IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

Trademark infringement has grown more complex and pervasive, ranging from counterfeit goods to digital squatting and keyword advertising. Using trademarks in domain names, linking, framing, meta-tagging, and framing are a few methods that could lead to trademark challenges.

Trademark 83

Trademark Social Media Advertising Advertising 83

SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2022

The Indian Trade Marks Registry is also seeing activity under classes 9, 35 and 41 for registration of trademarks in relation to ‘downloadable virtual goods’ and online virtual services. The definition of these terms is unclear. Some examples under class 9 include: S.No. Application date. Description (shortened).

Non-Fungible Tokens 122

Non-Fungible Tokens Trademark Artwork Art 122

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Panel #2, TM, moderated by Vice Dean Felix Wu Jack Daniels says that use as a trademark is special: like copyright’s bête noire, confusion caused by trademark use is the central concern of trademark law. That doesn’t mean that 43(a) couldn’t go beyond classic trademark protection. Then, in Lexmark v.

Trademark 59

Trademark Fair Use Registration False Advertising 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Nor could Google place ads in Plaintiffs’ marketing brochures or superimpose ads on top of Plaintiffs’ print advertisements without Plaintiffs’ permission and without paying Plaintiffs’ price. By definition, those updates change the previous website renderings to a new website rendering. Are we really doing this again? Implications.

Licensing 89

Licensing Copyright Contracts Advertising 89

IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2023

A fundamental principle of trademark law permits the owner of a well-known trademark to forbid third parties from using it in a manner that would lessen its distinctiveness. In accordance with a provision of trademark law known as trademark dilution, the owner of a brand may.

Trademark 71

Trademark Registering Trademarks Trademark Law Branding 71

43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. What about fragmented literal similarity based on use of clips from the 2001 Documentary (no clips from the 2003 Documentary were allegedly used)?

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Trademark Copyright Editing 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The Court held that “diagnostic” under Section 3(i) should neither be construed narrowly, limited to only in-vivo or definitive diagnosis, nor broadly to include any process “relating to” diagnosis. The central issue here was whether Section 3(i) is restricted to only in vivo tests practices on the human body. Bolt Technology v.

IP 124

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124