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In a Unanimous Decision, TTAB Dismisses SPLIT DECISION Opposition: Billy Stott Failed to Prove Ownership of the Band Name

The TTABlog

Stott began to "manage" the band SPLIT DECISION two years after it was formed, and claimed to be a "full, non-performing primary band member," but there was no agreement regarding ownership of the band's name. There, a singing group began performing for nominal amounts of money in the Boston area under the name New Edition. "An

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Limited Edition Products and their IP Protection

IIPRD

These products are named “Limited Editions”. These items have restricted production and remain in the market only for a short duration of time. They almost never re-enter the market again. This creates scarcity of the product in the market. But how can these Limited-Edition Products be protected?

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IPSC Panel 14 – Copyright Authorship & Ownership

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Twain thought he should have ownership of his lectures—“my lecture was my property.” There’s some transformation in organization; used entire work/market substitute so Cord wouldn’t be able to sell her narrative a publisher. It’s not clear that giving Cord’s estate ownership would be social justice, but that’s a question worth asking.

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Whales Dominate Global Publishing

Velocity of Content

In the 2021 edition of Global 50 , an annual ranking of publishing’s leading firms, industry analyst Rüdiger Wischenbart reports that the combined revenue of the top 10 companies tops that of the following 40. And let me remind you – German Amazon is the largest international market for Amazon.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This doctrine has a significant effect on the economic vitality of the NFT industry, especially when it comes to ‘online exhaustion’ and the prospect of a secondary market in digital content. Therefore, NFT creators can subvert resale royalty protocols via technical loopholes, as marketplaces are not cross-market interoperable.

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The Contested Meaning of Web3 & Why it Matters for (IP) Lawyers

Kluwer Copyright Blog

“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . user ownership of digital assets)?

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.