JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Danielle Bernstein is a 28-year-old New York City influencer and founder of the brand We Wore What (“WWW”). million followers threw their full support behind TGE, and in November 2020 the brand filed its own separate lawsuit for copyright infringement against Bernstein. How does an influencer and fashion designer become so despised?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 4, 2022

” The Applicant testified that there have been no instances of actual confusion since it first started selling its COLORFUL ROOTS goods in 2015. It also had approximately 1,300 visitors to its website in 2020 and grossed approximately $83,000 in sales.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 16, 2022

Nevertheless, Italian authorities and anti-piracy groups branded Xtream-Codes an illegal pirate service and over the months and years that followed, revealed no evidence to the contrary, despite repeating the claims regularly. Xtream Codes Ltd Celebrates. “The first step towards reaching the TRUTH has therefore been taken.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The biggest individual brand story of the year was Facebook’s announcement of its new META brand. Major brands across industries – including Marvel, KISS, UFC, Nike, and many more – filed for trademarks to cover new products and services in the metaverse. 2015: [link]. Mega META announcement. NFT trademarks.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In 2015, the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against Wolfgang’s Vault, alleging that the service did not have a license for the underlying compositions of the songs it streamed. Of the motivations for piracy, the survey found reducing cost was the main driver, while others wanted to boycott certain brands.

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The IPKat

APRIL 18, 2023

Anna Maria Stein discussed relevant considerations for brand owners filing trade mark applications for environmentally friendly or sustainable goods and services. Patents Henry P Yang reported on the appellate judgment in Intex v Ericsson 2023:DHC:2243-DB issued by the Delhi High Court.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Nearly 400,000 articles and chapters on SDG-related topics have been published since 2015. “In In 2015 when the SDGs were formally adopted, we realized the challenges that they set out to address, are things that need to be informed by high-quality academic research that can be trusted. SDG Content Hub Magic Number Is 17.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 6, 2021

Evansville, Indiana – In 2004, the Coca-Cola Company launched its Full Throttle® energy drink brand, which was later apparently acquired by Monster Beverage Company (“Monster”) in 2015. Since 2015, Energy claims it has spent over $22.6 million dollars in promoting the Full Throttle® brand.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The first site on their list is project123movies.com, which sports Project Free TV branding but is unlikely to be connected to the original site of the same name. With TheWatchSeries branding, gowatchseries.online is a similar operation. WatchMovie.cc, which is bannered WatchSeries 2.0,

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A Kat while using à L'Oréal shampoo Facts Between 2013 and 2015, L'Oréal asked Ms Y to take photographs of products in its KERASTASTE brand ranges. The disputed uses extending from 2015 to 2018 had been regularised. Such position is not surprising.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2022

Nevertheless, several well-known ‘pirate’ brands exploited the ‘loophole’, including Movie4K, Putlocker, Yify and Afdah. In 2015 it found itself among the top 250 most popular pirate sites in the world meaning that it would remain on Hollywood’s hit list. Movie Companies Increase The Pressure.

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Garrigues Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The High Court held that the product was aimed at an adult public, with the suggestion that they eat the sweets as an effective remedy for their “everyday ills” The defendant in turn sells in FNAC stores, under its own brand, Molaquetemola, products with similar characteristics as regards their presentation and contents.

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Patently-O

MARCH 12, 2023

Shelston IP was the first IP firm to list itself on the Australian Stock Exchange back in 2015. Other IPH brands include Pizzeys; AJPark, & Griffith Hack. Back in Australia we have had some interesting events that began a decade ago when the country began to permit patent attorneys to incorporate in public firms.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This is generally done by giant corporations and brand names to survive the competition and swallow the small businesses for gains. The modus operandi of bullying and legal threats which are baseless by large entities gets initiated by serving a cease and desist notice which contains threats of instituting a trademark infringement suit.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 31, 2021

There are several sites and services using the ‘Flixanity’ branding online today but those that previously operated from flixanity.com, flixanity.mobi, flixanity.in, flixanity.watch, and flixanity.app appear to be no more. All play on familiar branding so could have been part of the Flixanity seizures, as mentioned by ACE.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

Australia has been methodically dealing with locally-significant sites in this manner since 2015, and via a more robust system since 2018. plus affiliates Netflix Studios and Netflix Worldwide Entertainment.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc. The scam can be at various levels and multi-facet forms including mimicking websites, selling cheaper copies of brands or even stealing ideas of originators [4]. 26, 2023, 11:00 AM), [link]. ANU Press 2018). [23]

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

In 2015, an author at the Hustle plagiarized a 2008 book , and it became a bestseller on Amazon. Though Amazon claims in its Brand Protection Report to have taken down millions of improper listings and destroyed millions of products , that same proactive push is not extended to authors, even those featured on its Kindle service.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2023

Veteran IPKat readers may remember this 2015 blog post covering Lifestyle’s opposition against RCB’s application to register a previous version of their logo as an EUTM. in this case, other polo brands) would be to inappropriately broaden the context too widely. The Court said neigh.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Although Applicant Jose Ramon was experienced in the branding and marketing of beers, he was never in the business of producing the goods identified in his application, and the only step he took to use the mark was the formation of a company to market beers. The burden of production then shifted to Applicant Ramon.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Established, but offensive, brands change names. Never before have some many brands backed away from names or name origins that were offensive. Uncle Ben’s, Eskimo Pie, Aunt Jemima, Washington Redskins, and Cleveland Indians are some of the brands began name changes or removed items from their logo in 2020. 2015: [link].

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The claimant had goodwill dating back to 1992 and registrations from October 2015. The defendant had been using since 2013 with registrations from June 2015. It is also a neat illustration of the potential for trade mark disputes to arise, and be aired in court, long after the competing brands enter the market.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

If the property of a person can be protected, likewise, when a popular celebrity like Amitabh Bachchan faces possible harm regarding his brand, the same can be protected under his right to publicity. In Shivaji Rao Gaikwad v. However, for the purpose of public education, the characteristics may be used.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 5, 2022

Notable for their rise and public demise, piracy-related brands such as Napster, LimeWire, and Megaupload are still widely recognized today, despite their shutdowns long ago. Since then the site has been blocked by ISPs and numerous proxies, mirrors, clones, and copycats have emerged.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 20, 2023

Government’s list of most notorious pirate sites in 2015 made that much difference. In a more recent report to the USTR, the MPA said that in August 2022 alone, a handful of Cuevana-branded domains received 130 million visits. Cuevana.tv me subdomains and at the same time, those deployed by FMovies for the same reason.

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KMK Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

While your audience may engage and enjoy such a campaign, TEOTS products should not be used to promote or endorse your products or brands. TEOTS’s 2015 Specialty Retailer Asset Guidelines state that doing so without express written consent from TEOTS may constitute intellectual property infringement. DON’T!

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In 2015, Boston Beer hired Brian Soudant, who was eventually promoted to a manager of IT, sales, and business analysis. The accessed files include market plans, sales performance measures, pricing guides, budgets, and brand documents. Downeast is a rival maker and marketer of similar products, namely its eponymous cider.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 26, 2023

Introduction Brand owners and traders have long embraced numeral creativity to captivate consumers. Names like 7-eleven, 5 Star, 7Up, and 99acres resonate with consumers, widely reflecting the innovative use of number as brand identities.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 26, 2021

The site ‘unofficially’ took over the YTS brand when the original group threw in the towel in 2015. With millions of visitors, YTS is one of the most-visited torrent sites on the Internet, even rivaling the legendary Pirate Bay. Since then it has amassed a rather impressive user base. Legal Troubles.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 12, 2021

The issue is that the truth builds trust, and trust is the essence of every enduring brand. In 2015, Horn oversaw her firm’s successful acquisition by Finn Partners, a global marketing company. “You cannot build a sustainable anything – a sustainable business or relationship or marriage – based on lies.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2024

A private prosecution brought by the Federation Against Copyright Theft alleged that Longbottom’s operation ran from August 2015 to May 2017. New Beginning, New Piracy In March 2017, the same month Longbottom was arrested, the self-professed entrepreneur launched a brand-new company.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2023

Internet Brands opinion. Including the Internet Brands case, I found six cases using the phrase (see Appendix B). 3, 2015) Doe v. Internet Brands, Inc. , Internet Brands, Inc. , Internet Brands, Inc. , ” This phrase originated in the Doe v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings, LLC, 965 F.Supp.2d

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43(B)log

MARCH 9, 2022

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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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Besides Mariah, there were many other celebrity trademark stories this year, as more an more celebrities launch more and more brands. 2015: [link]. Carey may still be able to use the phrase even without registration. Celebrity trademark messes. The firm has registered more than 4,000 U.S. 2020: [link]. 2019: [link]. 2018: [link].

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43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

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. Also, Florida county school districts often incorporate the phrase “VIRTUAL SCHOOL” into the brand for their online educational offerings, in partnership with both plaintiff and defendant.

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