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Show the pictures to your clients and say “this is descriptive fair use”: Solid 21 v Breitling (2d Circuit RED GOLD)

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Plaintiff has been suing various wristwatch companies over the use of the term RED GOLD. Throughout the twentieth century, many newspapers, advertisements, magazines, textbooks, and other reference materials used the term “red gold” to describe the gold-copper combination.

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Earth, Wind & Infringement: TM owner succeeds against overclaiming "reunion" band

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3d -, 2024 WL 1025265, No. 1, 2024) With the ordinary multifactor confusion test, courts position themselves as looking for empirics (even though the thrust of several of the factors is normative). But with nominative fair use, courts engage in more unfair competition/normative reasoning. Earth, Wind & Fire IP, LLC v.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13- November 19)

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VIII, Issue I [Submit by January 7, 2024] NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue. The last date for submissions is January 7, 2024. Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Vol.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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However, in case such a use does amount to an infringement, the Court clarified that Google, the concerned platform here, will be held accountable and will not be able to claim protection as an intermediary under Section 79 of the IT Act since it effectively sells these marks to the advertisers. Makemytrip (India) Pvt.

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Inside Donald Trump’s Super-Secret Copyright Defense

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Why “Electric Avenue” was deemed to be the perfect song for this incredibly ridiculous video is anyone’s guess, but here it is: The complete “Trump Train” advertisement, in all of its nonsensical glory. What We Know Fast forward three years and Grant’s lawsuit is still chugging along the tracks.