Trademark law Essays

the area of intellectual property. The Internet poses unique problems for those trying to protect the goodwill and intangible value encapsulated in a trademark. With the advent of the World Wide Web and increasing access availability, online trading has become very important to the world of commerce and as such the provisions of traditional trademark law have come under duress. The Irish Trade Marks Act 1996 describes a trade mark as being any graphical representation (words, designs,

Memo applicable law on copyright and trademark (Facebook) 1. Facebook Statement of rights and responsibilities When one creates a Facebook page, one accepts and undertakes to abide by Facebook Statement or rights and responsibilities. Section 5 “Protecting Other People's Rights” of Facebook Statement of rights and responsibilities provides that: “We respect other people's rights, and expect you to do the same. 1. You will not post content or take any action on Facebook that infringes or violates

Luxury Brands and Trademark Law Case comment Christian Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent Date: 11/19/2014 Abelis Bar UID 3035131602 (exchange student) On March 27, 2007 Christian Louboutin field an application with the US Patent and Trademark office to protect its "Red Sole Mark", and as requested, the trademark protection was granted, with the color red being a claimed feature of the mark. Louboutin established his characterization by a bright lacquered red out sole. The red sole

“Snow White” ladies’ sponge and make-up bags, we can see that the Defendants used an unregistered trademark similar from the “Cinderella” slippers on their “Snow White” sponge and make-up bags similar to the Plaintiff’s design on the slippers. Let’s explore the case of the Cinderella slippers versus the Snow White sponge bags and make-up bags. We learned from Lau and Johnson (2014) textbook that a “trademark are words, names, colors, sounds, symbols, shapes, and other identifying characteristics (p.

In order to protect their “Red Sole Mark”, Louboutin filed an application with the US patent and trademark in March, 2007. An approval of the trademark protection was given to Louboutin in 2008 for “lacquered red sole on footwear” having the color red as the main feature. In 2011, the famous fashion company of YSL decided to release monochromatic footwear using the colors yellow, green, purple and red. This segment included the same color for the whole shoe, including the heel, insole, upper and

separately owned teams conceded in a joint venture to as part of the National Football League Properties to grant rights to companies that would produce licensed team NFL items. In December of 2000 it granted Reebok international the right to solely trademark and produce headwear on behalf of all the teams in the league. American Needle who previously also held license with the National Football League Properties lost the right to create exclusive headgear for any of the team in the NFL under the Reebok

Huoqing was actually selling products incorrectly labeled as "Gucci," Gucci hired an investigator to buy products from Wang Huoqing's website. Once enough evidence was gathered to verify the accusations, Gucci filed a lawsuit against Wang Huoqing for trademark infringement with a California federal district court. As Wang Huoqing failed to appear in court, the court was warranted to issue a default judgment. Because Wang Huoqing was a resident of China, however, the court had to determine whether or not

In the aftermath of the 2008 Melamine Milk Crisis in China, there were some interesting facts and consequences that came to light. China also continued to have issues over this scandal in 2010 (China’s melamine, 2010). One of the larger issues revealed, was that the practice of contaminating milk with melamine was not limited to just the Sanlu Group. In fact, it was a fairly regular practice nation-wide as China is the number one manufacture of melamine and shares close relationships with the

Purpose of IP Rights for business In today's competitive environment, innovation is the mainstay for every business that leads to development of intellectual property. Identifying, developing, and leveraging innovation provides competitive edge and aids in long term success of the company. Intellectual property is not limited to technology companies, but is valuable for every business which invests huge sums in research and development for creating indigenous products and services. A company should

Individual Response Memo #2 Protecting the value of a company is crucial to its success, especially as a start-up business. Given that intellectual property constitutes a hefty portion of a company’s value, it is paramount to take the right course of action to attain the utmost protection, and avoid unnecessary mistakes to be several steps ahead in industries. IDS as a company in the technological industry must go above and beyond to seek the right intellectual property protection as such an innovative

Katie Hahn Mr. Yupanqui English DE Block 5 18 January 2017 Doesn’t Take Sherlock Bones to Understand “Gamepad” Out of the hundreds and even thousands of dog food brands that exist, Pedigree had to create an effective advertisement to appeal to their audience. Although simplistic, “Gamepad” created a strong connection to the viewers through ethos and pathos. The Pedigree advertisement is extremely effective because it not only appeals to dog owners due to the name brand recognition, but it also appeals

Material belongings are considered property because people own them in exchange for hard work. Property can be stolen by a thief and the owners may get upset. In other words, ideas and combinations of words are the property of intellectual achievements. Intellectuals and authors spend time and effort to create ideas. Students who plagiarize offend the author’s ideas because they. In addition, students who cheat on tests or quizzes to get good grades is also theft. Thus, ideas and combinations of

Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1) What impact did DMCA have on the digital world? Was it generally positive or negative? 2) How does DMCA affect the regular users? 3) What caused the establishment of DMCA, main point and ideas of DMCA? The purpose and influence of DMCA. Authors: Sakharov Vladimir, Sandeep Pahadi, Dubovik Uladzislau Introduction In this report we wanted to find out what caused the introduction of DMCA, what did the people behind it want

Overpopulation Imagine a world where you have no space or privacy, no more beautiful scenes of nature or animals, all you see are grey skies, trash, and large crowds of people. This is the imagery that the movie soylent green has given us of the year 2022. In this movie we see In the NYC of 2022 the temperature never drops below a humid 90. Over 20 million people are out of work. There is no middle class. The poor sleep where they can and join together for the daily food riots. The rich live

1. Häagen-Dazs’s mission statement ‘Our mission is to use the finest ingredients to create the world’s best-tasting ice cream and change the way people thought about ice cream.’ 2.Company information 2.1 Reuben Mattus founded the Häagen-Dazs’s in 1960. 2.2 Häagen Dazs has become one of the the popular ice cream brand,  selling its products in more than 900 Häagen-Dazs shops in more than eighty countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and China across a wide range of retail channels

Throughout the novel, “With a Sword in my Hand” (WASIMH), there was an ongoing theme of Marguerite struggling to fulfil the roles expected of her as the future Countess of Flanders. The author, Jean-Claude van Rijckegham highlights the struggle of how Marguerite acts, looks and the ever-continuing conflict between her and her father. In the Medieval Flemish era, it was critical for women higher in the hierarchy to look beautiful and elegant. For Marguerite to develop as a woman, she had to pluck

Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 SWOT analysis for “Amul Butter” 5 PEST Analysis 8 Porter’s 5 Force Model for AMUL Butter 9 Market Research through Survey 12 Findings from the survey analysis 16 Positioning Strategy 18 Recommendations 19 References 19   Executive Summary   Introduction Amul as a brand name is familiar to almost every individual in India, Amul is known for its quality products purity and hygiene. It is a Dairy Cooperative of Gujarat, also known as The Gujarat Cooperative

Susan Jacoby is greatly known for her reputation work in “A First Amendment Junkie” published in 1978. She is recognized in the society, especially by women because of writing a reputational essay which reflects her open views and ideas relating to the censorship of pornography in the society. Her argument is that first amendment is the most important thing and that censorship is a wrong thing. In her essay, Jacoby stands by her belief that it is very wrong to suppress any form of censorship against

In the table 2, it show that duplication of purchase, it has five brands penetration and the buyer who buy one brand also buy the other brands. The brand Weet-Bix penetration is 73%, when the buyers buy the Weet-bix, who also buy the other brands, Corn Flakes have 79%, Special K have 60%, Coco-Pops have 47% and Cheerios have 30%. The brand Corn Flakes penetration is 50%, the buyer who buy Corn Flakes also bought the other brand, Weet-bix have 82%, Special K have 65%, Coco-pops have 39% and Cheerios

Bste311 Company name: Clover Product: Milk Best operating management 2.3.1. Cost of working reasonable hours The sustainability incorporate both the requirements of the Act, 71 of 2008 in terms of regulation43, which based on good corporate citizenship, environmental health and public safety. Working hours for each and every employee must be limited to a maximum of 45 hours in a week: nine hours if the employee works five days a week or eight hours if the employee works more than five days a week