Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

It is also called a brand name because it contains names, symbols, logos, and taglines that help to identify and differentiate a company’s goods and services from those of others. Customers can simply differentiate between the brands they were looking for. Customers can identify the brand and its products by a glance.

Business 52

Business Trademark Registration Cease and Desist 52

Kashishipr

MARCH 2, 2022

A trademark registration certificate that you receive after getting your proposed trademark approved from a country’s Trademark Office is just the first step in the journey of your trademark ownership. You may see your trademark rights getting diluted and possibly canceled through litigation.

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Registering Trademarks Trademark Registration Trademark Law 105

IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

NFTs have indeed transformed the world of digital assets and ownership, with sales as high as $2.47bn only 6 months into 2021. Tokenisation and Ownership of Digital Assets under NFTs. For instance, the $66K NFT sold by the popular American digital artist Beeple carried a resale value of $6.6mn dollars. IP Implications under NFTs.

Non-Fungible Tokens 40

Non-Fungible Tokens IP Ownership Intellectual Property 40

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The decisions in the first category , i.e., Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 3, 2023

“DISH claims it entered into signed, written licensing agreements with the Networks granting DISH the exclusive right to distribute and publicly perform the Channels by means including satellite, over-the-top (OTT), internet protocol television (IPTV), and internet,” DataCamp’s filing informs the court.

Copyright Infringement 75

Copyright Infringement Settlement Copyright Copyright Law 75

43(B)log

APRIL 28, 2022

He also hosted a reunion and golf tournament in 2007 and engaged in other referential activities; he managed royalties from the licensed USFL apparel from 2011-2021. American Classics responded by sending a copy of the License Agreement between American Classics and Ehrhart, and other records relating to the royalty payments. “In

Licensing 45

Licensing Advertising Advertising Registration 45

SpicyIP

JANUARY 29, 2024

SpicyIP Tidbit)Nokia- Oppo SEP Litigation: The Dust (Dispute) Finally Settles! Tech giants Nokia and Oppo enter into a cross-licensing agreement ending their patent disputes across multiple jurisdictions! are entitled to collect royalties and can issue licenses, despite not being a copyright society.

Music 59

Music Intellectual Property Copyright IP 59

43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

Now, Bollywood copies Hollywood, but they use licenses—how does that compare? Licensing is also one way to do it [which seems to conflict with the idea that without this you’d get home-grown plots etc.]. Another use: branding function for purposes of parody/humorously assert rights or ownership. Grynberg: do people use ®?

IP 72

IP Copying Marketing Marketing 72

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As a result, the legal issues rarely are litigated any more. * * *. Underlying this litigation is an epistemological question: what does a “canonical” version of a web page look like? We need to know more about this license. WhenU concluded that trademarks was a dead-end. ” Wait, what? Trespass to Chattels.

Licensing 89

Licensing Copyright Contracts Advertising 89

43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Musicologists in litigation: (1) identify formal similarities—instrumentation, chord progression; (2) opine on how aesthetically similar/significant those similarities are; (3) opine about the rarity of similar features; (4) opine that copying did or didn’t occur. Open Source Smell Culture: perfumers can share formulas using CC licenses.

Music 52

Music Art Copying Licensing 52

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2022

This being an important part makes the brand owner avoid any further litigation. Request of mark ownership transfer and publishing the transfer. Request to register a license to use a mark and publishing the license. Bahrain does not allow any multi-class application and a separate application needs to be filed.

Registration 52

Registration Trademark Trademark Law Publishing 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In a footnote, the court acknowledges the law is “evolving” with respect to employer ownership of social media accounts: The law on the ownership of a social media pages created by employees for employers is evolving rapidly and varies between jurisdictions. Steps Brand Owners Can Take to Deal With Brandjacking on Social Networks.

Social Media 80

Social Media Contracts Ownership Business 80

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The decisions in the first category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

IP 124

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

on 10 May, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The defendant filed an application seeking cost of litigation from the plaintiff. Intergrow Brands Pvt. The Court expressly held that ownership of copyright by producers does not limit the composers copyright. Case Summaries Dolphin Mart Private Limited v. Avenue Supermarts Limited & Anr.

Trademark 45

Trademark Advertising Advertising Copyright 45

LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

3] An announcement on SuperFarm’s website noted that the sale would occur on the Ethereum blockchain, and that the auction was significant because it would “set a precedent for how artistically created value and its ownership can be proven, transferred, and monetized seamlessly through a public blockchain.” [4]. Miramax LLC v.

Non-Fungible Tokens 52

Non-Fungible Tokens Social Media Contracts Branding 52

Above the Fold

OCTOBER 31, 2021

At the same time, manufacturers contend that they are now more limited in protecting their ownership rights, including employing the use of anti-jailbreaking features, and there is a concern that consumers might be able to access proprietary information more easily.

Copyright 52

Copyright Ownership Technology Government 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. These contracts can be used for establishing and enforcing IP agreements like licenses and permit payment transfers in real-time to the IP owners.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. These contracts can be used for establishing and enforcing IP agreements like licenses and permit payment transfers in real-time to the IP owners.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. These contracts can be used for establishing and enforcing IP agreements like licenses and permit payment transfers in real-time to the IP owners.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings. BPCIA Litigation. Antitrust Litigation. Biosimilar Approvals and Launches in 2020. Conclusion.

Litigation 52

Litigation Settlement Marketing Marketing 52

IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First? While filing trademarks is important for brand protection, the examination stage can take upwards of two years to complete. Giuseppina D’Agostino. IP Innovation Clinic ChatBot Launch Event by Bonnie Hassanzadeh. By Meena Alnajar. David Vaver. 2000 SCC 66 at para.

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IP Copyright Infringement Inventor Intellectual Property 106

43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Mark McKenna: Another explanation was maybe these bespoke regimes weren’t addressing actual problems; overrepresentation of people w/specific litigation interests. Consider compulsory licensing as a midway point here as well. Ownership is of linguistic description of structural properties of invention.

IP 45

IP Invention Designs Design 45