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How Lacoste Lost Its Crocodile Trademark

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Last week’s newsletter How to avoid the biggest brand management mistakes , highlighted that the role of our business name and signs like logos, taglines, characters, or sounds is to enable buyers to recognise that it’s us. In Lacoste’s case the registration gave it a broad monopoly over the concept of a crocodile design.

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Canadian Federal Court of Appeal affirms that use of variant was use of Registered Mark

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De Luca considered whether modifications to the appearance of a trademark went beyond the scope of the registration. The Court also highlighted important factors for brand owners to consider when licensing and refreshing a corporate logo. The Use of Variants. Important Lessons.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 05- February 11)

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Read Yogesh’s critique of the judgement in light of DHC’s OpenTV decision and the CRI 2017 Guidelines. Comments on the Proposed Trademarks (1st Amendment) Rules, 2024 The recently proposed Trademark Rules amendments were open for comments in a period ending today. Wedding Bells or Warning Bells?

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Trademark for Colours.

IP and Legal Filings

Trademark refers to the cumulation of distinctive sign/symbol, design, or combination which is exclusively associated with the products or services helping the targeted customers identify the same easily. If they serve a source of recognition of the brand, or. ? Image Source: iStock].

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Inter American Convention allows claims that Lanham Act makes dubious after Abitron; but what about Article III?

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Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. They’re successful brands: approximately $300,000,000 annually in sales of Zenú products and $100,000,000 in sales of Ranchera products. T]he one showed in the application is not mine.”

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Bob Cumbow: "The Most Important Trademark Fact You Probably Don’t Know"

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Tam (2017), holding a portion of the nation’s statutory trademark law unconstitutional, Justice Alito wrote: “It is unlikely that more than a tiny fraction of the public has any idea what federal registration of a trademark means.” It certainly is not the way you “get” a trademark. Supreme Court’s opinion in Matal v.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 6- February 12)

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However, regarding the affidavit of user, the court noted that the application was filed before the 2017 Trademark Rules that prescribe for an affidavit of user, and thus the same cannot be subjected to the provision that was introduced during its pendency. Ltd for disobeying the Palbociclib interim injunction.

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