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Hashtags And Trademark

IP and Legal Filings

Today’s world is growing so fast and we humans are becoming completely dependent upon the technology If you’ve spent any length of time on any social media site in the previous few years, you’ll recognise three facts. For starters, social media is become an essential marketing platform for the majority of firms.

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Can Celebrity Catchphrases be Intellectually Protected?

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However, outside the realm of brand marketing, when celebrities make use of a phrase, to the point of it becoming associated to them, it becomes a catchphrase of their own. This reportedly led her to secure appearances worth $30,000, and widening her social media presence. [i] They ended up settling the case outside the court.

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Egglife Foods Sues Crepini, LLC for Alleged Trade Dress Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Since 2019, Egglife has allegedly invested $5 million dollars in the Egglife brand and is on pace to reach $30 million in retail sales in 2021. The Defendant, Crepini, LLC (“Crepini”), was apparently founded in 2007 with “the dream of bringing crepes into every North American household.”

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Can You Trademark A Hashtag?

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All ardent social media users are aware of the latest trend of using hashtags to spread the word across a wide range of users for bolstering consumer engagement. Hashtags began to be first used on Twitter by Chris Messina in 2007, and since then, there has been no looking back. What’s in a #Hashtag?

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Is it Kurta? Is it a Kaftaan? It’s GUCCI: Why GUCCI May Not be Accountable This Time Too

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Following this incident, news of Zara selling lungi as ‘check mini skirt’ a few years ago had resurfaced on social media. Most times, huge fashion house brands consider themselves worthy of credit for reinventing an otherwise “lost” piece of culture.

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Analysis of Tata Sons Private Limited v. Hakunamatata Tata Founders- Determining Territorial Jurisdiction

IP and Legal Filings

However, it did not deal with crypto currency under any brand name or trade mark. The petitioner presented numerous arguments to establish jurisdiction of the Court based on the defendants’ presence in India through their virtual and social-media presence. 2007) 35 PTC 177 (Del). [4] The mark was not registered in India.

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Precedential No. 15: On Remand, TTAB Reverses COOKINPELLETS.COM Genericness Ruling, But Affirms Mere Descriptiveness and Lack of Acquired Distinctiveness

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Nonetheless, applicant argued that relevant consumers perceive COOKINPELLETS.COM as its brand name," and the evidence showed that some third-parties use or understand COOKINPELLETS (with or without a space) and COOKINPELLETS.COM as capable of serving as a source indicator. In re Gould Paper Corp., 2d 1017, 5 USPQ2d 1110, 1112 (Fed.