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TTABlog Test: Is "SOUL FOOD MARKET" Merely Descriptive of Grocery Store Services?

The TTABlog

In this year's ninth appeal from of a mere descriptiveness refusal (with no reversals yet), the Board reviewed a Section 2(e)(1) refusal of SOUL FOOD MARKET for "online retail grocery store services; retail grocery stores." Of course, the word "market" is merely descriptive of a feature and characteristic of grocery store services. "In

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“Murky Terms of Purchase and Ownership”: Nike Sues StockX Over Virtual Sneaker NFTs

IPilogue

and requiring someone to repeat their answer after you zoned out, here is the definition: Non-fungible token (“ NFT ”): a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items, and videos. Shawn Dhue is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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The Contested Meaning of Web3 & Why it Matters for (IP) Lawyers

Kluwer Copyright Blog

“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . user ownership of digital assets)?

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IPSC Panel 14 – Copyright Authorship & Ownership

43(B)log

Twain thought he should have ownership of his lectures—“my lecture was my property.” There’s some transformation in organization; used entire work/market substitute so Cord wouldn’t be able to sell her narrative a publisher. It’s not clear that giving Cord’s estate ownership would be social justice, but that’s a question worth asking.

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Who Owns a Disputed Social Media Account? – JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. See “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ” and “ Another Confused Entry in the Social Media Account Ownership Jurisprudence–JLM v. (See We blogged this case twice before.

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[Guest post] What is an NFT? A comment to the EUIPO Guidance on NFTs

The IPKat

In the notes, the EUIPO provides the following definition of NFTs: “ unique digital certificates registered in a blockchain, which authenticate digital items but as distinct from those digital items ”. All this said, the EUIPO’s definition arguably presents some shortcomings.

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Multi-Level Marketing Company Sufficiently Alleges Reasonable Efforts Despite Posting Trade Secret Materials to Thousands

LexBlog IP

Plaintiff, Tori Belle Cosmetics LLC (“Belle Cosmetics”), sells its cosmetics and false eyelashes through a network of salespeople, allowing each salesperson to earn a portion of any revenue generated by any salespeople they recruit to join their sales network, i.e., a multi-level marketing business.