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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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RIAA Ramps Up Efforts to Remove Music Download Apps from Google Play

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Many of these promise free music, MP3 download functionality, and the option to download videos and music from social media sites. There are some that reference popular YouTube ripper brands such as “MP3Juice” to grab people’s attention. The takedown notices all target music-related apps.

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Green Washing Vis-A-Vis Green Trade Marks

IP and Legal Filings

This has led to consumers opting for brands that pledge their duty to contributing towards environmental protection by means of minimalism and sustainability. In today’s era of eco-branding, wherein trademarks are used to distinguish sustainable brands from the mainstream commercial ones, the latter engage in the practise of “greenwashing”.

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Models' false endorsement claims fail for want of recognition, bad survey

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Facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs: Each of the plaintiffs has a significant number of followers on various social media platforms, ranging from greater than ten thousand to several million, and most are “considered social media influencers.” The court was guided by Electra v. 59 Murray Enterprises, Inc.,

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Testimonial Guides Update – The Things That Make Us Go Hmm

LexBlog IP

We hope this means the FTC will take into account when a post targets, say, the gaming community with its own language or Gen Zers who have grown up with social media. It is very common for fashion brands to give influencers their clothes to just wear in their glamorous lives but not actively promote. Lots to think about.

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Precedential No. 15: On Remand, TTAB Reverses COOKINPELLETS.COM Genericness Ruling, But Affirms Mere Descriptiveness and Lack of Acquired Distinctiveness

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Nonetheless, applicant argued that relevant consumers perceive COOKINPELLETS.COM as its brand name," and the evidence showed that some third-parties use or understand COOKINPELLETS (with or without a space) and COOKINPELLETS.COM as capable of serving as a source indicator. In re Gould Paper Corp., 2d 1017, 5 USPQ2d 1110, 1112 (Fed.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 13- May 19) 

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Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant not only manufactures the impugned product but also promotes the same on social media. Intergrow Brands Pvt. Drop a comment below to let us know. On the occasion of Prof.