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Intersection of Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law with respect to Cross Licensing Agreements

IIPRD

Hence, the concept of cross licensing agreement has originated with the intent to help various organizations in sharing patent licenses along with their rights and liabilities leading to their easier access to masses and reduction of monopolistic market tendencies. Cross-licensing agreements can both restrain and advance competition.

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LulaNO: The Legal Future of Multi-Level Marketing Companies

LexBlog IP

Founded in 2012 as a multi-level marketing company (“MLM”) selling women’s clothing, LuLaRoe reached 80,000 distributors by 2017. In 2016, the company, led by a husband-and-wife team, reported sales of approximately $1 billion. MLMs are nothing new. Based on these numbers, the future for MLM companies is bleak.

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The Changing Jurisdictional Journey of Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law

IIPRD

Introduction Competition law and intellectual property rights (IPR) are like two different sides of the same coin, as they both work to ensure vibrancy in the market and promote consumer welfare. In the legal world, competition law and IPR law are often represented by a term, i.e., “friends in disagreement.” [1]

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

The UK IPO has launched a public consultation on the post-implementation review of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, regarding whether the 2016 amendments achieved their objectives. Common Market Law Review has announced the 2021 Prize for Young Academics. The call for views is open until August 31.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

As of this writing, there is no explicit regulation governing the NFT market or the way NFTs should be produced, acquired, gathered, coined, etc. 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.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 6- March 11)

SpicyIP

SpicyIP intern Sukarm Sharma discusses this ongoing dispute, in light of the CRI 2016 guidelines and the Ferid Allani order. Call for Papers: NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review (Vol. The deadline for submissions is April 18, 2023. The court however rejected both these contentions.

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Can Celebrity Catchphrases be Intellectually Protected?

IIPRD

Some classic examples of catchphrases in the commercial market include Nike’s “Just Do It,” KFC’s “Finger Lickin’ Good,” Thums Up’s “Taste the Thunder,” Redbull’s “Give you Wings,” among others. A trademark is a marketing tool, valid in India for ten years once granted and can be renewed further.