IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 26, 2023

Introduction Brand owners and traders have long embraced numeral creativity to captivate consumers. Names like 7-eleven, 5 Star, 7Up, and 99acres resonate with consumers, widely reflecting the innovative use of number as brand identities.

Trademark 70

Trademark Fair Use Registration Branding 70

Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The Federal Circuit’s pair of decisions provide guidance on how logos factor into the design patent infringement inquiry, and begin to tease-out differences in policy concerns underlying design patent law versus trademark law. For trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, likelihood of consumer confusion is a key requirement.

Design Patent 72

Design Patent Patent Infringement Designs Design 72

Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

She would create a dataset of sound files consisting of Drake acapella vocals (stripped from the music tracks using a vocal separator) and run the data through software used to train the voice model. No wonder I’m getting flashbacks to 2003. Soundalikes: No Actual Sounds, No Actual Infringement?

Music 85

Music Copyright Copying Copyright Law 85

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It’s not possible to “trespass” an intangible asset; any legal protection for the asset comes from contract law (but the plaintiffs gave a license) or IP law, such as copyright law, which the plaintiffs aren’t invoking. Citing a 2003 Ninth Circuit case, Kremen v. It didn’t. Implications.

Licensing 91

Licensing Copyright Contracts Advertising 91

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In the US, other sound marks include Law & Order ’s ca-chung chung (as Reg. Joost Kist Memex (2003) , par. But, as Nick March has said , there is no turning back as “the power of sound to build emotional connections between consumers to brands has become evident. per year from 1996 to 2019).

Trademark 52

Trademark Registration Music Intellectual Property 52

Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Missouri’s predominant purpose test, which inquires into whether the predominant purpose of using the famous person’s name or identity is to exploit its commercial value; or whether “the predominant purpose of the product is to make an expressive comment on or about a celebrity.” [15] 2003) (quoting Mark S. 471, 500 (2003)). [16]

Registration 69

Registration Government Advertising Advertising 69