publishing 142

Publishing Intellectual Property Copyright Infringement Advertising 142

43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. The consent judgment was a lump sum and, Princeton argued, included uncovered claims; most of the images fell within the 2017-18 period.

Advertising 64

Advertising Advertising Settlement Contracts 64

Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 2, 2023

At least that’s what Claude says – Claude, the AI chatbot that can digest a report or a book, then summarize it and answer questions. Shimmer, don’t Shake human author Nadim Sadek lets Claude the machine write the closing chapter of his new book from Mensch Publishing , distilling the work if you don’t want to read it all.

Publishing 52

Publishing Advertising Advertising Reporting 52

Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Examples of junk fees range from undisclosed resort fees when booking hotels to misrepresented charges in various transactions like concert ticket purchases, apartment rentals, and utility bill payments. Airlines frequently exclude mandatory fees from advertised prices and engage in fee misrepresentation.

Advertising 105

Advertising Advertising Business Television 105

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

However, in recent years we have also seen hosting companies, advertisers, and e-commerce platforms being added. Music, Games, Books, and Science. The latter focuses on academic articles while the former also offers a broader selection of books, comics, audiobooks, and magazines. Hosting, Advertising, and Shopping.

Marketing 130

Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 130

SpicyIP

MAY 15, 2024

The same could be said about Google’s Ads program wherein it seems to have successfully charted through the trademark laws to smoothly bypass them in allowing firms to bid for their competitor’s trademark as a keyword for their advertisement.

Trademark 59

Trademark Advertising Advertising Blogging 59

SpicyIP

MAY 15, 2024

Trademarks In The Digital World: Its Vindication as a ‘Property Mark’ The first part of this piece indicated how diverting the traffic from the website of the owner to that of the advertiser through the Google Ads programme when coupled with factors such as consumer obliviousness and behavioural psychology , could amount to passing off.

Trademark 101

Trademark Advertising Advertising Branding 101

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2024

Milne’s book, with illustrations by E. Lawrence’s book “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.” What does this mean for marketers who may be interested in producing advertising content using copyrighted works that have entered the public domain?

Public Domain 52

Public Domain Trademark Copyright False Advertising 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

It would be as if an image within a newspaper advertisement were not commercially used until a customer paid their quarter, unlocked the newsrack, opened the paper, began reading, opened the page containing the relevant circular, and saw it. Code § 3344, which is predicated upon “knowing[ ] use[ ] … for purposes of advertising.”

IP 73

IP Advertising Advertising Copyright 73