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Applicant’s Lack of Transparency Clouds TM Registration

Patently-O

This is a pending trademark case involving the mark CLEAR that Dolce Vita uses on their shoes. Still, when I saw the brand name CLEAR as applied to footwear, I did not expect for the shoes to be transparent. . I remember the 1980s and gel-sandals; my internet search also reveals some beautiful translucent Crocs. DolceVitaBrief.

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Trademark Enforcement In E-Market : Challenges In Identifying The Infringer And Holding Them Accountable

IP and Legal Filings

The issue of counterfeiting not only compromises a brand’s reputation or brand value, but also puts consumer safety at risk by allowing the sale and uninformed purchase of sub-standard goods. The defendant was “Darveys.com”, it was a “luxury brand marketplace” [6]. Nakul Bajaj & Ors. [4]

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Personality Rights – Is it enough to protect us from AI?

Selvam & Selvam Blog

In the author’s personal opinion, Trademark law when implemented and enforced effectively can play a crucial role in the protection of personality rights of celebrities and to target the prevention of deepfakes and unauthorized use of an individual’s identity or likeness by third parties.

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Conquering Likelihood of Confusion in Pharmaceutical Trademarks

Corsearch

Name saturation is an existential challenge for every industry that harnesses trademark law to protect its brand. You can explore what are known as non-conventional trademarks — sounds, colors, smells — to convey your brand messaging. As more and more names are registered, fewer are available for use.

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Understanding the Relevance of IPR in the Fashion Industry

IP and Legal Filings

More specifically, in India, the design act, 2000 protects designs that feature shapes, patterns, ornaments, or compositions of lines or colors applied to any article in two or three-dimensional forms. With the introduction of technologies such as 3D printing or laser printing, patent laws have entered the fashion industry.

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Trademarks And the Metaverse

IP and Legal Filings

This demonstrates the succinctness and simplicity of the Metaverse’s trademarking mechanism. Their rights will be protected thanks to the metaverse brandstrademarks. By deterring rip offs, trademarks safeguard a company’s identity and the repute of its brand(s), especially in the Metaverse.

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Delhi High Court grants injunction against ‘dialmytrip’ in MakeMyTrip India Private Limited v. Dialmytrip Tech Private Limited

SpicyIP

Jacob Jacoby in his article, “The Psychological Foundations of Trademark Law: Secondary Meaning, Generism, Fame, Confusion, Dilution.” states that “The brand names serve as information ‘chunks’. Given, only a familiar brand name, a host of relevant and important information can be efficiently called into consciousness.”