IP Tech Blog

MAY 15, 2023

It appears that the beat and lyrics (sung with an AI trained on Drake) were original to Ghostwriter977, but the songwriter inadvertently left in a small snippet of copyrighted music belonging to UMG in the form of a “producer tag.” But trademark enforcement also does not have a handy takedown mechanism like the DMCA.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2022

For further details, please see their announcement below: LexisNexis introduces new legal issue analysis for PTAB ex parte decisions in LexisNexis PatentAdvisor, enabling search issue-tagged decisions and locating effective arguments at every interaction with the USPTO.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The following is an edited transcript of my video, 50 Ways to Use Your Trademark. Clients ask all the time, “Now that I’ve got my trademark protected or registered, how do I use it? There are many different places and ways to use your trademarks. I’ve got 50 Ways to Use Your Trademark. Where do I use it?”

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 21, 2022

It is a metadata tag that allows users to build, locate, track, and participate to a specific discussion on social networking sites and other online applications. They are metadata tags that let users make, recognize, explore, and participate to a certain discussion or subject on online communities and other internet applications.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Let’s look at how you should protect and trademark your clothing lines. Contact US patent and trademark attorney Vic Lin at 949-223-9623 or email vlin@icaplaw.com to explore how we can register your clothing brand’s trademarks, patents and copyrights. But how do you show a trademark on clothing?

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The following is an edited transcript of my video, The Types of Acceptable Evidence for Trademark Applications. An important piece of the trademark application puzzle is submitting proper evidence to the USPTO to demonstrate use of the mark in connection with all of the goods and services that are in the application.

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IPilogue

JULY 21, 2022

While Hailey Bieber’s new skin care brand Rhode promises “ happy and hydrated skin, ” the brand itself has a blemish: an alleged trademark infringement. and HRBEAUTY, LLC for trademark infringement. Further, consumers are tagging the wrong Rhode brand on Instagram content. On June 21,2022, Rhode-NYC, LLC.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Trade Dress Is Either a Trademark or Service Mark. Trade dress” functions as either a trademark or service mark. A “trademark” is any word, term, phase, symbol, logo, design, shape, tag line, background, color, scent, sound, device, or combination thereof, which distinguishes the goods (i.e.,

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McBayer IP Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

Posted In Intellectual Property , Trademark As we all know, the varying degrees of lockdown brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic have, for over a year now, interrupted nearly every aspect of personal and professional life. Patent and Trademark Office , United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2021

A Geographical Indication refers to a tag or a sign that is used on products or processes that have a particular geographical origin. Since Champagne originates from the Champagne region in France, only labels that are located within 100 miles of this region is permitted to use the tag “Champagne”.

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McBayer IP Blog

APRIL 22, 2021

Posted In Intellectual Property , Trademark Lil Nas X, Trademark infringement, Satan, Shoes. The real message is that a company’s brand and trademark are defined by its willingness to aggressively defend them, and the devil isn’t always just in the details.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

But over the period of time, it has become a popular marketing tag line for the restaurants and bars to attract customers on a particular day of the week typically on Tuesday to sell the Mexican foods. Over the years, some businesses and individuals have attempted to trademark the phrase ‘Taco Tuesday’ for various purposes.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

The plaintiff paints fish, has a trademark in his name, “DeYoung,” and has registered copyrights. The plaintiff claims that Pixels’ users upload infringing images and refer to them by the trademark DeYoung. Trademark Infringement. Trademark Counterfeiting. eBay and Multi-Time Machine v. ” UGH.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Trademark Protection for Board Games by Yuri L. Eliezer.block-content { padding-top: 12px; background-ffffff; background-image: none; } Trademark Protection for Board Games: Unlock the Potential of Trade Dress for Your Board Game Table of Contents: What is Trade Dress Protection? Take, for instance, a Coca-Cola bottle.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As a result, it is seeking an injunction precluding the baseball team from using the trademark. According to Cleveland Roller Derby, a non-profit entity, despite being valued at over $1 billion, the baseball team is trying to bulldoze the roller derby team’s superior trademark rights to the Guardians name.

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Kashishipr

MARCH 23, 2022

A trademark refers to a legally registered word or symbol representing a specific product or service of a company. Therefore, we can say that a trademark serves as a helping hand in gaining more uniqueness and popularity everywhere, including on platforms as prevalent as the internet. While Tony La Russa (the former manager of the St.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Up until a few years ago, the Starbucks sleeve was also copyrighted and that’s beside their trademarked logo being printed on each sleeve served. It was resolved that the committee would trademark the Ethiopian coffees; namely, Sidamo, Harrar, and Yirgecheffe. Geographic Indication vs Trademarks.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 17, 2023

I tagged along on a site tour with a group of new hires and was able to see some archival sets and props, the costume department, editing studios, as well as the sets of The Agenda and other TVO in-house productions. They are “published” by the Registrar of Trademarks as opposed to being “registered” like trademarks.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

Introduction In today’s digital economy, trademarks play an important role in developing a brand’s identity, establishing customer trust, and assuring market competition. Trademark violation raises significant issues. Cybersquatting is another type of trademark infringement.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

AUGUST 28, 2023

FAO(OS)(COMM) 2 of 2022), involved a dispute as to whether displaying/ encouraging the use of a registered trademark of the Respondent to display third party’s website links, which were infringing the Respondent’s trademark, amounts to infringement. DRS Logistics (P) Ltd., (FAO(OS)(COMM)

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

25, 2021) “Because Amazon’s marketplace operates as a neutral intermediary between consumers and third-party vendors, courts have typically not found it liable for trademark-infringing goods sold through its platform.” Some of Redbubble’s artists uploaded trademark-infringing images. Redbubble, Inc., 19-3388 (6th Cir.

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McBayer IP Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

Posted In Trademark The purpose of a trademark is to provide your business with a unique identifier on which to build your brand. Trademarks then help you to stand out in the marketplace. More > Tags: trademark infringement , Trademarks.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

Alternatively, it argued that it was making fair use of the term, Held: Breitling satisfied the three prong test of descriptive fair use as (1) it did not make trademark use of the term; (2) it used the term solely to describe as aspect of the product; and (3 ) there was no evidence that it did not act in good faith.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

One such avenue to safeguard such rights is through the way of Copyright and Trademark. Indian legislation does not provide exclusive statutory protection under the head of Personality Rights, but separate aid can be entreated under Copyright Act, Trademark Act, Fundamental Rights, and through various judicial pronouncements.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

A Case of Reverse Passing Off: DHC Rules In Favour Of Western Digital On Trademark Infringement Recently, the DHC passed an ex-parte interim injunction order against Geonix, holding them prima facie liable for indulging in ‘reverse passing off’ by selling Western Digital’s hard disks as their own.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 15, 2023

It appears that the beat and lyrics (sung with an AI trained on Drake) were original to Ghostwriter977, but the songwriter inadvertently left in a small snippet of copyrighted music belonging to UMG in the form of a “producer tag.” But trademark enforcement also does not have a handy takedown mechanism like the DMCA.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Increase access to the patent and trademark systems for inventors and entrepreneurs from historically underserved communities. Patent and Trademark Office Leadership Don Graves Gina M. Raimondo Tags Hispanic Heritage Month Secretary Gina Raimondo Grow Minority Business Enterprises (MBE).

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McBayer IP Blog

JANUARY 16, 2019

Posted In Trademark A well-known truism of trademark law is that if the owner of a trademark is not making adequate ongoing use of that trademark, the owner of the mark is at risk of jeopardizing the continued right to enforce the trademark to prevent others from using the same or a similar mark in a related line of business.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) free, online 2022 Hispanic Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program on Wednesday, October 12 from 1-4 p.m. Patent and Trademark Office. Do you want to learn about valuable tools available to inventors and entrepreneurs? Are you eager to be inspired and informed by accomplished Hispanic innovators?

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Businesses may find it challenging to enforce trademark rights in online marketplaces because it can be challenging to locate infringers and hold them accountable. Effective trademark enforcement is essential in this situation for protecting the goodwill and financial interests of legitimate businesses.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 9, 2021

Protecting our Trademark Customers with Federal Registration of USPTO Marks. Guest blog by David Gooder, Commissioner for Trademarks . These types of misleading solicitations and trademark filing scams are a growing problem, especially as we are seeing more sophisticated enterprises entering the space. August 9, 2021.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office. Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs. International Trade Administration. National Institute of Standards and Technology. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Leadership. Entrepreneurship. Hispanic Heritage Month.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

Jim Adler runs a personal injury law firm that claims trademarks in JIM ADLER, THE HAMMER, TEXAS HAMMER, and EL MARTILLO TEJANO. It bids on the Adler trademarks for “click-to-call” keyword ads. ” Adler sued for trademark and related claims. ” Adler sued for trademark and related claims.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

1058(a)(1); see also Trademark Rule 2.160(a)(1)(i). 1058(a)(3); see also Trademark Rule 2.160(a)(3). & Trademarks , 51 F.3d TTABlogger comment: Did this ruling deserve the "precedential" tag? Respondent WKND's registration issued on March 14, 2017, and so its Section 8 declaration was due by March 14, 2023.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 12, 2022

Therefore, the prime role of such hashtags needs to be assessed in line with the Trademark Law to deduce whether they qualify for trademark protection. The trend of incentivizing hashtags as trademarks began way back in 2010, and since then, the filing of such Trademark Applications has spiked globally.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A Supreme Court ruling last 13 July establishes that the mere possession of counterfeit products and their display for sale entails “reputational damage” for the protected trademarks concerned. Additionally, the greater the prestige of a trademark, the greater the level of protection that that sign should deserve to obtain from the courts.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2023

Understanding the Difference Between Actual Use (1(a)) and Intent to Use (1(b)) Trademark Applications by Kennington Groff What is the difference between a Section 1(a) actual use application and a Section 1(b) intent to use trademark registration application? The Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure § 901.01

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