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Precedential No. 35: TTAB Grants MIRAGE BRANDS Cancellation Petition Due To Likelihood of Reverse Confusion

The TTABlog

In an otherwise straightforward Section 2(d) analysis, the Board ruled that confusion is likely between Respondent's registered marks MIRAGE BRANDS (standard form) and MIRAGE BRANDS & Design [BRANDS disclaimed], and Petitioner Mahender Sabhnani's previously used and registered mark ROYAL MIRAGE & Design , all for perfume.

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Can A Celebrity Name Be Registered As Trademark? Meta Title- Celebrity Trademark

IP and Legal Filings

In ancient times the name of Kings and Queens were used to make the products prevalent in the market, this technique has worked in the past and that is why companies do not fail to sponsor a celebrity to launch their products to make them prevalent in the market. This is not a complete definition.

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Hashtags And Trademark

IP and Legal Filings

For starters, social media is become an essential marketing platform for the majority of firms. Second, social media platforms are always developing online marketing tools to assist firms in reaching out to present and future clients. Hashtags are basically a series of words or phrases separated by a hash (#) symbol.

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Can You Trademark A Hashtag?

Kashishipr

Often, hashtags help businesses reach out to their target audience and connect with them, which may further help them attain and achieve goodwill and raise awareness about their brand. The trend of incentivizing hashtags as trademarks began way back in 2010, and since then, the filing of such Trademark Applications has spiked globally.

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India – Trademark Protection in the Hospitality Industry

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By establishing a brand name, a service provider in the hospitality industry can benefit from having many customers and build a good reputation. A trademark refers to any mark capable of being represented graphically, identifying the products or services of one and distinguishing them from those of others in the market.

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Gardens Alive d/b/a Weeks Roses Sued for Alleged Trademark Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

According to the Complaint, Poulsen developed a unique currant red hybrid tea rose variety branded with the trademark INGRID BERGMAN (the “Mark”) in the early 1980s. 2,990,814 (the “‘814 Registration”), has been used in U.S. Gardens Alive’s family of brands include, among others, Weeks Roses. Federal Trademark Reg.

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Inter American Convention allows claims that Lanham Act makes dubious after Abitron; but what about Article III?

43(B)log

Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. They’re successful brands: approximately $300,000,000 annually in sales of Zenú products and $100,000,000 in sales of Ranchera products. Prior import plans in 2010-11 were paused.