43(B)log

MARCH 22, 2023

Ariix LLC v. 20, 2023) The parties compete in the supplement market using direct marketing, so compete in both consumer supplement sales and in sales representative recruitment. Ariix alleged that Usana paid MacWilliam to give Usana’s supplements the top rating in the Guide. Usana Health Sci., 2023 WL 2574319, No.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 4, 2023

Kewei Law Firm has promoted Agatha Shen as an international partner in Shanghai, further strengthening China capital markets expertise in the firm's joint operation w Agatha specialises in capital markets and other corporate finance transactions. She has passed PRC law exam and admitted in New York, USA.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 4, 2023

Kewei Law Firm has promoted Agatha Shen as an international partner in Shanghai, further strengthening China capital markets expertise in the firm's joint operation with Herbert Smith Freehills. Agatha specialises in capital markets and other corporate finance transactions. Agatha's promotion is effective on 1 May 2023.

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43(B)log

APRIL 17, 2023

Ariix, LLC v. Thus, “not only do[ ] [Defendants] rate Usana highest because of the incentive to increase Usana’s sales and to keep Usana happy, but also because, driven by the dictates of Usana, Usana’s distributors are their largest market segment [for sales of the Guide].” USA, LLC v. LLC, 194 F. Nutrisearch Corp.,

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Large digital transactions like that of Beeple NFT that sold for $69 million and the ever-mounting numbers of more or less successful NFT cooperations like that between Tiffany and CryptoPunks or millions-heavy NBA Top Shot NFT have made the headlines. Therefore, DCs cannot be freely transacted in the Chinese market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 12, 2022

Citrusbyte, LLC, 2021 WL 5750238 (C.D. However, because Plaintiffs do not earn revenue from consumers who utilize services from a Martino-endorsed company, the fact that HomeAdvisor earned revenue from its ads does not demonstrate that Defendants’ advertisements caused any revenue to be diverted away from Plaintiffs.”

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

In May 2018, a massive copyright infringement lawsuit targeted PrimeStreams, one of the most recognizable pirate IPTV brands ever to hit the market. broadcaster DISH Network and streaming platform Sling TV target alleged PrimeStreams operators Daniel Scroggins and Steven Daugherty, plus corporate entity Dscroggs Investments LLC.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Nevertheless, some of the most powerful entertainment companies in the world are continuously on the prowl, looking for operations of wider importance and/or representing lower-hanging fruit. At least in part, this may be a calculation based on the likelihood of being targeted, let alone identified and held to account.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Moreover, the tour description on Defendants’ website contains the word “Viator” in large bold letters at the top of the page, and makes no mention of MAT. Google LLC v Defteros [2022] HCA 27. But under Illinois law, a private company’s internal policies do not, standing alone, create legal duties.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2021

Aliign “is an event, lifestyle, and apparel company” allegedly with a first trademark use in 2011. lululemon is the well-known yoga gear company. This clear labeling means it’s OK that lululemon also appears as the top ad on the “aliign” search results page. ” Implications. June 7, 2021).

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 29, 2023

She has extensive experience advising Chinese growth and large tech clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, capital markets, joint ventures and corporate restructurings in both China and internationally. Justina's appointment is effective on 1 June 2023. 张卫华律师的任命自2023年6月1日生效。 2.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Large digital transactions like that of Beeple NFT that sold for $69 million and the ever-mounting numbers of more or less successful NFT cooperations like that between Tiffany and CryptoPunks or millions-heavy NBA Top Shot NFT have made the headlines. Therefore, DCs cannot be freely transacted in the Chinese market.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Levi Straus & Company vs. Sunil Yadav on 24 November, 2022 (Delhi District Court). Bennett, Coleman And Company Ltd. vs E1 Entertainment Television , Llc on 28 November, 2022 (Delhi High Court). Levi Straus & Company vs Sh. 10,000 as costs on the counsel of the Petitioner.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

At the same time, market uptake of biosimilars in the United States continued to increase, suggesting that there is room for expansion of biosimilars in the U.S. In addition, fewer new biosimilars entered the market this past year, with five biosimilar launches in 2020 as compared to seven in 2019. Yet biosimilars of anti-TNF?

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the United States, where the company now boasts 12.5 In an August interview with Reuters, Webtoon Entertainment founder and CEO Kim Junkoo was certainly bullish on the company’s future. Rivals moving in on the short-form comic market, which include both Amazon and Apple, will struggle to build a viable business, Kim predicted.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Applicant’s POTIFY platform is designed to permit legal marijuana dispensaries to market and sell their products, including via mobile applications and websites. Spotify offers digital copyright restricted recorded music and podcasts from record labels and media companies. Triumph Learning LLC, 101 USPQ2d 1713, 1723-24 (Fed.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Google, which operates the world’s most popular search engine, recently defeated an antitrust claim brought by an online supplier of stock images in the case Dreamstime.com, LLC v. The Dreamstime Opinion helps illustrate some difficulties in defining the relevant market to allege anticompetitive injury to support an antitrust claim.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Miramax LLC v. Damon Dash.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Massage Envy Franchising, LLC , 2023 WL 8801517 (Court of Appeal, 6th District California). Stated another way, we should not delegate questions of unconscionability to an arbitrator because a company that allegedly did the unconscionable things said so. Mizzen and Main LLC , 2023 WL 9022723 (M.D. The first is Jane Doe #1 v.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact). b) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) and. c) Top 10 Other IP Developments. b) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) and. c) Top 10 Other IP Developments.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Google, which operates the world’s most popular search engine, recently defeated an antitrust claim brought by an online supplier of stock images in the case Dreamstime.com, LLC v. The Dreamstime Opinion helps illustrate some difficulties in defining the relevant market to allege anticompetitive injury to support an antitrust claim.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In our view, the FTC plays a vital role in keeping markets open and honest, and we have long been admirers of the intelligence and energy that the agency brings to that task. More specifically, we recognize the usefulness of examining intellectual property issues through the lenses of competition and consumer protection.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

After an eventful week, here is our recap of its top IP developments. Read more in this post by Pranav and Swaraj to understand how this system could be getting exploited by pharmaceutical companies and why this is a big move by the FTC, furthering access to important medicines in the US.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. The decisions in the second category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) reflect those that we thought showed a fair bit of jurisprudential rigour and/or legal lucidity. RDB and Co.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

On August 24, 2022, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in P and P Imports, LLC v. Johnson Enterprises, LLC, in which the parties were battling a trade dress infringement claim involving these large outdoor Connect 4-like games. Art Attacks Ink, LLC v. 3d 1138, 1145 (9 th Cir.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

After an eventful week, here is our recap of its top IP developments. The impugned use was only with regard to the news report concerning petitioner’s resignation from the company and consequently, there was no wrongful loss to the company. Market places from New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru featured on the list.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2022

The Court considered that the marks ‘Muzmatch’ and ‘MATCH.COM’ and each company’s graphical marks, had a high degree of similarity in the services provided. Source : [1] Match Group, LLC, Meetic SAS, Match.Com International Limited v Muzmatch Limited, Shahzad Younas [2022] EWHC 941 (IPEC). [1]

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

Some VPN companies even own review sites. Vulnerabilities are always lurking around the corner and even with the most secure VPN, you still have to trust the VPN company with your data. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Back to Top. Reynolds Vapor Company v. Back to Top. Spectrum Solutions LLC, JSR Corporation, and Fresenius Kabi USA LLC. Back to Top. Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (Case No. Moreover, a new Director is expected to assume the role in 2022 and may opt for a significantly different approach. [1]

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

On August 24, 2022, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in P and P Imports, LLC v. Johnson Enterprises, LLC, in which the parties were battling a trade dress infringement claim involving these large outdoor Connect 4-like games. ” Art Attacks Ink, LLC v. 3d 1138, 1145 (9 th Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

23, 2024) The short version of the facts are as follows: Bright Data, headquartered out of Israel, is one of the largest web-scraping companies in the world. Bright Data claims that it was using its Facebook and Instagram accounts for marketing purposes and was never logged in to its accounts when scraping. Bright Data Ltd. 926, 190 L.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

They are marketed through different, yet related, channels of trade (sports and entertainment, which were melded together as ESPN’s original name ). The Ardagh analysis echoes the analysis found in American courts and registration controversies, such as in the case of Ride The Ducks, LLC v. Duck Boat Tours, Inc. 199 U.S.P.Q.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

However, the court says that FOSTA enables a state sex trafficking claim, meaning that both Twitter and Facebook–mass-market social media services having almost nothing in common with Backpage–are the real parties-in-interest from the FOSTA amendments. Grindr LLC , 765 Fed. Grindr, LLC, 306 F. 586, 590 (2d Cir.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In addition, consumers considering the source of the webpage can look to the term FORTNITE which appears at the top left portion of the specimen.” Another way to put it is that aesthetic functionality requires you to have an understanding of the definition of the market in which other clothing makers should be free to compete.

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