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copying competitor's website & reviews creates (c), TM, false advertising problems

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It had a similar color scheme, page layout and website architecture, font type, and artwork and photographs to Boston Carriage’s. It also allegedly resumed promoting and advertising the domain name “logan-car-service.com” and re-routing visitors to its own website. Boston Suburban registered the domain name “logan-car-service.com.”

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

And the number of active trademark registrations in the USPTO database is larger than ever. Additionally, since late December 2021, when new procedures went into effect, the USPTO has received around 100 expungement petitions and about 100 re-examination petitions to get rid of registrations for marks that are allegedly not in use.

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(c), TM, and other claims from busted partnership to sell colored copper fixtures

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CC has a recent trademark registration for a design mark “consist[ing] of the stylized wording ‘COLOR COPPER.COM”, [with] a diamond shape between the wording ‘COLOR’ and ‘COPPER’ made up of four smaller diamonds, each diamond having a pattern inside of it,” COPPER.COM disclaimed. There’s no written agreement” will do it.] 1” therein.

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Dastar prevents misrepresentation of source of IP from being material

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Restellini alleged copyright infringement and related claims in connection with WPI’s digitization of certain material about the artist Amodeo Modigliani. WPI counterclaimed against Restellini and third-party Institut Restellini SAS – Documentation Centre alleging copyright infringement and false advertising.

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Intellectual Property Rights for Social Media Influencers

IIPRD

One of the most significant methods to safeguard material on social media is through copyright. The reason for this is that copyright encompasses all types of original literary, artistic, musical, theatrical, cinematographic, and other works. Even a tweet is protected as a literary work under copyright. Trademarks. Conclusion.