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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

Wtf is a juice demon pic.twitter.com/OxYMWEuoCq — Eli Matthewson (@EliMatthewson) October 1, 2016. To answer that and other questions about Halloween costumes, we have to step back and look at how copyright and trademark law apply to costumes. That is, until photos such as this one begin to make the rounds. Bottom Line.

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The Supreme Court confirms that a third party may not use the ZARA trademark.

Garrigues Blog

The Supreme Court has confirmed that the use of another’s trademark to identify the prize in an advertising campaign constitutes an act of trademark infringement and ordered the infringer to pay compensation for damages. regarding the use of the ZARA trademark, as previously discussed here.

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"ICE MONSTER" for Electronic Cigarette Liquid Not Confusable With MONSTER ENERGY, Says TTAB

The TTABlog

Opposer claimed to own a family of MONSTER-formative marks, but it failed to prove the existence of a family of MONSTER marks prior to SS Vape’s July 2016 date of first use. If that were the case, having a famous mark would entitle the owner to a right in gross, and that is against the principles of trademark law."

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A DAVID AND GOLIATH STYLE UGG BOOT DISPUTE

LexBlog IP

The Court of Appeals affirmed the previous decision of the district court which found that Australian Leather had wilfully infringed Deckers’ “UGG” trademarks by selling less than 15 pairs of UGG branded boots in the U.S.,

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New Tools, Old Rules: Is The Music Industry Ready To Take On AI?

Copyright Lately

Within just over a month, a raft of barely-underground Discord servers like AI Hub have popped up to provide users with access to software—and step-by-step instructions—for creating new songs using hundreds of community-made AI models designed to mimic specific artists’ voices. ” VMG Salsoul, LLC v. Ciccone , 824 F.3d

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Intent-to-Use Trademark Application: Comprehensive Guide

LexBlog IP

Related : How Long Does It Take to Get a Trademark? If You are Not Yet Selling Goods or Services, File an Intent-to-Use Trademark Application. In trademark law, an “Intent-to-Use” is a legal term for a type of trademark application. Zazu Designs v. L’ORÉAL, SA , 979 F. 2d 499, 504 (7th Cir.

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Trademark Extraterritoriality: Abitron v. Hetronic Doesn’t Go the Distance (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In addition, the opinion has important ramifications for domestic trademark law through its identification of “use in commerce” as the actionable domestic conduct. The seeming inability to engage in contextual comity analysis is apparent in other recent trademark extraterritoriality cases.[FN2] Hallatt (9th Cir.