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The Interplay between Religious Sensitiveness and Trademark Law in India

IP and Legal Filings

As a result, the rise of hypersensitivity to religion, religious texts, and religious symbols determines the jurisprudence around the utilisation of such marks under Indian trademark law, even if they are not strictly prohibited. 6] Section 9(2)(b) of the Indian Trademarks Act, 1999. [7] 7] 2005 (3) AWC 2097. [8]

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How Lacoste Lost Its Crocodile Trademark

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What can go wrong when trademarks are not used consistently is apparent from a 9 year trademark dispute between Lacoste and Crocodile in New Zealand which concluded in 2017 with Lacoste losing its crocodile trademark. In Lacoste’s case the registration gave it a broad monopoly over the concept of a crocodile design.

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Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute

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This article seeks to examine how trademark law interacts with the freedom of expression of artists to choose the subject matters they wish to engage with, using the dispute between Hermès, a fashion industry giant and Mason Rothschild, a digital artist, as a contextual backdrop. The Hermès-Rothschild Dispute. Ltd vs Google India Pvt.

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Madrid System and Provisional Refusals: Navigating International Trademark Registrations

Intepat

One such feature is the concept of a provisional refusal, which signifies the initial objection or rejection issued by a national trademark office (referred to as the “Office of Origin”) when assessing an international trademark application filed through the Madrid System.

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Governance and Supervision of Trademark and Patent Agents: Discussing DHC’s Saurav Chaudhary vs. Union Of India

SpicyIP

This post discusses the case and argues that there already exists a mechanism under the Patent and trademark laws that govern and supervise such agents. Plus, I argue that the liability of such an agent should be analogized with legal practitioners for which we already have sound jurisprudence and laws regarding professional conduct.

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

The TTABlog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and if the trademark they want is “available” some nice person at the USPTO will “grant” it to them. trademark law that trademark ownership arises from using a chosen mark in offering and providing goods or services to the public. In the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Matal v.

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Evaluating the Constitutionality of Viewpoint-Neutral Trademark Registration Laws That Do Not Restrict Speech—Vidal v. Elster (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Examples of trademark experts with this view include professors Rebecca Tushnet and Jennifer Rothman ; attorneys Megan Bannigan, David Bernstein, Timothy Cuffman , and Jon Jekel ; and news reporters from the New York Times ( Adam Liptak ) and Bloomberg ( Greg Stohr ). Tam (2017) and Iancu v.