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Branding – Uniqueness and Fame

azrights

There are two drivers of brand asset strength: uniqueness and fame. For example, when you see the swoosh logo of the Nike brand you know it represents Nike even though it may be featured on its own with no name accompanying it. If an asset is less famous, it is more likely to be mistakenly attributed to a competitor’s brand.

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Italian Supreme Court refers questions to CJEU on conflicts between GIs and trade marks

The IPKat

The wine brand had been around since the nineteenth century but changed ownership a few times. The window to request the cancellation of the PDO expired on 31 December 2014, but Duca di Salaparuta had not sought cancellation before that deadline. We will wait to see how the CJEU answers these questions.

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How NFTs Work In Gaming: A Developer’s Perspective

Traverse Legal Blog

The first known NFT was minted in 2014 and since then has seen rapid growth. An NFT or “non-fungible token” is a digital asset that links ownership to unique digital items. Non-fungible tokens have been designed to give you ownership of something that cannot be replicated or copied. What are NFTs? What are NFTs? NFT Technology.

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ACE Finally Seizes Pirate Streaming Domains After Years of Legal Action

TorrentFreak

In 2014, a German anti-piracy outfit identified more than 18,000 pirated videos stored on Google’s servers, noting that more than a dozen pirate sites were using the library as fuel for their own sites. Afdah Was Originally Fueled By Content Stored on Google. MPA/ACE Get Results After Years of Legal Action.

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Principal Cynthia Walden and Associate Sarah Kelleher Author World Intellectual Property Review Article “Selling the Intangible in Fashion: What Does It Mean for Trademark Protection?”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

As major fashion brands launch their own non-fungible tokens, others are testing the limits of trademark enforcement in the digital realm, say Cynthia Walden and Sarah Kelleher of Fish & Richardson. NFTs are data units stored on a blockchain used to transfer ownership of physical items or digital media with smart contracts.

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Inter American Convention allows claims that Lanham Act makes dubious after Abitron; but what about Article III?

43(B)log

Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. They’re successful brands: approximately $300,000,000 annually in sales of Zenú products and $100,000,000 in sales of Ranchera products. Prior import plans in 2010-11 were paused.

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Protecting Digital Identities: Trademarks, Domain Names, and the Menace of Cyber-Squatting

IP and Legal Filings

Spartan Online [5] , the Calcutta High Court had focused on the need for the domain names to be distinguishable from others for the purpose of establishing separate brand identity. It also held that when possessor of a trademark has prior and exclusive usage, they not only possess superior title but also absolute ownership.