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Announcing the 2021-2022 Winners of the Gowling WLG Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize

IPilogue

Gowling WLG Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize? Intellectual Property class in the Fall 2007 term and has been generously sponsored each year since then by? As a sector-focused law firm, Gowling WLG provides clients with in-depth expertise in key global sectors and a suite of legal services, including a?

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Announcing the 2020-2021 Winners of the Gowling WLG Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize

IPilogue

The Gowling WLG Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize (the “Gowling WLG IPilogue Prize”) was pioneered in Professor Pina D’Agostino ’s Intellectual Property class in the Fall 2007 term and has been generously sponsored each year since then by Gowling WLG, formerly Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP.

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Can Celebrity Catchphrases be Intellectually Protected?

IIPRD

This reportedly led her to secure appearances worth $30,000, and widening her social media presence. [i] ii] American media personality Paris Hilton used her now trademarked catchphrase “That’s Hot” in reality TV show The Simple Life routinely. v] 2007 (34) PTC 164 (Karnataka). [vi] iii] §13, The Coyright Act, 1957. [iv]

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Egglife Foods Sues Crepini, LLC for Alleged Trade Dress Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

The Defendant, Crepini, LLC (“Crepini”), was apparently founded in 2007 with “the dream of bringing crepes into every North American household.” Crepini allegedly sold its egg white thins products in at least three different packaging styles from early 2018 through 2019. 1125(a).

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Is it Kurta? Is it a Kaftaan? It’s GUCCI: Why GUCCI May Not be Accountable This Time Too

SpicyIP

Following this incident, news of Zara selling lungi as ‘check mini skirt’ a few years ago had resurfaced on social media. More people are willing to exploit such attached meanings and intellectual property law is trying to keep up with such conflicts, but with boundaries getting blurry with each step.

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Can You Trademark A Hashtag?

Kashishipr

All ardent social media users are aware of the latest trend of using hashtags to spread the word across a wide range of users for bolstering consumer engagement. Therefore, the prime role of such hashtags needs to be assessed in line with the Trademark Law to deduce whether they qualify for trademark protection.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In other words, the gist of the case is whether the photographers surrender their right to exclude others by voluntarily posting their own photos to social media. The vast majority of people who post to social media want their posts to be embedded and made available to others. Amazon.com, Inc. , 3d 1146 (9th Cir.