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Pirate Sites With Malicious Ads Face Restrictions Under New Initiative

TorrentFreak

Keen to attract eyeballs wherever they might be, many of the world’s biggest brands exchanged cold hard cash for an appearance on prominent pirate portals. has performed well, on Wednesday it announced Project Brand Integrity 2.0. still aims to defund pirate sites and protect advertisers from undesirable associations.

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Harpic v. Domex:Product disparagement or nominative fair use?

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Advertising is an important strategy for a company to sell its products to the customer. Advertising generated awareness about a particular product in among the masses and the reaction of the masses decides the fate of the product. To increase their sales, often companies indulge themselves in comparative advertising.

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dissatisfaction w/Amazon's partner program isn't TM infringement/false advertising

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His marks are enrolled in Amazon Brand Registry, and Royal Silk Direct maintains an authorized Royal Silk “storefront” on Amazon.com. Melwani alleged that Amazon’s Brand Registry has not offered proactive brand protection and that it has been “almost impossible” to remove any listing through Amazon’s Brand Registry.

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Japanese IP High Court Steps on Louboutin’s Toes (Again) Over its Red Sole Mark

IPilogue

While Louboutin’s products retail for JPY80,000 ($613) and over and fall within the luxury brand market, Eizo’s shoes occupy the affordable or no-name brand markets, with an average retail price of JPY17,000 ($130). 2015-29921 ).

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Lewis Hamilton! Lewis who?

The IPKat

Background On 14 July 2015, 44IP Limited (’44IP’), which manages the IP rights of Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE, filed EU trade mark application no. The application of this principle required Lewis Hamilton to be famous in the entire EU at the filing date of the contested application, i.e. on 14 July 2015.

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

Merely put, it is an individual’s right to handle the commercial use of their name, image, individuality and personal brand. Publicity, such as character, reputation and personal brand, will be protected under various statutes, such as the Copyright Act 1957 and the Trade Marks Act 1999.

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Uber's expansion into ads hits a TM hurdle

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And Defendants began saying that they planned to expand into the display-advertising business: putting ads on a vehicle’s digital signage, a rider’s mobile app, and on digital screens like electronic billboards. But in 2019, Uber Technology allegedly began preparatory steps to enter the advertising business. Starting in 2012, Uber Inc.