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Genus-Species in Trademark Law Usage

Patently-O

This is a trademark case. Dollar Financial holds registered trademarks for MONEY MART – the name it uses for its payday and title loan venders as well as pawn shops and pawn brokerages. The USPTO then granted the registrations associated with the new uses. Brittex Financial v. Dollar Financial ( Fed.

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CNIPA Issues Significant Draft Amendment to the PRC Trademark Law

LexBlog IP

On January 13, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) circulated a draft amendment to the PRC Trademark Law for public comment (“TML Draft Amendment”). The CNIPA Draft Amendment is comprised of a total of 101 articles in 10 chapters (as opposed to 73 articles in 8 chapters in the current law).

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New Trademark Laws For Québec – What You Need To Know

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

For example, whereas in the past, both unregistered and registered trademarks did not need to be translated into French, under Bill 96, only registered trademarks will be exempt from translation into French. Currently, it takes approximately two years for a trademark application to mature to registration in Canada.

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What's in a trademark? By any other name, would a $400 pineapple taste as sweet?

The IPKat

33,544 ) in 2021. Why does the patent use a different name from the registered trademark? Indeed, this principle was the basis for Australia's unsuccessful argument that the name 'Prosecco' for sparkling wine should be refused registration as a geographical indication in Singapore (previously discussed by this Kat here ).

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Erik K Pelton - Untitled Article

Erik K Pelton

trademark registrations and have been involved in dozens of disputes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”). In addition to representing myriad small business trademark owners, EMP&A itself is a small business and the owner of more than a dozen U.S. trademark registrations.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

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. This case involved Sun Pharmaceuticals allegedly infringing Cipla’s copyright and registered trademark. c) Top 10 Other IP Developments.

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CAFC Affirms TTAB Dismissal of Consolidated Cancellations Due to Lack of Entitlement to a Statutory Cause of Action

The TTABlog

The CAFC affirmed the Board's dismissal of two petitions for cancellation on the ground of lack of entitlement to a statutory cause of action under Section 1064 of the Trademark Act. 413, 423 (2021) (citing Lujan v. registrations are cancelled, not marks - ed. ]. TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez , 594 U.S. of Wildlife , 504 U.S.