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3 Count: Polish Rejection

Plagiarism Today

Yossman at Variety reports that Kanye West’s 2010 song Power has drawn a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over a sample the song contains of the King Crimson’s song 21st Century Schizoid Man. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?

Plagiarism Today

It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. In February 2010, FDN entered into an agreement with CCA where FDN would build and host a website for CCA for the purpose of selling CCA-manufactured furniture. The Registration Wrinkle.

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Student Film Prompts Copyright Infringement Suit

BYU Copyright Blog

Copyright Registration No. Although the Video was originally posted in 2010, Charming Beats claims to have been unable to locate the Video until this year notwithstanding a practice of making dozens of YouTube searches each year to identify instances of potential copyright infringement of works Charming Beats owns.

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Caffeine headache for Monster as General Court holds no genuine use on Class 30 goods

The IPKat

On 5th November 2010, Monster filed another application, to register MONSTER ENERGY as an EU trade mark for “ Coffee based beverages and coffee based beverages containing milk in Class 30 ”. As such, Frito-Lay sought partial revocation of the MONSTER registration and full revocation of the MONSTER ENERGY registration.

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Monday Miscellany

The IPKat

Registrations are open and available here. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required by December 7, 2021, and is available here. Gunnercooke is a corporate and commercial law established in 2010 and now has over 260 partners. Attendees will have the opportunity to contribute to the concluding discussion.

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Pairing Successful: Trademark Agreement And Its Compliance

IP and Legal Filings

Bluetooth”) owns various trademark registrations which it licenses to other companies to use in promoting a product’s Bluetooth-compatibility. In a final, but failed attempt to secure summary judgment, FCA raised numerous affirmative defences, including first sale, abandonment through naked licensing, and laches.

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Facebook Faces Contributory Trademark Liability for Marketplace Listings–Car-Freshner v. Meta

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The rightsowner has trademark registrations for the tree-shaped outline: Armed with protectable rights in tree outlines, Car-Freshner has turned into a serial plaintiff, though this is my first time blogging them in-depth. It also couldn’t enforce its TOS: Plaintiffs do not admit that they were fully aware of the Terms.