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Can A Single Colour Mark Acquire Registration In India?

IP and Legal Filings

2] However, the quintessential reason for such distinction is due to a slightly elevated standard for the registration of non-traditional marks. Image Source : Shutterstock] The Trademarks Act, 1999 (‘Act’) refers exclusively to the registrability of ‘combination of colours’. [3] In this also falls the case of colour marks.

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TTAB Affirms Mere Descriptiveness Refusal of SPICED CHAI for Tobacco

The TTABlog

According to Fumari, those two marks are like SPICED CHAI in that they are "vaguely evocative" of a flavor, and therefore those two registrations are "evidence" that the Board should reverse the refusal here. Fumari relied use of the mark since 2011, sales of 600,000 pounds of "SPICED CHAI tea" [what does tea have to do with it?

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

And the number of active trademark registrations in the USPTO database is larger than ever. Additionally, since late December 2021, when new procedures went into effect, the USPTO has received around 100 expungement petitions and about 100 re-examination petitions to get rid of registrations for marks that are allegedly not in use.

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Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is a competitive keyword advertising lawsuit. The plaintiff has a trademark registration for the “Nursing CE Central” mark for providing continuing education for nurses. This is fine, but it deviates from courts’ efforts over the years to come up with multi-factor variations specific to keyword advertising.

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TTABlog Test: Is VEUVE OLIVIER for Sparkling Wines Confusable with VEUVE CLICQUOT for Champagne?

The TTABlog

Petitioner MHCS sought cancellation of a registration for the mark VEUVE OLIVIER for sparkling wines, claiming a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark VEUVE CLICQUOT for champagne. Priority was not an issue because MHCS filed its underlying application first.

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Piracy Relic ‘Putlocker.com’ Auctioned Off For $102,499

TorrentFreak

In 2011 the file-hosting service was added to Hollywood’s list of notorious pirate sites and subsequently featured in the U.S. That isn’t a lot, but these are all people searching for something specific, which makes them more likely to click on advertising feeds. Putlocker.com. Government’s notorious markets report.

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In case you didn’t already know, don’t do anything in bad faith!

IPilogue

The applicant, Beijing Judian Restaurant Co (“Judian”), has operated restaurants in Vancouver and Richmond since 2018, along with numerous well-known ( served over 5,750,000 customers between 2011 and 2019 ) restaurants in China since 2005. Sing and demanded CAD $1,500,000 for Beijing Judian to acquire use of JU DIAN trademarks. The Decision.

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