The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

A few days ago, Fashion Law London held another (online) event – this time focussed on the role of online retail marketplaces. Fortunately, despite a distinct lack of space in the diary to attend the event live, I have since been able to enjoy the recording of the event.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

The dramatic rise in e-commerce in the last two decades saw many brand and business owners struggling to safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) assets in cyberspace, starting from domain names and then going onto social media handles. Market Reach & Presence. IP Challenges in the Metaverse.

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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2021

The event is free of charge, and registration is available here. The event will cover topics such as the European Patent Convention, computer-implemented inventions, and artificial intelligence. Common Market Law Review has announced the 2021 Prize for Young Academics. The call for views is open until August 31.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2023

There are other events, such as the upcoming finals of the popular Eurovision Song Contest, which will be broadcast on TikTok for a second year in a row. When they make money from these activities, social media companies must be obliged to reinvest in our creators and into local content creation. Section 4.1(2)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Nor do allegations of an application’s lack of identify and age verification remove the “publisher” designation. I still haven’t blogged last year’s In re Social Media Addiction rulings from the California federal and state courts. (I Meta appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

The analysis also referred to a pending case before the CJEU dealing with Community design law ( EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann | C-382/21-P) and other EU trade mark cases from 2021. The author presents a case pending before the Supreme Court Patent that addresses this question ( Olaf Sööt Design, LLC v. Daktronics, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Ohio enacted a law, the “ Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act ,” Ohio Rev. Obviously, these definitions reach most user-generated content (UGC) services, not just “social media” in the classic sense. Recall the term “social media” is literally in the bill title).

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IPilogue

JULY 23, 2021

While certain sectors of the entertainment industry, especially those involving live events, were hit hard by COVID-19, podcasting has survived (and thrived) amidst the pandemic. S ocial Media & Your IP Rights ” by Innovation Talks. T he Progress Pride Flag, and the Realities of IP ” by Input Doc: Marketing Interviews. “T

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That decision could have significant implications for this case as well as all other First Amendment challenges of states’ efforts to censor social media.] The analogy is an imperfect one—social media operators are arguably less involved in the curation of their websites’ content than these traditional examples.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 25, 2024

Her mission was to bring the art of henna to a mass market, celebrating diversity and inclusion. Pavan accepted, delighted at the potential for her cultural beauty products to thrive in the market. That is why it’s so important to know your patents from your trade marks and your designs from your copyright. Did you know?

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Corsearch

APRIL 19, 2023

Read insights from fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger and a leading social media consultant on how brands can raise awareness of the dangers of counterfeits and turn this into a positive message for change. For all brands and marketers, the purpose driven element is critical. And for brands, it’s the same.”

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Between spooky skeletons and sleigh bells ringing, there are new IP events and conferences coming up in early November. The two-day online event will take place on 5 and 6 November 2021, from 1:00pm to 5:30pm, CET. Find more information about the event and how to register here. Here comes this week’s miscellany roundup.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

“Identifying content of social media users requires monitoring third-party content. Plaintiffs try to avoid Section 230 immunity, insisting, in the Lemmon lingo, that they are seeking to hold Snap liable for Snap’s actions and negligent design. Airbnb appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 12, 2023

Although word marks are by far the most popular tool employed by organisations in this industry, there are numerous other unused tools that can give a competitive edge in the market. This finding has led to the routine rejection of copyright, patent, design, and trademark protection for a range of food products by courts all around the world.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As the archive copy of the Beyond Boundaries website on the Wayback Machine clearly shows in the footer, the site was created by web design/SEO company i New Media. Other sites crediting I-New Media for image content they don’t own include: What is Social Media Marketing? – GetSocialGuide.com.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Counterfeit sellers target seasonal events to list their products in markets, on online marketplaces and promote their products on social media. Sellers are getting better at marketing cheap deals for popular costumes. That means ensuring you buy real this October and avoid the counterfeits. A license to sell.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Critiques about “issues of methodology, survey design, reliability, the experience and reputation of the expert, critique of conclusions, and the like go to the weight of the survey rather than its admissibility.” Dr. Chiagouris also opined on two Monster-commissioned surveys conducted by InfoScout, a market research firm.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If you were told 15 years ago that a personal post on your social media could be worth millions of dollars, would you believe it? In October 2021 this event came to pass; the very first Tweet posted by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was ‘minted’ (created) as an NFT and sold for a staggering $2.9

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

Specific privacy and cybersecurity considerations in the esports landscape may vary based on whether a company is a game publisher, versus a platform provider, league, or event host. This includes data collected from linked social media profiles. What measures are in place to ensure that information is not shared?

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

More recently, Mike has been focused on designing and delivering global anti-counterfeiting programs for major international brands. What IPO events have you been involved with? What events will be you involved with in 2023? How will Corsearch and its customers benefit from this appointment?

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After over four years of litigation and five COVID-related continuances, it’s finally time for the main event. Skull arm design. Bible verse design. Upper back design. Tribal design. Let me know in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media. At least I hope so. Do you have any predictions?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

” So, while writers have a compulsion to use what they know from life to create their works of imagined lives, they will draw not only on events central and personal to themselves but on many things intersecting or tangential to the writer’s own life. They have to look and see, that’s all. Then they have to write.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

” (The court also notes Musk threatened and brought a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against Media Matters for similar motivations). In any event, the claims/labels don’t matter to anti-SLAPP motions: even though X Corp. “Although social media platforms do not like it, scraping, for various ends, is commonplace.”

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43(B)log

JANUARY 18, 2022

This seems wrong to me—like holding a skateboard nonfunctional because you can also use roller skates if you want personal wheels, or the Dippin’ Dots ice cream configuration nonfunctional because one can eat regular ice cream instead—but does provide a nice illustration of the importance of market definition to functionality determinations.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Branding has become more important than ever, particularly in developing an online presence through search engines, various online platforms, and social media. Nearly every mainstream marketplace and social media platform has Acceptable Use Policies, which provide procedures for reporting intellectual property infringements.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2021

Earlier this week, independent fashion designer Bailey Prado took to Instagram to call attention to a different fashion label that, according to her, copied her “whole life.” But, as popular as the app is, it has also been highly divisive with many fashion designers accusing it of selling inferior rip-offs of their work.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In the course of this event, Elon Musk briefly announced Tesla’s intention to sell ‘Gigabier’ by saying “and we’re even gonna have a beer”. In the background, the bottle design was displayed (see pictures below). One day after this event, on 10 October 2021, Juicyphant GmbH (‘Juicyphant’) filed for registration of EU trade mark no.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As more businesses begin to partake in commercial events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday , the opportunities for bad actors to trick, scam and steal potential revenue and profits away from your brand, increase. Infringers follow social media pages, brand updates, events and global trends to see which products are in demand.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Some of the most useful contexts in which these technologies are used are digital media (such as Merpel's extensive use of Shazam to recognise his favourite music), e-commerce or cloud computing. its pattern, trade mark or design) to determine whether it is genuine or counterfeit.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

After an eventful week, here is our recap of its top IP developments. Case Summaries Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing v. The plaintiff submitted that though their “Sufiyana” mark has not been registered, they have been using the same since 2014/ 2018 and thus have gathered a substantive goodwill in the market.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Virtual characters can play themed games, create original artwork, visit exhibition locations, shop for virtual clothing for their collections or gaming outfits, and partake in social events after arriving in “Gucci Town.” The general public could view the collection’s three-dimensional designs by scanning a QR code.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

City employees post about events, public safety, and more. The Facebook Page is a Designated Public Forum. ’…Facebook itself is designed for individuals to share information and express ideas. .'” ’…Facebook itself is designed for individuals to share information and express ideas.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

As I mentioned , I’m part of a team organizing a special virtual event called the “Lessons from the First Internet Ages Symposium.” ” The event starts tomorrow 10am Pacific, and it’s not too late to sign up ! We need to adopt and build on technical design principles that support such an ecosystem.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In an effort to fool people and profit from the use of celebrities’ names and pictures, deepfakes portraying fictional events that never occurred have been utilised against popular personalities. This is called personality merchandising or ” marketing of one’s persona. Anil Kapoor and Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

CRI Events Private Limited [Delhi High Court]. The second suit was filed by IPRS and PPL against an event management company for broadcasting music without authorization. The Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) v. Entertainment Network India Ltd (ENIL) and Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) v.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The Court noted that the Patents Act is specifically designed to deal with matters concerning allegations of unreasonable conditions in licence agreements, abuse of one’s status as a patentee, the necessary inquiry into these allegations, and eventually the relief that can be granted. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

It’s a simple question: can a government official block a constituent on social media? The court says yes: not every social media account operated by a public official is a government account. Based on the Knight First Amendment v. Trump ruling in the Second Circuit, it looked like the answer was a decisive no.

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