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Book review and discount code: Commercialising Celebrity Persona

The IPKat

The book examines how the advertising, merchandising, film and television, and sports video-games industries use persona as a key component of their products. Chapter three identifies and analyses three influences on behaviour, namely; law, desire to collaborate via contract, and social norms. The code can be found below.

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SEC DROPS THE HAMMER ON KIM KARDASHIAN

LexBlog IP

On October 3, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against Kim Kardashian for violation of the anti-touting provision of the Securities Act, Section 17(b), specifically for “touting on social media a crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax without disclosing the payment she received for the promotion.”

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Look Back, Look Ahead: State Attorneys General Enforcement – Part One

LexBlog IP

Last month, as part of BakerHostetler’s “Look Back, Look Ahead: Advertising and Marketing Law in 2021 & 2022” webinar series, partners Craig A. Ultimately, the California enforcers reached a financial settlement with the clothing brand that includes injunctive terms governing future conduct. Takeaway No.

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ACE Expands to Become a Lean and Mean Anti-Piracy Machine

TorrentFreak

Five years ago , several of the world’s largest entertainment industry companies teamed up to create a brand new anti-piracy coalition. In addition, advertising companies and payment processors help to cut off revenue to pirate sites and services, when appropriate. all over the globe. Putting a Number on It?

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where cross-examination exposes lack of TM confusion, out-of-court confusion "evidence" becomes less credible

43(B)log

2, 2024) Some interesting comments on when individual instances of “confusion” don’t count, as well as their relevance to evaluating out-of-court social media etc. While multiple witnesses testified as to Plaintiff’s significant marketing and advertising efforts, that alone is not indicative of strength.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

Brands have recently begun to co-opt this form of communication in an attempt to capitalize on the prevalence and effectiveness of memes. [ii] ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. xxii] Keyboard Cat Wins a Settlement with Maker of the Game “Scribblenauts” , THE SPOKESMAN-REV.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 13- May 19) 

SpicyIP

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant not only manufactures the impugned product but also promotes the same on social media. The defendant claimed defence under comparative advertising, that it does lead to disparagement and that the plaintiff does not hold registration over the blue colour in question. Intergrow Brands Pvt.