IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2022

Foreign applicants who are not resident in the Kingdom must apply through IP Registration Agents or law firms authorised by the Industrial Property Directorate. Process of registration. Despite being not mandatory, a trademark search is an important part in the whole process of trademark registration. Requirement of Filing.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2024

The wine brand had been around since the nineteenth century but changed ownership a few times. The window to request the cancellation of the PDO expired on 31 December 2014, but Duca di Salaparuta had not sought cancellation before that deadline. The other wineries had been using the word "Salaparuta" on their labels. Article 14.3

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The number of applications filed, and registrations granted in FY2020 both grew over the prior year, to the highest in history. trademark registrations! When Congress passed the CARES Act in late March, it featured provisions allowing the USPTO to extend some deadlines for applicants and registrants for a few months.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 16, 2022

This registration had a tumultuous road on route to registration: historical disputes, conflicts with trade marks, a legal reform and two separate GI applications. The application for registration of “Couteau Laguiole” asserts that the Laguiole cutlery industry was revived by bringing cutlers from Thiers.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2022

Even a mark that has been on the International Registry for 40 years does not assure registration of a subsequent national designation. The international registration of the given trademark is valid as of 1980; the Lithuanian designation was made in early 2014. The trademark depicts the shape of the Chanel No. 5 perfume bottle.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The case concerned the registration of 'Prosecco' as a GI in Singapore. This Kat was interested to see a court finally address this argument Singapore has offered protection for GIs since 1999, but it only adopted a registration-based system in the last decade with the Geographical Indications Act 2014 ('GIA').

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

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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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

16, 2024) WCT offers a mobile-fitness app called “Bike+” and owns a trademark registration for that name. WCT’s app was first released in 2014 for the iPhone and Pebble watch as a metric-tracking cycling app that was designed to “track speed, distance, altitude, and grade.” Peloton’s core brand is Peloton.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

In the latest round of this 25-year-old saga, the Board granted a petition for cancellation of two registrations for the mark COHIBA (one mark in standard form, the other slightly stylized) for "cigars," on the ground of violation of Article 8 of the Pan American Convention. 1067(a) [Section 17(a) of the Lanham Act]."

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

According to the SCA, the target market for the products was made up of discerning consumers who were more concerned with the precise brand of watch they required, and who would be less likely to be deceived or confused by the limited similarities between the marks.

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Intepat

JUNE 5, 2023

On the other hand, New Delhi-based Resilient Innovations Private Limited (Defendant) is a relatively new company known for its brand BharatPe. Background In 2018, PhonePe sent a cease and desist notice to the Defendant, requesting that they cease using the brand name with the ‘Pe’ component written in the Devanagari script.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

In addition to alleging trademark infringement due to Rothschild’s use of BIRKIN in METABIRKINS as the name for his NFT collection, Hermès complained that Rothschild infringed by using METABIRKINS as a domain name, as a handle on Twitter and other social media platforms, as a brand name on NFT sales platforms, and as a hashtag.

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43(B)log

JUNE 20, 2022

It has a 2014 registration for “Darkside NYC” for live musical performances by a band; the production of musical sound recordings; and websites with information about music or entertainment. The complaint showed otherwise: negotiations stopped in 2014. Fans often call it “Darkside.” This case was filed in early 2021.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

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. Its cancellation petition for Zenú has been suspended during this litigation.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2023

However, a caveat to this is that the use of a similar mark can still be permitted on different products or services, though it may not be eligible for registration as a domain name. [3] gov” is used for indicating government organization whereas “.edu” edu” is used for indicating educational institutions. [1] Sifynet Solutions Pvt.

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, artists and entertainers, among others, have started focusing on producing digital work that is revolutionizing the way we perceive art, through the creation of NFTs and commodities. 2014)??(?)???2815?). By using “Smart,” the application passed the formal test for registration. Other countries are lagging behind.

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The IPKat

MARCH 17, 2024

VCC also failed to have the NEW CERTAN trade mark registration cancelled. Photos of the packaging of later vintages of the "New Certan" wine When VCC learned about "New Certan", their representative emailed in 2014, asking "is this an April fool's joke or a new creation?" - de Moor informed them it was not a joke.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

In addition to alleging trademark infringement due to Rothschild’s use of BIRKIN in METABIRKINS as the name for his NFT collection, Hermès complained that Rothschild infringed by using METABIRKINS as a domain name, as a handle on Twitter and other social media platforms, as a brand name on NFT sales platforms, and as a hashtag.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2023

Som Mandal in the early months of 2002, and it wasn’t until the partners of Fox& Mandal, including his own father, sought for the registration in 2006 that it was denied by the Trademark Registry. In a later registration, Fox & Mandal changed the font and tacked on “Solicitors and Advocates.” Introduction.

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

The brand image is created of the company. Also, it is really important to renew the registration because there is a limit to registration. 24863/2014. [3] Foreign Companies will prefer those companies whose trademark is protected to avoid any kind of loss of goodwill in the future. 2] Novartis v. Cipla, I.A.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, artists and entertainers, among others, have started focusing on producing digital work that is revolutionizing the way we perceive art, through the creation of NFTs and commodities. Other countries are lagging behind. We have specifically covered this topic in a previous blog.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The statistics demonstrated that from 2014-2018, men filed 62.5% However, Oman has recently implemented an electronic patent system set to reduce registration fees by up to 90%. The hope is to enhance women’s IP knowledge and accessibility to registration to close the gender gap. of patent applications, 31.4%

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Paramount, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Disney, and Netflix teamed up to file the complaint in 2021, hoping to shut down a site that had endured blocking injunctions since 2014 while serving millions of users worldwide. And another from 2016 that featured a piracy ‘brand’ with an even bigger profile.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

All of these sites have long since disappeared, but interestingly their brands live on. The owners eventually decided to let go of the name and in 2014 rebranded as Firedrive. Instead, they end up at auction after the original registrants forgets or chooses not to renew them. 102,499 Auction.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Background Bolt Technology OU, an Estonian platform for ride-hailing and various services, alleged that its “BOLT” brand, established in 2018, carried a substantial international reputation. McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd. 1992)) and English precedents, the court has previously held in N.R. Whirlpool Corpn. Allergan Inc.

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The IPKat

MAY 16, 2022

The opposition was based on several earlier marks, including an Italian figurative mark with a word element “ZARA”, registered in Class 30, and an international registration for “LE DELIZIE ZARA”, registered in Classes 29 and 30. Therefore, registration could only proceed in Class 31 (“Fresh vegetables”) and Class 32 (“Fruit juices”).

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

The intended strategy, which calls for a significant investment of time, money, and patience in order to get the international GI brand and introduce GI products to the global market, may be beyond the means of the average artisan or rural producer. Additional analysis has revealed that the registration status varies greatly.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Generic terms are incapable of functioning as registrable trademarks denoting source, and are not registrable on the Supplemental Register or on the Principal Register after having acquired secondary meaning.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The famous brand Lays, during the ICC World Cup 2011 launched 6 new flavors, named after the countries playing the match, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Australia, England, and South Africa. Similarly, during the 2014 Football World Cup, they had some interesting limited flavors as shown below. COPYRIGHT OR DESIGN.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Intellectual Property such as patents, trademarks, brand value, copyright, etc have become foundational assets for several businesses, seeking greater importance and attention. LSI faced financial distress in 2014 due to cost escalation. The National IPR Policy of 2016 has resulted in increasing IP registration since its inception.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Trademark protection is available for cannabis companies (canna-brands) through a combination of federal, state, and common law sources. Federal trademark registration is the strongest form of protection, as it is nationwide in scope and gives potential infringers constructive notice by virtue of being published in the Trademark Register.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The garment and export business in Cambodia must create more useful service activities including branding, marketing, and sourcing in order for it to advance up the value chain. Additionally, it requires Cambodia to maintain online databases with data on applications and registrations for patents, industrial designs, and trademarks.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Generic terms are incapable of functioning as registrable trademarks denoting source, and are not registrable on the Supplemental Register or on the Principal Register after having acquired secondary meaning.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Bluetooth”) owns various trademark registrations which it licenses to other companies to use in promoting a product’s Bluetooth-compatibility. FCA rebutted the presumption with an expert survey showing 82% of respondents believe that BLUETOOTH is a generic term rather than a brand name. Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2023

These agreements authorized Hydronic to build and sell Hetronic-branded products so long as the parts were purchased directly from Hetronic. When Abitron purchased Hydronic in 2014, they began selling products identical to Hetronic’s remote controls in foreign markets with the recognizable black-and-yellow coloring.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Read Tejaswini’s post on the recent DHC order concerning these two liquor brands. The plaintiff submitted that though their “Sufiyana” mark has not been registered, they have been using the same since 2014/ 2018 and thus have gathered a substantive goodwill in the market. Well, it appears the courts think most consumers would.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

UK Supreme Court Confirms No Patent for “AI-invented” Inventions Image from here On December 20, the UK Supreme Court affirmed its previous decision to deny registration to inventions by Dr. Stephen Thaler’s AI DABUS, holding that an AI software cannot be listed as an inventor. SpicyIP intern Vedika discusses this development.

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