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Getting your Trademark Registration in Bahrain

IP and Legal Filings

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

SpicyIP

The plaintiff in question is the managing partner and founder of a Delhi-based IP firm Sujata Chaudhri and Associates, which has been using its trade mark since 2014, 3 years prior to the defendant. The controversy was regarding the use of a similar logo by the defendant (another lawyer) for its law firm. Tiya Law Library & Ors.

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Personal Names and Trademark Protection

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Celebrities like MALLIKA SHERAWAT (Class 38), DALER MEHNDI (Class 19) have registered their name as a Label trademark. Similarly, in DM Entertainment vs Baby Gift House 9 , the Delhi High Court prevented the defendant to sell dolls in the name of registered trademark of the plaintiff ‘DALER MEHNDI’ who is a popular singer.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

One can recognize the importance of God’s names spiritually, of course, as Dr. Tony Evans has in his 2014 book, The Power of God’s Names. But just a quick look at the USPTO’s Trademark Electronic Search System (or TESS ) databases reveals many live deistic trademarks include as all or part of a U.S.

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Full Of Sound And Query, Signifying Something: Recent Noise Over Acoustic Trademarks

LexBlog IP

(I am unaware of any reported comparison, but I did find the latter compared to a toilet flushing and have seen the former’s trademark suffer indignities at times too ). As with any other kind of trade mark, a sound must first meet the basic requirements for registrability set out in the Act.’

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Time for the 12 O'Clock Boyz to go: court shuts down (c)/TM lawsuit against documentary & feature film about Baltimore bikers

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Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. Lanham Act claims based on common-law rights were barred by laches. The court, in a careful opinion, rejected all the claims.