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Protecting Digital Identities: Trademarks, Domain Names, and the Menace of Cyber-Squatting

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Spartan Online [5] , the Calcutta High Court had focused on the need for the domain names to be distinguishable from others for the purpose of establishing separate brand identity. After examining the facts, the court held that the owner of trademark had the exclusive right to register the trademark as a domain name under the trademark law.

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Getting your Trademark Registration in Bahrain

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As a part of our comprehensive service, we conduct searches for the official trademark registry and also on the internet to determine whether or not the potential trademark is identical or confusingly similar to other registered trademarks. This being an important part makes the brand owner avoid any further litigation.

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Battle of the Firms – The Irony of IP Law Firms Being Sued for Trademark Infringement

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Battle of the Firms – The Irony of IP Law Firms Being Sued for Trademark Infringement Niyati Prabhu It is well known that companies across the world take their brands seriously and deploy law firms in order to safeguard their intellectual properties, be it their names, slogans, brands, taglines, marketing tools and (even phone numbers ).

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Departing Employees Rename Their Former Employers’ Facebook Account. That May Be a Problem–La Baguette v. Tito & Tita

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In a footnote, the court acknowledges the law is “evolving” with respect to employer ownership of social media accounts: The law on the ownership of a social media pages created by employees for employers is evolving rapidly and varies between jurisdictions. 1459 (2014); Zoe Argento, Whose Social Network Account?