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IPR in Fashion

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Intellectual property (IP) rights are the legal protections for the intangible inventions of the human mind. In light of this, each industrial design asset and the brand that markets it must be secured by intellectual property rights in the fashion sector. Trends now in style and contentious topics in the industry.

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Web Page Framing Isn’t Trespass to Chattels–Best Carpet Values v. Google

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Why are we revisiting this crusty old topic? The Ninth Circuit fixes that obvious error, saying the chattel in question “are the copies of Plaintiffs’ websites.” ” Domain names are also intangible, as are the records documenting domain name ownership, yet the court held they were capable of being converted.

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Third Circuit Says Section 230 Doesn’t Apply to Publicity Rights Claims–Hepp v. Facebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

If the opinion doesn’t get fixed in the Third Circuit, the unambiguous conflict with the Ninth Circuit sets up a circuit split that could support Supreme Court review. There is a more structural objection to “intellectual property” that the term “property” should not be used for intangible assets at all.