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Amazon escapes liability for its Brand Registry advertising

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21, 2023) Deetsch alleged that he owned design patents for CPAP pillow products, which the Lei defendants infringed. They also allegedly used Deetch’s image in ads and on packaging, and allegedly falsely claimed on Amazon that their pillow products “were designed in the United States but are manufactured in China.”

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Copyrightability Of Designer Clothes And Costumes

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Introduction An artist’s ideas, be it for a renowned painting, sculpture, novel, technological design, jewelryor fashion are his own. However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. A copyright protection is the ability of a designer to protect his original designs through the copyright laws.

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Lower Price Alternative? Comparative Advertising and Trademark Infringement

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Comparative advertising is an effective marketing technique, in which a company’s product or service is compared to its competitor’s. Consumers are more willing to try out new things if they are assured that the new product is comparable or superior to those made by well-known brands. Operations (“Constellation”).

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Ping® – Arts, Entertainment, Media and Advertising Law News – Protecting Furniture Design Keeps Getting Harder

LexBlog IP

– a leading furniture brand and purveyor of the iconic Eames Chair Design – suffered a loss at US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in its bid to protect as “trade dress” the design of the chair. Herman Miller, Inc. In re Ennco Display Sys. 56 USPQ2d 1279, 1282 (TTAB 2000); In re Parkway Mach.

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How to Avoid the Biggest Brand management Mistakes

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Apple and MacDonalds are household brands that have lost their EU trademarks in recent years, meaning that third parties may now freely use ‘Think Different’ and Big Mac in the EU. What this means is that the legal system shifts the burden of proof so that the brand owners need to show that they’re still genuinely using their marks.

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Amazon Sues Influencers For Promoting Fake Designer Items

IP Law 360

Amazon launched a pair of lawsuits Wednesday in Seattle federal court against social media influencers, accusing the two women of using their profiles to advertise knockoff luxury brand products as part of a scheme with third-party counterfeit sellers.

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Why Every Business Needs a Brand Manager

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Do you: Know what ‘brand’ means and signifies to the value of your business? Have the knowledge and skills in Brand IP and branding to be your own brand manager? You as the business owner need a solid understanding of Brand and IP so you can be its brand manager. Why brand management?