Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2021

Aliign “is an event, lifestyle, and apparel company” allegedly with a first trademark use in 2011. Aliign sued lululemon for trademark infringement. lululemon’s brand also displays prominently in its keyword ads. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. lululemon is the well-known yoga gear company.

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DECEMBER 26, 2022

28, 2022) Brick and mortar infringement still exists, and this opinion considers both copyright and trademark claims. for unlawfully manufacturing, importing, advertising, marketing, selling, and distributing unauthorized, counterfeit versions of its popular CAKE brand of hemp-derived Delta-8 products. AKF sued LCF etc.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

. (“Chanel”), is an iconic fashion company based in New York known for its luxury fashion products and owns rights to several Chanel and CC monograms trademarks associated with the brand design. The brand was not involved with selling second handed or vintage goods.

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JULY 3, 2023

27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. Latinfood U.S.

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JUNE 20, 2022

Laches can bar both injunctive relief and damages in trademark cases, and here the court grants a motion to dismiss based on laches. Defendants, also based in New York formed their own Darkside in 2011, featuring an electronic, psychedelic musical style; their first album was self-titled. And the complaint conceded just that.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2023

This right is similar to the use of a trademark but not the same. Trade Marks Act of 1999 The Indian Trademark Act does not provide for the exclusive protection of personal or image rights. However, Section 2(m) appropriately includes the term “names” in its definition of “trademark”1.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2011, Plaintiff sued defendants for using the marks “Florida Virtual Academy/Program” and the associated acronyms, “FLVA/P.” Plaintiff has seven registered trademarks involving Florida Virtual School or FLVS; two of the registrations are incontestable. But trademark confusion? statements as evidence of confusion.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

Vivian Cheng focuses her practice on trademark and copyright litigation and also counsels clients on a broad range of issues relating to trademark, trade dress, and copyright protection and enforcement, unfair competition, and false advertising. in biology and society from Cornell University in 2011. He received his J.D.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

They included stories of the Patent Agent examination, the Indian Innovation Act, the opening of the Trademark database, the presumption of patent validity, and the South Asian Basmati fights and more. This raised a question did the registrar of Trade Marks have the jurisdiction to revoke the ‘MANJAL’ trademark?, But this is not all!

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APRIL 28, 2022

He also hosted a reunion and golf tournament in 2007 and engaged in other referential activities; he managed royalties from the licensed USFL apparel from 2011-2021. They have also entered into numerous business partnerships and relationships for ticketing, advertising and apparel sales.” Plaintiff’s 1980s USFL registrations lapsed.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Metaverse provides vast opportunities for brands to venture into creation of new technologies. One needs to connect dots of IPR with the needs and challenges of the virtual world and a possible solution to this is by releasing motion/ audible trademarks etc. Trademark rights in Metaverse. In the case of E.S.S

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Our hard-working students and community members published more than twice as many articles than in 2020 and the most articles in a calendar year since 2011. This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Trademark Law. Parody in Trademarks is No Joke.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 26, 2023

He was unmistakably aware of the nuances regarding colours in trademark law. Broadly speaking, trademarks are of two types: traditional and non-traditional. [1] Image Source : Shutterstock] The Trademarks Act, 1999 (‘Act’) refers exclusively to the registrability of ‘combination of colours’. [3]

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DuetsBlog

JUNE 15, 2020

Yes, it’s actually a registered trademark. And, by the way, what is your all-time favorite from the annual Rapala line up that we’ve been covering for a dozen seasons now (minus 2019, given my move)? Rapala’s “More Hits Than Google” Billboard Update (Photo Included) (2009). Good Bye Google, Hello Whudjagiddumon? Rapala Taunts a Monster?

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

American Girl Brands, LLC, 2021 WL 510729, No. In a 2011 presentation, Walkowicz discussed their work on NASA’s Kepler Mission studying the constellation Lyra, including the constellation’s brightest star, called Vega.” American Girl argued independent creation, which seems both plausible and not helpful to a trademark claim.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In an effort to connect with a younger, tech-savvy consumer base, more and more firms are deciding to debut their products and advertise them electronically through the Metaverse. This demonstrates the succinctness and simplicity of the Metaverse’s trademarking mechanism. What is the Metaverse?

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Trademark refers to the cumulation of distinctive sign/symbol, design, or combination which is exclusively associated with the products or services helping the targeted customers identify the same easily. With the fast-growing media and entertainment sector, the era of digital advertising for product branding and selling has also stepped up.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The statutory threshold for proving trademark dilution is pegged higher when compared to trademark infringement and passing off. There have been plenty of studies in the United States of America where the psychological impact of confusion in trademarks have been studied. But does it mean that the defendant has no case at all?

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Does this cause any problems for the One A Day trademark?) 10-CV-1662, 2011 WL 13224118 (E.D. July 22, 2011)). It was also relevant, though not dispositive, that other supplements sold under the same brand were, in fact, one per day. NY GBL § 349 and § 350 claims survived. Bayer AG, No. 17-CV-647, 2017 WL 3168525 (N.D.

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Trading Secrets

MARCH 22, 2022

In 2011, Hayley Paige Gutman[1] entered into an employment agreement with JLM Couture, Inc. (“JLM”), As part of Hayley Paige’s responsibilities for JLM, she was tasked with growing the “Hayley Paige” brand for the company, including “assisting with advertising programs.” Background of Case. JLM Couture, Inc. 4th at 789.

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IP Whiteboard

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

BGL and its subsidiaries ( BGL Group ), including Manolo Blahnik, manufacture, distribute and sell luxury shoes and accessories bearing the “MANOLO BLAHNIK” name and brand, which are sold in over 65 countries including Australia. The “MANOLO BLAHNIK” branded products have been available for sale in Australia since 1997. Trade mark.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Varsity Brands , 137 S.Ct. 1183 (2021), noting in part (in an obvious allusion to Warhol’s famous Campbell Soup piece ) that “’[a]n ‘artistic painting’ might, for example, fall within the scope of fair use even though it precisely replicates a copyrighted advertising logo to make a comment about consumerism.'”

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

P and P Imports (“P&P”) sells outdoor games under its GoSports brand, and in December 2016, it began selling its “Giant 4 in a Row Game” that was based on the classic tabletop version. Johnson Enterprises, LLC, in which the parties were battling a trade dress infringement claim involving these large outdoor Connect 4-like games.

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