IPilogue

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Background Banksy’s graffiti artwork Laugh Now first appeared in Brighton, England, in 2002. On November 7, 2018, Pest Control, Banksy’s authentication body, filed an EU trademark claim on behalf of the artist for Laugh Now. Typically, artists protect their artwork using only copyright law. street artist Banksy.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-?-Bee) Man Cave, LLC , Cancellations Nos. Man Cave, LLC , Cancellations Nos. Bee) has scheduled five (5) oral hearings for the month of December 2022. Only the fifth one will be in person, the first four being held via video conference. December 1, 2022 - 1 PM: Eden Foods, Inc.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

A Case of Reverse Passing Off: DHC Rules In Favour Of Western Digital On Trademark Infringement Recently, the DHC passed an ex-parte interim injunction order against Geonix, holding them prima facie liable for indulging in ‘reverse passing off’ by selling Western Digital’s hard disks as their own.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Banksy Case: registration of a trademark in bad faith and the price of anonymity. The EUIPO has cancelled street artist Banksy’s trademark for the well-known artwork ‘Flower Bomber” on the grounds that it was filed in bad faith. How do you protect a website? If you don’t appear on the Internet, you don’t exist.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Digging Past the Recent Re-Notification of the Exams Following the cancellation of the preliminary exams conducted by the QCI, the recruitment of 553 patent examiners has been re-notified, this time with the assistance of NTA. Calvin Klein Trademark Trust & Anr vs M/S Guru Nanak International & Ors. M/S Loreal S.A

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Tejaswini writes on this order by the Division Bench and its subsequent acknowledgment by the court, highlighting how this order can correct the practice of granting unfair ex parte ad-interim interim injunctions in Trademark litigation disputes. Preliminary Exams for the Recruitment of Patent and Designs Examiners Cancelled!

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 3, 2021

On June 1, 2021, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on the question of whether Section 411(b) of the Copyright Act is intended to be a “fraud” statute that requires scienter for cancellation of a copyright registration. The court held that there were no valid grounds for cancellation of the registration, since fraud was not proven.

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