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The Interplay between Religious Sensitiveness and Trademark Law in India

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As a result, the rise of hypersensitivity to religion, religious texts, and religious symbols determines the jurisprudence around the utilisation of such marks under Indian trademark law, even if they are not strictly prohibited. 6] Section 9(2)(b) of the Indian Trademarks Act, 1999. [7] 7] 2005 (3) AWC 2097. [8]

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

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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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A DAVID AND GOLIATH STYLE UGG BOOT DISPUTE

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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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Protection of Color Trademarks under the Indian Trademark Law

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A trademark refers to a recognizable expression, design, or sign uniquely identifying the products or services of a specific source and differentiating them from those of others. A trademark may be located on the packaging, voucher, label, or the product itself. Case No: A3/2016/3082). For more visit: [link].

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

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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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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

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Before jumping into comparative law issues, one should note that these questions are ones of concern beyond lawyers, and have much greater practical importance than “ How many angels can dance on the head of a pin ?” registered trademarks: Elohim—4. places the value of faith to U.S. society at $4.8

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Make Your Mark On History: Connecting Tradenames To Landmark Events, People & Places

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§ 1052(c) on registering marks concerning a living person without permission; this case has the possibility of altering trademark law significantly and allowing current events to be treated similarly to historic events from a trademark perspective. This mark subsequently registered in 2016 without issue.