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Puma v/ EUIPO: Posts on celebrity's social media accounts may constitute early disclosure of a registered design

The IPKat

The promotion of items on social media by celebrities and influencers is commonplace for companies. In particular, the company produced publications taken from Rihanna’s Instagram account dated 16 and 17 December 2014 showing her wearing a pair of white shoes with a thick black sole. The design application is dated 26 July 2016.

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You Can't Claw Back an Expired Claim

BYU Copyright Blog

Price argues that since 2014, the District has continuously copied, distributed, and counterfeited products with his artistic design without his consent, including reproducing it on their social media pages and websites, despite repeated warnings not to do so. Consequently, after 12 years, Price decided to file a lawsuit.

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Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?

Plagiarism Today

However, in 2014 CCN began working with Amazon and Amazon was dissatisfied with the quality of descriptions that CCA created for themselves. In short, this means that, if you post your work to a web page with social media buttons, an open license or even just tools to aid in printing or emailing, the work is likely considered to be published.

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Book Review: Intellectual Property as a Complex Adaptive System

The IPKat

Online music platforms, such as on-demand content services or social media platforms, created disparities in the remuneration of right-holders, creating the so-called “value gap”. The EU intervened with Directive 2014/26/EU and Directive (EU) 2019/790. The book closes with Chapter 9, written by Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 05- February 11)

SpicyIP

The plaintiff submitted that though their “Sufiyana” mark has not been registered, they have been using the same since 2014/ 2018 and thus have gathered a substantive goodwill in the market. It was submitted that the Defendant’s mark has not been registered yet, and application has been filed in 2023 on a proposed-to-be-used basis.

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