Kashishipr

JANUARY 12, 2022

All ardent social media users are aware of the latest trend of using hashtags to spread the word across a wide range of users for bolstering consumer engagement. Therefore, the prime role of such hashtags needs to be assessed in line with the Trademark Law to deduce whether they qualify for trademark protection.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As a result, it is seeking an injunction precluding the baseball team from using the trademark. According to Cleveland Roller Derby, a non-profit entity, despite being valued at over $1 billion, the baseball team is trying to bulldoze the roller derby team’s superior trademark rights to the Guardians name.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 17, 2023

As a student of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive for the Fall 2022 semester, I had the opportunity to complete an internship placement at Ontario’s public educational broadcaster, TVO. They are “published” by the Registrar of Trademarks as opposed to being “registered” like trademarks.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

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. To File or Not to File.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

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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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

Alternatively, it argued that it was making fair use of the term, Held: Breitling satisfied the three prong test of descriptive fair use as (1) it did not make trademark use of the term; (2) it used the term solely to describe as aspect of the product; and (3 ) there was no evidence that it did not act in good faith.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 28, 2023

This reportedly led her to secure appearances worth $30,000, and widening her social media presence. [i] ii] American media personality Paris Hilton used her now trademarked catchphrase “That’s Hot” in reality TV show The Simple Life routinely. She later went on to file an injunction suit against Hallmark Cards Inc.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 15, 2023

A track called “ Heart on My Sleeve ” went viral recently on social media with lead vocals sounding eerily similar to a certain crooner known for his lovelorn lyrics. That is, what if the next Ghostwriter977/AI does not make the same mistake of leaving a producer tag in the finished product?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

In the lawsuit, Hermès alleged that defendant Mason Rothschild’s MetaBirkins NFTs infringed and diluted Hermès’ trademark rights in the Birkin word mark and design. 1989) and provides strong protection to uses of trademarks that implicate freedom of speech issue. Grimaldi , 875 F.2d 2d 994 (2d Cir.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

sophisticated generative AI that’s enabled by large language models, which trains on our intellectual property, violates copyright law in several ways. Artists also may own registered trademarks in their names for use as source identifiers.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The race to protect intellectual property rights in the Metaverse is under way, despite the fact that there is still some scepticism about the concept. It wouldn’t be overstating things to argue that, in a few years, the Metaverse might influence how we enforce and safeguard intellectual property rights.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Last week we published 9 posts on topics such as our comments on the proposed Trademarks (1st Amendment) Rules, the Madras High Court’s decision with respect to patentability of business methods, and Union Minister of State for Commerce’s response on ability of the current IPR regime to cater concerns arising out of AI generated work.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They showcased employees on their blog and social media platforms highlighting their achievements and what Hispanic Heritage Month meant to them. Finally, we showcased employees from various Commerce bureaus through a social media campaign on Twitter. . PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO).

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SpicyIP

JULY 11, 2021

Varsha reported the significant development that the Delhi High Court issued a press release stating its plan to create an Intellectual Property Division (IPD) in the Delhi High Court. Call for Submissions: The Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (Vol. For further details, please see the announcement.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Other Posts Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship [November 22- 23] Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship on November 22 and 23. Read the post by Tejaswini and Praharsh to know more.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 30, 2023

Discussing the Relevance of the Responses Filed Against FERs Issued by Trademark Registry Image from here Is FER and its Reply relevant after a mark is registered? Delhi High Court refuses to condone the delay of 1506 days in filing an appeal against the order of the Registrar of Trademark. Done, so Dusted?

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

Recently, a new trend of merging of blockchain technology with creative intellectual property via non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) had taken place. NFTs and Intellectual Property Rights. The purchaser of an NFT does not obtain all of the underlying intellectual property rights to the work linked with the NFT.

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