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Surprise! Another 512(f) Claim Fails–Bored Ape Yacht Club v. Ripps

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

.” Most of the opinion discusses the trademark implications of Ripps’ rival NFT collection. With that framing, trademark law protects against the unwanted competition, and the court treats this as an easy rightsowner win. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017?

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Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute

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This article seeks to examine how trademark law interacts with the freedom of expression of artists to choose the subject matters they wish to engage with, using the dispute between Hermès, a fashion industry giant and Mason Rothschild, a digital artist, as a contextual backdrop. Concluding Remarks.

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Meeting of the Minds: The Price of Recklessness: Disgorgement of Pro?ts in a Post-Romag World

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10 According to Fossil, the equity courts historically required plaintiffs to establish willfulness, or its historical equivalent, to obtain a profits award in trademark disputes. But even if the Court put aside these issues, its own survey of the case law was less convincing than Fossil would have had the Court believe. & ECON.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 6- February 12)

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Can “honest concurrent use” be used as a defense against a trademark infringement claim? Lokesh, highlighting its history, argues that honest concurrent use is a principle of trademark law and is not limited to a provision. Delhi High Court Imposes Costs worth INR 2 Cr. on Triveni Interchem Pvt.

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It’s Not a Bag, it’s a MetaBirkin!

IPilogue

The Birkin’s distinctive shape has acquired a secondary meaning, such that its trade dress has a trademark registration with the US Patent & Trademark Office. The Birkin’s hefty price tag — a Diamond Himalaya Birkin sold for over $400,000 in 2017 — has made it a prime target for knockoffs. Future of Fashion in the Metaverse.

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Evaluating the Constitutionality of Viewpoint-Neutral Trademark Registration Laws That Do Not Restrict Speech—Vidal v. Elster (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Examples of trademark experts with this view include professors Rebecca Tushnet and Jennifer Rothman ; attorneys Megan Bannigan, David Bernstein, Timothy Cuffman , and Jon Jekel ; and news reporters from the New York Times ( Adam Liptak ) and Bloomberg ( Greg Stohr ). Tam (2017) and Iancu v.