SpicyIP

JANUARY 14, 2024

Recently, the Delhi High Court clarified that the distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) testing is a must before a plant variety registration application can be advertised by the Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority. SpicyIP Intern Veda Chawla discusses this order. Vedika is a third-year B.A.LL.B. But what is DUS testing?

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 2, 2022

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a statutory body established on 5 th August, 2011, under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 regulated under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. This is the 14 digit registration or license number that is printed on all food packages.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 2, 2022

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a statutory body established on 5 th August, 2011, under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 regulated under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. This is the 14 digit registration or license number that is printed on all food packages.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Definition of MSME The MSME Development Act, established in 2006, witnessed a significant overhaul in its definition within the Atmanirbhar Bharat package on May 13, 2020. Subsidies offered for Patent and Trademark (in selected categories) registration, encouraging innovation and protecting intellectual property.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Mandatory Registration and Validity of Dispositions: Dubai Law No. 7/2006, as amended by Dubai Law No. This registration assures buyers that their investments are protected and that the development adheres to legal standards. 7/2019, lays down the foundation for property transactions in Dubai. Article 3 of Dubai Law No.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

CHRISTMAS became a registered trademark for “Christmas Ornaments and Decorations of the Non-Electrical Type” way back in 1966 (Registration No. ” Scrooge wasn’t the only one who had that idea: a business owner registered ALWAYS CHRISTMAS & Design as a service mark in 1995 (Registration No. 75800094).

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

applied to register the mark GOAT GREATEST OF ALL TIME for vodka, but the USPTO refused registration on the ground of Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness. Moreover, the Board noted, the evidentiary landscape for the descriptiveness analysis likely differed at the time of these registrations, the earliest of which dates back to 2006."

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Those machines have been imported into the UK for distribution and sale since June 2013, and marketed using the acronym ICE and the following logo: Both the Claimant and the First Defendant have trade mark registrations in the United Kingdom.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Fraud: Nature's Sunshine alleged that Petitioner Thrive twice falsely stated that it was using its mark THRIVE on all of the goods in its registration, when it had used the mark only on some of the goods. 6 (TTAB 2006) (registration more than five years old may not be challenged on the basis of nonuse); Treadwell’s Drifters Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 11, 2023

2] This new set of marks is often referred to as non-traditional trademarks , and the qualification for their registration, as opposed to a traditional mark, is substantially higher. [3] I do this by demonstrating the statutory criteria for trademark registration and then applying the set criteria to check the registrability of braille.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2022

Proprietorship registration is ideal for the entrepreneurs who are getting into the business for small businesses with very few clients. The process of proprietorship registration in India can be done online. SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION. GST REGISTRATION. 40 lakh is required to get GST registration.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 18, 2023

18, 2023) , the Federal Circuit addressed whether fraud in a declaration of incontestability justifies cancelling the underlying trademark registration. Their disagreement centers on the scope of “maintaining” a registration and policy concerns over deterring false statements. In 2006, Chutter, Inc.’s

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It has been using the PUNCHBOWL mark since 2006 and has federal trademark registrations covering the mark. In Punchbowl Inc. v AJ Press, the plaintiff, Punchbowl Inc., is a technology company that provides online invitations and greeting cards. AJ Press was founded by two journalists who used to write for Politico.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This procedure was first introduced through Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 , after a WTO Panel found that the EU’s previous system limited the rights of non-EU applicants.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2023

This site is in breach of UK law, namely Copyright, Design & Patents Act 1988, Offences under the Fraud Act 2006 and Conspiracy to Defraud,” PIPCU wrote. According to the DMCA notice, this meant that GitHub could potentially be aiding criminal activity.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2023

Som Mandal in the early months of 2002, and it wasn’t until the partners of Fox& Mandal, including his own father, sought for the registration in 2006 that it was denied by the Trademark Registry. In a later registration, Fox & Mandal changed the font and tacked on “Solicitors and Advocates.”

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 20, 2023

Charter 4 Corp, the plaintiff, claimed to have adopted the ‘Supreme’ mark back in 1994 in the United States and had been using it in India since 2006, gaining popularity among Indian customers.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

To be registrable, a proposed trademark must function as a source indicator in the eyes of relevant consumers. 78 USPQ2d 1861, 1862 (TTAB 2006). Applicant Maugus Manufacturing tripped over that hurdle when it applied to register DRINK MORE BEER for "non-metal and non-paper closures for containers." In re Eagle Crest, Inc. ,

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

2006), upheld the USPTO’s long-standing precedent and practice of treating varietal names as generic, affirming the Board’s ruling that the term “Rebel,” as a varietal name for a type of grass seed failed to function as a mark. a trademark) and there is a different varietal designation, the term may be registrable."

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As detailed in the opinion , the majority held that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board lacked the power to cancel a trademark registration based on fraud in a declaration of incontestability. In March 2005, the mark was registered ( Registration No. Then, in June 2005, Dan Tana applied to register DAN TANA for restaurant services.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

Registration of films titles with associations Another way to go for producers or production houses in to register their titles with Associations namely like, the Indian Motion Pictures Association and the Indian Film and Television Producers Council (IFTPC). [12] These registrations aid in allocating precedence.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

May 31, 2006, less than three years after The Pirate Bay was founded, 65 Swedish police officers entered a datacenter in Stockholm. The ability to comment was also sacrificed at some point, and user registrations were closed for years, although there’s some progress on that front now.

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Garrigues Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

In addition, a third party’s use of an invention before its registration by another is also relevant to assess patent infringement. This is, before the date the patent application was filed or before the priority date of a prior registration claimed in that application. 644/2006, of 6 April 2006 : Objective identity.

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Garrigues Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

On one hand, on February 7, 2012, Morcilla de Burgos PGI Association requested registration in the Community Register of the PGI “Morcilla de Burgos” , with the application being published in the BOE (Official State Gazette) of July 16, 2013. The existence of an earlier registration. Let’s take a look at what happened.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2022

Registration of Copyright society.— (1) Mukesh, 2006 13 SCC 197). Section 33 and Business of granting licenses through Copyright Societies. The High Court held that the “business” implies continuity and is “a commercial enterprise carried on for profit“. 9th edition Black’s Law Dictionary and State of M.P In Sodan Singh v.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) becomes effective on December 27, 2021 and makes several important amendments to federal trademark law (the Lanham Act) intended to modernize trademark application examinations and clean house of trademark registrations for marks not used in commerce. million registrations. [1]

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Subsequently, in 2006, one of the owners sought to terminate that contract against the will of the other owners. In 1993, the joint owners agreed to license the use of that trade mark to a company for an indefinite period and free of charge. According to that court, unanimous consent would not be required.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Indian Trademarks Act of 1999 prohibits the registration of generic trademarks under section 9(1). Image Sources: Shutterstock] Brief background Booking.com is a website for booking travel and lodging services that has been using the domain name “Booking.com” since 2006.Company trademark law. trademark law.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It has been using the PUNCHBOWL mark since 2006 and has federal trademark registrations covering the mark. In Punchbowl Inc. v AJ Press, the plaintiff, Punchbowl Inc., is a technology company that provides online invitations and greeting cards. AJ Press was founded by two journalists who used to write for Politico.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In the second , I looked at the group registration procedures – recently made available by the US Copyright Office – which are specifically useful to bloggers and to managers of blog sites. Be that as it may, our focus so far has been on the benefits of copyright – specifically copyright registration – for digital content creators.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MARCH 17, 2023

The Government has laid the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (ECCT Bill) in Parliament which contains, among other things, draft amendments to the Companies Act 2006 to facilitate the reform of Companies House. Directors and PSCs who do not verify their ID will commit a criminal offence and/or incur a civil penalty.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 18, 2023

While they were overprotected in the past, it seems that the pendulum has swung too far in the direction of underprotection. A recent decision from the EUIPO’s Board of Appeal (‘BoA’) seems to confirm this trend. Background On 15 October 2021, BIOTROP PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The claimant had goodwill dating back to 1992 and registrations from October 2015. The defendant had been using since 2013 with registrations from June 2015. The claimant successfully claimed infringement and the invalidity of the defendant’s registrations before HHJ Melissa Clarke sitting in the IPEC.

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43(B)log

APRIL 28, 2022

That is, even assuming that authorizing referential uses counted, he didn’t do anything after distributing the 1986 award until 2006, nearly twenty years. Plaintiff’s 1980s USFL registrations lapsed. The 2011 registrations were acquired from an unrelated entity. They based their priority on use beginning in 2006.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 10, 2022

Trademark Registrations. [1] The 567 Investigation was originally instituted in 2006 based on a complaint filed by Crocs, Inc. (“Crocs”) alleging violation of Section 337 in the importation and sale of foam footwear. In March of 2020, Complainant Merck KGaA affiliate EMD Serono, Inc. Complaint, at 1. 858 Patent, Fig.

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The IPKat

JUNE 28, 2023

Background Hummel Holding A/S (‘Hummel’) owns International Registration no. 915962 designating the EU for the following figurative mark: It was registered for the EU in 2006 for various goods and services in classes 3, 18, 25, 28, and 35.

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SpicyIP

MAY 10, 2023

965/DELNP/2006 and the patent office’s rejection order (dt. Controller of Patents : Application cannot be rejected on new grounds of objections that were not raised previously Though the order does not mention the subject invention, it states that the dispute pertained to the Patent Application no.965/DELNP/2006

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