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A National Right of Publicity: the Federal Anti-Impersonation Right (FAIR)

Patently-O

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. It is common for litigation to assert both. What do you think?

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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. Trademark infringement, however, isn’t like copyright. Bottom Line.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

While NFT platforms are not yet specifically regulated, they are subject to the provisions on Electronic System Providers (“ESPs”) contained in several regulations, as follows: • Law No. 11 of 2008, dated April 21, 2008, regarding Electronic Information and Transactions, as amended by Law No 19 of 2016, dated November 25, 2016.•

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Nintendo vs. Garry’s Mod: Dissecting the ‘Fake’ Domain Behind All the Chaos

TorrentFreak

Similar notices dated 2016 , 2017 , and 2018 , fail to raise any obvious red flags and since the first and last were processed by GitHub, people can be confident they received considerable scrutiny. In other parts of the notice, takedowns were requested under trademark law.

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Hot Take on the Wavy Baby Decision (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

2016), aff’d , 674 F. 2016)) traded on the goodwill of Louis Vuitton; it is what made them attractive products. trades in on the goodwill of Dr. Thus, we learn nothing from the Second Circuit about how the new trademark use test should be applied going forward. Haute Diggity Dog, LLC, 507 F.3d 3d 252 (4th Cir. 3d 425 (S.D.N.Y

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Connect 4: Trade Dress Infringement and Secondary Meaning

The IP Law Blog

P and P Imports (“P&P”) sells outdoor games under its GoSports brand, and in December 2016, it began selling its “Giant 4 in a Row Game” that was based on the classic tabletop version. The Ninth Circuit first recognized that “proof of copying strongly supports an inference of secondary meaning.”

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Getting Your Trademark Registered In Saudi Arabia

IP and Legal Filings

In the Saudi Arabia, trademarks are governed by the Trademarks Regulation, Royal Decree No M/21 of 28 Jumada Awal 1423 Hejra (corresponding to 8 August 2002), and its Implementing Rules of the same year. Trademarks are also governed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Trademark Law, which Saudi Arabia adopted on 27 September 2016.