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Google’s Search Disambiguation Doesn’t Create Initial Interest Confusion–Aliign v. lululemon

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In 2015, it extended the “Align” mark to yoga apparel, which has generated $1B in sales. lululemon’s brand also displays prominently in its keyword ads. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Ohio Bans Competitive Keyword Advertising by Lawyers. lululemon is the well-known yoga gear company. Google cases.

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Concept Of Trademark Bullying: Forceful Enforcement Of Trademark Rights In The Name Of Protection

IP and Legal Filings

This is generally done by giant corporations and brand names to survive the competition and swallow the small businesses for gains. Post serving such notice the small entity is forced for settlement because getting into a legal battle would be a disadvantageous step financially. comcountering all the claims by bigbasket.

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where cross-examination exposes lack of TM confusion, out-of-court confusion "evidence" becomes less credible

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The parties settled in 2015; defendants agreed to cease their use of those marks and to avoid the words “Florida” and “Virtual” together in a mark. While multiple witnesses testified as to Plaintiff’s significant marketing and advertising efforts, that alone is not indicative of strength. statements as evidence of confusion.

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Bamboozling – Part I: Do Green Claims Require a Life Cycle Analysis?

LexBlog IP

But we are here today to talk about the most recent settlement s involving textiles labeled “made from bamboo.” The broader issue is whether all brands should reassess their general green claims to make sure they are appropriately qualified. This was followed by another set of cases in 2015 against multiple large retailers.

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Man Who Lost $90m Pirate IPTV Suit Slams DISH in Response to New Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

A month later, DISH and NagraStar followed up with a new lawsuit claiming that former SetTV operators Jason LaBossiere, Sean Beaman, and Stefan Gollner had launched three new pirate IPTV services/brands. Since 2017, Dish has been struggling to keep its stock price up from its 2015 and 2017 peaks,” LaBossiere’s answer begins.

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TM laches where a band broke up "for now" but its music remained on Spotify etc.

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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. The complaint showed otherwise: negotiations stopped in 2014.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

Brands have recently begun to co-opt this form of communication in an attempt to capitalize on the prevalence and effectiveness of memes. [ii] xi] See Diana Bradley, 5 Brands Insert Themselves into the Viral ‘Distracted Boyfriend’ Stock Picture , PRWEEK (Aug. 8, 2015), [link]. xii] See, e.g., Skager, supra note i.