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Who Owns a Disputed Social Media Account? – JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. See “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ” and “ Another Confused Entry in the Social Media Account Ownership Jurisprudence–JLM v. (See We blogged this case twice before.

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Can You Copyright or Trademark a Logo Designed by AI?

LexBlog IP

Keep in mind the generators are trained on existing material, including things that are protected by copyright and trademark law and registration and patents. There have been some court decisions on this precise topic, but the law is not completely settled. But what rights do you have to what it creates for you?

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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

SpicyIP

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).

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Significance of Smell in Trademarks

IP and Legal Filings

Taking ‘odour’ as the basic constituent, plain elucidation of the chemical substance used would not be sufficient or lets say is not an acceptable standard for registering as a trademark. dissimilarity between the existing marks either in terms of shape, size, color, picture serves the essentials of a trademark.

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THE CONSUMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT: BOOKING-DOT-WHAT, BOOKING-DOT-TRADEMARKED

JIPL Online

com” at after a generic word, “Booking,” still makes “Booking.com” generic within traditional trademark law [xiv] and (2) the fact consumer identify “Booking.com” doesn’t change the fact that it is still generic and thus ineligible for trademark registration. [xv] at 2304 (2020) (describing the definition of a “generic” term).

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Trademark Class Choose Wisely To Avoid Objection

IP and Legal Filings

Examples of service categorization classes include: Advertisement, business administration, business management, and office functions are all part of Class 35. Trademark law prohibits the registration of a mark that indicates the nature of the goods. Class 41: Education, training, amusement, and so on. Avoid well-known brands.

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2021 IP Year in Review

IPilogue

Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First? Introducing the College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents. DABUS was granted patents in Australia and South Africa, with the Federal Court of Australia citing that while only humans can be owners, the definition of “inventor” is more flexible. David Vaver.

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