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dissatisfaction w/Amazon's partner program isn't TM infringement/false advertising

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7, 2022) Melwani owns the Royal Silk trademark for “a wide variety of products.” His marks are enrolled in Amazon Brand Registry, and Royal Silk Direct maintains an authorized Royal Silk “storefront” on Amazon.com. False designation of origin/false advertising: Lasoff v. Amazon.com, Inc., 2022 WL 670919, NO.

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rebinding books doesn't create derivative works but may be actionable under Lanham Act

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False advertising: Spiralverse allegedly falsely advertised its version of the Piano Book on Amazon as “new,” despite the rebinding, residue, and front labels. Was this literally false? But ruling on that was premature before discovery.

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Cardozo A&ELJ symposium, Trademark

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Panel #2, TM, moderated by Vice Dean Felix Wu Jack Daniels says that use as a trademark is special: like copyright’s bête noire, confusion caused by trademark use is the central concern of trademark law. Kagan describes it as “designation of source.” Tam and Brunetti, striking down various bars on registration.

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Court Dismisses Trademark Claims Over Internal Search Results–Las Vegas Skydiving v. Groupon

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Las Vegas Skydiving Adventures offers tandem skydiving under the “Fyrosity” brand. Melwani sells products under the “Royal Silk” brand. With respect to the trademark claim, the court says the Ninth Circuit’s Multi-Time Machine v. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. BONUS: Melwani v.

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Fifth Circuit Says Keyword Ads Could Contribute to Initial Interest Confusion (UGH)–Adler v. McNeil

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It bids on the Adler trademarks for “click-to-call” keyword ads. The ads “are designed to display generic terms that consumers might associate with any personal injury firm.” ” Adler sued for trademark and related claims. The district court dismissed Adler’s complaint. v. –Adler v.

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Even in default, it's not TM infringement to resell legitimate goods (but maybe false advertising to call them new)

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Quincy sued BRYK “under multiple legal theories for making unauthorized sales of products branded with Quincy’s PREVAGEN trademark.” But the unauthorized sale of a genuine product does not violate trademark law. Even after default.

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

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The Court noted that the Patents Act is specifically designed to deal with matters concerning allegations of unreasonable conditions in licence agreements, abuse of one’s status as a patentee, the necessary inquiry into these allegations, and eventually the relief that can be granted. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

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