Kashishipr

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In the ongoing highly competitive working business environment, the elements of a good advertisement are likely to be copied or imitated by others in the industry. Brands and businesses are now exploring more innovative ways to advertise their offerings, i.e., products or services. Defendant no. Vini Cosmetics Pvt.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Reason Behind This Evolutionary Development Brand and companies have made it a trend to evolve from time to time creating variants over their original/ main or core mark. It strengthens brand awareness, builds a better rapport, and a more intimate Business-to-consumer relation which builds trust and faith in their product.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Keen to attract eyeballs wherever they might be, many of the world’s biggest brands exchanged cold hard cash for an appearance on prominent pirate portals. has performed well, on Wednesday it announced Project Brand Integrity 2.0. still aims to defund pirate sites and protect advertisers from undesirable associations.

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43(B)log

APRIL 25, 2023

A jury found that defendant HBI engaged in unfair competition and violated the Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act (IUDTPA” in its packaging and promotional activities for its RAW Organic Hemp branded tobacco rolling paper products. There was no special verdict form.

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azrights

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The brand name and codes play an important role in the management of competition. Inevitably competitors will try to capture some of the market shares of any brand that discovers a lucrative market opportunity. Some will copy blatantly, others are more savvy so will copy what they calculate they can get away with.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The court says that Amazon “easily satisfies” this factor: Plaintiff’s claims are all based on the theory that Defendants ‘continue to allow unlawful sellers to maintain their accounts’ and ‘permit them to advertise’ on Defendants’ website. This argument has failed so many times. Google opinion.

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azrights

MARCH 15, 2021

There are two drivers of brand asset strength: uniqueness and fame. For example, when you see the swoosh logo of the Nike brand you know it represents Nike even though it may be featured on its own with no name accompanying it. If an asset is less famous, it is more likely to be mistakenly attributed to a competitor’s brand.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of advertisements on social media for perfumes that offer the same fragrance as a luxury one at a reasonably affordable rate. If you have come across such ads and have wondered whether such use of a mark infringes the mark of the luxury brand, then you are not alone.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 22, 2022

The statements were “commercial advertising meant to sell a product, and generally there ‘can be no constitutional objection to the suppression of commercial messages that do not accurately inform the public.’” The First Amendment has long coexisted with no-fault false advertising laws. The California Supreme Court reversed.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Luxury jewelry company David Yurman on Friday accused the predominantly internet-based retailer Mejuri of copying its designs and trying to "freeride" off its reputation and advertising.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2021

It is difficult to remember a time when keyword advertising did not dominate the internet. Most search engines, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo, maintain keyword advertising programs which allow advertisers to bid on search terms and keywords that drive customers searching for a particular product or service to their website.

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azrights

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The difficulty with colour as a brand identifier is that there is no interim legal protection available to rely on as you build up recognition. Where you do not have any legal rights in an asset, as you won’t have with colour in the early days of your use of a colour, you are largely powerless to tackle competitor copying.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

Earlier this month, the ecommerce site Etsy announced that they are launching a new intellectual property portal that they hope will make it easier for brands, creators and other rightsholders to report listings that are infringing on their rights. Users login with their Etsy account and then first register their brand.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 27, 2023

24, 2023) WS sued Wayfair, alleging patent infringement, Lanham Act false advertising, Massachusetts and California statutory unfair competition and Massachusetts false advertising based on alleged copying of West Elm products. Wayfair moved to dismiss the false advertising and unfair competition claims.

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azrights

JUNE 19, 2023

Unless a business has intellectual property protecting its innovation, such as a trademark, patent, copyright, design, or trade secret, competitors are free to copy its differentiation strategy immediately. The brand name is a prime way to protect innovations. The name had become a shortcut to explain the concept of loyalty programs.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Hollywood believes that these ‘cam’ copies cause significant damage to the cinema industry, an opinion shared by the UK’s Film Distributors’ Association. Sources confirm that the copies were traced back to two multi-screen cinemas, both of them in Liverpool, the location mentioned by PIPCU.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 28, 2022

17, 2022) Along with the headline-worthy nature of the claim (“ITALY’S #1 BRAND OF PASTA” plausibly falsely communicates Italian origin), the decision contains an extended discussion of judicial notice on a motion to dismiss v. incorporation of documents into the complaint by reference, both often significant in false advertising cases.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

On the occasion of the opening of a new store in NY, the well-known clothing brand created a collection of NFTs based on digital copies of works of famous artists such as Miró, Tàpies and Barceló, incorporating various outfits of the collection available at the store, to be displayed in the Decentraland Metaverse, at the coordinates 16.78

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Fashion Week season is the chance for fashion brands to show their flair and dynamism by launching new creations, ready to be devoured by buyers, influencers, journalists, consumers, and unfortunately, also by competitors. Unfair competition may protect your fashion items against copying in two scenarios. Fashion show: a work of art?

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azrights

JUNE 19, 2023

Although Tesco received an inadequate service from its advertising agency, chances are that at the time, Tesco didn’t realise its agency had delivered a poor service! It’s the same reason why the branding industry gets away with delivering a poor service to clients. It impacts business design and branding.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The site offered downloads and streams of roughly 12,000 pirated copies of movies and 26,000 TV shows. The true purpose of the site was obvious and its operators publicly advertised it as the best way to watch entertainment without paying. This free-for-all approach generated serious advertising revenues for the site.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2023

Initially, the site was promoted as a commercial advertising platform but soon transformed into a full-blown piracy portal pulling in millions of visitors each month and generating large sums in advertising revenue. ” TorrentFreak obtained a copy of the official verdict from Taiwan prosecutor Harris Chen.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 27, 2023

26, 2022) [much other stuff skipped] The parties had a false advertising dispute that went to a jury, which found that FIGS wasn’t liable for falsely advertising the antimicrobial properties of its scrubs. FIGS’ alleged copying of SPI’s products was not relevant to false advertising. 2022 WL 18399950, No.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 1, 2023

For both individuals and businesses, trademarks stand as valuable assets, offering protection for unique brands, logos, and slogans. Typically, this occurs after the trademark agency has examined and published the application for advertisement. The Applicant should then proceed to forward copies of the evidence to the Opponent.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

This is a case involving a trademark owner and a competitive keyword advertiser. That’s certainly true for high-profile and well-advertised consumer items like fast food chains, mass-market phones, and major car labels, but is it true in this particular niche? Google * Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 20, 2022

When a lawsuit directly attacks a site’s ability to operate using specific domains or branding, for example, the ‘hydra effect’ comes into play. Of course, websites are easily copied so the MPA’s investigation went beyond graphics and text. Another term referencing a similar problem relates to piracy platforms.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. Copying designs as well as creating replicas of any sort which closely resemble the general composition or the original blueprint infringes the right of the creator. The submission of hard copies of the logos or decorations is essential.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

These films eventually end up online, often with branding from gambling companies, who appear to see these releases as a great advertising venue. — A copy of IIPA’s response to USTR’s request for comments concerning Russia’s Implementation of its WTO Commitments is available here (pdf).

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

They by using social sites such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat , and many other,create ad revenue, brand endorsement prospects, as well as other income sources. There is a need to understand that the content published is available to anyone and everyone with internet and can be copied and used.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

All of these sites have long since disappeared, but interestingly their brands live on. It’s perhaps fitting that sites that relied heavily on copying are being copied themselves; the original operators can hardly complain about that. According to various estimates, Putlocker.com still has roughly 4,000 visitors per day.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. They’re successful brands: approximately $300,000,000 annually in sales of Zenú products and $100,000,000 in sales of Ranchera products. For the first two, Industria failed to show literal falsity.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 27, 2023

Spiralverse removed the original paperback glue bindings from the copies it purchased, punched holes in the pages, and installed spiral bindings. Spiralverse listed its modified copies for sale on Amazon at prices of $29.99 It’s desirable for making it easier to turn pages for performance etc. Was this literally false?

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 5, 2022

In the market, a trademark performs the following four functions: Identifying the goods/services and their source of origin; Guaranteeing the quality of goods/services; Promoting and advertising the goods/services; and. Creating a brand image for the goods/services in the minds of the public at large. Trademark Search.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In summary, H3 says that when it showed the fight along with biting commentary on YouTube, that was fair use, even though the video shown was sourced from a pirated copy of the PPV event. TEI), the company behind various H3-branded channels, filed a counter-complaint against counter-defendant Triller. Last week, Ted Entertainment, Inc.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. It currently accounts for about 15% of the entire revenue spent on global advertising. As per a report, influencer marketing investment is expected to reach $15 billion in 2022. How to Ensure Compliance with IP?

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This means, theoretically, that elements such as the Superman “S” can be protected by copyright because they are separate elements that are merely copied onto the clothing. Bringing us back to our Juice Demon, the elements that are copied include the striped suit and tie. The second limitation is masks. Bottom Line.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 26, 2022

for unlawfully manufacturing, importing, advertising, marketing, selling, and distributing unauthorized, counterfeit versions of its popular CAKE brand of hemp-derived Delta-8 products. Here, however, AKF didn’t allege that Mothership ever marketed, sold, or advertised the “Cake” mark. AKF sued LCF etc. 3d 1068 (9th Cir.

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