IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

These E-commerce platforms make it simple to access consumer goods from a computer or smart phone, but they also, by their very nature, make it simple for counterfeiters to market their counterfeit goods. In the year 2017 the market value of the E-commerce was $38.5 Nakul Bajaj &Ors, [Civil Suit No. 344/2018]. [6]

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Board sustained Section 2(d) oppositions to the word-and-design marks shown immediately below, for Asian-themed cuisine and for restaurant services featuring same, finding confusion likely with opposer's common law mark RAMEN HOOD & Design (shown to the right) for Asian-themed restaurant services. menus and other printed items.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Overview of current legislation in China.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

It will also inspire plaintiffs to bring more negligent design claims against Internet services–a looming tsunami of litigation. I’ve blogged this case three times before, in 2017 , 2018 and 2020. The Ninth Circuit reversed, saying that the plaintiffs could plead around Section 230 by alleging defective design.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2024

Serial ‘Entrepreneur’ Tests Out Piracy Market A MEN report claims that 42-year-old Jordan Longbottom ran a ‘successful’ business selling pirate TV devices from his static caravan in Wales. When his plane touched down in March 2017, police welcomed him back onto British soil by placing him under arrest.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The phrase comes from Lizzo’s 2017 song Truth Hurts (remade in 2019) that has become a viral sleeper hit. Unlike patents and copyrights, trademark law is not designed to reward the creative endeavor of invention or authorship. The original line in the song is “I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 100% that b h.”

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Elkhart, Indiana – Phoenix USA RV, Inc. , (“Phoenix USA”) founded in 1996 designs, builds, markets, and sells custom motor homes to customers through authorized retailers across the United States. In 2017, Phoenix USA sold to the current owners Chuck and Tina Cooper. Continue reading.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 11, 2023

FDA grants interchangeable designation to Pfizer’s adaliumumab biosimilar – On October 5, 2023, Pfizer Inc. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated ABRILADA (adalimumab-afzb) as an interchangeable biosimilar to HUMIRA (adalimumab). announced that the U.S. ml dose and a 20 mg/0.2 ml dose.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Given this inconsistency, in 2017, the scope of the Italian patent box was narrowed by excluding the income generated by the use of trademarks (Article 56 of Decree-Law no. 50 of 24.4.2017).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2022

The quest for practical and entertaining cases often raises various dilemmas with companies: they are forced to come up with new and quirky solutions in an ever-growing competitive market where children are also in focus. These had been circulating on the market since, at least, 2017.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

China has taken a further step towards aligning its regulations with the international protection system for designs. On June 1, 2021, the most recent reform of the country’s Patent Act entered into force, which includes significant changes to how industrial designs are regulated. Key reforms.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 30, 2023

As we previously reported , the FDA first approved CYLTEZO in 2017, and in 2021 approved its supplemental Biologics License Application as the first and, at present, still only, HUMIRA® (adalimumab) biosimilar to receive interchangeable status. Stay tuned to Big Molecule Watch for continued updates on this topic.

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IPilogue

APRIL 12, 2022

In 2017, AmoGood was involved in the first Chinese legal action against movie recap producers. Autoai Design Co., The market for this content has continued to grow, with an increasing number of creators uploading videos to YouTube and various video platforms. G Movie began producing movie recaps in 2017 and has 1.84

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 31, 2022

University of the Basque Country broadens first responder app market and simplifies device certification process. These differences make it challenging to design effective tools, resulting in barriers to entry for the creation of public safety communication tools in the marketplace. Impacts on the global market.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Rothy and Birdies compete in the shoe market. Rothy’s launched its knit loafers in 2017; Birdies launched its product in 2021 and Rothy’s sued for infringing three of its design patents. For invalidity, the district court concluded that the prior art wasn’t quite good enough to find the design obvious.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2024

Gilead brought an infringement action and applied for provisional measures against Mylan before the Finnish Market Court in 2017. The Market Court granted provisional measures against the marketing and sale of Mylan’s generic medicine in 2017. Also in 2019, the Market Court declared Gilead’s SPC invalid.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 3, 2022

SB5 received EU marketing authorization in August 2017. According to the presentation, the PROPER study was “designed to provide insights into outcomes of the transition” from Humira to SB5 “outside the controlled, randomised, clinical trial setting.”

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azrights

OCTOBER 27, 2023

What can go wrong when trademarks are not used consistently is apparent from a 9 year trademark dispute between Lacoste and Crocodile in New Zealand which concluded in 2017 with Lacoste losing its crocodile trademark. In Lacoste’s case the registration gave it a broad monopoly over the concept of a crocodile design.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The plaintiff, NOC, is a teenager who has copyrighted designs in hand-drawn dots that Target allegedly copied in the clothing line. However, Target’s allegedly infringing works apparently were designed no later than December 2017. Reposted to Instagram in 2017 and got 168 likes and 4 comments. Target Corp.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In Canada, under section 64(2) of the Copyright Act , it is not an infringement of copyright to reproduce the design of a “useful article”, so long as more than 50 copies are made. In Pyrrha Design Inc. where original jewellery designs are automatically protected under copyright law as sculptural or pictorial works.

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IIPRD

JUNE 29, 2022

The monogram was designed to help them brand their firm and prevent copycats from trespassing on their turf. Fashion and luxury goods manufacturing requires a great deal of imagination, from the designs of the garments to the patterns, shapes, logos, symbols, and names associated with them. IP PROTECTION LOUI VUITTON PRODUCTS HAVE.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Among the reasons behind the decline in manufacturing jobs: the competitive challenge from global markets, plus highly productive industries, such as communications, finance and business, also are appealing to more workers. Many now are high-tech , from design and marketing to administration, finance and sales, and cybersecurity.

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The IPKat

MARCH 10, 2022

The IPKat's favourite Le Pliage When you have a handbag design bestseller with over 54 million copies sold around the world since its creation in 1993, the question concerning the IP rights vesting in it is not just an academic one. All this was at the centre of a recent decision of the Milan Court of First Instance ( decision 10280/2021 ).

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

Government of India enacted the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 and the act came into force with effect from May 1, 2017. As a result, the Maharashtra government also issued the following regulations: Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Officers and Employees (Appointment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2017.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Businesses that prioritize diversity within their leadership ranks are better positioned to adapt to rapidly changing markets, leverage a wider range of perspectives, and capitalize on new opportunities. January 23, 2018), [link] [6] Deloitte, “The Business Case for Diversity,” (February 2017), [link] [7] U.S. customer base. [6]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

However, those arguments were more theoretical than empirical; there weren’t a lot of high-profile examples of a mass-market consumer service deploying this strategy. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. Musk has bridged that gap. and the transition to a Web 3.0 Following the Lemmon v. TikTok bans.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 26, 2021

With all things moving virtually, we are starting to see new strategies for the counterfeit market. Web designers can effectively imitate popular online retailers or claim to be resale sites authorized to sell the trademarked items, promoting uncertainty as to which sites are counterfeiters. million worth of fake goods in 2016.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

” In May 2017, LinkedIn sent hiQ a C&D and blocked its IP addresses. In August 2017, the district court: found that hiQ showed a likelihood of irreparable harm, crediting hiQ’s assertion that the survival of its business was threatened absent a preliminary injunction. hiQ sought relief from the courts.

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The IPKat

APRIL 20, 2022

Check again your shopping basket as the CJEU, in joined cases C-148/21 and C-184/21, will determine whether and under what conditions the operator of an online marketplace may be found liable under Article 9(2) of the EU Trade Mark Regulation 2017/1001. PermaKat Eleonora Rosati wrote an article about those referrals and summarised it here.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

When applicants submit an international trademark application through this system, it undergoes scrutiny by each designated country’s national trademark office. In India , the Trade Marks Act of 1999 and the Trade Marks Rules of 2017 outline the legal provisions related to provisional refusals.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

That’s by design–the DMCA was designed to resolve matters outside of court. Now, imagine the rightsowner also overclaimed trade dress protection for its sage leave design. Benjamin. * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Chen appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The popular brand and emblem of the Rossoneri club cannot be registered beyond the Italian Alps for the manufacturing and marketing of official gadgets and, as a matter of fact, anything else relating to office stationery material. A German based company, very prolific in such business area, has already registered the name "Milan".

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The complaint states that Boomer is the author of the massively popular Roblox games Weight Lifting Simulator (released in 2017/18) and a game with a similar theme called Muscles Legends (2019). New Lawsuit Filed in the United States A new lawsuit filed in a California court this week faces no such obstacles.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 24, 2022

In a 51-page opinion, the Board affirmed a refusal to register the product configuration shown below, for "handbags," finding the design to be generic and, alternatively, lacking in acquired distinctiveness: "Handbags embodying the proposed mark are so common in the industry that such product design is not capable of indicating source and.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 28, 2022

The Board dismissed Kate Spade LLC's opposition to registration of the mark WOLV & Design (shown below left) for watches, finding the mark to be too dissimilar to the KATE SPADE word mark and the "spade logo" mark (below right) to support opposer's Section 2(d) likelihood-of-confusion and its Section 43(c) dilution-by-blurring claims.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

France and Switzerland used to fight for the exclusive rights to the “Controlled Designation of Origin” for Gruyère. Most importantly, Canada has been strengthening its cooperation with the EU by the expansion of GI in 2017, and only a request with specific information is required to file a GI application.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

By integrating 16 nations’ markets, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) aspires to make it simpler for each nation’s goods and services to be available throughout the region. By 2050, the predicted $0.5 One of ASEAN’s most liberal and open economies is Cambodia. Conclusion.

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