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What are the intellectual property rights for startups?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Trademarks: Trademarks safeguard brand names, logos, symbols, or phrases that distinguish a startup’s products or services from competitors’ Registering a trademark ensures exclusive usage and prevents others from causing confusion among consumers. Firstly, trademarks ensure brand exclusivity.

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The DTSA Ex Parte Seizure Provision Was Always Bad Policy–Janssen v. Evenus

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Among other provisions, it created a brand-new remedy, the ex parte seizure order, that allows trade secret owners to grab allegedly stolen trade secret items before they are spirited away from judicial process. The manufacturer patented the drug but keeps the “data, specifications, and methods for manufacturing the drug confidential.”

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Amazon Patent Attorney: How to Win Patent Violations

Patent Trademark Blog

Patent agents do not litigate and, therefore, have little to no infringement experience. To win a patent violation on the e-commerce platform, you need an Amazon patent attorney with experience in infringement litigation. However, they cannot file patents for others although they can litigate IP cases.

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Fatal Mistakes Made By The ‘Bored Ape Yacht Club’ & ‘Crypto Punks’ NFT Projects

Traverse Legal Blog

These NFT drops offer valuable learning lessons which every NFT project, brand, and company must consider before launching their NFTs project. These two projects offer a roadmap for any company, brand, or agency looking to launch an NFT project. The “Crypto Punk” brand name is a trademark.

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[Guest post] High Court reins in polo-themed trade mark claims

The IPKat

Background This case concerns the latest instance of litigation brought by Lifestyle Equities (Lifestyle), a licensee of the BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB mark, against another polo clothing company – this time the UK-based Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club (RCB). The Court said neigh.

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ACE Expands to Become a Lean and Mean Anti-Piracy Machine

TorrentFreak

Five years ago , several of the world’s largest entertainment industry companies teamed up to create a brand new anti-piracy coalition. Confidential agreements with domain registrars and registries, for example, help to efficiently take down domain names. This has been a key driver of many recent successes. all over the globe. .

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: The AIA at Ten – How Much Do the Pre-AIA Prior Art Rules Still Matter?

Patently-O

We address these questions empirically by analyzing the effective dates of patents and patent applications currently being litigated or pursued. We estimate that ~90% of patent litigations initiated in 2020 included a patent with an effective filing date before the AIA transition date of March 16, 2013. Who’s Suing Us? COVID-19Impact).

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