Intepat

DECEMBER 1, 2023

For both individuals and businesses, trademarks stand as valuable assets, offering protection for unique brands, logos, and slogans. Typically, this occurs after the trademark agency has examined and published the application for advertisement.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 5, 2022

The Trade Marks Act, 1999 governs and deals with the mechanism of registration, protection, and illegal use of trademarks in India. Creating a brand image for the goods/services in the minds of the public at large. Trademark Registration safeguards the brand or business name from unauthorized use. Class Search.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

Earlier this month, the ecommerce site Etsy announced that they are launching a new intellectual property portal that they hope will make it easier for brands, creators and other rightsholders to report listings that are infringing on their rights. Users login with their Etsy account and then first register their brand.

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azrights

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The difficulty with colour as a brand identifier is that there is no interim legal protection available to rely on as you build up recognition. Where you do not have any legal rights in an asset, as you won’t have with colour in the early days of your use of a colour, you are largely powerless to tackle competitor copying.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. It currently accounts for about 15% of the entire revenue spent on global advertising. As per a report, influencer marketing investment is expected to reach $15 billion in 2022. How to Ensure Compliance with IP?

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. They’re successful brands: approximately $300,000,000 annually in sales of Zenú products and $100,000,000 in sales of Ranchera products.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 28, 2022

17, 2022) Along with the headline-worthy nature of the claim (“ITALY’S #1 BRAND OF PASTA” plausibly falsely communicates Italian origin), the decision contains an extended discussion of judicial notice on a motion to dismiss v. incorporation of documents into the complaint by reference, both often significant in false advertising cases.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Fashion Week season is the chance for fashion brands to show their flair and dynamism by launching new creations, ready to be devoured by buyers, influencers, journalists, consumers, and unfortunately, also by competitors. Unfair competition may protect your fashion items against copying in two scenarios.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 18, 2022

WRB has an incontestable registration for “Hammer-Schlagen” and a registration for the trade dress of its stump, cross-peen hammer, and nails: specifically, “a three-dimensional configuration. DAMM has a registration for “Minneschlagen.” WRB’s word mark registration states that “the English translation of ‘hammer-schlagen’.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 20, 2022

When a lawsuit directly attacks a site’s ability to operate using specific domains or branding, for example, the ‘hydra effect’ comes into play. Of course, websites are easily copied so the MPA’s investigation went beyond graphics and text. Another term referencing a similar problem relates to piracy platforms.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

All of these sites have long since disappeared, but interestingly their brands live on. It’s perhaps fitting that sites that relied heavily on copying are being copied themselves; the original operators can hardly complain about that. According to various estimates, Putlocker.com still has roughly 4,000 visitors per day.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

Generic terms are incapable of functioning as registrable trademarks denoting source, and are not registrable on the Supplemental Register or on the Principal Register after having acquired secondary meaning. Xerox ran an advertising campaign “You can’t Xerox a Xerox on a Xerox. This is commonly referred to as Genericide.

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

For example, noodles people prefer Maggie over other companies noodles because of the uniqueness in the packaging, taste and also the advertisement which creates an impact on customers to buy the product. The brand image is created of the company. Also, there is an image in the public as well whose trademark is protected.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. Copying designs as well as creating replicas of any sort which closely resemble the general composition or the original blueprint infringes the right of the creator. They must not be used by anyone other than the artist himself.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

They by using social sites such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat , and many other,create ad revenue, brand endorsement prospects, as well as other income sources. There is a need to understand that the content published is available to anyone and everyone with internet and can be copied and used.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 26, 2022

for unlawfully manufacturing, importing, advertising, marketing, selling, and distributing unauthorized, counterfeit versions of its popular CAKE brand of hemp-derived Delta-8 products. The logo is registered with the Copyright Office, and AFK applied for trademark registration as well. AKF sued LCF etc. 3d 1068 (9th Cir.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This means, theoretically, that elements such as the Superman “S” can be protected by copyright because they are separate elements that are merely copied onto the clothing. Bringing us back to our Juice Demon, the elements that are copied include the striped suit and tie. The second limitation is masks. Bottom Line.

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Patently-O

JULY 19, 2023

Because the federal trade secrecy right is so new (and no registration is available), it is still unclear whether we’ll see the same result. And, that person’s brand is their name, image, and likeness. It is common for litigation to assert both.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

However, suppose the designer chooses only to follow Section 15 of the copyright registration procedures and implements this registration for his use. Further, Section 11 states that the term of the Copyright in design is ten years from registration, which may be extended further for five years. Registration–.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As, the scent of a product alone makes it barred from registration process it relies upon the owner to prove it distinct apart from other features. Smell in itself is such feature that is functional in nature tends to fail being a part of trademark registration. the famous case of Ralf Seikmannv.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Earlier this week, several websites associated with brands that were targeted by U.S. These domains were registered through Njalla, which advertises itself as the “world’s most notorious privacy provider for domains.” seizures suddenly became unreachable. top stopped resolving. —- Freestreams-live1.top

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Copyright infringement – Copyright subsists in the Lidl logo and this was copied by Tesco in creating their Clubcard Price(s) signs. Lidl is described in the judgment as a “discounter” supermarket: it focuses on own-branded products and a “more curated selection of goods thus enabling greater control over price” (Paragraph [51]).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

According to the SCA, the target market for the products was made up of discerning consumers who were more concerned with the precise brand of watch they required, and who would be less likely to be deceived or confused by the limited similarities between the marks.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

However, if the designer chooses to follow Section 15 of the Copyright registration procedures and implements this registration for industrial actions, the designer will be able to benefit from design protection up to the object’s 50th reproduction. Registration–. Registration–. COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957. Not Mandatory.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

Exclusive rights over a trademark in Colombia arise from registration. Also, when holding a trademark registration in Colombia, the obligation arises for its owner to use the trademark in commerce, beginning three (3) years from the date when registration was granted.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

If the property of a person can be protected, likewise, when a popular celebrity like Amitabh Bachchan faces possible harm regarding his brand, the same can be protected under his right to publicity. The Trade Marks Act, 1999 governs trademark law in India and provides for the registration, protection, and enforcement of trademarks.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

This is an interesting decision among brand owners because China has been considered for a long time a jurisdiction where the fight against various types of IP infringements, such as trade mark squatters and imitators, has proved challenging. Decathlon’s victory is perhaps a glimmer of hope for foreign brand owners.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Plaintiff’s and defendant’s principals were roommates, which allegedly gave defendants the opportunity to copy despite an oral confidentiality agreement, on which the court denied summary judgment. They allegedly copied Woo’s “business things” for Boost. Was BoostLash descriptive despite the registration? Multi Time Machine v.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Interface interference is a tactic that hinders consumers from performing actions like cancelling subscriptions or deleting accounts, such as redirecting them to another page while trying to cancel a pop-up advertisement. This violates copyright laws and may lead to legal actions for copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

The Court ruled that the defendants have tried to slavishly copy the plaintiffs’ trademark by adopting a visually, structurally and phonetically similar trademark. The plaintiff also alleged that the examination of impugned trademarks was faulty, registration should have been denied under Section 11(1)(b) of Trade Marks Act, 1999.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The claim for cancellation of the ‘675 Mark was based on fraud in obtaining the trademark registration and misrepresentation of source, whereas their claim for cancellation of the ’549 and ’077 Marks was based on misrepresentation of source alone. and [the] Coach” brand. Chunma USA, Inc., 2021 WL 1534988, No. 20-CV-0271 (JMF) (S.D.N.Y.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

23, 2022) Healthvana operates a health app, Healthvana, and has a trademark (registration) for use in connection with software and software as a service. Healthvana sued in May 2020 for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising in violation of both federal and state law, as well for cybersquatting under ACPA.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

Before selecting a brand name or logo for a product, sellers need to conduct a search to ensure that another party is not already using the same or similar brand name or logo. More particularly, the TM symbol can be used in the absence of registration, while the registration symbol should be used after registration issues.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

16, 2024) WCT offers a mobile-fitness app called “Bike+” and owns a trademark registration for that name. Peloton’s core brand is Peloton. Numerous leading brands, such as Apple (Apple TV+) and Disney (Disney+), had already adopted ‘+’ for their line expansions.” World Champ Tech LLC v. Peloton Interactive, Inc.,

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Autocontrol and Asociación Española de Anunciantes (Spanish Advertisers’ Association or AEA) agree on the ethical standards that should be applied to advertising by influencers from January 1, 2021. Banksy Case: registration of a trademark in bad faith and the price of anonymity. There will be a sequel!

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Past work on how people walk around in a fog of confusion: Jacob Jacoby did this work in the 1980s—20% of people misunderstand any given factual claim in advertising! How to survey arbitrariness/TM function: Washingmachine.com in booking.com—maybe along with not sure we also need the option “neither a common name nor a brand name.”

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

So too w/false advertising. Advertising: false endorsement potential. Assumptions skipped over in TM/false advertising analysis.] Dustin Marlan, Trademark Disclosure TM registration requires disclosures just as patent does: undertheorized. Protecting brand investment and consumers? Death closes things off.

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