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Malaysian Financial Market

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A multi-year effort is underway to modernise the financial market infrastructure of Malaysia. Various initiatives have been undertaken by Bank Negara Malaysia to promote market stability and develop new payment and settlement systems. The goal of these projects is to enhance the market’s resiliency and internationalisation.

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Anti-Trust & Big Tech Market

IP and Legal Filings

This expanding impact of Big Tech within and outside the market has regulators increasingly concerned about economic problems, prevention of competition, data privacy issues, media domination as well as political concerns, and even the democratic process itself. Demystification of Shri Sonam Sharma v Apple Inc. &

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Descriptive mark Bike+ w/minimal marketing fails to show reverse confusion

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WCT’s principal testified that he continued developing a new version of the Bike+ app from 2017 until 2020, writing “over 2.4 All of Peloton’s marketing materials that mention the term ‘Bike+’ are also branded with the [Peloton] mark.” Actual confusion: none, despite market coexistence since September 2020; favored Peloton.

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Court Says “You May NOT Amend Your TOS by Posting New Terms to Your Site”–International Markets v. Thayer

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The most recent court to scowl in the direction of a company that purported to unilaterally update its terms-of-use agreement with little or no notice to users was Int’l Markets Live, Inc. Int’l Markets at 5. Reading the language of Int’l Markets and Dropbox , I think the answer should be no, but I haven’t seen a court say as much.

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LulaNO: The Legal Future of Multi-Level Marketing Companies

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Founded in 2012 as a multi-level marketing company (“MLM”) selling women’s clothing, LuLaRoe reached 80,000 distributors by 2017. Throughout this blog post, I take a legal look at both multi-level marketing companies and their close relation to pyramid schemes and Ponzi schemes. MLMs are nothing new.

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Trademark Enforcement In E-Market : Challenges In Identifying The Infringer And Holding Them Accountable

IP and Legal Filings

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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EUIPO Fifth Board of Appeal rules out that sale of spare parts for Ferrari’s Testarossa is genuine use of the trade mark

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Pursuant to Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 (EUTMR), a trade mark which has not been put to genuine use by its holder within five years after its registration may be liable to revocation unless there are valid reasons for its non-use.

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