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Marketing and IPR

IP and Legal Filings

When used in a marketing context, the brand has two primary goals: first, to represent the company in public to create maximum awareness and recognition for the organization and its business proposition. The expenses associated with trademark registration pale in comparison to this.

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copying competitor's website & reviews creates (c), TM, false advertising problems

43(B)log

Boston Carriage’s principals voluntarily shared their business knowledge with Boston Suburban, including Boston Carriage’s business and marketing strategies and its online presence.” It also allegedly resumed promoting and advertising the domain name “logan-car-service.com” and re-routing visitors to its own website.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Trade marks

The IPKat

Stephen further stated that he was in the process of registering the word for advertising and media business with the aim of providing marketing, branding, and related services, there was a lot of interest in the possibility of registering such a term. Should it not be the chant that may be copyright-protected as a musical work?]

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"GET ORDAINED" Fails to Function as a Source Indicator for Ordination-Related Services, Says TTAB

The TTABlog

become ordained” or “become a minister,” is strong evidence that Applicant’s consumers will perceive “get ordained” not as a service mark but rather for the commonly understood meaning of the words. Its intent that the phrase function as a service mark is irrelevant. Would you have applied for registration?

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TTABlog Test: Is CROSSFIRST BANK & Circle Design Confusable with Banc of California's RIng Design?

The TTABlog

Banc of California petitioned to cancel a registration for the mark shown below left, on the ground of likely confusion with its registered mark shown below right, both for, inter alia , banking services. Since both parties rely on issued registrations, priority was an issue in this proceeding. Cancellation No.

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Precedential No. 29: After an Exhausting 2(d) Analysis, TTAB Finds HME (Stylized) Confusable with KME for Building Products

The TTABlog

In an exhaustive and exhausting decision, the Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark HME in the stylized from shown below, for various types of pipes and other building products, finding confusion likely with opposer's mark KME for overlapping goods. KME Germany GmbH v. Zhejiang Hailiang Co.,

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God Save the Queen: what will happen to the Royal Warrants granted by the late Queen?

Garrigues Blog

The Royal Warrant, which, as we said, allows holders to display the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom on their products, marketing communications, in their premises and on commercial vehicles, automatically lends prestige to a brand and most assuredly boosts the sales of those companies known as “official suppliers” of the British Crown.