LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2022

In case you missed the enumeration of new state laws going into effect on January 1, 2022, including one about composting all kitchen scraps (implementation date delayed, thank goodness), here is a brief story about AB 535 which amends Section 112895 of the Health and Safety Code of California related to labeling olive oils.

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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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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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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

If we speak about the popular show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” (KBC), Amitabh Bachchan is the first name that pops up in our minds. Publicity Rights Under Indian IP Law In India, there is no direct statute that governs publicity rights in the intellectual property law regime. What Happened In The Recent Amitabh Bachchan Case?

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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

McDonald’s, which has more than 39,000 locations in about 100 countries, has claimed recently that it shall be able to deliver the food both in person and online. The European Union Intellectual Property Office gave its decision on McDonald’s trademark on its ‘Big Mac’ burger in the union.

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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. When people think about designs they typically think of patents, but the world of protecting designs is far more extensive than that. respectively.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What about international protection? . Several treaties administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) envisage protection for GIs. How will the registration process work in practice? The idea is to have a quick and efficient registration system in place from a cost standpoint.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

The interface of Intellectual Property (IP) incline with Amazon’s approach herein. Amazon, 2015 U.S. Amazon.com, 2015 U.S. LEXIS 90004 & 2015 U.S. One of the relative aspects to this phenomenon is satisfying consumer of the authenticated product and safeguard of their right over a product they purchase.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

So, believing that the state’s usurpation of his right to control use of the copyrighted work essentially took from the photographer a valuable property right, the photographer made a takings claim, seeking just compensation for the state’s alleged taking, essentially an assertion of eminent domain over the intellectual property.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” courts have denied registration to religious marks as being offensive to other believers or to non-believers. Lal Babu Priyadarshi ].

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Kashishipr

JULY 20, 2022

Hydrox was largely discontinued in 1999, and it was in September 2015 when the product was reintroduced by Leaf Brands. Such results talk about Xiaomi being a poor imitation of the tech giant Apple Inc. It is nothing but another case of the strong proving victorious over the weak in society. and the so-called rival RealMe.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2023

” The same day as the 2017 All-Star Home Run Derby, Applicant contacted his trademark counsel about conducting a search related to the marks at issue. Media, fans, and the Yankees consistently play on his surname, “Judge.”

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

Instead, the services must be actually rendered in connection with the mark for a registration to be granted. The USPTO examiner refused registration of the mark as not having been used in commerce for the services. 2015), where an applicant sought to register a mark based on actual use, applied in Suuberg. ” Id.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

Just as every piece of artwork is unique, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to protecting your fashion goods with intellectual property tools. ” [1] The best part about a copyright is that its registration is typically inexpensive and straightforward. 1] 17 U.S.C. §

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

After trial, the jury found that Fossil had acted “in callous disregard” of Romag’s intellectual property rights. courts and not worry about hometown bias for Chinese companies in Chinese courts. When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. Romag’s path to judgment was smoothed by the ability to use U.S.

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

Just as every piece of artwork is unique, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to protecting your fashion goods with intellectual property tools. 1] The best part about a copyright is that its registration is typically inexpensive and straightforward. Scenario 1: Protecting the Work by Copyright. 1] 17 U.S.C. §

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

easyGroup Ltd v Nuclei Ltd [2022] EWHC 901 (Ch) (April 2022) Serial trade mark litigant easyGroup, the vehicle for Sir Stelios to seek to monopolise the word “easy” for travel and just about everything else, received some comeuppance before Mrs Justice Bacon. The judge referred to the Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.)

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

” the Office’s recent registrability decision regarding the graphic novel created by Kris Kashtanova creates nearly insurmountable, unnecessary hurdles to all kinds of AI authorship. Jack Kerouac sets about to write a novel, deploying his automatic writing technique.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Twas all about exclusive right to control the use of Gruyere for cheeses in the US. This case began with a 2015 application by Interprofession du Gruyère, a Swiss registered association, and Syndicat Interprofessionnel du Gruyère , a French syndicat for a certification mark GRUYERE. INTERPROFESSION DU GRUYÈRE, et al.,

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When considering Intellectual Property (IP), embracing the cloud is like a double-edged sword. IP owners, in particular, worry about safeguarding their valuable data and trade secrets. 2023) IP issues in cloud computing, Intellectual Property, IPR & Corporate Law Firm Chennai, Bengaluru. 2020(82)PTC40(Bom).

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2024

If you knew how to complete this phrase in 2015, you are part of the few percent of consumers who heard of the city of Compton and knew about its connection with hip-hop and rap music. Background On 8 September 2015, BIW Invest AG (‘BIW’) applied for registration of EU trade mark no. 7(1)(b) and (c) EUTMR ).

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Patently-O

APRIL 12, 2024

For almost twenty years, member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have been negotiating a Design Law Treaty (DLT) that would streamline and align procedural requirements for obtaining registered design rights across jurisdictions. The USPTO is currently soliciting public input to help formulate the U.S.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

From conflicting positions on AI as a co-author of a work to the contours of information required u/s 39 about the patent applications filed abroad, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. Ankit Sahni’s AI “Co-authored” Artwork Denied Registration by US, Continues to be Registered in India Can AI (co)author art?

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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. To work towards the innovation, development, deployment or restructuring of new products, processes or services driven by technology or intellectual property.

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IIPRD

MAY 10, 2020

Scheme for Facilitating Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection. The central government brought a Scheme for Facilitating Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) with a vision to protect and promote intellectual property rights of start-ups and thus encourage innovation and creativity among them.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Her areas of interest are Intellectual Property Laws, Data Privacy Laws and Company Law.] 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.) Image from here. On the other hand, Techsquare Engineering Pvt.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Intellectual Property ( IP ) Australia published their 9 th annual edition of the Australian IP Report (the IP Report ) on 29 April 2021. Applications and Registrations. Despite the steepest fall in Australia’s GDP in history, both applications and registrations continued to increase in 2020. Trade Marks.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2023

.” As one commentator noted, citing examples like Tesla, The Lincoln Project, and others, the prohibition on allowing marks associated with living persons does not apply to historical trademarks: Historical trademarks are trademarks about an event or person from history. But one can expect, now that cert.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

law is a certification mark and protection is achieved via registration similar to a trademark. That mark was granted registration, but exclusivity extends only to use of the entire mark with design and AOC [vii] , not Gruyére alone. The USPTO approved registration of this mark and published it for opposition in the normal course.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

2] The European intellectual property landscape is already undergoing major upheaval with the launch of the Unified Patent Court (the “UPC”) on 1 June 2023. [3] 5] Registration of SEPs will be mandatory for enforcement purposes. [6] 5] Registration of SEPs will be mandatory for enforcement purposes. [6]

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Michael Geist

APRIL 11, 2022

Indeed, Freeland has been well aware of the hidden costs arising from term extension since she was first elected in 2015. The copyright term extension arose within days of Freeland’s appointment as the Minister of International Trade in 2015 (with current Justice Minister David Lametti appointed as her Parliamentary Secretary).

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

1] It’s not uncommon to hear artists complain about record label contracts once they see the impact their deals have on the control of their own music. [2]. 9] Kanye West also recently went public about his fight to regain the rights to his masters. [10] 10] He wrote on Twitter, “When you sign a music deal you sign away your rights.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

Our favorite thing about spring [is] spring cleaning. ” The need for spring cleaning, and a sense of coming out of hibernation, seems especially acute this April for this intellectual property lawyer. It’s a way to say, “I’m dusting off the winter blues and coming out of hibernation.” 21-735 (2021).

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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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