The TTABlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark FREEDOM PARTY for "organizing and conducting dance parties" on the ground that Respondent Hyman was not the sole owner of the mark when he filed his underlying use-based application. Therefore, his application was void ab initio and deemed invalid. Wellington).

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The NAKED condom case returned to the TTAB after a CAFC reversal [ TTABlogged here ] and the Supreme Court's denial of the registrant's petition for writ of certiorari (September 2021). According to Section 2(d), Australian was required to show ownership of a mark "previously used in the United States. equally oxymoronic? -

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 2, 2021

For only the second time since the CAFC's 2009 decision in In re Bose , the Board upheld a claim of fraud, ordering cancellation of a registration for the mark FUJIIRYOKI for massage chairs. William Shen, the CEO of Respondent ACIGI, filed the underlying application and then assigned the registration to ACIGI soon after issuance.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Citing a 2003 Ninth Circuit case, Kremen v. The Kremen case involved the alleged theft of the sex.com domain name by improperly modifying the electronic records evidencing ownership of the domain name. Thus, other cases have applied conversion law to alleged theft of domain name registrations (e.g., It didn’t.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Appellant had been using the mark since 1981 and had gained popularity due to resources employed in advertisements and promotional activities. iii) The impugned mark is used for goods or services different from those for which registration has been granted, and does the registered trade mark have a reputation in India.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It can also mean as the proxy or substitute holder of rights here on earth because no spiritual being will receive a copyright certificate, trademark registrations, or letters patent. The report notes on page 11 that “In 2003, research estimates put the [U.S.] ” That can mean rights to the name (or one of the names) itself.

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