The TTABlog

JANUARY 5, 2022

2021 USPQ2d 164 (TTAB 2021) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cynthia C. The TTAB dismissed the Olympic Committee’s opposition to registration of the mark PIERRE DE COUBERTIN for various goods in classes 3, 9, 14, 18, 25, and 28, including perfume, sunglasses, jewelry, luggage, clothing, and sporting goods. Welch 2020-2021.

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Garrigues Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Whether or not these types of products or components can be protected as industrial designs must be addressed case by case. The legal protection of industrial designs mainly covers aesthetics, the specific shape or aesthetic configuration of a product. Specifically, article 4.2 of Regulation 6/2002. of Regulation 6/2002). Article 4.3

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

2021 WL 221878 (9th Cir Jan. 22, 2021): companies now pay so-called “influencers” to issue posts on social media touting their products or services. Robinhood Markets, Inc., 2021 WL 2435307 (N.D. June 15, 2021). 2021 WL 151978 (N.D. 2021 WL 2476853 (E.D. La Marque, 2021 WL 1997376 (D.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

So much so that the post-1902 Act regional circuit design patent cases invalidating design patents on functionality grounds would come out oppositely under the Federal Circuit’s lax standards. In 2015, it sought copyright registration of this useful article as a sculptural work. This commentary presents some of our findings.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Board sustained this opposition to registration of JUICY FRUIT & Design (shown below) for" t-shirt for adults," finding that pro se Applicant David Neal Seller's lacked a bona fide intent to use the mark for t-shirts at the time he filed his application. That application issued to registration in December 2021.

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2023

A Registered Community Design (‘RCD’) enjoys protection only if it is new and has individual character vis-à-vis designs disclosed prior to its filing or priority date ( Art. 4(1), 7 of Regulation 6/2002 , ‘Design Regulation’). 7(1) Design Regulation ). 7(1) Design Regulation ). 6 of Directive 2005/29/EC.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Christine Farley, Authenticity and Design: Why sell a chair for 10x a visually identical chair? Sometimes the replication is exact; design claimants say they’re made with cheaper materials and practices, but midcentury modern design aimed for cheapness and access: the idea that more people can have it now would be a good not a bad.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2021

LLC, 2021 WL 466975 (S.D.N.Y. 9, 2021): “At the motion to dismiss stage, Kidmoto has plausibly alleged more than just the purchase of a competitor’s mark as a search engine keyword standing alone. 2021 WL 1163117 (E.D.N.Y. March 18, 2021). 2021 WL 1226156 (S.D.N.Y. April 1, 2021). June 7, 2021).

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Overview of current legislation in China.

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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. It outlines trends, data and legal rights pertaining to patents, trade marks, designs, plant breeder rights ( PBR ) and copyright. Applications and Registrations. Trade Marks. Key players.

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Intepat

MAY 28, 2024

This success is largely attributed to Apple’s effective trademarking of various designs and sounds related to its products and services. Notably, Apple trademarked its store design in the United States in 2011. has invested heavily in marketing and brand promotion, making its trademark well-known to consumers.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

When Fame is the Name of the Game - As of the third quarter of 2021, Swedish music streaming company SPOTIFY boasted 381 million monthly active users worldwide – significantly more than the population of the entire United States.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. Here’s wishing all our readers a very happy, safe, and healthy new year! b) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) and.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Ninth Circuit erred in invalidating a copyright registration for failure to comply with the Copyright Office’s “single unit of publication” regulation, where the copyright owner had knowledge of the facts but arguably misunderstood the legal standard. b)(4) (2021).] Unicolors, Inc. b)(4)(i)(A) (2011).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Overview of current legislation in China.

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2022

Concern is often expressed that design rights that are limited in time may be unduly extended in perpetuity through trade mark registrations and thus extended to create a monopoly for a particular shape.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

CPL had a registered trademark in the word “Conphamol” and the design of the product packaging. The Court of Appeal rightly held that registration of copyright is not a requirement in Nigeria, and the High Court erred by relying solely on the fact of registration of the plaintiff’s “registered” proposal.

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The IPKat

MAY 11, 2024

The fruit industry news has been abuzz this week with reports that a new pineapple will soon be hitting the market in the United States. The pineapple, characterised by its red outer skin and produced in very limited quantities in Costa Rica, is being marketed under the name Rubyglow™ and will retail for nearly $400 per fruit.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

China has taken a further step towards aligning its regulations with the international protection system for designs. On June 1, 2021, the most recent reform of the country’s Patent Act entered into force, which includes significant changes to how industrial designs are regulated. Key reforms.

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Patently-O

JULY 8, 2021

Timberland did not patent or register a copyright the design, and the market it rife with copycat boots. The examiner had also rejected the trade dress registration as improperly functional, but the TTAB did not reach that issue. — Dennis Crouch (@patentlyo) July 8, 2021. Lawsuit pending in TBL Licensing v.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 19, 2021

CasperLabs, LLC, 2021 WL 1164985, No. 26, 2021) Zamfir is a researcher in the field of cryptoeconomics and distributed systems; he and Vitalik Buterin are allegedly the two lead researchers of the proof-of-stake blockchain protocols known as Casper (name adopted around 2015). 21cv474-GPC(AHG) (S.D.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 20, 2021

CCIS_CMD/2021/776/RFP - Creators Platform: Program Management Team and Content Delivery Team. For those interested in participating, the business opportunity can be found here (in order to see the tender documents and participate, a BASIC registration in the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) is required). Register here.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Background On 9 October 2021, Tesla held its ‘Gigafactory Berlin County Fair’ at the site of the Gigafactory in Grünheide near Berlin. In the background, the bottle design was displayed (see pictures below). One day after this event, on 10 October 2021, Juicyphant GmbH (‘Juicyphant’) filed for registration of EU trade mark no.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Introduction The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) was designated as the focal ministry for all issues pertaining to the online gaming sector on December 23, 2022. MeitY has extended a deadline for comments on the proposed amendment of January 17, 2023. Self-regulatory Bodies.

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The IPKat

MARCH 17, 2024

VCC also failed to have the NEW CERTAN trade mark registration cancelled. Importantly for this case, VCC produces two types of expensive French red wine involving various up-market grape types. The label designer had received photos of VCC bottles and instruction from de Moor to use them as inspiration.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Bonnie Hassanzadeh is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. On October 28, 2021, Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company will change its corporate name to “Meta”.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In this week’s blog, I’ll focus on two pitches and consider what is patentable and the difference between designs and patents. And so in December 2021, he launched an ‘in your pocket music promotions hub’. Alex explained that his company’s algorithm takes an artist’s data and then turns it into targeted and practical marketing.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Or complex mounted structures designed to be used within garages. He described how this has allowed him to work with brand protection consultancy, SnapDragon to carry out searches of digital markets for counterfeit versions of the CLUG. Copyright Hornit © 2021. Copyright © Hornit, 2021. Copyright © Hornit, 2022.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Semiconductors & Integrated Circuits Designs Looking at the list of IP legislations in India, perhaps the most under-discussed one is the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act, 2000 (SICLDA) (in line with TRIPS obligations). Although India is a signatory to the treaty, this Treaty never came into force.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As to commercial strength, there were no third-party uses or registrations of the same or similar sun-kissed formative marks in the industry. Applicant markets KIST to reference a kiss." Opposer markets SUNKIST to reference the sun." It failed to do so. And so, the Board jettisoned the dilution claim.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. ” Nevertheless, the successor licensee sent DMCA takedown notices to Amazon targeting the registrant’s stripped-down sticker. .” per sticker set.

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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 TTABlog

JANUARY 6, 2022

[Section 2(d) refusal of the word-plus-design mark shown below for, inter alia , "non-metal tiles for countertops, walls, sinks, and floors in bathrooms and kitchens," in view of the registered mark BELLAVITA TILE registered for “Non-metal tiles for walls and floors; ceramic tiles; porcelain tiles; glass tiles.” Welch 2021.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

This summer, the Copyright Review Board issued an interesting decision about the registrability of emojis. The Copyright Review Board is the Copyright Office’s internal administrative review process for the registration decisions of individual copyright examiners. It has issued 33 decisions so far in 2021. copyright law.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

Controller of Patents and Designs. Other posts IP Financing in India – Part I: Perfection of Security and (Non) Registration of Copyright Despite the increasing importance of intellectual property in the modern economy, there is a surprising lack of attention given to IP financing in India. Case: Sirona Hygiene Pvt.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 19, 2021

On September 28, 2021 , The Hershey Co. The design of Hershey’s cone-shaped small chocolate “Kisses” has been a registered trademark with the United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) since 1996. When it comes to food designs, how far can a trademark go? Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow,?and and a 2L JD Candidate at?Osgoode?Hall

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The IPKat

AUGUST 25, 2022

GuestKat Hayleigh Bosher reported on the case of the company Fizzy Foam, a trade mark owner that surrendered some of its registered marks, even though they were accepted by the UKIPO after receiving reactions on the Internet and a petition against their registrations (see here ). 25, which has been replaced by the new ST. see here ).

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