Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Failure to renew a trademark registration can lead to a canceled registration, but the owner may still have common law rights by continually using the mark. Depending upon whether your idea relates to appearance or function, you can file either a design patent application or utility patent application.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

image Source : Medium Blog]. The UAE is a member of the Patent Cooperation Treaty 1970 (PCT) and WIPO Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1883 (Paris Convention). Trademarks are protected by registration with the IP Department. However, with the publication on 23 October 2012 of UAE Federal Law No.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Last week on the blog we featured posts with nuanced discussions on burning issues surrounding patents, trademarks, and copyright. Here are the quick summaries of the 7 blog posts, along with 12 case summaries and other IP developments. Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from other High Courts?

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a reflective blog on their internship experience. To some extent trademarks can be protected without registration. That said, if you have a distinctive mark and the means to protect it, registration is the strongest form of protection. What can be a Trademark?

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Patently-O

APRIL 12, 2024

By Dennis crouch The international IP community is moving toward further harmonizing legal protection for industrial designs. By establishing a ceiling on what countries can require, the DLT constrains national flexibility, but also ensures applicants “maximum predictability and simplicity of procedures.”

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 14, 2023

Last week was full of exciting discussions on the blog. Mathews discussed the Delhi High Court’s order directing for strict interpretation of the PCT timelines while filing the national phase applications. Registrar and referred the question of retrospective applicability of the TM 2017 Rules to a Division Bench.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

The patent application process is inherently challenging. Excuse 1: Your Patent Application Has Been Rejected (for the first time) It can be frustrating to have your patent application rejected by the USPTO. Before firing your patent lawyer, recognize that Office Actions are normal in utility patent applications.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an International Treaty with over 145 contracting states. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is responsible for administering PCT. The PCT protects the invention of the applicant in many countries. Filing International application.

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