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Finding MRS. COLORADO Use-less, TTAB Grants Petition for Cancellation

The TTABlog

Respondent was permitted to use the mark until December 2017. In March 2018, Abundance filed its Section 1(a) application to register the mark, claiming use since 2008. Mere publicity about services to be rendered in the future does not lay a foundation for an application. The subject registration issued in November 2018.

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Amazon wins trademark case

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

According to Lifestyle Equities, BHPC products that were lawfully made, advertised, and distributed in the United States with the permission of the US rights owner are being marketed and sold by Amazon in the United Kingdom and the European Union, which is a kind of counterfeiting.

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Amazon wins trademark case

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

According to Lifestyle Equities, BHPC products that were lawfully made, advertised, and distributed in the United States with the permission of the US rights owner are being marketed and sold by Amazon in the United Kingdom and the European Union, which is a kind of counterfeiting.

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What’s in a number? A discussion of two decisions concerning rights in telephone numbers

IP Whiteboard

In 2008, Sydney Cabs and Manly Cabs entered a Business Sale Agreement ( BSA ) which stated that Sydney Taxis would obtain certain telephone numbers of Manly Cabs at completion but did not describe the mechanism by which this was to occur ( Disputed Numbers ). To succeed, the Complainant needed to satisfy three elements under the.au