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Africa IP highlights 2021 #1: The copyright field

The IPKat

While Morison branded its medicine with the generic “PARACETAMOL”, with reference to its registered trademarks “MSJ” and “MORISON” on the packaging, CPL used the name “CONPHAMOL”. CPL had a registered trademark in the word “Conphamol” and the design of the product packaging.

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Breaking: Italian court grants first injunction against NFTs infringing trademark rights

LexBlog IP

The Court of Rome sets a landmark precedent by granting an injunction against the creator of NFTs displaying images of a football player, reproducing without authorization the registered trademarks owned by Italian football club Juventus FC. Key legal takeaways. The judgement by the Court of Rome is notable in a number of respects.

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Sun Pharma v. Cipla: Madras HC Rejects COVID as an Excuse for Passing Off

SpicyIP

s copyright and registered trademark. The suit further claimed that the Defendant must be constrained from producing, packaging, trading or transacting, or lastly advertising, while dealing in medicative commodities or other products of any description, which bear the mark ‘RESPULE’, because the said mark is owned by the Plaintiff.

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

43(B)log

Plaintiff has seven registered trademarks involving Florida Virtual School or FLVS; two of the registrations are incontestable. While multiple witnesses testified as to Plaintiff’s significant marketing and advertising efforts, that alone is not indicative of strength.

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Intellectual Property Rights for Social Media Influencers

IIPRD

Social media influencers sign contracts with businesses to promote their products by providing original content for such brands. False advertising should be avoided when defaming a product. To protect them, find online trademark registrations, logos, slogans, tags, series names, and their distinctive hashtags.

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Trade Secrets over Patents? What is the Right Choice for You?

Kashishipr

The secret can be technical, like manufacturing processes, pharmaceutical test data, designs, and drawings of computer programs, or it can be commercial, like distribution methods, a list of suppliers and clients, and advertising strategies. It can also be a combination of both. The secret formula of Coca-Cola is locked in a bank vault.

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Importance of Nice Classification

IP and Legal Filings

The Nice Agreement, concluded at Nice in 1957, revised at Stockholm in 1967 and at Geneva in 1977, and amended in 1979, establishes a classification of goods and services for the purposes of registering trademarks and service marks (the Nice Classification).