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[Guest Post] UPC Munich Local Division rules that advertising products under the same name creates a risk of patent infringement

The IPKat

In a case involving a patent for herbicide compositions, the UPC Munich Local Division was asked to consider whether the alleged infringer's marketing of a product within the Contracting Member States under the same brand name as a clearly infringing product sold outside the Member States created a risk of first (or imminent) infringement.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Trade marks

The IPKat

Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2023 – the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, it’s about the trade marks. Tinderet is an area in Kenya.

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Chegg Is Likely to Prevail on Its Anti-Scraping CFAA Claim…But Doesn’t Get an Injunction–Chegg v. Doe (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In addition to providing Chegg’s for-pay services online for free, Homeworkify has used and continues to use Chegg’s name in Google Advertising. But if defendant scraped all the data before getting a cease-and-desist letter and while it still had valid access, no degree of subsequent misuse creates a CFAA claim. The horror!

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sending emails under former employees' names may be reverse passing off

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CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC, 2023 WL 9022893, No. 29, 2023) loanDepot alleged that CCM, its chief competitor, “improperly poached” 32 employees, and CCM and various former employees. LoanDepot.com, LLC v. 22-cv-5971 (AS) (S.D.N.Y. The false association/coordinate state law claims survived. Ankura Consulting Grp.,

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[UPCKat] Revisiting lessons from the first ex parte UPC preliminary injunction in myStromer v Revolt

The IPKat

Revolt Zycling , UPC_CFI_177/2023. myStomer tried to include Austria in the injunction too by way of a rectification of the order but this request was dismissed on 30 June 2023. Eurobike 2023" is an important leading trade fair that has considerable relevance for the entire industry. EUR for each contravention.

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Lawsuit Targets Genshin Impact Hackers ‘Akebi Group’ & ‘Crepe Team’

TorrentFreak

A named defendant and others yet to be fully identified now face a full-blown lawsuit after allegedly failing to comply with the terms of a cease-and-desist notice. These matters in the U.S. sit in stark contrast to events currently unfolding in Canada’s Federal Court. and 30 days for $19.99.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In November 2023, X corp. seeks only damages based on the reactions of advertisers (third parties) to CCDH’s speech in the Toxic Twitter report, which CCDH created after the scraping. The alleged “harm” here was a report that painted Twitter in an unflattering light and caused Twitter to purportedly lose advertising revenue.