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Concept Of Trademark Bullying: Forceful Enforcement Of Trademark Rights In The Name Of Protection

IP and Legal Filings

The modus operandi of bullying and legal threats which are baseless by large entities gets initiated by serving a cease and desist notice which contains threats of instituting a trademark infringement suit. Conclusion In the world of trademark owners Trademark bullying is a persistent issue.

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It’s Not a Bag, it’s a MetaBirkin!

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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. On December 16th, 2021, Hermès sent a cease-and-desist letter to both OpenSea and Rothschild, notifying them of the “blatant violation of intellectual property.”

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Let the Chips Fall Where They May: Hershey Sues Californian Cookie Maker

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Hall Law School. . On September 28, 2021 , The Hershey Co. In response, on August 28, Hershey sent a cease-and-desist order on its Kisses trademark, which led to the September 28 lawsuit. Photo by Ashley Kirk ( Unsplash ). Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue?Writer, Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow,?and

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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. The Hermès-Rothschild Dispute. Concluding Remarks.

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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. Case: Alphavector India Pvt.

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

The IP Law Blog

3, January/February 2021, by the American Bar Association. The Supreme Court first looked to the section of the Lanham Act governing remedies for trademark violations, 15 U.S.C. 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.