Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

In 2023, I logged 225 such cases (this number will grow a bit due to lags with the electronic databases). The 2023 count represented a 17% increase over the 2022 count. 2023 marked a significant milestone: my census now counts over 1,000 total U.S. Ballenger, 2023 U.S. I continue to maintain my census of U.S.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2023 – the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, it’s about the trade marks. Katpost on the decision here.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JANUARY 23, 2024

Trademark Office issued the following 178 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in November 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

by Dennis Cxrouch In re Lizzo LLC (TTAB 2023) In a new precedential opinion, the PTAB has sided with the musical artist Lizzo — agreeing to register her mark “100% THAT B H” for use on apparel. ” On those grounds, the TTAB concluded that the mark is registrable and thus reversed the denial.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The design was granted registration by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Kolkata. The design was filed on 10/03/2022 and was subsequently accepted and published in the Journal of the Patent Office numbered 21/2023 on May 26th, 2023. The design number is 360313-00.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled three oral hearings for the month of December 2023, all held via video conference. December 5, 2023 - 2 PM: Omegle.com, LLC v. December 12, 2023 - 2 PM: In re Cuts Clothing Inc Serial No. December 13, 2023 - 1 PM: Tiarra Hamlett and Michael Hamlett Jr.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We are pleased to announce that the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) and International Trademark Association (INTA) are jointly hosting a conference on brand protection strategies on February 24th, 2023 at the Imperial, New Delhi. P rior registration through RSVP is mandatory for attendance.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Trademark Office issued the following 177 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in October 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Trademark Office issued the following 177 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in September 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

That included those whose names appeared in public WHOIS databases as registrants or owners of domains. In an August 2023 joint submission to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Hollywood, the recording industry, TV companies, the gaming industry and publishers left little doubt that patience had run out.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 30, 2024

In another precedential procedural ruling, the Board held that, because a registration expires by law as of its sixth anniversary if a Section 8 declaration is not filed before the expiration of the six-month grace period, a petition for cancellation filed during the grace period is deemed moot and judgment cannot be entered against the respondent.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled ten oral hearings for the month of October 2023. October 10, 2023 - 10 AM [In Person]: Edward Levy and Marc Padro v. October 11, 2023 - 11 AM: In re Sentry Centers Holdings, LLC , Serial No. October 12, 2023 - 2 PM: Hoodrich Ltd v.

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The IPKat

MARCH 16, 2023

On 21 February 2023, the US Copyright Office (USCO) issued a decision further to a request to register Zarya of the Dawn , a graphic novel that includes images created with the assistance of Midjourney , a generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) system. The case In September 2022, Ms.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 22, 2023

First, on February 21, 2023, the Copyright Office issued its much-anticipated decision regarding the registration of a graphic novel by artist Kristina Kashtanova that included images generated using the AI tool Midjourney. Then, on March 15, 2023, the Copyright Office issued a policy statement providing its. By: Perkins Coie

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Trademark Office issued the following 165 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in September 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Trademark Office issued the following 174 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in August 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg.

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Olartemoure Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

On November 8th, INVIMA finally published the guidelines for modifications to health registrations for medicinal products pending since the issuance of Decree 334 in March 2022 and Decree 1474 in September 2023. La entrada Guidelines for modifications to health registrations se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled nine oral hearings for the month of September 2023. September 7, 2023 - 11:15 AM [In Person, North Carolina Central University School of Law, Durham, NC]: In re Vinedo de Zorra, LLC , Serial No. September 12, 2023 - 11 AM: Montgomery Law LLC v.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled six oral hearings for the month of November 2023. November 2, 2023 - 1 PM: Baxter S.r.l. 91263387 [Opposition to registration of BAXTON STUDIO for furniture, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered mark BAXTER for furniture.] Welch 2023.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 17, 2023

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN – 16 th Annual USPTO Design Day on May 4, 2023 Registration for the 16th Annual USPTO Design Day 2023 has been made available and interested parties can register virtually or in person here. The 16th annual Design Day will be held on May 4, 2023, from 10 a.m.-5

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 4, 2023

Trademark Office issued the following 176 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in July 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

trademark registration for your trademark on goods or services for your business. Can your trademark registration be cancelled with the U.S. Can you file anything to strengthen your trademark registration against invalidation? This means that it is less burdensome to prove the invalidity of a trademark registration.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The decision, which attracted considerable commentary over the weekend, involves mandatory registration rules for audio and visual services that include far more than the large streaming services. As is often the case, it is not as bad as critics would suggest, but not nearly as benign as the CRTC would have you believe.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 10, 2023

Trademark Office issued the following 135 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in March 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 11, 2024

In a recent decision, AFNIC, the French country-code top-level domain name registrar, transferred the rights to the domain name ‘porcelainefrancaisedelimoges.fr’ to the owners of the French geographical indication (GI) ‘Porcelaine de Limoges’ (decision FR-2023-03612 ). 2014-344 of March 17, 2014 – the 2014 Law) [ IPKat here ].

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 10, 2023

Trademark Office issued the following 110 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in February 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. Number Word Mark 6986618 OPTAVISE OPTIMAL BENEFITS, WELL-ADVISED. 6986617 OPTAVISE OPTIMAL BENEFITS, WELL-ADVISED.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MAY 22, 2023

Trademark Office issued the following 175 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in April 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit joined the Third and Eleventh Circuits in ruling that the re-registration of an infringing domain name with a bad faith intent to profit violates the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). 24, 2023) (Diaz, Thacker, Floyd, JJ.). Prudential Ins. Shenzhen Stone Network Info.

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Olartemoure Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

All amendments adopted by the Madrid Union Assembly regarding various regulations under the Madrid System concerning international trademark registration came into effect 01 February 2023. La entrada Madrid Protocol Trademark Registration se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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The TTABlog

MAY 31, 2023

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled nine (9) oral hearings for the month of June 2023. June 14, 2023 - 11 AM: Mi-Box Moving and Mobile Storage Inc. June 15, 2023 - 1 PM: Robyn Roche-Paull v. June 21, 2023 - 11 AM: Perfectionately Yours, LLC v. June 27, 2023 - 11 AM: LogMeIn, Inc.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Trademark Office issued the following 132 trademark registrations to persons and business in Indiana in January 2023 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. 6944877 LAKE ESCAPE 6939584 REPAIRWARES GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 26, 2023

Copyright Office data provide a glimpse into the historical rates of registration, which is itself a window into how often women creators seek intellectual property law protections. A later study found that the numbers of women authors in registration records continued to increase, showing that women represented 38.5%

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Last week the Board decided three Section 2(d) oppositions in which it held oral arguments in June 2023. 91239609 (October 13, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Karen S. 91252440 and 91255819 (October 11, 2023) [Not Precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cynthia C. Welch 2023. How do you think they came out?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Grande Communications Networks, LLC, 2023 WL 1422808 (W.D. Jan 31, 2023). 11, 2023): Time and again we have declared that “prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled (and strongly so) to recover attorney fees.” . Hoffmann Air Conditioning and Heating, LLC, 2023 WL 2681994 (E.D. March 29, 2023).

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The TTABlog

JULY 25, 2023

The latest issue of Allen's Trademark Digest includes a compilation of my capsule summaries of the precedential "Decisions of the Federal Circuit and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on Registrability Issues - July 2022 to June 2023." Welch 2023. download pdf here ]. Set out below is my brief introduction to the compilation.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Board recently decided three Section 2(d) oppositions in which it held oral arguments in August 2023. 91263939 (September 28, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Frances S. 91247343 (September 6, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge George C. Kuhlke) [Opposition to registration of FOUR SEASONS OUTDOOR LIVING CO.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This Africa IP Highlights 2023 is the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here. Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field.

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