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Hermès’ Challenge of ‘MetaBirkin’ NFTs Foretells Future Trademark Litigation Trends

IP Watchdog

The ongoing “MetaBirkin” lawsuit is unusual, however, in that it involves a designer brand and two of the latest, trending topics – non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the metaverse.

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Paul McCrory Faces 10 More Allegations of Plagiarism

Plagiarism Today

Specifically, his task was to advise the sports organizations on how to handle concussions and other cases of possible brain injury. However, one thing is clear, McCrory’s already shaky reputation has taken another serious blow. Whether that investigation will happen or not remains to be seen. Why Self Plagiarism Matters.

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Cardozo A&ELJ symposium, Trademark

43(B)log

Second, the Lexmark court says, 43(a) has a proximate cause requirement: a plaintiff suing under § [43](a) ordinarily must show economic or reputational injury flowing directly from the deception wrought by the defendant’s advertising; and that that occurs when deception of consumers causes them to withhold trade from the plaintiff.

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Trademark Disparagement, Free Speech and Bullying: The Case of Dabur v. Dhruv Rathee

SpicyIP

Hussain Dalal wherein it has said that “ “spoken words should be misstatement or causing confusion and deception which is the gist of the passing off action or in the alternative, the said spoken words should cause infringement by way of diluting the distinctive character and repute of the trade mark which may either intention or unintentional.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

For more details on the topic of design and the metaverse in China see our previous blog post. In addition, if there is some distinctive device or wordings in the NFT indicative of its source, then an additional layer of protection could be added by filing for trademark protection.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

LexBlog IP

For more details on the topic of design and the metaverse in China see our previous blog post. In addition, if there is some distinctive device or wordings in the NFT indicative of its source, then an additional layer of protection could be added by filing for trademark protection.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 6- November 12)

SpicyIP

In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including copyright and education, transparency and clinical trial data, Google ad-word cases, and more! However, considering that the appellant’s mark is a well-known mark, cross border reputation of the plaintiff the court passed the present stay order.