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copying/explicit references let Roblox proceed with dubious (c) claim; Lego should be watching

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WowWee’s Vice President of Brand Development & Creative Strategy, Sydney Wiseman, used her WowWee email address to create a Roblox user account and used her Roblox account to promote My Avastars dolls on social media, including videos on her TikTok account. This was enough survive the motion to dismiss.

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adult venue's insurer did not successfully exclude ads from ad injury coverage

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Defendants counterclaimed for payment and damages for breach of contract and bad faith. Under Rhode Island law, policy exclusions must be unambiguous, and ‘contract provisions subject to more than one interpretation are construed strictly against the insurer.’” And a party’s failure to read a contract does not render it unenforceable.

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dueling SJ motions lose in energy drink case; jury will decide whether "Super Creatine" is "creatine"

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Monster alleged that VPX falsely advertised Super Creatine as a source of creatine providing numerous physical and mental benefits, advertising that BANG can improve brain function, has anti-depressive effects, and helps build muscle. means, because none of the allegedly false statements actually said “source of creatine.”

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WIPIP: Innovation Theory & TM

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They don’t use it often but they definitely have it, and more courts are following the Belmora approach of saying 43(a) gives them that authority.] (3) Social media influencers seem reasonably held liable, but what about when the seller is texting friends. Interested in sellers’ understanding of the contracts.

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USC IP year in review, TM/ROP

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Another way to put it is that aesthetic functionality requires you to have an understanding of the definition of the market in which other clothing makers should be free to compete. 30, 2021) Plaintiff Daniel Abrahams formerly contracted with a publisher to author a series related to the Fair Labor Standards Act. 19-3009 (RDM) (D.D.C.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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The Court interpreted the clause on ownership of work made during a contract of service (Section 17(c)) to not apply in situations where there is a contract between equals. The Court limited the scope of Section 17(c) to apply to contracts where the relationship between the parties is akin to that of an apprenticeship.

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