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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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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

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Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. 2014)??(?)???2815?). Article 2.4 Article 2.4

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TTAB Says "No Dice" to Opposer's Claim of Functionality of Dice Box Configuration

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The Board dismissed this opposition to registration of a mark comprising the product configuration of boxes for storing board game components or dice, rejecting Opposer Chris Taylor's claims of de jure functionality and lack of acquired distinctiveness. Opposer Taylor admitted that alternative designs are available. Example below].

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TTAB Denies Cancellation Petition for Failure to Prove Acquired Distinctiveness of Petitioner's Common Law Marks

The TTABlog

Although Petitioner owned three registrations for its marks, it had disclaimed the words NATURAL DOG COMPANY in one registrations, claimed acquired distinctiveness in another (with a disclaimer of DOG COMPANY), and accepted a Supplemental Registration in the third. Petitioner claimed a first used date in 2008. Otto Roth , 640 F.2d

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Timbs: Iconic Enough for Trademark Protection?

Patently-O

Now, the company has filed a civil action in the Eastern District of Virginia seeking a court order that TBL is entitled to a registration. The TTAB gave little weight to the fact that the agency has issued registration certificates on many different shoe designs. Lee , 1:13-CV-1464 AJT/JFA, 2014 WL 5500799, at *1 (E.D.

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COCO vs. INCOCO: A case of Likelihood of Confusion

IP and Legal Filings

Innovative Cosmetic Concept filed for international registration of the word INCOCO and designated European Union for the registration in January 2014. The applicant Chanel opposed this mark in October 2014 and relied on its own earlier mark (French) nos. 1 438 544 and 1 571 046. 1 438 544 and 1 571 046.

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

43(B)log

But Industria does not advertise or sell its Zenú or Ranchera products in the United States and there are no market surveys specific to the United States for Zenú or Ranchera. Advertisements made for Latinfood Zenú products used the phrase “una deliciosa tradición,” which translates to “a delicious tradition.” Here, the U.S.