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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The IPKat

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Executive Director considered it appropriate to refer the case to the Grand Board for a reasoned opinion, in the interests of legal certainty and consistency, particularly given that the EUIPO's practice had been largely based on the Grand Board's 2006 decision in Optima ( Case R 331/2006-G ).

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The TTABlog

JUNE 9, 2025

2006) approvingly quoted Tolbert v. Applicant did assert, as it did in its appeal brief, that it is "common" for the USPTO to allow businesses in the financial field "to use geographic terms" in their marks, citing three registrations form marks containing the word ASPEN. T]he Court in SmithKline Beecham Corp. Apotex Corp. ,

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The IPKat

JANUARY 8, 2025

It was unfortunate (and probably a bit costly) to rebrand after a year of marketing the new variety, but a necessary step to ensure that UGA could obtain a valid trademark registration. If the mark is already in use as a denomination, the examiner must refuse registration or require a disclaimer. What went wrong?

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark CAPTAIN CANNABIS for comic books, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with Petitioner Laverne J. Andrusiek's identical mark, for which he claimed prior use for comic books. The parties agreed that the marks are confusingly similar. Andrusiek v.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 17, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that Bacardi's challenge to the USPTO's renewal of the registration for that mark may be heard in the federal courts. In 2006, Cubaexport was barred from paying the renewal fee for the HAVANA CLUB registration due to a trade embargo. Bacardi & Co. Vidal , Appeal No.

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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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SpicyIP

APRIL 18, 2025

Section 15(2) basically says: if an artistic work is applied to an industrial product and over 50 copies are made, the works copyright protection vanishes; the creator should have opted for a Designs Act registration instead. In the first part, I trace how jurisprudence has evolved from the Microfibres case in 2006 up to the present case.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 26, 2025

Lokesh Vyas dwells on these questions in his post in the aftermath of SRAIs registration! The plaintiff claimed to have adopted the trademarks in 2006, acquired a registered design in 2019, and built significant goodwill for his products. Is a Script a Dramatic or a Literary work? Nipun Gupta & Anr. Pratibha Prop.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

1] In 2006, the International Trademark Association, INTA, officially recognized the importance of tactile marks by adopting a resolution in support of the recognition and registration of these marks. Another important criterion for trademark registration is non-functionality. PDF) registration of non-traditional trademarks.

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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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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In a non-precedential ruling, the CAFC affirmed the TTAB's decision [ TTABlogged here ], granting a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark CAPTAIN CANNABIS for comic books, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with Petitioner Laverne J. Actually, registrations are cancelled, not marks - ed. Text Copyright John L.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark CAPTAIN CANNABIS for comic books, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with Petitioner Laverne J. The TTAB has re-designated as precedential its September 2022 opinion in this cancellation proceeding. The parties agreed that the marks are confusingly similar.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 18, 2025

[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from Gaslighting Design By Aditya Bhargava In the first part of the post, I looked at how jurisprudence has evolved from the Microfibres case in 2006 up to the present case in Cryogas. I also dissected the two-prong test laid down by the Supreme Court. Countries like the U.S.

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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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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The viability of title registrations with societies and guilds has also been a major aspect of discussion for film title registrations. These entities generally do a check to avoid duplication before registration, however, such registration lacks legal sanctity. Karan Johar (DHC 2006)). Lyca Productions v.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2024

The dispute concerned the geographical indication "Salaparuta" for Sicilian wine, which received protection in Italy in 2006, and then was registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) by the European Commission in 2009. Background More wine cases for the CJEU. Image from Pixabay. Article 14.3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/9 ).

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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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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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Kashishipr

AUGUST 18, 2021

In the Bainbridge judgment (2006), the court, in reference to a family of marks, said that “they reproduce in full the same distinctive element with the addition of an element, graphic, or word, which differentiates them from each other or when characterized by the repetition of a single prefix or suffix taken from an original mark.”

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The proposed Design Law Treaty seeks to streamline the global system for protecting designs and builds upon earlier initiatives such as the work of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications in 2006. European Commission, European Media Freedom Act.

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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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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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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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Registration Licensing Business Government 52

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 TTABlog

JULY 5, 2023

The Board rendered a split decision in this opposition to registration of the mark EVOGUE for a wide variety of consumer electronic devices and accessories, tossing out Opposer Advance Magazine's Section 2(d) claim but partly upholding its dilution claim, based on the registered mark VOGUE for, inter alia , magazines and mobile phone software.

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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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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The CAFC soundly upheld the TTAB's decision ordering cancellation of a registration for the mark SCHIEDMAYER for pianos [ TTABlogged here ] on the ground of false association under Section 2(a). 1092 (2006 ed.). The same result necessarily follows with respect to ATJs and the language of 15 U.S.C.

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The IPKat

APRIL 22, 2024

The Grand Board has been asked to weigh in on the process of so-called ‘conversion’, namely the process by which an EUTM application or registration can be converted into national applications in EU Member States, should issues arise in specific Member States which block the EUTM from being registered across the whole of the EU.

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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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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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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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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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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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43(B)log

AUGUST 18, 2021

For example (the details vary a little depending on defendant, but you get the picture): The STURGIS BIKE WEEK registration dates to 1997; defendants’ “Sturgis Motor Classic” came from 1997-98. SMRI ultimately sent one C&D in August 2006, and filed suit in June 2011. the public about the STURGIS Registrations.”

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