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A Year Since Hermès Verdict: The Tussle Between Trade Mark Rights and Artistic Freedom Continues

IP and Legal Filings

The advent of state-of-the-art technology has especially brought this tussle to the fore, exacerbating the conflict between the two competing rights. Secondly, by refusing to recognise NFTs as ‘Art’, the jury went with a very narrow interpretation of what is ‘Art’ and who qualify as ‘Artists’.

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Understanding the Role Intellectual Property Plays in Mergers and Acquisitions

Kashishipr

In simple terms, it pertains to the original creations of the human intellect, including inventions, symbols, designs, artistic works, literary works, and so on. Such rights confer an exclusive right to the owner of the IP asset to utilize his unique creation fully for a given period.

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Fashion In The Metaverse : The Law And Protection

IP and Legal Filings

This may be simpler in the case of employee-created works that will be converted into digital or NFT assets, but less so when an independent contributor is involved. Expansion of Legal Protections By deterring imitated products, trademarks safeguard a company’s identity and the image of its brand(s), especially in the Metaverse.

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Protecting Your Brand: How to Remove Counterfeits from Alibaba

Corsearch

We also explain the most effective approach: using Corsearch’s AI-fueled technology and dedicated experts to save you time and deliver a sustained reduction in infringement across Alibaba’s marketplaces. Conversely, Lookalikes and replica products intentionally exclude trademarks from their design and packaging.

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Trademarks vs. Copyrights for Startups

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

However, filing for trademark registration, copyright registration, or both may be a good idea for your startup depending on your individual situation. Trademarks and copyrights offer different protections. If you want to have a better understanding of what steps to take to protect your startup’s technology, keep reading.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 26 – August 1)

SpicyIP

In a guest post , Shivam Kaushik discusses the copyrightability of fonts and typefaces from an artistic work perspective under the Copyright Act, 1957. A German Federal Court ruled in favor of Lindt & Spruengli and accorded its gold bunny chocolate’s foil wrap trademark protection. July 29, 2021].

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

SpicyIP

on December 20, 2023(Delhi High Court) Image from here The Plaintiff owned 5 Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) relating to wireless communication technology which the Defendants were allegedly using in their mobile phones being sold under the brand name of OnePlus without the license to do so. Read Jyotpreet Kaur’s post to know more.