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Trademark Infringement in the Digital Age

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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.

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Advent of AI Voice Generation and Threat to Personality Rights

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There are no separate legal provisions for these rights and they have been included under the existing Intellectual Property laws. A very common way of marketing a product is to have it advertised and endorsed by celebrities that the public holds in good opinion. References: [link] [link] [link] [1] CS (O.S.)

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Right of Publicity Part 2

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the Apex Court held that one of the inherent aspects of the right to privacy as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution is the right to prevent others from using the person’s name or likeness without his consent for advertising or non-advertising purposes. State of T.N., RFMLR (2018) 1 Titan Industries Limited v.

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Saving your Mark from Trademark Genericide

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Today, several generic terms that we use, such as ‘escalator,’ ‘xerox,’ ‘cellophane,’ sound common but were once protected as trademarks. Consumers stop referring to the trademark as a proper noun for the brand owner’s product but refer to it as a common noun to mean a product category.

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India – Trademark Protection in the Hospitality Industry

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Therefore, to protect your business in the hospitality industry, you must seek protection via Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) , specifically by registering your hotel or restaurant brand name and logo as trademarks. Relationship between Trademark Law & the Hospitality Industry.

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Can Common Terms Be Trademarked?

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We know that brands try to make their trademarks as unique and distinctive as possible to attain the highest level of protection under the Trademark Law. ’ Common or generic terms are usually not protected under trademark law. Let us find out some of the ways of trademarking these terms.

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Mischief, Manifestation, and the Michelin Trademark!

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Sunanda Bharti on the Michelin Stars and its interaction was trademark laws. Bharti is a Professor of Law at Delhi University, and her previous posts can be accessed here. Image from here Mischief, Manifestation, and the Michelin Trademark! As an IP enthusiast, the author perceives this as a trademark matter.