Patently-O

DECEMBER 20, 2022

I have one branded FIDELO with a carbon-fiber case that claims to block scammers trying to read the chip on my credit card. Mosaic Brands, Inc. In 2020, Storus (AKA “Mosaic Brands”) sued Ridge Wallet for both patent infringement (US7334616) and product-design trade dress misappropriation. 4th — (Fed.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The biggest individual brand story of the year was Facebook’s announcement of its new META brand. Major brands across industries – including Marvel, KISS, UFC, Nike, and many more – filed for trademarks to cover new products and services in the metaverse. 2011: [link]. Mega META announcement. NFT trademarks.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

She entered into agreement with the brand JLM Couture Inc. in 2011, where she agreed not to compete with JLM and granted JLM permission to use her name. It is very common for Influencers to use their own name in business, and they may be unaware that they are signing agreements giving brands the rights to use their names.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We thank LaTia Brand of Harrity Analytics and the Stanford NPE Database, described in Shawn Miller et al., Paul Morgan, The Ambiguity in Section 102(a)(1) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act , 2011 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 29. ( Morgan.2011.AIAAmbiguities Who’s Suing Us? AIAAmbiguities ). derivation.pdf ).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 30, 2023

CD Project likely anticipated that their games would be pirated, but seeing a site use its own brand to promote pirated games must have stung. Notice posted on GOG-Games earier this week According to the operators, CD Projekt’s GOG team has been trying to take the site offline since 2011. games; The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077.”

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azrights

JUNE 15, 2022

And in the latest development of the dispute the High Court ruled that Muzmatch has unfairly benefited from Match Group’s reputation and investment in its brand and was riding on Match Group’s coattails for undeserved gain. According to The Guardian , Mr Shahzad set up Muzmatch as a side business in 2011.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Conceived by Ruth Handler and named after her own daughter, Barbie has, from its inception, been a driving force behind Mattel’s successful branding efforts, resulting in the sale of over a billion Barbie dolls and the expansion of the franchise into various media, including video games, merchandise, and a live-action movie.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We thank LaTia Brand of Harrity Analytics and the Stanford NPE Database, described in Shawn Miller et al., Paul Morgan, The Ambiguity in Section 102(a)(1) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act , 2011 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 29. ( Morgan.2011.AIAAmbiguities Who’s Suing Us? AIAAmbiguities ). derivation.pdf ).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2023

Internet Brands opinion. Including the Internet Brands case, I found six cases using the phrase (see Appendix B). 2011 WL 1675043 (N.C. 28, 2011) Hare v. Internet Brands, Inc. , Internet Brands, Inc. , Internet Brands, Inc. , ” This phrase originated in the Doe v. Roommates.Com, LLC , 521 F.3d

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Garrigues Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The High Court held that the product was aimed at an adult public, with the suggestion that they eat the sweets as an effective remedy for their “everyday ills” The defendant in turn sells in FNAC stores, under its own brand, Molaquetemola, products with similar characteristics as regards their presentation and contents.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 30, 2021

In 2011 and 2012, Booking.com applied to register “Booking.com” as a trademark associated with hotel reservation services with the U.S. Justice Ginsburg underscored that Booking.com is a distinctive business and that the public will not misunderstand the brand. Booking.com B.V. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”).

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

The company recently filed 10 applications with the US Patent and Trademark Office for the McDonald’s brand and McCafe. It was back in January 2011 when Future Enterprises had officially filed ‘Mac Coffee and Eagle device’ trademark before DOI. The trademarks are for virtual food and beverage products. Conclusion.

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43(B)log

JUNE 20, 2022

Defendants, also based in New York formed their own Darkside in 2011, featuring an electronic, psychedelic musical style; their first album was self-titled. The complaint didn’t rebut the presumption of prejudice. The fact that Plaintiff has chosen “to resurface.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Established, but offensive, brands change names. Never before have some many brands backed away from names or name origins that were offensive. Uncle Ben’s, Eskimo Pie, Aunt Jemima, Washington Redskins, and Cleveland Indians are some of the brands began name changes or removed items from their logo in 2020. 2011: [link].

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

According to the Complaint, Poulsen developed a unique currant red hybrid tea rose variety branded with the trademark INGRID BERGMAN (the “Mark”) in the early 1980s. Gardens Alive’s family of brands include, among others, Weeks Roses.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Today, we as consumers can easily identify the products of popular brands due to the positioning of some specific elements on the products, for instance, the three stripes of Adidas, Louboutin’s red sole shoes, or the red label on the back pocket of Levi’s jeans. It was recognized as a position mark.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 5, 2022

Notable for their rise and public demise, piracy-related brands such as Napster, LimeWire, and Megaupload are still widely recognized today, despite their shutdowns long ago. Tamil Rockers launched as a torrent site in 2011, offering all of the usual types of pirate booty. Thrill, Drama, Crime: Tamil Rockers Has it All.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

She entered into agreement with the brand JLM Couture Inc. in 2011, where she agreed not to compete with JLM and granted JLM permission to use her name. It is very common for Influencers to use their own name in business, and they may be unaware that they are signing agreements giving brands the rights to use their names.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 15, 2024

VEUVE CLICQUOT brand champagne is sold everywhere in the United States, through both online and in more than 50,000 brick-and-mortar stores. The mark has been widely advertised and promoted, has enjoyed high sales for the years since 2011, and has been the subject of numerous unsolicited media references.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

For a platform to be blocked by Germany’s ISPs, the committee must conclude that the site is structurally infringing, a standard applied in the UK’s first ever site blocking injunction back in 2011. but the Audit Committee’s report mentions only the headline brand BuffStreams, with other domains redacted.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 20, 2023

In 2011, just four years after its launch, Cuevana.tv In a more recent report to the USTR, the MPA said that in August 2022 alone, a handful of Cuevana-branded domains received 130 million visits. Before Acámica, however, Escobar also created a rather successful website; Cuevana. was among the top 20 most-visited sites in Argentina.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

in biology and society from Cornell University in 2011. with honors and highest distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2011, with double majors in business administration and political science. Louis in 2011, and his B.S. Michael’s College in 2011. She received her J.D. He received his J.D.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Scarlet’s landmark victory in 2011 remains one of the most important of its kind but in the 13 years that followed, entertainment companies changed and consumption of pirated content changed. While the legal principles underlying Scarlet’s victory did not, attitudes towards acceptable filtering and blocking were on the move.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 26, 2023

Introduction Brand owners and traders have long embraced numeral creativity to captivate consumers. Names like 7-eleven, 5 Star, 7Up, and 99acres resonate with consumers, widely reflecting the innovative use of number as brand identities.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Besides Mariah, there were many other celebrity trademark stories this year, as more an more celebrities launch more and more brands. 2011: [link]. Carey may still be able to use the phrase even without registration. Celebrity trademark messes. Past issues of Top Trademark Trends: 2021: [link]. 2020: [link]. 2019: [link].

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The authors explore the challenges and opportunities posed to Internet users generally and trademark owners specifically by new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) under the "New gTLD Program" launched by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in 2011. How Gross Is Your Assignment?

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The IPKat

JUNE 5, 2022

Use in an online environment The court first set out a recap on case law illustrating what constitutes “use” in an online environment, including the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Google France [2010] RPC 19 , L’Oréal v eBay [2011] RPC 27 , and Coty Germany v Amazon Services Europe [2020] ETMR 27.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2011, Plaintiff sued defendants for using the marks “Florida Virtual Academy/Program” and the associated acronyms, “FLVA/P.” Indeed, in an internal marketing presentation from January 4, 2022, Plaintiff itself used words like, “plain…bored…uninspired…nondescript…[and] sterile” to describe the brand identity of its acronyms.

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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. 1114(1)(a) on a direct infringement theory ( Chanel, Inc.

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43(B)log

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. The 2011 registrations were acquired from an unrelated entity. Defendants’ priority dated from 2011; at this point, plaintiffs failed to show fraud.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 26, 2022

for unlawfully manufacturing, importing, advertising, marketing, selling, and distributing unauthorized, counterfeit versions of its popular CAKE brand of hemp-derived Delta-8 products. 2011), the court cited with approval a “know or have reason to know” standard. AKF sued LCF etc. AT&T Mobility, LLC, 710 F.3d 3d 1068 (9th Cir.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The European Union recognized the PDO in 2011 in an agreement between the European Union and Switzerland in 2011. In 2012, Emmi AG, entered into an agreement with Interprofession du Gruyère, in which it agreed not to label cheese under its own brand as “gruyere.”

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Gandhi had "never manufactured or marketed sesame oil products under the IDHAYAM brand in the United States or anywhere" (ECF No. 7-1 at 5), and Mr. Gandhi subsequently denied the allegation in his December 28, 2009 Answer but did not specify his use of the mark (ECF No.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2023

To prevent the undue usage of their goodwill and branding celebrities used to get their names registered under the trademark act. A celebrity can be a person who has public recognition and has some goodwill and branding attached to his name. The special rights of performers in envisaged in Section 38 2 of the Copyright Act.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2023

Several Indian celebrities like Baba Ramdev and famous actress Kajol have followed the branding route to avoid misuse of their names. However, Section 2(m) appropriately includes the term “names” in its definition of “trademark”1. The same may be defended under section 35 if the same act is based on a bona fide belief.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

All of these sites have long since disappeared, but interestingly their brands live on. In 2011 the file-hosting service was added to Hollywood’s list of notorious pirate sites and subsequently featured in the U.S. Putlocker.com. A few days ago we saw one of these classic piracy names go up for auction at Namejet.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 26, 2022

After being founded in 2011, ZT grew to become one of France’s most-visited sites overall with millions of visitors every month. French Military Police Shut Down Site in 2016. Offering a wide variety of pirated content, including movies, TV shows, games and music, the site’s domain was once the 11th most popular in France.

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