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Trademark Infringement in the Digital Age

IP and Legal Filings

Using trademarks in domain names, linking, framing, meta-tagging, and framing are a few methods that could lead to trademark challenges. Cybersquatting is another type of trademark infringement. A fundamental tenet of trademark law is to avoid consumers being confused about the origin or source of products or services.

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Effect Of Non-Use Of Trademark

IP and Legal Filings

In order to maintain the owner’s rights, a trademark must be used and periodically renewed; otherwise, the proprietor might lose the validity and the right of enforcing the trademark. TRA/159/2004/TM/DEL] [iii] K.R REFRENCES [i] M/S. Nichols (Vimto) Limited v. M/s Kellog Co., [TRA/159/2004/TM/DEL] Beri & Co.

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IP Scholarship, Citations, and Knowledge Governance: Some Insights from the History of IP Teaching in India

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Moreover, as the 1987 report notes, IP litigation was very limited at that time, except for trademark law. Then in 2004, IIT Kharagpur’s Rajiv Gandhi School of IP came into being with generous funding from US billionaire Vinod Gupta. Out of those limited numbers, even fewer taught.

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Full Of Sound And Query, Signifying Something: Recent Noise Over Acoustic Trademarks

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1 v OHIM , C‑329/02 P, EU:C:2004:532, paragraph 23). In the US, other sound marks include Law & Order ’s ca-chung chung (as Reg. Here in a nutshell is the query the Court addressed: 16 Under Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001, trade marks which are devoid of any distinctive character shall not be registered.