LexBlog IP

MARCH 24, 2023

For example, in 2016, the NCAA filed a lawsuit against a company that was using the phrase “April Madness” to promote its own events. From trademarks to copyrights, the NCAA is diligent in protecting its rights and the value of its brand. In some cases, the NCAA has even taken legal action to protect its trademarks.

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IPilogue

MAY 12, 2022

Given the power of Apple’s brand, it is no surprise that they actively challenge trademarks that resemble their own to protect the dilution of their trademark. However, brands attached with the term “trademark bully” can face negative consequences and be reprimanded by the courts for filing “weak” cases. Photo by Pineapple Supply Co.

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Patently-O

JUNE 29, 2022

Coca-Cola stepped-in in 2016 seeking to cancel Meenaxi’s mark registrations. But, the missing link was evidence that the US-based Indians and Indian-Americans were aware of the branding. There is no basis [in the evidence] to assume that an American of Indian descent is aware of brands in India. ” = = =. Christine H.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 6, 2021

They allow companies to promote their brand image and connect with the community around them. This preliminary analysis has to go further and check, for example, if the brand we have chosen is also available as a domain name. These issues can have a major impact on brand strategy and affect credibility in the market.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In an otherwise straightforward Section 2(d) analysis, the Board ruled that confusion is likely between Respondent's registered marks MIRAGE BRANDS (standard form) and MIRAGE BRANDS & Design [BRANDS disclaimed], and Petitioner Mahender Sabhnani's previously used and registered mark ROYAL MIRAGE & Design , all for perfume.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2022

However until 2016 the Club did not have a trademark for Wimbledons signature colours of dark green and purple. Even though those specific colours have been associated with Wimbledon for several decades, there was no trademarks protection for it and hence until 2016 those colours were exploited by other companies.

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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). Internet Brands, Inc. , May 31, 2016) Fields v. 10, 2016) Fields v. 18, 2016) Gonzalez v. Internet Brands, Inc. , Internet Brands, Inc. , 2016) Airbnb, Inc. 2016) Daniel v.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A London court ruled Thursday that Alaska Airlines can't get out of its agreement to pay a minimum yearly licensing fee for the Virgin brand after it acquired Virgin America in 2016, even though Alaska decided to retire the branding in 2019.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 2, 2023

The streaming portal first appeared on the scene in 2016 and has thrived ever since. As a result of this decision, all backup 9anime domains currently point to Aniwave.to, leaving the old brand completely behind. However, that could also be achieved by simply switching to a new domain name with similar branding.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2023

For those who care to remember it, November 2016 was a dark month for communities with a penchant for sharing files. Then in November 2016, as French authorities swooped, What.cd Others still in operation today are keeping the ‘ZT’ brand alive Judgment in France The men finally went on trial in France on March 13, 2023.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Name saturation is an existential challenge for every industry that harnesses trademark law to protect its brand. You can explore what are known as non-conventional trademarks — sounds, colors, smells — to convey your brand messaging. A key difference arises, however, when comparing brand name and generic name confusion.

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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”). TGE claimed Bernstein copied their signature pattern of nude female silhouette line drawings, which had been printed on their tissue paper since the store’s inception in 2016. In this case, via alleged copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2023

It’s also the first major closure since the 2015/2016 period, when KickassTorrents, Torrentz, and ExtraTorrent all left the scene. Needless to say, there will be plenty of copycats who are eager to take over the RARBG brand. Today’s shutdown is one of the largest in the history of torrent sites.

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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. 2016: [link]. Mega META announcement. NFT trademarks.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

French fashion brand Jean Paul Gaultier’s garments featuring Botticelli’s Birth of Venus are heading off the rack and to legal battle. In April 2022 , Uffizi sent a cease-and-desist in response to Jean Paul Gaultier’s current use of the Birth of Venus , but the fashion brand never replied and continued its unauthorized use. .

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 8, 2023

While other branded services were featured in the investigation, the focus was on Flawless IPTV and its operations between August 2016 and May 2018. During this period, Flawless served around 42,000 customers direct, charging each around £10 per month. The same holds true for 13 former moderators of Flawless.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In September 2021, a grand jury returned a 62-count indictment charging Bill Omar Carrasquillo with crimes related to his Gears-branded IPTV services. Circumvention of an access control device, from March 2016 through November 23, 2019, in violation of 17 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a)(1)(A) , 1204(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. §

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 9, 2022

In their statement, Julian Zehetmayer said, “We’ve obviously got this great mainstream brand that everybody’s nostalgic about. All the while, it’s affixing the name of a dated brand for which memories, even among its most devout former users, are tainted.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Copyright Office announces that it will study the current state of copyright protections for news content; the Ninth Circuit affirms the dismissal of copyright claims against The Weeknd over the 2016 release of “A Lonely Night”; the Sixth Circuit finds that laches are not available to Honeywell as an equitable defense against claims that its online (..)

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SpicyIP

JUNE 17, 2022

As reported , Revlon, the iconic cosmetics brand, has filed for bankruptcy. The New-York based cosmetics company reportedly struggled due to competition from other established brands as well as a host of small companies that use social media. The Indian Bankruptcy Code, 2016 lays down a two-step process for insolvency.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Izumi asserted that TI Express created the TONOSAMA mark and first sold branded candy in the United States on March 27, 2016. He further declared that on October 20, 2020, he executed a nunc pro tunc assignment of the mark to petitioner with an effective date of November 2, 2016, memorializing an "oral agreement" between the parties.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We thank LaTia Brand of Harrity Analytics and the Stanford NPE Database, described in Shawn Miller et al., Lemley, Erik Oliver, Kent Richardson, James Yoon, & Michael Costa, Patent Purchases and Litigation Outcomes , 2016 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 15 ( Lemley.2016.PatentMarket Who’s Suing Us? PatentMarket ). Professors ).

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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. In 2016, L'Oréal changed the packaging for its Kérastase products. The Court found that these photographs had been put online between 2013 and 2016.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In December 2016 and after substantial work to amend the law, an Australian court ordered the blocking of several pirate sites headed up by the infamous The Pirate Bay. However, the Judge wasn’t satisfied with the approach.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Q: 2016 Kenya law has a detailed framework for protection, bulldozing through all these issues. Q: what happens when brands represent source communities? Also explore indigenous branding from cultural property perspective. Jeanne Fromer: “lands and brands” is a great concept. It’s on the books but never tested in courts.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We thank LaTia Brand of Harrity Analytics and the Stanford NPE Database, described in Shawn Miller et al., Lemley, Erik Oliver, Kent Richardson, James Yoon, & Michael Costa, Patent Purchases and Litigation Outcomes , 2016 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 15 ( Lemley.2016.PatentMarket Who’s Suing Us? PatentMarket ). Professors ).

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

In 2016, The Atlantic did their own expose on widespread plagiarism on Amazon’s self-publishing service. 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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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Conceived by Ruth Handler and named after her own daughter, Barbie has, from its inception, been a driving force behind Mattel’s successful branding efforts, resulting in the sale of over a billion Barbie dolls and the expansion of the franchise into various media, including video games, merchandise, and a live-action movie.

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The IPKat

MARCH 11, 2024

Celebrities are often invited to collaborate to the creation of specific products, or even find themselves at the helm of a brand's artistic direction. A famous Kat Facts Puma SE filed an application to register a Community design on 26 July 2016. The design application is dated 26 July 2016. Handelsmaatschappij J.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Oregon Grain Growers Brand Distillery Inc. 28 (TTAB 2016). Michael Pitsokos , Cancellation No. 92076817 (October 1Alcoholic beverages, except beer; Gin; Liquor; Rum6, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cheryl S. Oregon's only evidence consisted of respondent's unverified interrogatory responses. See Fed.R.Civ.P. Quirk, Inc.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 28, 2023

However, outside the realm of brand marketing, when celebrities make use of a phrase, to the point of it becoming associated to them, it becomes a catchphrase of their own. trademark protection has been granted to catchphrases largely on the basis of creativity, distinctiveness, and proximal association of the brand with the good or service.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 26, 2021

On July 26, 2021, the fashion brand ‘Fear of God’ publicized that they had filed a trademark and counterfeit lawsuit in Illinois in early July against several e-commerce sites operating in China. million worth of fake goods in 2016. Photo by Negative Space (Pexels).

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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. 2016: [link].

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The IPKat

MAY 3, 2022

In 2016, Verstappen was featured in a TV commercial for Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo. In this commercial, a (very accurate) look-a-like of Verstappen, wearing the identical racing outfit Verstappen wore in the Jumbo commercial, delivers groceries in Picnic branded lorry, as depicted below. Background What was the case about?

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 26, 2022

French Military Police Shut Down Site in 2016. But in 2016, ZT ran into serious trouble. In a report published last year titled ‘Illegal consumption of videos in France’ ( pdf ) , ALPA listed ZT and Tirexo-branded domains in first and third positions in its ‘illegal site’ list.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 19, 2022

One of them is the Startup India Action plan 2016 which is a flagship program of the Indian government aimed at creating a robust ecosystem for incubating innovation and startups in the country, resulting in prolonged economic growth and large-scale employment generation. This process can go on forever until the liquidation.

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Patently-O

JULY 19, 2023

Trademarks and trade secrets followed a different path – developing under state common law before later later gaining federal protections; with trade secrets moving federal most recently via the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) of 2016. And, that person’s brand is their name, image, and likeness.

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