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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

The label in question was designed by an employee of SK Oil Industries. In May 2007, the label mark ‘SOYA DROP’ was registered. It was in October 2020 when SSPL came to know about NTC’s use of a similar label and trade dress for its set of soya bean edible oil products. Bombay High Court’s Decision .

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Trademark: Uggs are generic in Australia, Can I import them without a license from UGG®?

Patently-O

” UGG is a registered trademark in the USA, now owned by Deckers Outdoor Corp. Back in 2016, Deckers learned that Australian Leather had imported 12 pairs boots labelled “ugg boots” into the USA and sued for trademark infringement. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed in a R.36 Petition ].

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43(a)(1)(A) claims are hard to win against a TM registrant

43(B)log

By August 2020, CasperLabs had begun referring to its blockchain protocol and forthcoming token as “Casper.” It filed an application to register CASPER as a trademark in connection with blockchain technology; the registration issued in November 2020. Their agreements terminated in late 2019.

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China: Recycled Packaging and Trademark Infringement, a Questionable Decision in the Tsingtao Beer Case

IP Tech Blog

Back in 2020, the famous Chinese brew company Tsingtao Beer filed an administrative complaint for trademark infringement against a smaller Chinese competitor for the use of recycled Tsingtao beer bottles. 7) causing harm to other’s exclusive rights to use registered trademarks.”. 57 of the Trademark Law.

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Protection of Trademarks in Singapore

IP and Legal Filings

The objective of the Singapore Treaty is to create a modern and dynamic international framework for the harmonization of administrative trademark registration procedures. The Singapore Treaty is applicable to all types of marks registrable under the law of a given Contracting Party. Image Source: IStock].

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The importance of identifying the correct applicant in Australian trade mark applications

LexBlog IP

Whilst the goods and service classification is important, care should also be taken to ensure all other details contained within the trademark application are correct, including confirming the true identity of the applicant and that it is the actual owner of the mark. intends to assign the trademark to a corporation to be incorporated.

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Africa IP highlights 2021 #1: The copyright field

The IPKat

Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2020, here. While Morison branded its medicine with the generic “PARACETAMOL”, with reference to its registered trademarks “MSJ” and “MORISON” on the packaging, CPL used the name “CONPHAMOL”. CPL and Morison were both manufacturers of paracetamol painkillers.