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Central Role of IP and Marketing in Business Design

azrights

This is one of the many misconceptions about IP that I’ve noticed since starting my business in 2004. If you design IP protection into the business through your agreements, choice of brand name and other identifiers you strengthen your position against the most common and damaging forms of copying in business.

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Nutraceuticals in Colombia

Olartemoure Blog

It is to be mentioned that many products fall in different regulatory categories than those whereby they were registered in the country of origin, sometimes requiring additional technical documentation for its sanitary registration (Marketing Authorization-MA). Sentence 2004-00883 of June 7, 2018.

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Conquering Likelihood of Confusion in Pharmaceutical Trademarks

Corsearch

Name saturation is an existential challenge for every industry that harnesses trademark law to protect its brand. You can explore what are known as non-conventional trademarks — sounds, colors, smells — to convey your brand messaging. A key difference arises, however, when comparing brand name and generic name confusion.

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Trademark Infringement in the Digital Age

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction In today’s digital economy, trademarks play an important role in developing a brand’s identity, establishing customer trust, and assuring market competition. Corporations must establish online identities, such as logos, slogans, product names, and brands, to build consumer awareness, loyalty, and trust.

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

Merely put, it is an individual’s right to handle the commercial use of their name, image, individuality and personal brand. Publicity, such as character, reputation and personal brand, will be protected under various statutes, such as the Copyright Act 1957 and the Trade Marks Act 1999. iv] The Copyrights Act, 1957. [v]

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ISPs Say They’ll Happily Cut Pirate IPTV Streams as Quickly as Law Allows It

TorrentFreak

That very little content was available to buy legally online not only helped to fuel the crisis, in this underdeveloped market many ISPs still had just one key product to sell; internet access and the bandwidth it consumed.

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Business Planning – Becoming a Company of One

azrights

In my case, I wish my podcast had more than 10,000 downloads, but there again when I set it up two years ago on 6 May I was primarily aiming to use the podcast as a way to interview people and learn more about branding for the book I wanted to write. When I started in business in 2004, I traded as Azrights Solicitors, a regulated law firm.