UK High Court issues split verdict in the Getty Images vs Stability AI case: Getty wins on trademark grounds for watermarked images, but loses on the core copyright claims around model training. Big implications for AI and Intellectual Property.
Read: https://hackread.com/uk-court-verdict-getty-images-vs-stability-ai/
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"Fonterra has agreed to sell major brands like Mainland and Anchor for $3.845 billion."
#GilesDexter, 2025
I strongly believe trademark law needs reform, so trademarks can't be sold as tradeable assets. The whole point of a trademark is to allow customers to buy from a consistent source. If they can be transferred from one operator to another, who can slap it on whatever garbage they like, it defeats the whole purpose.
Nice article by The Nostalgia Nerd about how the #Commodore brand name has been tossed about.
Doesn't cover the recent acquisition by #Perifrantic , however (which seems to be legit). #C64U
The Ninth Circuit just ruled NFTs are "goods" deserving trademark protection. Finally, your $10,000 digital ape can be legally protected from knockoffs - just like designer handbags! The future is beautifully absurd. 🎨⚖️
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that NFTs qualify as "goods" under the Lanham Act, entitling them to trademark protection. The decision in Yuga Labs v. Ryder Ripps establishes that brand owners can sue NFT copycats with the same legal tools used against counterfeit sneakers or handbags....
Cannabis Brand Protection in 2025: Trademarks, State Rights & Celebrity Licensing
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OpenAI's Jony Ive deal hits a trademark snag - judge blocks use of "io" name after lawsuit from IYO Inc. But the real winner here? OpenAI's 404 haiku: "Ghost of code lingers / Blank space now invites wonder / Thoughts begin to soar" 🎭 Peak tech poetry meets legal drama!
OpenAI appears to have pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI's $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman's device startup io) from its website and YouTube page. [Though you can still see the ...
Fun type design and labor facts:
1. The first US design patent was a typeface patent.
https://typographica.org/on-typography/copyright-protection-of-typefaces/#comment-1418735
The US denies copyright protection for typefaces, but not font software (for now… https://typedrawers.com/discussion/comment/65603/#Comment_65603).
Foundries may be able to protect a type design with a patent, and a typeface name with a trademark.
https://www.commarts.com/columns/fonts-and-the-law
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The United States has the dubious distinction of offering no copyright protection for the design of typefaces — at least not in their visual form.1 With the advent of digital fonts, type manufacturers found a way to protect their intellectual property by submitting typefaces for copyright in a format the government did...
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