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It’s Not Going to Be (Y)easy: What Happens when Business Collaborations Dissolve?

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On October 25, 2022, following a string of antisemitic remarks and hate speech from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) on social media, Adidas announced their decision to terminate their co-branding partnership with Ye and end production of all Yeezy branded products.

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TMSR Session 3: Private Actors…and their Machines

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A variant of separating the mark from the brand; not seeing it in all categories, and we may have a world in which some marks—maybe the 1%--are not divided from brands but the others are. Other examples: design patent, as Sarah Burstein has writte n. Maybe this is all really about lawyers and not brands.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

Through the secure blockchain technology, NFTs allow the creation and sale of exclusive and limited content in the form of collectible digital assets that can be transported on multiple media such as images, videos, or music. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

LexBlog IP

Through the secure blockchain technology, NFTs allow the creation and sale of exclusive and limited content in the form of collectible digital assets that can be transported on multiple media such as images, videos, or music. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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Eventually, Johnson and Johnson announced that it would no longer enforce their patents for Bedaquiline (brand name: Sirturo) which is used in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 134 low- and middle-income countries. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

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