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Trademarks, Territoriality, and Migration

Patently-O

That divide allows the company to cater to local market preferences and regulations and also avoid potential arbitrage. In the 1970’s Coca-Cola withdrew its flagship sugary cola from the Indian market at a time of heavy regulation of foreign companies. In the 1990s, the Indian market opened again to foreign competition.

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Roll for Initiative! How Wizards of the Coast’s trademark dispute is helping to keep the nasties out of tabletop gaming

IPilogue

TSR LLC’s position is that they are entitled to own and use both the word marks “TSR” (the name of the original company that published the first iteration of D&D) and “Star Frontiers”, since WOTC allowed registration in these marks to lapse in the 2000s. However, a proceeding like that between WOTC and TSR LLC can suggest otherwise.

Trademark 101
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The Conundrum of Naked Licensing

SpicyIP

We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Naman Keswani on the concept of naked licensing within trademarks law. Naman is a fourth-year student at the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur who has a keen interest in Intellectual Property Law, especially Trademark Law. 2 nd 484, 489 (3 rd Cir.

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Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law in the UAE

IP and Legal Filings

billion fine issued by the European Commission and considering the lack of a consolidated competition law in the UAE, businesses here may have been excused for being tempted to focus only on their competitive activities related to operations in Europe. However, with the publication on 23 October 2012 of UAE Federal Law No.

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Conquering Likelihood of Confusion in Pharmaceutical Trademarks

Corsearch

Name saturation is an existential challenge for every industry that harnesses trademark law to protect its brand. A study published in 2018 found that overall incidents of drug name confusion of all types had decreased when comparing two periods, 2000-2004 and 2012-2016 1.

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THE CONSUMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT: BOOKING-DOT-WHAT, BOOKING-DOT-TRADEMARKED

JIPL Online

If the title sounds familiar, you are part of the reason Booking.com successfully trademarked “Booking.com” while paving the way for owners of similar marks to receive trademark protection. com” does not make “booking” non-generic for trademark registration when it becomes “Booking.com.” The Decision.

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Can Slogan Be Registered As A Trademark? – EU Perspective

IP and Legal Filings

Companies seek to protect the value of their trademarks since they can be quite valuable to the brand. Under trademark law, however, phrases are frequently deemed not to disclose the commercial origin of products or services, which is a trademark’s primary role.