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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

In May 2007, the label mark ‘SOYA DROP’ was registered. Since then, it has been continuously used and has even acquired reputation and goodwill in the market. According to NTC, the SSPL label mark was only a registered trademark, and therefore, it couldn’t be used as an artistic work.

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China: Recycled Packaging and Trademark Infringement, a Questionable Decision in the Tsingtao Beer Case

IP Tech Blog

The case was adjudicated in 2022 by the Weihai Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Shandong Province in favor of Tsingtao Brewery and has been selected as a model trademark enforcement case by the State Administration for Market Regulation. Is this however a case of trademark infringement? Tsingtao’s choice.

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

IP and Legal Filings

However, it is unlikely that people with deep pockets who often find themselves in the waitlist for Hermès bags be fooled by virtual unaffiliated products in the NFT market. 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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China: Recycled Packaging and Trademark Infringement, a Questionable Decision in the Tsingtao Beer Case

LexBlog IP

The case was adjudicated in 2022 by the Weihai Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Shandong Province in favor of Tsingtao Brewery and has been selected as a model trademark enforcement case by the State Administration for Market Regulation. Is this however a case of trademark infringement?

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

Characters are often protected by copyright, even if their fashion is not, but they are also routinely protected by trademark. The name Beetlejuice, for example, has multiple registered trademarks related to it including registration number 4863369, which covers the use in “Clothing for men, women and children…”.

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Africa IP highlights 2021 #1: The copyright field

The IPKat

While Morison branded its medicine with the generic “PARACETAMOL”, with reference to its registered trademarks “MSJ” and “MORISON” on the packaging, CPL used the name “CONPHAMOL”. CPL had a registered trademark in the word “Conphamol” and the design of the product packaging.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

As of this writing, there is no explicit regulation governing the NFT market or the way NFTs should be produced, acquired, gathered, coined, etc. Copyright: NFTs are closely related to artworks that are the subject to copyright and related rights protection. Image source: iStock].