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Full Of Sound And Query, Signifying Something: Recent Noise Over Acoustic Trademarks

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Here in a nutshell is the query the Court addressed: 16 Under Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001, trade marks which are devoid of any distinctive character shall not be registered. ”; see also ILN Today, July 15, 2021. .” ”; see also ILN Today, July 15, 2021. ” Ardagh at par. Duck Boat Tours, Inc.

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TM infringement and false advertising claims related to putative open source software "fork" succeed

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PureThink, LLC, 2021 WL 2483778, No. May 18, 2021) Neo4j specializes in graph database management systems. It has more than 400 commercial customers, including global enterprises such as Walmart, Comcast, Cisco, and eBay, and also does substantial business with government agencies, including US agencies. Neo4j, Inc.