SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2024

Facts of the Case In this case, the Plaintiff, an incorporated company engaged in the manufacturing of dairy products under the trademark ‘NOVA,’ filed a suit against the Defendants for infringement and passing off of their registered trademark.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2023

It is simply the unauthorised use of the exclusive rights associated with a registered trademark without the owner’s or licensees’ consent. They might improperly profit from the well-earned reputation of the registered trademark. On the other hand, Defendant No. 1 is Imperial Cycle Mfg. Defendant No.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Characters are often protected by copyright, even if their fashion is not, but they are also routinely protected by trademark. The name Beetlejuice, for example, has multiple registered trademarks related to it including registration number 4863369, which covers the use in “Clothing for men, women and children…”.

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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. Its cancellation petition for Zenú has been suspended during this litigation.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I’m going to talk briefly about last term’s Jack Daniels case—a trademark infringement and dilution case—as well as Elster, argued last week, in which the Justices appeared inclined to reject a First Amendment challenge to the refusal to register the claimed mark “TRUMP TOO SMALL” for t-shirts.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

. “Trade dress” is a subsection of trademark law and protects the design and shape of a product or its packaging, again to identify the source of the product. This can lead to expensive “false marketing” litigation. Registering trademarks with the U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

They provide protection to our brand or product by giving them a distinct identity then others, which saves it from third-party usage. The identity which they create in the market makes it easier for the customers to find the product of the said brand, logo, etc., Thus, A Trademark is a really important asset for the business.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When we talk about building brand image and attraction, fashion companies put in a lot of time, money, effort, and hard work. Trade dress protection falls under trademark law as the design functions as a trademark, i.e., identifying a product emerging from a specific fashion house or fashion designer.

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Kashishipr

JULY 13, 2022

Undoubtedly, both technologies bring a complete set of novel Intellectual Property (IP) issues for business companies, brands, individuals, courts, and IP practitioners. In the AR field, patent litigation has already commenced for AR hardware and some applications or uses of AR.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The decisions in the first category , i.e., Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Also, the plaque carried a fork, knife, and plate symbol (see also image 2) which was introduced by Michelin in the 2016 edition of the Paris Michelin Guide, as a brand new L’assiette’ or The Plate symbol to recognise restaurants that ‘simply serve good food’. What is a Michelin Star in Terms of Intellectual Property Law?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Many trademark attorneys and professors hoped the Supreme Court would provide more guidance on how to resolve conflicts between trademark and free speech rights in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. VIP Products LLC, a dispute involving a “Bad Spaniels” dog toy parody of Jack Daniel’s brand of whisky.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Indeed, in recent years the Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasized the multiple benefits of registration to a trademark claimant, including in the recent cases of Matal v. I’ve left out the parts specific to registered trademarks and the reference to treaties. If you just saw it, would you think that’s their brand?

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Plaintiffs saw an advertising for Defendants’ syrup/sharbat, which had the mark ‘DilAfza’ on it and was packaged in deceptively similar ringlet bottles to the ‘RoohAfza’ bottle.As Since 1949, the defendant corporation has been in the business of producing Unani medicines, syrups, and botanical items.

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