43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

NAACP—these courts very clearly say that trademark law applies to commercial speech, defined as it is in First Amendment case law, and not to noncommercial speech. Some of the work is also done by the idea that trademark control extends only to the name/logo of a congregation and not to other elements of worship.

Trademark Law 72

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IIPRD

JULY 4, 2021

It wasn’t long till these set of symbols were adopted by the leading tech-brand Apple in its keyboard and since then, its use has been unstoppable. Trademark Law. There may be the possibility of more than one person having trademark rights for various classes of goods in the same emoji.

Intellectual Property 40

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Lisa Ramsey: Free expression and competitiveness considerations: large brands/celebrities can teach you to associate a weak mark w/their company can be problematic. If we want to leave certain matter in the public domain, we need to account for the ability to create de facto secondary meaning. It’s informational/ornamental.

Trademark Law 75

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

In this judgment, the Delhi High Court delved into the interpretation of section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 with respect to disputes involving trademark licensing agreements. The Division Bench reiterated that what makes something a trademark is the power to distinguish a product from others.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Ramsey is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law. She writes and teaches in the trademark law area, and recently wrote a paper with Professor Christine Haight Farley that focuses on speech-protective doctrines in trademark infringement law.] By Guest Blogger Lisa P. Ramsey [Lisa P.

Trademark 100

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I disagreed , and continue to think the Court will uphold the constitutionality of Section 2(c), but the question is what free speech doctrine(s) the Justices will use to make this determination and whether they will provide additional guidance on evaluating First Amendment challenges to trademark laws.

Registration 74

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Does the ornamentality doctrine have doctrinal purchase elsewhere in trademark law? A membership group might not have brand value (Happy Valley PTA example) v signaling I can afford LV, which does depend on brand value). Ramsey: BB is interesting because they used a public domain image on the shirt.

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