LexBlog IP

AUGUST 14, 2023

In addition, any corporation, LLC, or other entity that is formed under the laws of a foreign country and is registered to do business in any State or tribal jurisdiction is also subject to the CTA. entities, such as limited partnerships and business trusts/statutory trusts; and Non-U.S. corporations; U.S. LLCs; Other similar U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has reduced the patent fees for small businesses and certain other applicants. For example, they can increase the value of a business, provide an advantage over competitors, and serve as a source of income through licensing. Through a bipartisan effort, the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

The deal market reached historic levels in recent years, with record-setting merger and acquisition activity in 2021. Markets have since cooled, with capital becoming harder to find. A settled “patent troll” lawsuit is typically not the end of the world and is very common for any company in the middle market or larger.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. See “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ” and “ Another Confused Entry in the Social Media Account Ownership Jurisprudence–JLM v. (See We blogged this case twice before.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 22, 2022

One such exception is the sale of business exception found in California Business & Professions Code § 16601. After years of developing these firms, Owen entered into a joint venture with Meyer Corporation in 2011, whereby Meyer would provide capital and business expertise to Owen’s firms.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

These reforms establish a clear framework for obtaining licenses, permits, and approvals, which is important for global investors seeking to enter the UAE’s renewable energy market. This ensures a competitive market environment that is appealing to businesses and investors.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

Twain thought he should have ownership of his lectures—“my lecture was my property.” There’s some transformation in organization; used entire work/market substitute so Cord wouldn’t be able to sell her narrative a publisher. It’s not clear that giving Cord’s estate ownership would be social justice, but that’s a question worth asking.

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43(B)log

MAY 19, 2023

Its TOS provide that users will not use Roblox content outside of the Roblox Platform, monetize Roblox content, or imply an association with Roblox for their businesses outside of the Roblox Platform. Defendants allegedly marketed the My Avastars dolls with a “code” that could be used in the Roblox platform.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . user ownership of digital assets)?

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Ownership IP Non-Fungible Tokens Technology 117

Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

The mainstream reputation of NFTs was hopelessly trashed and, as the regular crypto market began to falter, the NFT market was especially hard hit. This, in turn, is why pirate NFTs became such big business. It’s a simple idea, but one that hasn’t taken off yet. One potential use is Safe Creative’s.

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Copyright Non-Fungible Tokens Technology Plagiarism 228

IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 16, 2021

The company must understand the best protection of its IP and how it can leverage the protection in the business to create value. The business must establish itself as a brand which must be in a sense which can provide the distinctive nature of the business in the market.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

Plaintiff, Tori Belle Cosmetics LLC (“Belle Cosmetics”), sells its cosmetics and false eyelashes through a network of salespeople, allowing each salesperson to earn a portion of any revenue generated by any salespeople they recruit to join their sales network, i.e., a multi-level marketing business.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

As alleged in the complaint, plaintiffs operated a bakery known as “La Baguette,” and hired defendants to manage aspects of the business. Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. It had approximately 4,000 followers.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 10, 2024

36/2023 describe the key definitions Competition: Engaging in economic activities within market mechanisms without adverse influence or restrictions detrimental to trade, development, or consumer interests. Dominant Position: An Establishment with the capability to control and influence activities within a Relevant Market.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Non-compete clauses serve to protect a business’s trade secrets and other confidential information, which makes the adoption of such a rule a major concern for all US businesses. The comment period for this proposed rule ends on March 10, and businesses should consider voicing their concerns before the deadline.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

I refer to “data snarfers” as businesses that aggregate (via scraping or APIs) lots of sensitive online personal information to offer analytics, business/competitive intelligence, and similar services. Law students, this is one of many reasons why your 1L Contracts class is so important. ” Oof.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

We will examine the fundamental ideas and rules of copyright, trademark, and patent laws as well as how they relate to various entertainment business sectors in this extensive book. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 15, 2022

Copyright owners tend to pursue legal recourse when a third party uses their work without permission in a way in which the owner is harmed – usually, in the form of reputational damage or market loss. However, new ownership creates new incentives, which leads to anticipated changes in copyright litigation.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

We have previously discussed the thorny intellectual property implications of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of a unique digital media item. This issue recently came to a head in a 64-page federal court decision in Friel v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

To explain, an NFT is a unique digital token stored on a blockchain—it acts as a record of ownership of an item, like a certificate of authenticity of a cat painting. On the Ethereum blockchain (where most NFTs exist) all NFTs must conform to the ERC721 smart contract standard.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

It also sidesteps the dispute regarding whether hiQ is still in business. The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. Eric’s Comments. Case 3:17-cv-03301-EMC, Document 219.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The embedding of “smart contracts” in NFT sales allows for the automatic distribution of royalties – roughly 10% – anytime a change of ownership is requested on the blockchain. The study also found that the market continued to grow after the implementation of the resale right in 2006. Not all Canadian galleries oppose ARRs.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

‘Influencer marketing,’ albeit a new word, has emerged as one of the most effective strategies to create money across all industries. However, in order to have legal proof of ownership, it is always advisable to register for copyright registration. Obtain legal ownership verification. Build your market reputation.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The fundamental issue is that the power base of the manufacturers is built upon the traditional business models and ideas, which are at extreme risk of becoming outdated and diminished with time. Instead, it is they may not own the exclusive rights to the Intellectual Property (IP) assets that such technologies are built upon usually.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 26, 2022

for unlawfully manufacturing, importing, advertising, marketing, selling, and distributing unauthorized, counterfeit versions of its popular CAKE brand of hemp-derived Delta-8 products. But the distribution right does not include “the mere transportation of goods without a transfer or sale of ownership interest in the goods.”

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Intepat

JUNE 19, 2023

It may be because the owner has enough capabilities for carrying out the marketing themselves, or does not have enough resources for entering into a partnership for the same or simply because the owner is hesitant to share their data with third parties. The ownership is not transferred.

Intellectual Property 52

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The key question for the application of the patent venue rule in In re Google was whether the location of Google’s servers, combined with the other facts in the case, justified a holding that Google had a “regular and established place of business” in the Eastern District of Texas.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Minority business growth. Department of Commerce, National Black History Month is an opportunity to shine a light on the legacies and achievements of those within the Black business community and to honor the significant cultural and economic contributions of Black Americans to our country. KCPullen@doc.gov. Thu, 02/24/2022 - 10:41.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 30, 2021

If you ask any professional working on digital marketing what is the most valuable online asset for a business, you’ll get pretty the same answer. The second one is to get ownership of their copyright, know their rights under the copyright laws and how to protect them. Which ones? Writers/Copywriters will certainly be an answer.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2022

15, 2022) The parties in this case are former business associates, which is one reason there are so many different claims. They then agreed that Chiusa would create and operate a website, colorcopper.com, marketing and distributing Stubenrauch’s copper sheets “to a new industry for copper countertops, bar tops and kitchen backsplash.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The social contract of copyright, which main purpose is to realize a broader collective concern, the access of citizens to science and culture ( Geiger, 2013 ), lies in the approximation of the interests of rightholders and users. The purpose of copyright, its social and innovation function, is thereby seriously undermined.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Given the rapid growth of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market, it was just a matter of time until a court recognised the labyrinth of intellectual property difficulties that surrounded the distribution and sale of NFT digital works. In China’s first copyright infringement case including NFT digital work, a court recently decided.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Given the rapid growth of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market, it was just a matter of time until a court recognised the labyrinth of intellectual property difficulties that surrounded the distribution and sale of NFT digital works. In China’s first copyright infringement case including NFT digital work, a court recently decided.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2022

Similarly, many business cats would like to know in advance whether or not one of their products could be considered to infringe the intellectual property rights of a competitor. According to the application for interim measures, the IPZS urgently needed to award the contract, but it had reason to fear that a company, Centro Grafico DG s.p.a.

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43(B)log

JUNE 16, 2022

Defendants NGT and NGE advertised an ability to help customers terminate their timeshare contract or ownership; other defendants were part of the exit process. 439 people with timeshare contracts with Diamond hired one of the defendant companies. One defendant was a law firm. The mailer went to 315 of them, in 42 states.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Intangible assets may only make up a small fraction of a company’s total value for some businesses. These businesses must explain to lenders and investors the worth of their intellectual property and other intangible assets. Ownership of intellectual property (IP) used as collateral often belongs to the borrower.

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SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2022

Since this is a nascent market, the earlier a name is registered and the more effort trademark holders put into educating the public about selection, endorsement and sponsorship functions (e.g. If not for these efforts, the virtual goods market has the potential to be very competitive.

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