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. How can such rights be enforced under the existing legal framework?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

What will be the most creative advertising tagline? Will any of your old favorite marketing campaigns be brought back? How many advertising controversies will emerge? Can any one commercial eclipse the advertising power of Taylor Swift being in attendance? Which celebrities will be featured?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Therefore, the need to safeguard one’s name becomes apparent, and Intellectual Property Rights offer a means to address this concern. However, the prevalence of unauthorized use of renowned person names in advertisements has become a concern.

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Chicago IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Creator of the Year Committee is seeking nominations for its 2022 Creator of the Year Award. Trademark Law: A powerful branding program that combines a strong trademark or service mark and a memorable advertising and marketing campaign.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The process for registering a trademark in India begins with the filing of an application with the Intellectual Property India (IPI), the national trademark office. These laws ensure that businesses and individuals can secure their intellectual property rights and prevent the unauthorized use of their trademarks.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of advertisements on social media for perfumes that offer the same fragrance as a luxury one at a reasonably affordable rate. He comes from Firozabad, UP, and is looking forward to building his career in Intellectual Property Rights.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Creator of the Year Committee is seeking nominations for its 2022 Creator of the Year Award. Trademark Law: A powerful branding program that combines a strong trademark or service mark and a memorable advertising and marketing campaign.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 6, 2023

Trademark infringement is the unauthorized use of a trademark which is one of the various ways in which intellectual property rights are violated. In layman, language trademark is a sign that assists distinguish the product of a particular firm from the products of other firms of similar nature.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 4, 2021

The relatively new advent allows the marketers to put the barcodes on several different items and allow smartphone users to scan them and discover more information. QR codes originated in the automotive industry and are now commonly used in advertising, payments, product tracing, and detection of counterfeits, etc.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 24, 2022

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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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

To answer that and other questions about Halloween costumes, we have to step back and look at how copyright and trademark law apply to costumes. Intellectual Property Trouble from Costumes. For the most part, these issues of copyright and trademark are only really relevant to those that make and sell costumes.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The Trademark Laws of different nations prevent third parties and entities from using a Registered Trademark , which is undoubtedly crucial considering the amount of time, money, effort, and hard work that goes into building a widely recognized and viable brand name.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2023

Not to mention, it allows for almost infinite expansion, allowing marketers to design apparel of any size. The gaming and metaverse platform Roblox helped Gucci develop a variety of immersive themed locations that were inspired by the brand’s various advertising campaigns.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

The trademark law firmly establishes that a trademark owner reserves the exclusive right to use the trademark and enforce the same. Through this, the former aims to monopolize the market and kick out any remotely similar business operating under the mark.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Slogans are brief, memorable words that are commonly used in advertising to promote a specific company. Companies seek to protect the value of their trademarks since they can be quite valuable to the brand. Using a mark as an advertising slogan, on the other hand, does not prevent it from being registered as a trademark.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2024

Kevin is a second-year law student at NLSIU Bangalore. His passion lies in understanding the intersection of economics and public health with intellectual property rights. During the proceedings, the Court observed and penalised the Defendants for false advertising and contemptuous conduct.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

For instance, famous Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has registered his name “Shah Rukh Khan” and the initials “SRK” as a trademark to protect his publicity rights. Publicity Rights Under Indian IP Law In India, there is no direct statute that governs publicity rights in the intellectual property law regime.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 5, 2023

Introduction Trademarks are recognised phrases, words, or symbols that designate a certain item and lawfully distinguish it from all other items of the same type. A trademark is a valuable intellectual property that businesses use to differentiate their brand from their competitors’ in the market.

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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. Plus, let’s not lose sight of the users’ agency–they are the ones responding to the marketing signals. First Amendment.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

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? Not yet, anyway.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 20, 2021

It has marketed its software under the name “SmartSync” since 2004 and obtained a trademark for SmartSync in 2007. Ironhawk also argued that because Dropbox had previously attempted or explored acquiring it, that Dropbox itself recognized that Ironhawk had a potentially larger market.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” provid[es] an estimate of the fair market value of goods and services provided by religious organizations, and.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Can “honest concurrent use” be used as a defense against a trademark infringement claim? Lokesh, highlighting its history, argues that honest concurrent use is a principle of trademark law and is not limited to a provision. Delhi High Court directs Registry to advertise KFC’s ‘Chicken Zinger’ trademark.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Third Circuit ruled today that Section 230 doesn’t preempt publicity rights claims because they qualify as “intellectual property” claims. ” Not only has it been proven a zillion times that property rights often harm free markets, but this concern doesn’t fit Hepp’s situation at all.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

As 2023 commences, it’s time for companies to review and take stock of their intellectual property assets. This applies to companies that have never taken serious steps to protect intellectual property and companies that understand the value of intellectual property and take active steps to secure and protect those assets. .

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The Court of Appeals affirmed the previous decision of the district court which found that Australian Leather had wilfully infringed Deckers’ “UGG” trademarks by selling less than 15 pairs of UGG branded boots in the U.S.,

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

sophisticated generative AI that’s enabled by large language models, which trains on our intellectual property, violates copyright law in several ways. But I think it’s very important governments around the world interpret and enforce the existing laws correctively [sic]—correctly and actively.

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Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Today, several generic terms that we use, such as ‘escalator,’ ‘xerox,’ ‘cellophane,’ sound common but were once protected as trademarks. Simply put, trademark genericization is the death of the mark as it no longer acts as a source indicator of the brand owner. For more visit: [link].

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 18, 2021

Therefore, the adoption of a series of marks to commercially market goods and services would not suffice the creation of a family of marks. The same is majorly influenced by the mode of use, nature of advertising, and inherent nature contributing to the inherent distinctiveness of the mark owing to its common characteristics.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 8, 2021

For sophisticated businesses with large marketing budgets and new products, it is strategically wise to file an Intent-to-Use trademark application. The reason for this stems from the fact that few, if any sophisticated business will wait until product launch to risk jeopardizing the loss of trademark rights. Lower Risk.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 28, 2023

Now, as a practical matter, parodies won’t confuse when differences in marks, markets, or message, typically ridicule, signal that the brand company didn’t make the joke. Jack Daniel’s advertised in its self-serious way that Jack is everyone’s friend, and Bad Spaniels is a parody playful in comparing Jack to man’s other best friend.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

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. ’ How are then these common words registered as a trademark?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 28, 2023

Now, as a practical matter, parodies won’t confuse when differences in marks, markets, or message, typically ridicule, signal that the brand company didn’t make the joke. It has no sound basis in trademark law or, indeed, in the First Amendment. [I]f ” She continued: “Parodies can be confusing.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Trademarks perform the following functions- Trademark or logo helps identify the goods and services easily: A trademark serves as a means of identification for a certain brand, corporation, or other entity, allowing it to be clearly distinguished from the other brands on the market.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This indicates a vast consumer base and a thriving market for goods and services in India, providing ample opportunities for manufacturers and producers to introduce their products. In recent years, this economic potential has attracted global brands to expand into the Indian market.

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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. The Court held that the use of the Google Ads program undisputedly qualifies as advertising, which falls under Indian trademark law.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In an effort to connect with a younger, tech-savvy consumer base, more and more firms are deciding to debut their products and advertise them electronically through the Metaverse. The race to protect intellectual property rights in the Metaverse is under way, despite the fact that there is still some scepticism about the concept.

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