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(c), TM, and other claims from busted partnership to sell colored copper fixtures

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CC has a recent trademark registration for a design mark “consist[ing] of the stylized wording ‘COLOR COPPER.COM”, [with] a diamond shape between the wording ‘COLOR’ and ‘COPPER’ made up of four smaller diamonds, each diamond having a pattern inside of it,” COPPER.COM disclaimed. There’s no written agreement” will do it.] 1” therein.

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Inter American Convention allows claims that Lanham Act makes dubious after Abitron; but what about Article III?

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27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. The order was temporarily stayed pending full authentication of the Colombian registrations. Industria De Alimentos Zenu S.A.S. Latinfood U.S.

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1202 and Lanham Act claims can't save lawsuit against embedding photos

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25, 2022) Logan alleged that Facebook’s embedding tool enables third parties to infringe his copyrighted photos uploaded onto his Facebook account by embedding them to third-party websites and allowing embedding on Facebook from other websites, creating both direct and secondary liability. Meta Platforms, Inc., 2022 WL 14813836, No.

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Encyclopaedia Iranica Dispute is Ongoing

BYU Copyright Blog

However, Columbia claims that the Encyclopaedia has always been a Columbia project that has been administered by its Center for Iranian Studies (of which Yarshater was the director for over 30 years), and that Columbia controls the associated copyrights and trademarks.

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Dastar prevents misrepresentation of source of IP from being material

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Restellini alleged copyright infringement and related claims in connection with WPI’s digitization of certain material about the artist Amodeo Modigliani. WPI counterclaimed against Restellini and third-party Institut Restellini SAS – Documentation Centre alleging copyright infringement and false advertising.

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Intellectual Property Rights for Social Media Influencers

IIPRD

One of the most significant methods to safeguard material on social media is through copyright. The reason for this is that copyright encompasses all types of original literary, artistic, musical, theatrical, cinematographic, and other works. Even a tweet is protected as a literary work under copyright. Trademarks. Conclusion.

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IPSC Breakout Session #1

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So too w/false advertising. Grief trolls—sending a person messages from deceased loved ones would be IIED; copyright can handle performances, collective bargaining can handle digital models in Hollywood. Assumptions skipped over in TM/false advertising analysis.] Death closes things off.