Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 26, 2021
To answer that and other questions about Halloween costumes, we have to step back and look at how copyright and trademark law apply to costumes. Besides, even if a rightsholder did decide to target such home uses (which would likely be against their self-interest), it is almost certain that it would be found to be a fair use.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
APRIL 29, 2023
.” Most of the opinion discusses the trademark implications of Ripps’ rival NFT collection. With that framing, trademark law protects against the unwanted competition, and the court treats this as an easy rightsowner win. Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v.
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SpicyIP
AUGUST 22, 2022
This article seeks to examine how trademark law interacts with the freedom of expression of artists to choose the subject matters they wish to engage with, using the dispute between Hermès, a fashion industry giant and Mason Rothschild, a digital artist, as a contextual backdrop. C) Any non-commercial use of a mark.
IP and Legal Filings
MARCH 5, 2024
Using trademarks in domain names, linking, framing, meta-tagging, and framing are a few methods that could lead to trademark challenges. Cybersquatting is another type of trademark infringement. A fundamental tenet of trademark law is to avoid consumers being confused about the origin or source of products or services.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
JUNE 16, 2023
On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that a trademark claim concerning “a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey” which, as a play on words, turns the words “Jack Daniels” into “Bad Spaniels” and the descriptive phrase “Old No. 1125(c)(3)(A).
LexBlog IP
JUNE 9, 2023
Jack Daniels sent a cease and desist letter to VIP shortly after the product launched. ” The Court noted that applying Rogers to all matters where there is an expressive element would impermissibly extend Rogers to nearly all facets of life and potentially supplant the purpose of trademark law. In Andy Warhol Found.
The IPKat
JULY 22, 2021
The ability to protect cultural works as trademarks disrupts these goals, by affording trademark owners more communication power than other speakers and preventing works from ever entering the public domain. At this stage, the picture for cultural follow-on innovation appears bleak. However, all this is just nit-picking.
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