Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 17, 2021

There are open auctions, limited auctions, various flavors of ownership for the NFT, and sales of both digital and non-digital assets. Was that ownership transferred, and if so, to whom? What kind of private key do you have attached to that ownership? What kind of private key do you have attached to that ownership?

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 10, 2022

Where an individual or an entity attempts to infringe upon your IP assets or contests your ownership, he can offer valuable guidance and support throughout the evidence gathering and litigation process. Blockchain technology allows for a guarded and secured chain of evidence for IP ownership. Implementing Blockchain.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Lanham Act false advertising: The theory was that Meta misrepresented “the creation and ownership” of Logan’s photos. Dastar doesn’t clearly bar false advertising §43(a)(1)(B) claims in general, but it does bar the claim as pled here: “a copyright claim repackaged under a trademark statute.” 3d 1137 (9th Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

s advertisement for hats, copying Sarony’s Oscar Wilde No. Copyright Office’s decision to deny Kashtanova copyright registration in their AI-generated art places artists’ rights to ownership of their works in question. Over time, courts began to accept that cameras and even computers can be used as tools for artistic creation.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

The well-known company was sued in a California federal court last year for using photos Schroeder took of Sumida posing next to a Volvo S60 as part of a "global advertising campaign" on Instagram without her permission. disputes between domain names and trademarks). Ireland, Italy and Estonia).

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

We are thrilled to announce the judges for this edition: Prof. (Dr.) 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. As always, the topic is open ended, so long as it is related to IP law.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The judges for this edition of the competition were Prof. The Delhi High Court nullified the order(s) passed by the Respondent, regarding rejection of registration of a marks under section 9 and Emblems and Name (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 and ordered for advertisement of the marks. Shubha Ghosh and Prof. Srividhya Ragavan.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

NFTs are units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of (supposedly) unique digital media items. February 2022: Nike sues online retailer StockX for trademark infringement based on StockX’s sale of NFTs for limited edition Nike sneakers that include images of the sneaker. Miles Parks McCollum v. Opulous et al.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For about a decade, courts had realized that IIC had gone way too far, and had expanded liability in ways that didn’t protect consumers and facilitated anticompetitive claims about false advertising. The court or appeals also commented that relying on IIC might change the available damages and relief—but how exactly?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Rather, Plaintiffs allege that Defendants encourage and materially contribute to the development, optimization, and advertising of CSAM on Pornhub. Further, not only are Defendants aware of the CSAM content, but they boast to potential advertisers of their intimate knowledge of users’ interactions with that illegal content.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

One of the most recent examples is the dispute (not yet decided) around the use of the images of the Birth of Venus by Michelangelo in fashion design; the others are the controversy over the use in the advertising of the image of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo [2] and the multiple claims against the use in the marketing of David by Donatello. [3]

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

3] An announcement on SuperFarm’s website noted that the sale would occur on the Ethereum blockchain, and that the auction was significant because it would “set a precedent for how artistically created value and its ownership can be proven, transferred, and monetized seamlessly through a public blockchain.” [4]. Miramax LLC v. 53]. * * *.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

In Europe and the United States at least, every trademark has at least three purposes: (1) It identifies the origin of a product or service; (2) It guarantees consistent quality of that good or service; (3) It serves as symbolic communication as a basis for publicity and advertising. ” (at page 9 and 13). World Intellect. ” Id.

Intellectual Property 52

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

TorGuard’s originality and commitment to its core values are preserved as it continues to operate under its initial ownership – VPNetworks LLC and Data Protection Services. We use a simplified edition of Nagios to oversee hardware utilization, uptime, and latency associated with our VPN/Proxy, devoid of any extra modules.

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