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Critical Analysis on Intellectual Property Rights and its components.

IIPRD

For Example, Person A used the trademark of Nike to defraud the public and to cause the loss to original Nike by selling duplicate products. So, this is an infringement of trademark and Nike can sue Person A for using its trademark without consent and causing loss to its goodwill. The brand image is created of the company.

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Prof. Christine Haight Farley Explains the Pan American Convention and the COHIBA Decision

The TTABlog

First, this decision is the latest in an ongoing saga focused on two globally valuable Cuban trademarks: COHIBA for cigars and HAVANA CLUB for rum. trademark law intersects with international treaties, administrative law, and international relations. can cancel a subsequent trademark registration in the U.S.

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Don’t Get Cheesed – Protect Your Video Game’s Intellectual Property

LexBlog IP

For game developers – whether your company is a AAA producer or you’re a basement hacker with a great idea – protecting the IP in your game is crucial. Protect Your Game’s Intellectual Property How, then, to safeguard what you’ve worked so hard to create? Trademark application – U.S.

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A DAVID AND GOLIATH STYLE UGG BOOT DISPUTE

LexBlog IP

Deckers ) filed a lawsuit against Sydney-based footwear company, Australian Leather Pty Ltd ( Australian Leather ) for trademark infringement, the U.S. Trademarks that are distinctive, and therefore eligible for protection in one country, may have a generic meaning and therefore not be registrable or enforceable in another.

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WIPIP session 3: Cultural Production

43(B)log

OMG Dollz that copied their looks. Q: 2016 Kenya law has a detailed framework for protection, bulldozing through all these issues. Q: what happens when brands represent source communities? Defendants won after a day-long trial before a judge, based on lack of substantial similarity in protected expression.

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Inter American Convention allows claims that Lanham Act makes dubious after Abitron; but what about Article III?

43(B)log

27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. Here, the U.S.

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What is intellectual property (IP)?

Patent Trademark Blog

Let’s look into what those intangible assets might be, and how they can be protected. This is where trademarks play a role. Names or logos used to sell a product may be protectable even if the product itself is nothing new. Consumers may expect a certain level of quality or other product characteristics from a brand owner.