IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Publicity rights have attracted considerable recognition in the field of intellectual property rights. Merely put, it is an individual’s right to handle the commercial use of their name, image, individuality and personal brand.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Domain names also play an important role in conveying branding and as a result can be worth considerable sums of money. For companies enforcing their intellectual property rights, determining who owns a domain can prove invaluable as part of a wider investigation. “The system is defined largely by what it isn’t.

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Patently-O

JULY 19, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Intellectual property rights in the U.S. Although publicity rights initially emerged as a privacy interest, I find that students are quick to see its kinship to trademark law and unfair competition. And, that person’s brand is their name, image, and likeness.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Though the deadline for sharing these comments passed on October 5 and the government is presently working on finalizing the Rules, we received a guest post underlining the need to regulate the menace caused by dark patterns and its interaction with intellectual property rights. Image by starline on Freepik.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically. How can such rights be enforced under the existing legal framework?

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Panel discussion: AI and copyright UCL's Institute of Brand and Innovation Law will hold a panel discussion tackling the complexities of copyright law in the context of AI-generated content. The event will be held on December 18, 2023 in Amsterdam and online. For details, click here.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In August, the Constitution and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya issued a decision on the question of image rights and its relationship with privacy rights and data protection laws in Kenya. Background The Petitioner, Wanjiru was an alumna of the respondent, Machakos University. Paragraph 31]. See paragraphs 47 and 55.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This year, the keynote speech will be delivered by His Honour Judge Richard Hacon, Presiding Judge of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court. Confusion is at the heart of the job of a trade mark lawyer, advocate and judge, but is it just a coin toss or a measure of the mood of a judge on the day?

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Photo: shutterstock.com Events UCL Annual Privacy Lecture 2024 University College London‘s (UCL) Institute of Brand & Innovation Law will hold its Annual Privacy Lecture 2024 on „AI-Enabled Crime“ on Wednesday, January 31 2024. Alternatively, you can draft an abstract while petting a cat, snuggling up under a blanket.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Finance for these projects includes costs associated with managing intellectual property and/or creating technology-based companies (Startups – Spin-offs) resulting from their execution. 09/22/22 – Data Privacy. La entrada OM Weekly Digest 09/22/22 se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

Chapter 12: Brand Protection and Usage. Chapter 15: Privacy. We reworked the privacy chapter, mostly to pare it down because the topic has mushroomed to the point where it’s not possible to summarize all of the details. Chapter 9: False Advertising Practice and Remedies. Chapter 10: Other Business Torts.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Marques - CELEBRATING MARKS: How sustainability and technology will shape the future of brands - 20 to 23 September 2022 - Madrid, Spain The 2022 MARQUES Annual Conference will be held in Madrid from 20 to 23 September 2022. The website of the event contains information about the programme and registration.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 9, 2022

Earlier today, two Austrian brothers, Julian and Paul Zehetmayer, announced that they have purchased the intellectual property behind the name LimeWire and will be relaunching the service, though not in as a peer-to-peer file sharing service. If anything, it just further connects NFTs with piracy and lack of security/privacy.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Grey marketing typically consists of a retailer purchasing genuine branded products abroad for less than offered to them from a local distributor. Grey marketing is generally problematic for international brand owners, who may end up competing against their own products thereby losing control of how the brand is represented to customers.

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Corsearch

JULY 18, 2023

Many celebrities and high-profile figures have already signed up to the service, after proclaiming that they are “ditching Twitter” Meta, Instagram’s parent company, has promised that the platform is safer than the alternatives and takes user privacy incredibly seriously. But, just how safe is it for consumers and brands?

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

If the property of a person can be protected, likewise, when a popular celebrity like Amitabh Bachchan faces possible harm regarding his brand, the same can be protected under his right to publicity. However, Indian law has indirect references for the protection of publicity rights.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2023

Atlanta, GA – January 11, 2023 – Zach Eyster, Intellectual Property Attorney and philanthropist, was recently promoted to partner at Founders Legal® Zach adds to the firm’s strength in intellectual property law with his dynamic and energetic spirit and depth of experience. important;}}.

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2022

UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) - "Patents in Telecoms and the Internet of Things" - 26–27 May 2022, London, UK IBIL announced the 6th conference on Patents in Telecoms - in London on 26-27 May 2022 from 8:30am to 4:30pm (BST). Registration can be made on the event's website.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. As artists, commentators, and parodists flock to this new medium, the headaches for intellectual property owners have multiplied.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

Pirate site brands, including 123movies, Putlocker, Kisscartoon, 123movieshub, and GoMovies, were suddenly recognized all over the world, despite in many cases having been copied from ‘pirate’ brands already in existence. Running in parallel, news began to emerge of big changes at Zoro.to. Aniwatch.to

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Olartemoure Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

There is a boom of production of Live Action, Animation, and other formats of motion pictures in Latin America, and the legal industry faces the challenge to join local and international production companies in their efforts to effectively identify, protect, licence, and leverage Intellectual Property rights.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. As artists, commentators, and parodists flock to this new medium, the headaches for intellectual property owners have multiplied.

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Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property Branding 52

Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

It refers to marketing in respect of trending topics/events usually undertaken by brands to gain traction and benefit from the popularity that the trending events have garnered. Therefore, brands constantly look to create campaigns or post about any current topic to encash on such opportunities to stay relevant and visible.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2023

The Announcement outlines a scary scheme by cyber criminals, who “are using search engine advertisement services to impersonate brands and direct users to malicious sites that host ransomware and steal login credentials and other financial information.”

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2022

” Using a chatbot “gives a sense of legitimacy to visitors of the malicious sites, as chatbots are commonly found on websites for legitimate brands.”

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2023

Introduction Personality rights refer to a person’s ability to safeguard his or her identity in the context of a property or privacy right. Second, the right to privacy, which protects individuals from having their identities disclosed to the public without their consent. Puttaswamy v.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 20, 2023

Consistent with this message, the FTC has been busy rulemaking to address data protection and privacy, disclosures, endorsements and reviews, children’s advertising, and health-related product claims. What Privacy-Related Claims Does Your Company Make?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Her current work on the committee includes drafting best practices for brand owners in the especially challenging area of international data transfers in the wake of Schrems II. She is delighted to be contributing to the trademark community by putting her knowledge and certifications in privacy law to work.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

Before we dive in to how generative AI can assist brands and companies, let’s first peel back the layers and understand – at a basic level – what ChatGPT is. How Are Brands Using ChatGPT? These tools can be incredibly beneficial to businesses, but they also carry risks. What Is ChatGPT?

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 25, 2022

In the first of its kind under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Sephora settled an enforcement action with the California Attorney General for violation of the CCPA. Sephora must pay $1.2 million in penalties and implement a CCPA compliance program. My office is watching, and we will hold you accountable.”

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

Volvo, to argue that there has been a trend in these cases wherein giant companies go after smaller companies and start-ups with a collection of baseless arguments, in a bid to broaden the scope of their brand and cash in on the consequential benefits that flow from the same.

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Intepat

JULY 4, 2023

Given YouTube’s aforementioned popularity, protecting brands from unauthorized use or reproduction on the platform becomes essential. Since the brand value is often connected to YouTube Business, trademark registration increases the value of the YouTube brand. What constitutes a YouTube Trademark Infringement?

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LexBlog IP

JULY 26, 2022

DSPs also plug into and engage with many other types of ad tech platforms, including sell-side platforms and exchanges, data providers, ad servers, and various measurement, brand safety and verification providers. I have years of experience partnering with brands, agencies and ad tech companies to help them navigate these complicated issues.

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Intepat

JANUARY 5, 2024

The appellant pleaded that this would amount to passing-off and would result in the dilution of the brand. If such practices by e-commerce websites are allowed protection, then this would lead to brand dilution, exploiting the safe harbour principle. Issues of free speech and the right to privacy are not sufficiently addressed.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). Chapter 20, by Maximilian Becker, addresses the overlap between trade secrets and privacy.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

CIC clarifies that merely because a fellowship is funded by public exchequer, it will not mean that it is a public interest issue outweighing concerning privacy issues. Thus, there is no question of invasion of privacy or personal information of a third party being sought. Ltd for disobeying the Palbociclib interim injunction.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The role of celebrity, women and consumer markets in the music industry’ looks at the role of intellectual property in the rise of a technology company. It takes the British Gramophone Company (1897), which was linked to the large US firm, His Master’s Voice (HMV) that became EMI (1931–2012) as its case study.

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