topics false-designation-of-origin 
IP Watchdog
JUNE 30, 2022
The ongoing “MetaBirkin” lawsuit is unusual, however, in that it involves a designer brand and two of the latest, trending topics – non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the metaverse. There are not many trademark cases that are of equal interest to high fashion, the art world and cutting-edge tech.
IP Tech Blog
JANUARY 4, 2023
In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. It covers architectural design, software, graphic arts, motions pictures, sound recordings, and more, and it is adaptive to new technological advances that would likely apply to NFTs.
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43(B)log
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Static Controls in 2012, a Lanham Act false advertising case, the Court gave us two more principles for interpreting section 43: a statutory cause of action extends only to plaintiffs whose interests “fall within the zone of interests protected by the law invoked.” I’m going to start by going back to some earlier cases, Two Pesos v.
Corsearch
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Phishing and spoofing Scammers may use X/ Twitter to contact consumers via posts (tweets) or direct messages and lead them to fake websites designed to imitate official brand pages or collect sensitive information. This has led to social channels being widely targeted and causing a huge counterfeiter problem.
LexBlog IP
JANUARY 4, 2023
In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. The author would like to thank John Hodges and Elisa Li for their contributions to this post. The exclusivity of exploitation is key to the success of a limited-edition collectible.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
MARCH 14, 2022
The first issue raised in the consultation was whether the copyright protection for computer-generated works (CGWs)without a human author, in the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA), strikes the right balance between incentivising and rewarding investment in AI creativity. The existing UK protection for computer-generated works.
IP Whiteboard
AUGUST 30, 2020
If we look at the case of the Jarragini (buffalo) by Mr Black, this is an original screen-print which would receive protection as an artistic work under the Copyright Act. The artwork is a screen-print of a head of a buffalo, which was introduced into the Tiwi Islands by British colonisers and then became a source of food for the Tiwi people.
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