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[GuestPost] Opinion: Patent trolling threatens the market of taxi aggregators in Kazakhstan

The IPKat

These two largest services merged their platforms a couple of years ago, which influenced the taxi market in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and several other Commonwealth of Independent States countries. These mobile services have significantly expanded the market, transferring most of Kazakhstanis from public transport to taxis.

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

i] In principle, the Delhi High Court has recognized publicity rights in the case of ICC Development (International) Ltd v Arvee Enterprises (2003). [ii] ii] 2003 VIIAD Delhi 405, 2003 (26) PTC 245 Del, 2004 (1) RAJ 10 [iii] The Trademarks Act, 1999. [iv] ii] It was the first given judgment dealing with publicity rights.

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Intersection of Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law with respect to Cross Licensing Agreements

IIPRD

Hence, the concept of cross licensing agreement has originated with the intent to help various organizations in sharing patent licenses along with their rights and liabilities leading to their easier access to masses and reduction of monopolistic market tendencies. Cross-licensing agreements can both restrain and advance competition.

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[Guest post] 'Made in Italy' and false indications of origin under the scrutiny of the Italian Supreme Court

The IPKat

350/2003 concerning the use of the wording 'Made in Italy' and the misleading use of trade marks on the origin of goods, with penalties depending on the conduct at administrative level (paragraph 49 bis ) and at criminal level (paragraph 49). The relevant rules are those set forth in Article 4, paragraphs 49 and 49 bis of Law No.

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Facebook Defeats Lawsuit Over Discriminatory Housing Ads–Vargas v. Facebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

“plaintiffs do not attempt to allege that housing was generally available in their desired markets – much less that housing Ads satisfying those criteria were being placed in Facebook – under the criteria that any of the plaintiffs were using during the times they were using Facebook to search for housing. .”

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Sebi’s Shift towards the T+0 Settlement System

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Recently on 28 th March 2024, India’s stock market-initiated T+0 settlement system which is world’s fastest stock settlement system. Understanding different trade cycles Trading cycle is the process through which shares comes to settlement in Indian stock market. 1] What is T+0 settlement system?

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Mainsail Partners

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The mission of this team is to help portfolio companies recruit key executives, accelerate product development, scale go-to-market, and build out critical systems and data infrastructure to support growth. Since 2003, Mainsail has raised over $2.2 billion and has invested in more than 70 companies.