43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Decedent’s operative intent to extinguish property right—when you bury people w/jewelry by their choice, no estate tax; it just disappears. We can at least fight how we structure the rules of postmortem ROP when it’s only found in about half the states. Wants to focus on the relevance of death. Map onto 3 main rationales for ROP.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Volume of decisions by hearing officers: registrability decisions have first mover advantage. In fairness to the high court, none of the evidence you’d have expected to have in about the importance of “Italian” when you are selling coffee was before the court, so it’s not as surprising they did something done.

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Registration Branding Brands Branding 59

Corsearch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Read our key findings, recommendations, and further insights and tips from the paper’s authors. A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is defined by Amazon as a “network of interconnected servers that speeds up webpage loading for data-heavy applications” [1]. What is a CDN?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. a) Top 10 IP Judgements/Orders (Topicality/Impact) 1. The final selection of all the lists, their summaries and mistakes (if any) remain those of the authors’ alone.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Begin with legislative action: Trademark Modernization Act, Which introduces three of the big themes of the year: (1) trademark use, (2) the harm of infringement, and (3) the role of the First Amendment in limiting the scope of trademark rights. Slides here.

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