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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Those machines have been imported into the UK for distribution and sale since June 2013, and marketed using the acronym ICE and the following logo: Both the Claimant and the First Defendant have trade mark registrations in the United Kingdom.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

They also sustained that no stricter requirements are to be imposed on sound marks with regard to the degree of distinctiveness: a minimum of distinctiveness is sufficient for registration. The situation may change if the sign acquires distinctiveness through intensive market use or repeated marketing campaigns.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2022

Globalization has given Indian businesses a huge opportunity to access global markets to sell and buy goods and services not only in India but also abroad. 58/2015-2020 dated February 12, 2021, of DGFT an amendment was made relating to IEC scrapping the lifetime validity to an annual one. PROCEDURE OF REGISTRATION. INTRODUCTION.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Although Applicant Jose Ramon was experienced in the branding and marketing of beers, he was never in the business of producing the goods identified in his application, and the only step he took to use the mark was the formation of a company to market beers. D & P Holding S.A.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Moreover, because the EUIPO does not examine the validity/enforceability of these security interests, the truth is that they are usually registered and published in the Official Journal of the EUIPO when the registration formalities are complied with, whether or not the national laws have been complied with. The plain and simple answer is no.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 7, 2024

Moreover, because the EUIPO does not examine the validity/enforceability of these security interests, the truth is that they are usually registered and published in the Official Journal of the EUIPO when the registration formalities are complied with, whether or not the national laws have been complied with. The plain and simple answer is no.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Because the plaintiff doesn’t own the relevant registration, its §32 claims fail, but the court allows §43(a) claims to proceed, partially reversing the district court’s grant of summary judgment—but read on for more on what that might look like. In 2015, the crown mark was registered. Intent was neutral.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

Unveiling Merchant Privileges in the Shadows of Craftsmanship Developing nations like India require financial and technical support to market their products internationally and attain the sustainability of GI. Additional analysis has revealed that the registration status varies greatly.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2021

Olfactory marketing is not only employed by restaurants for their food, but is also often utilized in supplementing branding because just like a logo, it helps the consumer identify the experience associated with a service or product. Issues and Barriers to the Registrability of Smell-marks. Tahhira Somal.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The claimant had goodwill dating back to 1992 and registrations from October 2015. The defendant had been using since 2013 with registrations from June 2015. The claimant successfully claimed infringement and the invalidity of the defendant’s registrations before HHJ Melissa Clarke sitting in the IPEC.

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Patently-O

JULY 20, 2023

” In 2015 Timberland began the process of registering the boot design as a trademark. The proposed registration filings focused on iconic elements of the boot, including the silhouette features shown above. The image above is not an actual boot sold by the company, but one created by an AI with the prompt “timberland boot.”

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Pursuant to Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 (EUTMR), a trade mark which has not been put to genuine use by its holder within five years after its registration may be liable to revocation unless there are valid reasons for its non-use.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Startup India” is an initiative placed by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on the 15 th day of August, 2015, on behalf of the Government of India. It has completed ten years from the date of incorporation /registration. Legal support, Fast Tracking and 80% reduction in patent registration. INTRODUCTION.

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Garrigues Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

This is in contrast to the EU geographical indications register eAmbrosia , which currently contains 1,728 wine registrations, 1,827 food registrations and 273 registrations for spirit drinks. According to the Russian Intellectual Property Office (Rospatent), only 278 GIs have been registered in Russia to date.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

since opening its restaurant on November 16, 2015 in the historic Grand Central Market in Los Angeles. In addition, opposer introduced copies of eight use-based third-party registrations that cover both restaurant services and various Asian foods. Thus, opposer established priority of use. menus and other printed items.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Third-party registrations and third-party website evidence showed the same mark used by a single entity for both restaurant services and frozen pizza sold at retail (for example, Uno Pizzeria and Grill). million on advertising from 2017-2020, garnering $81 million in revenues from 2015-2020. It spent $2.3

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

. § 1052(c) provides, in pertinent part, that the PTO must deny federal registration to a trademark if it “[c]onsists of or comprises a name, portrait, or signature identifying a particular individual except by his written consent….”

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43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

The parties settled in 2015; defendants agreed to cease their use of those marks and to avoid the words “Florida” and “Virtual” together in a mark. Plaintiff has seven registered trademarks involving Florida Virtual School or FLVS; two of the registrations are incontestable. And they targeted school districts in their marketing.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 4, 2022

Colorful Roots LLC, the Opposer, Roots Corporation, relied on several of its trademark registrations of ROOTS and its derivatives. Opposer made of record its four ROOTS trademark registrations as well as the testimony declaration of its Chief eCommerce Officer. In Roots Corporation v. b) Relatedness of the goods.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In responding to our article, practitioner Perry Saidman and Professor Mark McKenna suggested that the design patent regime can be justified in part based on the tighter functionality screen that the PTO applies to design patents than the low threshold that the Copyright Office applies to copyright registrations to useful articles.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark DANA DESIGN in the form shown below, for backpacks, hiking equipment, tents, and related goods, on the ground that the mark comprises the name of a living individual, Dana Gleason, without his consent and is therefore barred from registration by Section 2(c) of the Trademark Act.

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The IPKat

MAY 16, 2023

The purpose of this grace period is to allow the designer or its successor to test the products in which the design is embodied in the market ( Recital 20 CDR ). Background On 24 June 2015, the Chinese utility model no. The purpose of Art. Consequently, the aim of the exception provided for in [ Art.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

of the population of India having ingress to the world wide web and ever growing e-commerce market which is forecasted to reach about twenty billion euros by 2030, it becomes pertinent to analyse the interconnect between these two. [1] Kiren Willy, India: e-commerce market size 2030 | Statista , [link] (last visited Sep 7, 2023).

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In this regard, the regulation ensures that producers are able to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the Geneva Act and therefore, to benefit fully from the international framework for the registration and protection of geographical indications (“Lisbon system”). How will the registration process work in practice?

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

4 of 2012 Concerning Regulation of Competition all businesses with operations in the UAE or supplying goods and services to the UAE market will have to ensure that they focus on and comply with the provisions of this new law. Trademarks are protected by registration with the IP Department. image Source : Medium Blog].

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

23, 2022) Healthvana operates a health app, Healthvana, and has a trademark (registration) for use in connection with software and software as a service. Telebrands markets and sells “As Seen on TV” consumer household products via websites, phone numbers, and big box retailers. Healthvana, Inc. Telebrands Corp., 2022 WL 562265, No.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

The Department of Industry, which is the quasi-judicial authority responsible for filing, registration and other procedural aspects, has given a decision against McDonald’s. Again in 2015, McDonald’s filed for ‘Mac’ and ‘McCafe’ trademark separately in class 30 before DOI. Facts of the case.

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Garrigues Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Under the European Patent Convention (EPC) and national patent regulations in the countries that adhere to the Convention, which include Spain, an invention is patentable if it fulfills, among other requirements, the inventive step requirement ( article 54(1), (2) EPC and article 4(1) of Patents Law 24/2015 ).

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The IPKat

JULY 20, 2021

Part 1: The trade mark registration process Chapter 2, by Barton Beebe and Jeanne Fromer , addresses "trade mark depletion", i.e. the hypothesis that there is a limited supply of signs that can usefully serve as a trademark and that we're running out [earlier work here ]. here or here ].

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

First, it argued that the plaintiff concealed material information that the registration of its mark was removed for non renewal in 2010 and was renewed only in 2019. Second, the defendant was able to obtain copyright and trademark registrations for its device marks during the above interim phase.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Acquired Distinctiveness: Since the applicant sought registration under Section 2(f), mere descriptiveness was not an issue. Although applicant's use of the term since 2011 was exclusive, it provided almost no information for the years 2011-2015. Resolving that doubt in applicant's favor, the Board reversed the refusal.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In order to indicate that a particular beverage packaging is part of this system, the following sign is printed on its surface: DPG obtained registration of this sign as EU trade mark no. In 2015, Užstato sistemos administratorius VšĮ (‘UsaV’), filed an application for registration of EU trade mark no.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Since Bolt Technology OU lacked a commercial presence in India, its app downloads in the country were rendered inconsequential as users could not access Bolt’s services locally, failing to establish a “ substantial reputational spillover ” into the Indian market Reputation and Goodwill: Not Really ‘Tomato-Tomahto’?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Fourth, if not, can Trump circumvent the registration requirement by seeking a declaratory judgment, or will he have to comply with the registration requirement? There was also a provision allowing registration of an unpublished work, which would replace the common-law copyright with a federal statutory copyright.) In Garcia v.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

respondent) has registered the mark ‘Alphard’ in 2015, for using it in classes 9 (different scientific, nautical, life-saving apparatus, computer and computer softwares etc.) However, the same stands rejected by the Registry on the ground of its similarity with Techsquare’s mark ( pdf ). On the other hand, Techsquare Engineering Pvt.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2022

It further depends upon flexible marketing strategies, long term strict regulations and safeguard procedures. With the inclusion of GI based legislations for “smoother registration and stricter protection of GI” in many member states, one can see a heightening success or a potential promise of socio-economic development in such countries.

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