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[Guest Post] Thrifted is the new black

The IPKat

However, how can trademark owners know for sure where second-hand products were initially put on the market? Thus, second-hand sellers should keep the use of any marks to a minimum, only to identify the source of their products. Second-hand products were usually produced years ago, and it is hard to identify their counterfeits.

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Webinar: Protecting Product Configurations, Packaging and Designs: What In House Counsel Needs to Know

Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

Product configuration and packaging play an integral part in consumer choice and can often set a particular product apart from its competition on the store shelf. Topics Include: How to effectively use trademarks, trade dress, patents, and copyrights to protect product configurations and packaging designs.

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Sounds, Colors, Scents, and Other Nontraditional Trademarks

Erik K Pelton

And it’s one of my favorite topics to talk about because there’s so many exciting and interesting examples of different non-traditional trademarks. Just a color alone in connection with a specific product or service can potentially be registered. For example, the packaging of an Altoids tin is a registered trademark.

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Disparate impact isn't "unfair" for consumer protection purposes, court indicates

43(B)log

May 18, 2021) This would make a great student note topic: Is disparate impact “unfair” under state consumer protection laws? She ignores that the different scents, packaging, and labels make the products potentially attractive to different customers with different preferences.” Conopco, Inc., 20-2696 (8 h Cir. Seems wrong to me.

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Technologies for Enhancing Cannabis Bioavailability and Their Legal Methods of Protection

LexBlog IP

The following post explores the bioavailability and efficacy of various cannabis products, followed by a brief overview of the legal protection afforded to each as an intellectual property asset. Vaping uses lower temperatures than smoking, so the active ingredients of the product are not incinerated. TINCTURES, EDIBLES AND TOPICALS.

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European Commission consultation on unitary supplementary protection certificates (SPCs)

The IPKat

The purpose of the SPC Regulations ( Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 ) is to compensate patentees for the lengthy process of achieving marketing authorisation for a medicinal or plant product. SPCs are national rights that provide an additional period of protection for a medicinal product protected by a patent.

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5th Circuit allows image-based tobacco warnings in barest nod to consistency on compelled commercial speech

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The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act requires cigarette packages to include “color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of smoking to accompany the [updated] label statements.” Gotta admit, these don’t sound promising for disclosures that have to be a big part of every package.]