43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

2, 2024) Some interesting comments on when individual instances of “confusion” don’t count, as well as their relevance to evaluating out-of-court social media etc. Plaintiff has seven registered trademarks involving Florida Virtual School or FLVS; two of the registrations are incontestable.

Branding 59

Branding Brands Branding Marketing 59

SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

John Doe And Others on 18 March 2024 (Delhi High Court ) Plaintiffs filed a suit contending that the Defendants are using the Plaintiff’s DASNAC trademark as a part of their domain name, on their websites, and on their social media thereby constituting infringement of the Plaintiff’s statutory rights vesting in the DASNAC trademark.

Trademark 52

Trademark Patent Copyright Confidentiality 52

Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Successful products and services are likely to have their trademarks copied. It is not that you in particular and your trademark are being targeted, but awareness on how to proceed yields value to your brand. If you own a business in Portugal and have a registered trademark, these recommendations will prove useful.

Trademark 59

Trademark Cease and Desist Registration Litigation 59

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Introduced to incorporate the Jan Vishwas Act amendments within the Trade Marks Act, the proposed Rules prescribe an adjudication mechanism to hear complaints alleging false representation of a mark as a registered trademark. Read Tejaswini’s post on the recent DHC order concerning these two liquor brands.

Trademark 103

Trademark Social Media Registering Trademarks Copyright 103

43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

My former student Grace McLaughlin has written an excellent note about the fact that these putative trademarks don’t serve human trademark functions—it’s very hard to remember them or distinguish one random string from another random string in terms of knowing what you’ve seen before—and has proposed some possible responses from the PTO.

IP 94

IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 94