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Are You Sure That’s Free? Content from Others in Your Social Media

McBayer IP Blog

Posted In copyright , Intellectual Property , Name, Image, and Likeness , Social Media Big business owners, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and influencers are all looking for boosts to their reputations that drive traffic and revenue their way.

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Intellectual Property Rights for Social Media Influencers

IIPRD

‘Influencer marketing,’ albeit a new word, has emerged as one of the most effective strategies to create money across all industries. A Social Media Influencer is someone who creates unique material that keeps people interested on multiple social media platforms, causing them to return for more high-quality information.

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Rise of Social Media: Potential Risks of Trademark Infringement

IIPRD

Trademark infringement is the unauthorized use of a trademark which is one of the various ways in which intellectual property rights are violated. The upsurge of social media apps and their intervention in our lives have completely changed the marketing game for every business organization. Hashtag and trademarks.

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How Grey Is Your Market? Identifying Grey Market Issues and Strategies to Combat Them 

Corsearch

However, whilst international trade fosters economic growth and exchange, it also creates opportunities for grey market goods to emerge. Table of contents : • What is the grey market? • Supply chain inefficiencies: Misallocation of products or product returns can lead to grey market sales.

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Trademark Infringement in the Digital Age

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction In today’s digital economy, trademarks play an important role in developing a brand’s identity, establishing customer trust, and assuring market competition. The accessibility of Internet markets and the ease with which information may be shared have given rise to new opportunities for trademark infringement.

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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Some forms of data are protected by copyright, trademark, or another cognizable forms of intellectual property. But most of the data on the Internet isn’t easily protectible as intellectual property by those who might have an incentive to protect it. It’s user-generated content.

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False patent marking claims survive even when Dastar bars false advertising claims based on "innovation"

43(B)log

Accrual: There’s a five-year statute of limitations for false patent marking; Qingdao identified eight social media posts from Dec. 1, 2017 to Apr. 11, 2023 (claiming that various products were “patented”).