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Intellectual Property Rights for Social Media Influencers

IIPRD

A common issue among digital influencers is whether the content they generate is protected by intellectual property rights. Types of Intellectual Property Rights applicable to Digital Influencers. The easiest method to accomplish this is to register a trademark. Yes, the answer is yes!

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Fresh blow to counterfeiters: they will have to indemnify trademark owners for moral damage, even if they have not sold the counterfeit products

Garrigues Blog

Indemnifiable damage Before this judgment, the prevailing opinion of the provincial appellate courts was to support that where the products reproducing or imitating registered trademarks were not being sold, the owner of intellectual property rights was not entitled to any indemnification as civil liability arising from the committed offense.

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Trademark Issues: How is Social Media Becoming the New Target for Cybersquatting?

Kashishipr

At a later stage, these fraudulent entities attempt to sell the internet domains in question with the Registered Trademarks to the brands or companies to which the names belong, with the intent of making colossal profits. The post Trademark Issues: How is Social Media Becoming the New Target for Cybersquatting?

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Principal Cynthia Walden and Associate Sarah Kelleher Author World Intellectual Property Review Article “Selling the Intangible in Fashion: What Does It Mean for Trademark Protection?”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Principal Cynthia Walden and Associate Sarah Kelleher discuss the non-fungible token (NFT) trend across the fashion industry and what this digital arena means for trademark protection and enforcement. Read the full article on World Intellectual Property Review. PDF copy available.

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Trademark Infringement in the Digital Age

IP and Legal Filings

Trademarks are becoming even more significant assets for companies trying to stand out in a competitive market due to the growth of online platforms and e-commerce. Trademark violation raises significant issues. Cybersquatting is another type of trademark infringement. ’s trademark and cybersquatting.

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Protecting our Trademark Customers with Federal Registration of USPTO Marks

U.S. Department of Commerce

Protecting our Trademark Customers with Federal Registration of USPTO Marks. Intellectual property. Guest blog by David Gooder, Commissioner for Trademarks . We firmly believe that it’s never too late to do the right thing, and doing everything within our power to protect our trademark customers is the right thing.

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Use of a trademark as keyword in Google’s Ad Programme amounts to Use and Constitutes Infringement – Delhi High Court

Selvam & Selvam Blog

FAO(OS)(COMM) 2 of 2022), involved a dispute as to whether displaying/ encouraging the use of a registered trademark of the Respondent to display third party’s website links, which were infringing the Respondent’s trademark, amounts to infringement. The Appellants, Google India (P) Ltd., and Agarwal Packers and Movers (P) Ltd.,