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The TTAB: Service Mark Use Requires More Than Just Preparation

LexBlog IP

On December 10, 2021, the TTAB issued a precedential decision reminding trademark practitioners and applicants that service mark use requires that an applicant actually render the services recited in the trademark application; mere preparation to render the services is insufficient. ” Opinion, at p. Opinion, at pp.

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Actual Use, Not Preparations For Use, Of A Service Mark Is Necessary For The USPTO To Register It

LexBlog IP

If you desire to register a service mark asserting use that is preparatory for the rendering of your services, your application will fail in the U.S. Instead, the services must be actually rendered in connection with the mark for a registration to be granted. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). ” Id.

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Eurasia and IP

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

It was created in 2015. The Eurasian Economic Commission also directs efforts towards adequate, comprehensive research on the possible negative trends concerning trade in intellectual property, in order to develop measures to overcome them together with Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union.

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Beyond the Big Screen: The Legal Odyssey of Film Titles in India

IP and Legal Filings

Many film titles or names like Dhoom (ID: 1319835), Padman (ID: 3749859), 3 Idiots (ID: 1940729), and Singham (ID: 3672533), have been registered as a service mark under class 41, of the fourth schedule of the Trademark Rule, 2001. Parag Sanghavi, 2015 SCC OnLine Del 11644 [4] Kanungo Media (P) Ltd. Mondaq (Dec.

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The Third Circuit Limits Preclusive Effect of the TTAB Rulings

LexBlog IP

In 1997, Beasley obtained a New Jersey state service mark for THE EBONYS. 4,170,469 [the “’469 mark”]). 138 (2015) — see our prior blog here — such attempts may be of limited comfort. [1] .” The Ebonys were founded by Beasley in 1969 and achieved some commercial success in the 1970s.