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JULY 20, 2022

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 a similar copyright registration for this site.

False Advertising 72

False Advertising Ownership Registration Designs 72

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AUGUST 3, 2023

So too w/false advertising. Assumptions skipped over in TM/false advertising analysis.] Dustin Marlan, Trademark Disclosure TM registration requires disclosures just as patent does: undertheorized. Death closes things off. Property law: somewhere between all and nothing. Protecting brand investment and consumers?

Registration 52

Registration False Advertising Advertising Advertising 52

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

WPI counterclaimed against Restellini and third-party Institut Restellini SAS – Documentation Centre alleging copyright infringement and false advertising. But WPI’s allegations still went to contested ownership of the information contained in the Modigliani Material, rather than the Modigliani Material as a physical product.

False Advertising 59

False Advertising Artwork IP Advertising 59

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Wakefern operates approximately 353 supermarkets under various brands such as ShopRite and Fairway Market across several states, and has a registration for ShopRite. False advertising: Not commercial advertising or promotion. Trademark infringement: This just wasn’t use in commerce.

False Advertising 45

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Marketing 45

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

IP 124

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Indeed, the PTO has increased its focus on whether the use an applicant is making is trademark use, as opposed to ornamental or informational use, in its registration decisions. Thus, even though it would be possible to have a registrable llama logo that functioned as a trademark, that’s not what Epic had.

IP 94

IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 94