The TTABlog

APRIL 19, 2024

Kellsport claimed use of the mark since 2013, but its evidence was questionable. Kellsport's evidence regarding advertising expenses were unaccompanied by any sample advertisements, and there was no evidence as to how often the advertisements appeared or how many consumer were exposed thereto.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 21, 2022

First released in 2000 and updated in 2013, the FTC’s.com Disclosures guidance has been relied on by advertisers hoping to “make effective disclosures in digital advertising” for the last two decades. By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2022

As part of the course pedagogy, two question papers from 2013 and 2016 will be solved and methods to draft claims, specification, and abstract will be discussed. Participants can also send in their solved questions from the years 2013 and 2016 and they will get individual feedback. may be addressed to eoffice@techlaw.in.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Beginning with the Desirable Corporate Governance Code in 1998 and continuing through Chapter 11 of the Companies Act of 2013 , the idea of the independent director has been welcomed nearly universally. Duties of Directors Under the Indian Companies Act, 2013 – iPleaders.” 1 July 2021 Available at [link]. [2] 4] Pandey, Anubhav.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

I’m just back from 10 days R&R in Egypt, and while I plow through all that piled up while gone, ponder this one: Outside the main entrance to the pyramid complex in Giza, there is a shop that advertises “Hand Made Pyrex Glasses.” Originally posted 2013-07-18 08:29:25. ” Pyrex is a Corning, Inc.,

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

Next up today, The South China Morning Post reports that Audi and their advertising agency M&C Saatchi have apologized for a video campaign that featured Hong Kong actor and musician Andy Lau Tak-wah, saying that the video was a copyright infringement. UMG has been the distributor for Disney music since 2013.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Earlier this week, the journal BMC Medicine announced that it will not retract a controversial 2013 paper authored by botanist Steven Newmaster. The paper, originally published in 2013, brought Newmaster to prominence in the field of botany and led to massive amounts of not just academic success, but also entrepreneurial success.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

US News began publishing a specialty ranking of online master’s degrees in education in 2013, when USC Rosier’s online Master of Arts in Teaching program ranked #44. USC allegedly orchestrated this scheme through its submission of false/incomplete data, and then advertised the resulting rankings knowing that they were misleading.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 12, 2024

The Board observed that, under Section 45 of the Trademark Act, a service mark is in use in commerce "(1) when it is used or displayed in the sale or advertising of services; and (2) the services are rendered in commerce." Emphasis supplied]. Playdom , 113 USPQ2d at 2044 (citing MCCARTHY ON TRADEMARKS AND UNFAIR COMPETITION § 19:103 (4th ed.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

But Industria does not advertise or sell its Zenú or Ranchera products in the United States and there are no market surveys specific to the United States for Zenú or Ranchera. Advertisements made for Latinfood Zenú products used the phrase “una deliciosa tradición,” which translates to “a delicious tradition.”

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The IPKat

JUNE 6, 2022

CIVC affirmed that “Champanillo” constituted an evocation of PDO “Champagne”, which is considered an infringement under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. In considering the case, the Barcelona Appeal Court expressed uncertainty regarding the interpretation of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, and so it requested for a preliminary ruling (case C?783/19

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Regulators have sought to suppress online targeted advertising for years, with only minimal success. In turn, advertisers have fled Twitter. Then, in Liapes v. seriously, are you still posting THERE???) TikTok bans.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 29, 2022

“The central issue in this case is whether Circle K’s discount advertisements misled customers into believing that the multi-pack discount applied to purchases of cartons.” But these variations were not material to “the central issue of whether purchasers of cartons received the multi-pack discount that was advertised.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This suggestion was confirmed by Opposer's advertising, which "touts the California sunshine under which Opposer’s citrus fruits are grown." Opposer submitted sales and marketing expenditures for fresh fruit from 2013 to 2021 and for carbonated soda from 2007 to 2021. It failed to do so. And so, the Board jettisoned the dilution claim.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

A talented graphic designer, Bencko was responsible for Megaupload’s logo and ensuring that other sites in the group looked good and accommodated advertising properly. With his former colleagues’ names rarely out of the media for long, Bencko spent much of 2012 and early 2013 retweeting news about the Megaupload case.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 19, 2022

According to Sonos, the company began sharing its technology with Google in 2013, when the two started working together. The newer products developed by Google are using different technologies, and Google’s main cash cow, online advertising, remains intact. . Sonos is a developer and manufacturer of audio products based in the U.S.,

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Whole Foods allegedly used and continued to use a photograph of this event in its advertising materials “to show Defendants’ purported commitment to local farms and giving back to the local community.” False advertising: Plaintiffs didn’t plausibly plead a false or misleading statement in a commercial advertisement or promotion.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

24/2013, and Federal Law No. Strict regulations on tobacco and vaping advertisements. 24/2013 Concerning Regulations of Federal Law No. This article aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the rules and regulations regarding vaping in the UAE, as outlined in Federal Law No. 15/2009 on Tobacco Control, Cabinet Decision No.

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43(B)log

MARCH 27, 2023

24, 2023) Courts in particular kinds of false advertising cases say that scientific claims are not falsifiable, even as the majority of workaday false advertising claims involving scientific fact are (correctly) treated as falsifiable. American Soc’y of Anesthesiologists, Inc., 4th -, 2023 WL 2621131, No. 22-1411 (3d Cir.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 21, 2022

According to the prosecution, the five sites offered access to copyright-infringing material and generated over a million euros in revenue between 2013 and 2018. The case went to trial at a Madrid court this week where the prosecution sought five-year prison sentences against the mother and son.

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43(B)log

JUNE 20, 2022

From 2011 to now, defendants continued to sell music and merchandise and to promote music videos and other media under the Darkside name, including creating a website to advertise their music and distributing sound recordings through Spotify, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Did SWS reasonably and excusably delay?

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43(B)log

APRIL 26, 2022

Painaway advertised its products as “Australia’s No. Around 2013, MaxRelief also made “Australia’s # 1” claims through its website, Twitter, and YouTube accounts. MaxRelief used to surce pain relief spray products in Australia from a non-party, but stopped in 2014.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Among other things, he allegedly advertised and trafficked circumvention devices, while maintaining regular contact with resellers throughout the world. Bowser’s involvement started in June 2013 and continued until his arrest last year. According to the indictment, Bowser was more than just a writer. Bowser Pleads Guilty.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Due to Hollywood legal action, PrimeWire was among the first 30 sites to be blocked in the UK back in 2013 , but that was just the beginning. When the MPAA reported the site to the USTR in 2013 , it was hoped PrimeWire would fold but, despite additional reports over subsequent years, it carried on regardless.

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Patently-O

JUNE 22, 2022

Buyer’s Direct, Inc. , 3d 1301 (Fed. ” See Berry Sterling Corp.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2022

For those who are new to this, the dot com guides (technically and annoyingly titled the “ com” guides) are a helpful source document to look at when you are trying to figure out how and when to make disclosures, particularly in digital advertising. This could have a significant impact on some advertising claims going forward.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2024

Background In 2010, Buongiorno Myalert SA (Buongiorno), an Italian mobile apps and services provider, launched an advertising campaign for a paid subscription to a multimedia messaging service, marketed under the name ‘Club Blinko’.

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The TTABlog

MAY 16, 2023

Comptime claimed substantially exclusive use since 2013, but in light of the highly descriptive nature of the mark, the Board exercised its discretion to deem that evidence insufficient. Comptime spent about $13,000 per year on advertising, but the Board was not impressed with these relatively modest expenditures.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 13, 2023

2013), stated that “[t]he legislature’s decision to prohibit a particular misleading advertising practice is evidence that the legislature has deemed that the practice constitutes a ‘material’ misrepresentation, and courts must defer to that determination.” Kohl’s Corp. , 3d 1098 (9th Cir.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 11, 2022

The case started in October 2018, when the sponsor of the festival, in order to advertise that Golpes Bajos would be playing, decided to publish a poster on social media, which included the name and a photograph of the deceased lead singer of the band. Comparison with other earlier judgments by the Supreme Court.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In re Hulting , 107 USPQ2d 1175, 1180 (TTAB 2013). Applicant did not provide direct evidence of acquired distinctiveness, such as survey evidence or consumer declarations, but instead relied on circumstantial evidence regarding its length of use, advertising expenditures, sales, and number of users.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

On November 7 th , Conde Nast sued Drake and 21 Savage for $4 million for false advertising and infringing Vogue’s trademarks. 2013: [link]. The court issued a preliminary injunction and the duo agreed to no longer use Vogue’s marks in connection with the album. Metaverse and NFT Filings Decrease. 2020: [link]. 2019: [link].

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 3, 2022

Respondent established a first use date of December 2013. Petitioner sunk its own claim that its marks acquired distinctiveness in 2008 by testifying that its sales that year were $256; furthermore there were no advertising expenditures during 2008-2010. Pet Go Round of Greensboro , Cancellation No.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The feud included Fulda’s purchase of AuthenticWatches.online as an internet domain; filing of a trademark application for AuthenticWatches.com; and creation of an Amazon.com storefront using the name “AuthenticWatches.com” advertising watches with a link to AuthenticWatches.online. Unsurprisingly, that triggered a federal lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2022

In 2013, it was one of the first to add support for Bitcoin donations , with Litecoin and Monero following shortly after. Initially, we assumed that this was some type of advertising deal for a third party, but the site swiftly reassured the public it was serious. This includes The Pirate Bay. The PirateToken. “Much Ideas.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

In an effort to enhance investor protection and reduce financial risk, the government has implemented legislation since 2013 that ban the trading of cryptocurrencies and any connected activity. The 2013 circular on Bitcoin is one of the official opinions on how the Chinese government views cryptocurrencies.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 9, 2022

The FTC alleged that: from 2013 to mid-2018, nonsubscribers were unaware that “as many as 25-30 percent of Match.com members who registered each day were using Match.com to perpetrate scams.” Match Group LLC , 2022 WL 877107 (N.D. March 24, 2022). A rare and surprisingly bad loss for the FTC on Section 230. ’”. .

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