dedicated to investigate the reason behind the weak enforcement of IPRs in the industry. In the following paragraphs, the intrinsic nature of fashion and luxury industry as well as the specific legislative seams in the copyright, design patent, trademark and trade dress will be analysed to answer the question. Intrinsically, the lack of intellectual property protection in the fashion and luxury industry accelerates the production and dissemination of creativity. As opposed to the traditional
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M UM B A I S I L I C O N VA L L E Y BANGALORE S I NG A P ORE M UM BA I -BK C NEW DELH I M UNI CH Intellectual Property Law in India December 2013 © Copyright 2013 Nishith Desai Associates www.nishithdesai.com Intellectual Property Law in India About NDA Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) is a research based international law firm with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Silicon Valley, Singapore, New Delhi, Munich. We specialize in strategic legal, regulatory and tax advice
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any manner she chooses to. This right is backed by the right of publicity law. The right of publicity basically states that an individual has the right to control and profit from the commercial use of his/his name, likeness, and persona (Rich, 2000). However, this matter cannot be easily sided since the owner of Rally Motors has been using the Rally name for his business for the past forty years. The Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 protects a company’s ownership rights to the name, logo
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MIP Course. Week 2. LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF IP LAW Written Law To be a law, it has to be written. Presumption of innocence (not like in US) Case Law Case that happened before, and to which we are referring. It is a reported decisions. Jurisprudence. Every product has some patent, copyright or trade mark or IP protection. Even a vacuum. Patent (=brevet) It protect the concept of the construction of the article. Has to have: novelty, industrial steps, and has to have a commercial aim
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Join the brand (trademark) in Russia In Russia, the state registration of the trade mark by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property - structural unit Rospatent. It is necessary in order to secure the exclusive right to use the name and logo. In addition, registration makes illegal use of your trademark competing organizations. After the registration of the trade mark is made, the use of the company name, mark or logo without your consent is considered an administrative (and in some cases
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“NFL Trademarks By Taylor Salisbury” Have you ever had a product or service that you were proud of and wanted others to know it was you behind it? Well if you have, then having a trademark is the answer to that question. A trademark identifies and distinguishes the product or service of one seller or provider from another. A trademark can range from many different things, including a brand name, word, name, symbol, device, or any combination of these. Also the owner of a trademark can be an
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Course Syllabus Law 531 Business Law Course Start Date: 10/27/2010 Course End Date: 12/01/2010 Campus/Learning Center: Northern Virginia Please print a copy of this syllabus for handy reference. Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due, please remember this syllabus is considered the ruling document. Copyright Copyright ©2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix© is a registered trademark of Apollo Group
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Zhang Case 2 Feb.22 Paperback writer The professor’s book title, Criminal Intent, does not have any kind of legal protection. In order for literary or artistic expression to be protected from copying it must meet three requirements by law. The requirements for obtaining legal protection on this kind of material include the following: it must be original, it must be fixed in a durable medium, and it must show some level of creativity. In this case, Criminal Intent was obviously published
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Assignment #5 – Rally Round the Trade Name Peggie Lowery Strayer University Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance – LEG 500 Lynn E. MacBeth, J.D. March 13, 2011 Trade names identify a business and are used in advertising with a business’s customers and the public. A business’s trade name can be different from the legal name of the business and may or may not be trademarked. Most businesses register their trade name through the state to obtain a tax id number. Business names are critical
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encounter and it is unavoidable. For an online website, the common legal issue we will encounter is regarding about the domain name, trademark, and copyright issues. Similar occurrence will happen to our website when a person or other parties uses a sign identical or similar to the trademark concerned in relation to products or services without any concern of our trademark or copyright. Besides, there will be legal issues arise for the consumers rights when the consumers choose to purchase as our website
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