Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

With brands continuing to explore the opportunities offered by the digital world, do NFTs present a new type of commercial opportunity or a threat? Luxury fashion brand Gucci also invested into The Sandbox, enhancing the purchasing experience by mirroring its ‘Vault’ online store in-game. Or is the answer somewhere in between? ‘The

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

1: Sony Music Ends Copyright Fight with Gymshark Over Social Media Posts. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Sony Music and UK fitness apparel brand Gymshark have settled their lawsuit over Gymshark’s alleged use of Sony’s music in social media posts.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We love sunflowers at Erik M Pelton & Associates as a symbol of growth and renewal, and tie that into trademark and brand protection. It is found throughout nature—from the human body to plants—and creates structure and harmony intentionally by design. The golden ratio is also found in art, music, design and many other places.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

The world’s largest record company says it has a clear view of the legal landscape surrounding AI-generated music. If you’ve been glued to news coverage of the Ed Sheeran trial for the past two weeks, you may have missed an even bigger story from the world of music copyright. The reality is more complicated.

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azrights

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Jenni Romaniuk, in her book, Building Distinctive Brand Assets researched the extent to which various types of brand assets can substitute for the brand name once a brand becomes sufficiently well-known. Brands all start out unknown, using unknown brand elements. Brand Tuned Accreditation Program.

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azrights

JULY 27, 2021

Introducing Brand Tuned. To give businesses the best start in life when it comes to developing a new brand, it is essential that intellectual advice is taken during branding projects so the brand can stand, be distinctive, and use protected IP to remain unique. It’s the very heart and soul of your brand.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2023

The world knows Willie Nelson as a musical icon, a cultural treasure, and a true American original. Another surprising addition to Willie’s intellectual stockpile is his line of eco-friendly guitar picks, made from sustainable materials and designed to biodegrade after use.

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azrights

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Let’s begin by considering the terminology as it’s all too common when it comes to brands to find people have different meanings in mind. The Meaning of Brand. The best way I’ve found to explain brands is by contrasting them to their unbranded commodity counterparts. But brands have a third dimension or a third purpose.

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The IPKat

MAY 30, 2024

Facts of the case Elettra Lamborghini , granddaughter of the founder of Automobili Lamborghini (Lamborghini), has built a career in the entertainment industry, participating in various international reality shows and releasing successful music. through 154 million views of one of her musical videos in 2018).

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Alfred Yen, A Federal Rules of Evidence Perspective on Forensic Musicology and Music Copyright Infringement Juries hear a lot of forensic musicology evidence they shouldn’t which confuses them and leads to poorer decisionmaking in music © infringement cases. Not reliably applied—what constitutes proof is entirely up to the expert.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 24, 2023

Non-traditional trademarks are some of the most interesting and fun topics to discuss in the world of brand protection. They’re not terribly common for most brands, and that’s part of what makes them interesting. Essentially, things that are not made up of logo designs or words. I want to focus on color trademarks.

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Sander Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Examples of Trademarks Below are some of the types of branding you could register as trademarks, and examples of musicians with registered trademarks in Canada and/or US. For music related branding, the following are some of the products and services you would want to protect in your trademark application.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2022

The music industry has had a difficult relationship with new technologies over the past several decades. Earlier this year, the RIAA went after NFT marketplace HitPiece, describing it as a scam site designed to lead fans to believe that they had bought artist-endorsed collectibles. ‘Infringing’ NFTs. Auctions Removed.

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Corsearch

APRIL 19, 2023

With Gen Z ambivalent on the cost of counterfeiting to legitimate brands – and often actively seeking fakes out – how can brands educate consumers about their societal harms? Typically defined as people born between 1997 and 2012, Gen Z are seen by many brands as the number one audience to connect with online.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In this week’s blog, I’ll focus on two pitches and consider what is patentable and the difference between designs and patents. And so in December 2021, he launched an ‘in your pocket music promotions hub’. A trade mark might help to protect a brand name or logo. system, this is basically a registered design. In the U.S.

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The IPKat

MAY 20, 2024

The next day, LES is holding the full-day LES100 Training Course, “Commercialising IP through the Power of Licensing”, which is the introductory course in the Licensing Executives Society’s Intellectual Asset Management Series and it is designed for those who are relatively new to licensing. For more information and to sign up, click here.

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IPilogue

APRIL 13, 2022

Sonic Seasoning: Combining Music with Flavour. have also embarked on projects to provide consumers with “ immersive ” drinking experiences through packaging design, music, taste, and photography. [1]. In 2013, Apple successfully applied for intellectual property protection of the design and layout of its signature retail store.

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IIPRD

JUNE 29, 2022

Louis Vuitton Malletier is a French fashion house and one of the most recognisable luxury goods brands in the world. It was awarded the world’s most valuable luxury brand for six consecutive years (2006-2012), topping even Chanel, Gucci, and Dior. After 12 decades, it has become one of the most identifiable marks on the planet!

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

I made a logo for Bob’s Burgers for selling burgers on Tailor Brands’ logo maker website. If you asked for something that looks like the Starbucks logo, rather than just asking it to design a logo for a coffee shop, that would weigh on the side of what it created being infringement. This isn’t limited to logo design.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Just as communities coalesce around particular musicians, artists, or genres of music, so too do instruments, music labels, and brands. in Philadelphia for trademark infringement , seeking to protect their signature headstock design. In 1977, Gibson sued Ibanez’s US distributor Elger Co. The Allure of a Lawsuit Guitar.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Last week we published 3 posts on the E&Y’s report on music publishing in India, MHC’s judgement clarifying the jurisdiction of a High Court to hear writ petitions against orders of the Patent Office and the CGPDTM’s open house help desk portal. Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. Anything we are missing out on?

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Staple, who has a history of working for Nike and is the registered owner of the Staple Pigeon brand (seen on Lotas shoes), was left out of the litigation between Nike and Lotas. It is hard to imagine that the existence of these sneakers will damage Nike’s brand (worth $160 billion) enough to warrant monetary damages. Photo from MSCHF.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 14, 2023

Yes, sometimes a sound is so closely associated with a business or is intended to be such a brand identifier it can be trademarked. There are some sounds that can’t be registered as trademarks, though, because sound trademarks are subject to the same requirements as “regular” word or design trademarks.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2023

There has been a lot of excitement about whether an AI can be formally designated as an inventor. The well-known herbal liqueur brand went head-to-head with two other deer-branded alcoholic products. Trademarks Marcel Pemsel discussed the recent Jägermeister litigation in Austria and Germany.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Eliezer How to Legally Protect your Board Game with Intellectual Property Law Table of Contents: Copyright Law Design Patents Trademarks and Trade Dress Utility Patents Limitations of Protection Say there is a game that’s been around. To register a design patent, your game’s design must be novel and non-obvious.

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2023

The last panel of the day explored the fact that the Metaverse could provide another hurdle in the rights linked to the music licensing process. Consequently, it would be necessary to build in creative tools for the musicians and artists that want to bring their music to virtual worlds.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 6, 2022

[Section 2(d) refusal of the word-plus-design mark shown below for, inter alia , "non-metal tiles for countertops, walls, sinks, and floors in bathrooms and kitchens," in view of the registered mark BELLAVITA TILE registered for “Non-metal tiles for walls and floors; ceramic tiles; porcelain tiles; glass tiles.”

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 14, 2023

Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music creators by offering thousands of unlicensed sound recordings for free,” the RIAA commented at the time. The music companies requested rulings to establish, before trial, that Spinrilla is liable for direct copyright infringement and that the DMCA safe harbor doesn’t apply.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2024

But a combination of federal copyright registration and state trademark registration for these goods and services may provide an opportunity for cannabis companies to protect the substantial investments made in their brands and offerings. in relation to urban music and the hemp/cannabis industry.” by themselves.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Barbie, a name synonymous with an unattainable standard of femininity and the concept of commercial feminism, was designed to captivate the toy market with all its glittery pink magnificence. Rather, they exhibit a deliberate and strategic attitude, concentrating on the business’s most commercially relevant endeavours.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 29, 2021

WIPO for Creators is an open public–private partnership launched by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Sweden-based Music Rights Awareness Foundation. The news comes shortly after the announcement that Universal Music Group became the first corporate sponsor.

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IIPRD

APRIL 3, 2024

Introduction The Indian fashion market is pegged at an impressive value of $50 billion, out of which 10% consists of international luxury brands. [1] 1] The fashion industry in India is extremely diverse in the type of fabric, labour, design, way of draping, and handwork that is used. Infringement Of IPR – Design or Artistic Work?

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The IPKat

AUGUST 25, 2022

GuestKat Nedim Malovic reported and commented on the background and reasoning of the Second Board of Appeal's decision in Case R 503/2021-2 ( Speculative Product Design LLC v. In addition, the UK Government responded to the call for views on design, which ran from January to March 2022 (see here ).

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 19, 2022

The form of intangible property comprising of skillsets, know-how, business ideas, and strategies have helped in the development and generation of the transborder reputation of several brands. Noting the Difference between a Brand and a Trademark. A trademark can be inclusive of the brand name or something completely different as well.

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Corsearch

APRIL 5, 2024

These sessions, led by esteemed panelists from organizations such as Warner Music Group, Estée Lauder, PwC, and more, explored a diverse range of topics crucial to the modern trademark landscape, which are covered in more detail below. Brand voice: Provide templates to outside counsel for demand letters to maintain brand voice consistency.

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IPilogue

MARCH 14, 2022

and requiring someone to repeat their answer after you zoned out, here is the definition: Non-fungible token (“ NFT ”): a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items, and videos. The mega shoe brand alleges that these sales will confuse customers.

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