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How to Deal with a Counterfeit Product or Claim

Patent Trademark Blog

What is the difference between counterfeiting and trademark infringing? Whether or not a product is a counterfeit boils down to the degree of similarity. The difference between trademark infringement and counterfeiting is a matter of the extent of copying. How can you use IP to block counterfeits?

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

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In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions.

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How to Enforce Intellectual Property Without A Lot of Money

Patent Trademark Blog

If you don’t have at least two million dollars laying around to sue for patent infringement, this post is for you. How to enforce trademarks inexpensively. Let’s start with trademarks. At the outset, register your trademarks for your more important products and services.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

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In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 6- February 12)

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Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Please let us know so we can include them! Other Posts Honesty as a Defense vis-à-vis Trademark Infringements: Principle or Provision? Can “honest concurrent use” be used as a defense against a trademark infringement claim? on Triveni Interchem Pvt.

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TM Scholars' Roundable: Session 1: The Relevance of Ornamentality in Trademark Law: Acquisition of Rights

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Relationship to use as a trademark; symmetry b/t types of use that might allow acquisition of rights v. types of use that might infringe? Past issues like TM use and failure to function may appear in a new light through the lens of ornamentality. It might be one reason that a use does not infringe.