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What are the steps to register a trademark in Spain?

Garrigues Blog

How does the registration process work? If everything is correct, the trademark is published in the Official Industrial Property Gazette (BOPI). If no oppositions are filed, the SPTO will check whether the trademark comes under any of the absolute grounds for refusal established in Trademarks Law 17/2001 (Trademarks Law).

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How Do People End Up Losing Their Trademark Rights?

Kashishipr

Your Trademark Application gets approved, and you receive your registration certificate. Don’t let that Trademark Registration certificate fool you. The inconvenient truth in this scenario is that owning a trademark is not like owning a home; instead, it is more like renting.

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How To Protect Your Cannabis Trademarks in a Legal Landscape That Is Half-Baked

LexBlog IP

Acquiring State Trademarks The most obvious (and widespread) option to protect a cannabis trademark is to obtain trademark registrations in all states where the mark is being used. In trademark law, the first use of a mark within a territory typically establishes trademark ownership in that territory.

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Safeguarding Personal Names

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Many companies exploit renowned person identities without obtaining proper consent, leading intellectual property experts to advocate for the safeguarding of image rights through registration under Intellectual Property laws.

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Protecting Culture in an IP-centred World

IPilogue

The court ultimately decided against the band because “Aboriginal rights are outside the scope of trademark law.”. Cases like this raise questions about the scope of intellectual property (IP) law in Canada. Trademark law in particular has the benefit of granting collective rights and can also provide perpetual protection.

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Statement of use of a trademark: a requirement in the USA that does not exist in the EU

Garrigues Blog

The use of a trademark is crucial to preserve the rights in the mark. However, whereas in the US the statement of use is essential to maintain the registration, in the EU, it does not exist. In other words, it could be said that it is the first commandment of trademark law. Let’s take a look.

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THE CONSUMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT: BOOKING-DOT-WHAT, BOOKING-DOT-TRADEMARKED

JIPL Online

If the title sounds familiar, you are part of the reason Booking.com successfully trademarked “Booking.com” while paving the way for owners of similar marks to receive trademark protection. com” does not make “booking” non-generic for trademark registration when it becomes “Booking.com.” The Decision.