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Playing From The Rough: Kirkland Signature™ Irons and The Doctrine of Equivelents

Patently-O

TaylorMade Golf Company teed off a dispute over golf club design and filed a patent infringement lawsuit on January 31 st, 2024, in the Southern District of California against Costco and Southern California Design Company alleging infringement and false advertising relating to five of TaylorMade’s patents related to golf irons.

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Dastar bars federal anticopying claims, but not state ones?

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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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Local Medical Supply Store Sued for Selling Counterfeit Products

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

for trademark infringement, false advertising and patent infringement. The company holds several patents and trademarks related to its products, including its flagship product, the EMSCULPT device. Indianapolis, Indiana –The Plaintiff, BTL Industries, Inc. 5,572,801 and 6,069,279.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

Whilst there are conflicting views as to whether this technological concept should be taken seriously, it is without a doubt that metaverse is appearing more frequently in company’s branding efforts. Patents Kluwer Patent Blog reported on a recent Danish High Court (Eastern Division) on a long running patent infringement case.

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Critical Analysis on Intellectual Property Rights and its components.

IIPRD

For example, noodles people prefer Maggie over other companies noodles because of the uniqueness in the packaging, taste and also the advertisement which creates an impact on customers to buy the product. The brand image is created of the company. There is a law in India, which protects patent infringement that is Patent Act, 1970.

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SPIN Trademark Has Peloton Wrapped Around the Axel

The IP Law Blog

Consider some of the brands that were once protectable trademarks and are now generic – Elevator, Cellophane, Aspirin, Murphy Bed, Thermos, even YoYo. Consistent use of the ® or symbol and also using the brand name along with the general name such as Kleenex brand tissue is a way brand owners can attempt to avoid genericide.

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Skinny Label Avoids Infringement

Patently-O

The Federal Circuit largely rejected this argument — holding that filing the ANDA in this situation cannot constitute infringement under Hatch-Waxman. The Patent Act does define a form of patent infringement that consists of filing an ANDA with the FDA seeking to manufacture a drug covered by someone else’s patent.

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