IP Tech Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

First, some context Like any other intellectual property asset, EU trade marks can be and are often used as collateral in financial transactions. Does this mean that there is a way around the EU law? The plain and simple answer is no.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 7, 2024

First, some context Like any other intellectual property asset, EU trade marks can be and are often used as collateral in financial transactions. Does this mean that there is a way around the EU law? The plain and simple answer is no.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Introduction Intellectual property rights (IPR) in e-commerce are a vital component of e-commerce. Regardless, intellectual property and e-commerce are inseparably linked. Intellectual property regulations and technology security methods are used to provide protection.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Registration of a Mask Work. Understanding Mask Work.

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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 14, 2021

Australia’s Parliament has recently passed the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020 to allow designers more flexibility and simplify the designs system. Tyrone Berger , reports on what he calls "long-awaited changes" to the design law of Australia.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Trademark Office issued the following 161 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in September 2021 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. RIFT WOOD COMPANY EXPERIENCE THE DIVIDE EST. 2015. SUCCESS AT WORK COACH. TRUCKING FROM SCRATCH. COASTAL MIX. HEADEUS MAXIMUM. STARCORR SHEETS.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2023

86/659,444 for APPLE MUSIC, which the company has been using since 2015, when it launched its music streaming service. Unaware that he did not have a federal registration, Bertini filed an opposition against Apple, Inc.’s Apple filed Trademark Application No.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The Mark eventually registered in 2003 (the Registration). Just Maradona not attracting any attention at Napoli In 2021, following Maradona's untimely passing the previous year, Sattvica SA, an Argentinean company established by the footballer's former IP lawyer, applied for the Registration to be transferred to it (the Application).

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IPilogue

AUGUST 2, 2021

European trademark law requires genuine use of a trademark to maintain registration. Lack of use may cancel a trademark’s registration; as well, any oppositions based on a trademark without genuine use may not withstand a non-usage defense. . In 2015, Doga?aji’s Hasbro v EUIPO.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I covered the recommendations of the Report which includes reforming Section 3(p) of the Patents Act to incentivize TK-based innovation, creating a proper documentation mechanism to prevent misappropriation of TK, and registration of traditional knowledge as GIs. The Ministry had claimed that 14.2 Other News from Around the World.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 19, 2021

PHD Chamber strongly believes that a skilled workforce would be an enabler for India’s growth story to come true and thus it has structured its chosen motto for the year 2015 as ‘Skilling India for Global Competitiveness.’ The PHD chamber has initiated the Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The company was found liable for copyright infringement and breach of contract for using the actor’s photographs picture for advertisements between December 2014 and April 2015 without getting his permission or authorization. from using popular actress, Mercy Johnson's image and intellectual property going forward.

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Above the Fold

JULY 27, 2021

Valvoline Licensing & Intellectual Property LLC (“Valvoline”) opposed Sunpoint International Group USA Corp.’s 1293, (2015)]. The decision is Valvoline Licensing & Intellectual Property LLC v. In a recent precedential decision, the TTAB again revisited the doctrines of claim and issue preclusion.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 26, 2022

Three years have passed since the Portuguese Industrial Property Code (I.P. 2015/2436, of 16 December, 2015. However, Portugal has now also put the necessary mechanism in place to prevent the registration of trademark applications filed in bad faith. Code) was amended to implement the E.U.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

This is stated in Section 9 of the Act, which forbids the registration of GIs that are determined to be generic names or indications of goods. Additional analysis has revealed that the registration status varies greatly. Furthermore, if unauthorized registrations are not stopped, it can make it harder for authorized users to register.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

the Court, with a 2-1 majority, found that the Board wrongly cancelled the registration of a trademark holder due to the filing of a fraudulent declaration by its former attorney to obtain incontestable status of the trademark “DANTANNA’S.” Chutter, Inc. , ” (emphasis in original). ” (emphasis in original).

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

Registration of films titles with associations Another way to go for producers or production houses in to register their titles with Associations namely like, the Indian Motion Pictures Association and the Indian Film and Television Producers Council (IFTPC). [12] These registrations aid in allocating precedence. Mondaq (Dec.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 27, 2021

Valvoline Licensing & Intellectual Property LLC (“Valvoline”) opposed Sunpoint International Group USA Corp.’s 1293, (2015)]. The decision is Valvoline Licensing & Intellectual Property LLC v. citing B&B Hardware, Inc. Hargis Indus., ” [ Id. , 6-7 (citing Mayer/Berkshire Corp.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As detailed in the opinion , the majority held that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board lacked the power to cancel a trademark registration based on fraud in a declaration of incontestability. In March 2005, the mark was registered ( Registration No. In 2015, Chutter, Inc. Section 14 of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. §

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Introduction Trademarks are an important division of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as it considerably contributes in identification and promotion of a product. A well- known trademark helps the consumers in spotting the difference between similar products by educating them about the product which results in informed choices.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 11, 2021

Between 2014 and 2015, Gatewood claims Defendant, David Khari Webber Chappelle (“Chappelle”), saw him performing comedy at one or more of four places located within two miles of Chappelle’s movie shoot for “CHI-RAQ.”. Hammond, Indiana – Pro se Plaintiff, Xavier Gatewood (“Gatewood”) claims to perform comedy in the Chicago area.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2021

Smell marks are or have been heavily debated around the world and are privy to their own set of issues in terms of registration. Internationally, the statutory requirements for the registration of non-conventional trademarks varies across jurisdictions. Issues and Barriers to the Registrability of Smell-marks.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 6, 2021

Evansville, Indiana – In 2004, the Coca-Cola Company launched its Full Throttle® energy drink brand, which was later apparently acquired by Monster Beverage Company (“Monster”) in 2015. From that transaction, Energy owns multiple trademark registrations including the three at issue in this case, U.S. Registration Nos.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2015, Mr. Jing co-founded Oxford Nanoimaging Ltd (ONI). In assessing unfairness, account should be taken of whether provisions favouring the university assignee of IP rights may also indirectly serve the interest of the DPhil student assignor, e.g., by funding legal teams to help students with IP registration.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) becomes effective on December 27, 2021 and makes several important amendments to federal trademark law (the Lanham Act) intended to modernize trademark application examinations and clean house of trademark registrations for marks not used in commerce. million registrations. [1]

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Intepat

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Introduction Section 9 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), provides for absolute grounds for refusal of registration of the trademark. The Examiner can object to the registration of the trademark if it falls within any of the grounds mentioned in Section 9. Joseph Matal v.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Registration was based on acquired distinctiveness. The invalidity applicant relied on two grounds: prohibition of registration of signs consisting exclusively of “shapes or other characteristics” resulting from the nature of the goods (Art. As Merpel noted in 2015, the only indent of Art. 7(1)(e)(ii)). 7(1)(e)(ii)).

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

Publicity Rights Under Indian IP Law In India, there is no direct statute that governs publicity rights in the intellectual property law regime. The Trade Marks Act, 1999 governs trademark law in India and provides for the registration, protection, and enforcement of trademarks. Under this Act, Sec. In Shivaji Rao Gaikwad v.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2022

These negotiations served as an impetus towards propagation and acceptance of Geographical Indications into the folds of Intellectual Property Law regime. Analysing the “Trade Related Agreements” of “Bilateral and Multilateral” Nature, one would observe the consistent inclusion of GI in most of them.

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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 ). Mónica Arizti.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Registration No. Registration Date. January 6, 2015. OPTISELECT. May 16, 2017. September 14, 2004. April 29, 2008. April 9, 2019. According to the Complaint, Defendant, First in Finishing, Inc.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

” The system of trademark classification eases the process of registration of a trademark. Thus, it gives the trademark registration process a definite structure. The reason for this system is to give a definitive structure to the intellectual property rights granted by the registration of a trademark.

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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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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In 2015, the Supreme Court, in B&B Hardware, [1] decided in a 7-2 vote that issues decided in TTAB proceedings may have preclusive effect if the elements of issue preclusion are met. In 1997, Beasley obtained a New Jersey state trademark registration for THE EBONYS. The TTAB is one such limited jurisdiction “court.”

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

The European Union Intellectual Property Office gave its decision on McDonald’s trademark on its ‘Big Mac’ burger in the union. 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.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With the challenges posed by name saturation and the reduced availability of work marks, industrial designs are increasingly important within intellectual property strategies. These and other questions are relevant in assessing registrability potential for patents. in 2015 before dropping to -3.2% respectively.

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