Erik K Pelton

JULY 8, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of my video Why Some Trademarks Receive More Protection Than Others. Not all trademarks are created equal. Some are entitled to more protection than others. A trademark can be anything that indicates the source of a business’s products or services, and can include: words logos slogans colors sounds shapes (product or product packaging) building shapes Let’s focus on word marks and why some get more trademark protection.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 8, 2023

Traditionally, when copyright holders go after pirate sites, their main mission is to shut them down permanently. This strategy has resulted in the demise of thousands of websites over the past two decades. In some cases these shutdowns are easy, only requiring a cease and desist order to be delivered to the owner’s home address. In others, disputes can escalate into prolonged legal battles where judges or juries have the final say.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 8, 2023

Via fashionista-lawyer-to-the-fashionista-stars Olivera Medenica, it’s time to roll up for the Federal Bar Association‘s 2016 Fashion Law Conference at the Parson’s School of Design! Look, here’s the text I copied. The post Fashion Law at the Federal Bar Association appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 8, 2023

A new complaint involving competing pooping puppy puzzles shows why drawing the line between ideas and expression can be difficult business. 2023 is shaping up to be a year of crappy IP lawsuits. In January, BMG sued over a glitter-pooping unicorn doll that sings “ My Poops ” to the tune of the Black Eyed Peas pop-rap hit “ My Humps.” Then in June, the Supreme Court decided a trademark dispute sparked by a poop-themed dog toy that resembles a Jack Daniel’s liquor bottle.

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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The IPKat

JULY 8, 2023

This is the second part of this Kat's analysis on Interdigital v Lenovo FRAND judgment [2023] EWHC 539 (Pat). FRAND – General Principles The Judge underlined the importance of the following points of principle in his consideration ([446]): i) Generally, in the unpacking of any allegedly comparable PLA, whether account should be taken of the subjective views of either SEP licensor or SEP licensee.

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