IIPRD

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Influencing others via social media is one of the most influential and efficient method of marketing and they get good pay out from it. Ensuring Compliances of IP laws Trademarks and logos: On media platforms, names and emblems are commonly used to advertise companies and services, both visually and orally.

Social Media 59

Social Media IP Intellectual Property Copying 59

IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2022

The players in the tourism industry have started relying on social media and other digital platforms to promote and advertise their goods and services. The laws governing copyright cover a variety of materials used in the tourism sector. are a few examples. Collective marks have also been used successfully in the tourism business.

Intellectual Property Law 77

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Law Social Media 77

Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Through this, the former aims to monopolize the market and kick out any remotely similar business operating under the mark. This is often perceived as a means of brand building and a way to assert and secure their position and goodwill in the market to avoid losing customers or market share to the smaller entities.

Cease and Desist 40

Cease and Desist Trademark Due Diligence Intellectual Property 40

Kashishipr

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Where it is a public sector entity, like a government initiative or a university, there is often the pressure of publishing and disseminating information at the earliest; whereas the private sector is usually free of such challenges, and major consideration is laid on the nature and value of the researched object or invention.

Patent Application 105

Patent Application Patent Inventor Invention 105

The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

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.

Copyright 89

Copyright IP Ownership Copyright Infringement 89

IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Government institutions like the U.S. The risks include unauthorised use and infringement, technological obsolescence, and the marketable nature of IP as collateral. The Government of India has made constant efforts towards commercialization of IP by undertaking various policy initiatives. IP Financing Policies in Asia.

IP 40

IP Intellectual Property Branding Brands 40

Kashishipr

JUNE 9, 2021

The services are advertised on the idea that customers can store the files for offline usage, and that is a unique selling point of the service, and it thus is not incidental. It is an attempt to extend the statutory licensing to ‘internet broadcasters.’

Music 98

Music Licensing Television Copyright Infringement 98

Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

Artists also may own registered trademarks in their names for use as source identifiers. As I explained in my discussion of the Rick Astley lawsuit , right of publicity and trademark law provided viable claims to Bette Midler and Tom Waits when imitations of their voices were used in advertising.

Music 88

Music Copyright Copying Copyright Law 88

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Delhi High Court directs Registry to advertise KFC’s ‘Chicken Zinger’ trademark. Case: Kentucky Fried Chicken vs The Registrar Of Trade Marks on 7 February, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Delhi High Court set aside the impugned order and directed the Respondent to advertise KFC’s Chicken Zinger trademark.

Designs 52

Designs Design Trademark Cease and Desist 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

The Court restrained the Defendants from manufacturing and marketing the drug, but given the importance of the drug in treating diseases such as cancer, allowed the Defendants to exhaust the stock available with them. The court held that puffery in advertisements is allowed as long as the assertions made are reasonable. and Ors. ,

Registration 52

Registration Trademark Copyright Registering Trademarks 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Dabur India Limited vs Mi Lifestyle Marketing Global Pvt. The Court observed that there is a need to balance the necessity of granting the interim relief with the principles governing non-compete clauses. The court held that puffery in advertisements is allowed as long as the assertions made are reasonable. DRS Logistics (P.)

IP 59

IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 59

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 20, 2022

The registration of your product holds enormous significance as it ensures your mark isn’t misrepresented in the market, safeguards your goodwill, ensures control over advertising and branding, and the list can go on. Under The Trademarks Act 1999, a trademark if registered comes to be known as a registered trademark.

Trademark 75

Trademark Service Mark Registration Registering Trademarks 75

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The plaintiff was granted, through an agreement, an exclusive non-transferable, non-assignable license for selling, supplying, and distributing the defendant’s brands in domestic and international markets. This case involved Sun Pharmaceuticals allegedly infringing Cipla’s copyright and registered trademark.

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

The idea has spread across all market sectors, and now luxury fashion retailers have joined the tokenization bandwagon. The principles that govern the luxury fashion industry are similar to those that govern other industries. This endows NFTs with the unique qualities that make them so desirable.

Non-Fungible Tokens 40

Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property Ownership Branding 40

LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

provid[es] an estimate of the fair market value of goods and services provided by religious organizations, and. market for religious publishing and products at $6.8 But just a quick look at the USPTO’s Trademark Electronic Search System (or TESS ) databases reveals many live deistic trademarks include as all or part of a U.S.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Invention Trademark Copyright 52

43(B)log

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I’m going to talk briefly about last term’s Jack Daniels case—a trademark infringement and dilution case—as well as Elster, argued last week, in which the Justices appeared inclined to reject a First Amendment challenge to the refusal to register the claimed mark “TRUMP TOO SMALL” for t-shirts.

False Advertising 75

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Trademark 75

43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

My former student Grace McLaughlin has written an excellent note about the fact that these putative trademarks don’t serve human trademark functions—it’s very hard to remember them or distinguish one random string from another random string in terms of knowing what you’ve seen before—and has proposed some possible responses from the PTO.

IP 94

IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 94