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Georgia Supreme Court Blesses Google’s Keyword Ad Sales–Edible IP v. Google

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.” In other words, they sought to establish (using centuries-old chattel-based theft doctrines rather than trademark law) that a trademark owner has the unrestricted right to shut down anyone using their trademarks, even if no consumers are harmed. to see if it could find some soft spot in Georgia state law.

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

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We usually get ours at the local farmers market.] In an April 2023 summary judgment ruling , the plaintiff established that it “possesses the legally protectable, incontestable trademarks TEXAS TAMALE and TEXAS TAMALE COMPANY.” LBF (& Vice-Versa) * Trademark Owners Just Can’t Win Keyword Advertising Cases–EarthCam v.

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Reflecting on Alt Legal and Corsearch Live: An Insightful Recap

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Key takeaways: Prioritize enforcement: Understand your business, critical markets, competitors, and prioritize enforcement efforts accordingly. Demonstrate value: Stay on top of dockets and use data to demonstrate the value of your trademark efforts to the business.

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Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law in the UAE

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However, with the publication on 23 October 2012 of UAE Federal Law No. 4 of 2012 Concerning Regulation of Competition all businesses with operations in the UAE or supplying goods and services to the UAE market will have to ensure that they focus on and comply with the provisions of this new law. image Source : Medium Blog].

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Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri

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Nursing CE Central” is a descriptive mark with “a weak secondary meaning… the plaintiff makes no meaningful showing that the public, or even those in the market in which it competes, readily recognizes its name.” ” Marketing channel. Colibri appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. Bye, Goff

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LBF (& Vice-Versa) * Trademark Owners Just Can’t Win Keyword Advertising Cases–EarthCam v. OxBlue * Want To Know Amazon’s Confidential Settlement Terms For A Keyword Advertising Lawsuit? Bye, Goff appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. Allied Modular

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This is a bad ad buy by Allied, AND it’s a bad trademark enforcement decision by Porta-Fab. As I teach my students, Porta-Fab should have spent its enforcement budget on more marketing instead of more lawyers, which almost certainly would produce a higher ROI than this lawsuit did. Case citation : Porta-Fab Corporation v.