IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A thorough awareness of intellectual property laws is crucial, regardless of your career goals—be they that of a fashion designer, singer, filmmaker, or just someone curious about the legal side of entertainment. Copyright and trademark are the most important IP rights in this industry.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

Several times, we see that luxury brands come up with limited edition products, whether it is cars, watches, cosmetics, chocolates, electronics, etc., Protection for Limited Edition Products under Trademark Law. Copyright is considered to subsist in a creative work upon creation once it has been rendered in tangible form.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Grimaldi grounds, the district court’s grant of summary judgment to MTV on the resulting trademark claims. Flora-Bama logo The Flora-Bama has been featured in artistic works by third parties. Yet both artists won.” Likewise, they submitted no evidence of confusion between any of those works and MTV’s show.

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Artistic Work Television Trademark Trademark Law 64

LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

The highly anticipated jury verdict in the Hermès litigation over MetaBirkins NFTs has some important takeaways for both artists and sellers of NFTs as well as brand owners. Rothschild asserted that, due to the artistic nature of his NFTs, all of Hermès’ claims were barred by the First Amendment. 2d 994 (2d Cir.

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Litigation Artistic Work Branding Brands 52

Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that a trademark claim concerning “a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey” which, as a play on words, turns the words “Jack Daniels” into “Bad Spaniels” and the descriptive phrase “Old No.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

Trademarks – A trademark helps identify, indicate, classify, and differentiate the source of products or services of one from those of others. Content creators and social media influencers should obtain the permission of the trademark owner whose brand name or product is displayed on their social media posts or stories.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Summary of current treatment: Although courts have often referred to “expressive” or “artistic” works as shorthand for the scope of Rogers, they have applied it to speech that quali?es The answers are yes, no, and sometimes, a list both comprehensive and dismaying. But there are several remaining problems. The 9th Circuit in Bosley v.

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IIPRD

JUNE 14, 2021

Right from the lanes of Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar, to the high-end fashion brands like Manish Malhotra and Sabyasachi, the people of the country have dynamic tastes and never-ending interests! Copyright vests in original, literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, and when such an idea is converted into a concept, it becomes copyrightable.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 20, 2023

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously decided the trademark parody case captioned Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. The Court made plain that using a senior user’s trademark as a trademark in a parody does not implicate First Amendment concerns. S. _ (2023) (hereinafter “Slip Op.”).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 16, 2023

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that a trademark claim concerning “a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey” which, as a play on words, turns the words “Jack Daniels” into “Bad Spaniels” and the descriptive phrase “Old No.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Cease and Desist Trademark Designs 52

LexBlog IP

JUNE 16, 2023

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that a trademark claim concerning “a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey” which, as a play on words, turns the words “Jack Daniels” into “Bad Spaniels” and the descriptive phrase “Old No.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Cease and Desist Trademark Designs 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

In a twist, however, it is not copyright law, but rather an expansive view of trademark law, that poses this threat. Jack Daniels asserts that the Bad Spaniels toy infringes on its trademark and dilutes its brand. Trademarks are a cornerstone of our shared cultural vernacular. Constitution’s First Amendment.

Fair Use 52

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

VIP Products, Jack Daniel’s, the maker of the popular whiskey brand, filed a lawsuit against VIP Products, a company that sells a dog toy shaped like a whiskey barrel. Jack Daniel’s argued that the toy infringed on their trademark, as the shape of the whiskey [bottle] is closely associated with their brand.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 24, 2023

The Supreme Court heard oral argument this week in not one, but two trademark cases with huge implications on commercial activity in the U.S. require the Court to consider exactly how far trademark law can go in regulating conduct in the face of competing public policy interests. and abroad. Both Abitron Austria GmbH et.

Trademark Law 52

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

She writes and teaches in the trademark law area, and recently wrote a paper with Professor Christine Haight Farley that focuses on speech-protective doctrines in trademark infringement law.] VIP Products LLC, a dispute involving a “Bad Spaniels” dog toy parody of Jack Daniel’s brand of whisky. 1114(1) or 15 U.S.C.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Begin with legislative action: Trademark Modernization Act, Which introduces three of the big themes of the year: (1) trademark use, (2) the harm of infringement, and (3) the role of the First Amendment in limiting the scope of trademark rights. Slides here.

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