IP Law 360

MARCH 25, 2024

shoe retailers have accused the owner of the Naked Wolfe brand of bringing meritless intellectual property claims against them, because its shoe designs weren't original enough to deserve protection in the first place.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The owner of the Naked Wolfe brand has accused two online footwear retailers of design and copyright infringement, alleging that they "slavishly copied" its chunky boot designs.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 15, 2024

These companies, Trader Joe’s, Medieval Times, and Starbucks, have all made similar arguments alleging confusion based upon the union’s use of the company’s name and/or branding design elements. By: Brooks Kushman P.C.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued its one millionth design patent on September 26, 2023. D1,000,000 claims the ornamental design for a dispensing comb. This milestone comes during a particularly prolific period for design patents.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2024

text of decision in Global Brand v Rae Dunn Design, 23-CV-1644 (DEH) January 9, 2024 Here, while defendant’s own mark prominently appeared alongside plaintiff’s mark on its packaging, whether this was fair use could not be determined at the 12b6 stage.

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WIPO Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Taibo Bacar, the celebrated Mozambican fashion designer, talks about what it takes to build an international fashion brand and the next steps in his pioneering business adventure.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Designers and brand owners will be comforted by Marks & Spencer’s Court of Appeal victory.

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The IPKat

MARCH 11, 2024

Celebrities are often invited to collaborate to the creation of specific products, or even find themselves at the helm of a brand's artistic direction. A famous Kat Facts Puma SE filed an application to register a Community design on 26 July 2016. However, these collaborations or partnerships don't always work out as they should.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 26, 2024

Indianapolis, Indiana – FullBeauty Brands Inc. The lawsuit alleges that certain swimsuits marketed by FullBeauty Brands and affiliated entities bear a striking resemblance to designs owned by competitors. has been accused of trademark infringement in a lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania -based Global Trademarks Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 8, 2022

One of them is ‘Design’ which is a composition of colors, shapes patterns, etc which add value and attraction to the product. Designs are advantageous assets that can be protected only if registered under the Designs Act, 2000. Website Designs. PROTECTION OF DESIGN. Picture Credit: Shutterstock].

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. Still, ornamental logos found on the accused product can still be relevant as visual distractors in the process of evaluating similarities and differences between the claimed design and accused design.

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Art Law Journal

AUGUST 11, 2021

Licensing a creative design can provide you with additional income, branding and partnership opportunities. The post How Do I License My Creative Design? Here we review what licensing is and how to do it. appeared first on Art Business Journal.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A few weeks ago, the UNION-IP Designs Commission in association with the UNION-IP Netherlands national group – “Design & Copyright Law: siblings or rival?” held another roundtable session ( Thursday Thingies ), the topic of which related to the overlaps between copyright and design law (details of the event to be found here ).

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This is particularly important in the product design arena because evidence of secondary meaning must be proven before it is protectable as trade dress. JSC designs and manufactures high-end furniture, primarily large, heavy-set pieces made of reclaimed teak and embellished with detailed wood carvings and metal designs.

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, artists and entertainers, among others, have started focusing on producing digital work that is revolutionizing the way we perceive art, through the creation of NFTs and commodities. Are they protectable by design patents? In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Article 2.4

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azrights

JUNE 19, 2023

Later I developed an online training course, the Legally Branded Academy, which used processes as the central approach to protecting IP, including names. I also gave access to the course to my brand protection clients. I’m now offering these processes and templates to those who enrol on the Brand Tuned program in June.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

How to Register IP for your Clothing Your new clothing brand may have a variety of IP to protect. Need to protect your clothing brand? Contact US patent and trademark attorney Vic Lin at 949-223-9623 or email vlin@icaplaw.com to explore how we can register your clothing brand’s trademarks, patents and copyrights.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JULY 13, 2023

Can you copyright product designs and shapes? Copyright registrations, therefore, may help to protect the 2-dimensional artwork of a design, the 3-dimensional shape of a product or a combination of both. Can you copyright 2-dimensional design? Varsity Brands. Need copyright registrations for your product designs?

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Patent Trademark Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Can you include a logo in your design patent application? Let me share a strategy if you’re thinking about filing a design patent application for a new product that might be considered somewhat similar to existing products. It is possible to include a logo in your design patent application for a product.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Board found petitioner's "fawn" design mark to be inherently distinctive. As to commercial strength, there was no brand awareness evidence in the record and nothing to place the petitioner's sales figures in context. There was also evidence of four other rice products on the market that feature deer in their packaging.

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WIPO Magazine

MARCH 14, 2021

Smartphones have revolutionized the interaction between consumers and brands. Zeeger Vink, IP Director at MF Brands Group (Lacoste) offers tips on what companies need to do to optimize app design and protection.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 9, 2023

21, 2023) Deetsch alleged that he owned design patents for CPAP pillow products, which the Lei defendants infringed. They also allegedly used Deetch’s image in ads and on packaging, and allegedly falsely claimed on Amazon that their pillow products “were designed in the United States but are manufactured in China.”

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 20, 2022

Industrial Design (ID) is the professional practice of designing products, devices and services which are used by people around the world. In this blog, we will answer what it takes and how to become an industrial designer. Duties and responsibilities of an Industrial designer. How can I become an industrial designer?

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azrights

JUNE 7, 2022

If you design IP protection into the business through your agreements, choice of brand name and other identifiers you strengthen your position against the most common and damaging forms of copying in business. Lack of appreciation about what ‘brand’ and ‘IP’ mean and entail is why better education on brand creation is essential.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, artists and entertainers, among others, have started focusing on producing digital work that is revolutionizing the way we perceive art, through the creation of NFTs and commodities. Are they protectable by design patents? Other countries are lagging behind. Overview of current legislation in China. Article 2.4

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Federal Circuit on Friday established for the first time what kinds of prior art can be reviewed by courts and juries in design patent cases, finding that a third trial is needed in order to determine whether a brand of gloves and outerwear infringes a design patent owned by Oregon clothing company Columbia Sportswear.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 9, 2022

Trademark, and design are two very crucial kinds of IPRs which provide a certain extent of protection at their levels. There exist several IPRs and it is important to be aware of which one is suitable for your brand/ business. There are many more provisions other than those that safeguard the design rights.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Kilpatrick Townsend’s Babak Kusha recently spoke at the Federal Bar Association’s IP Law Fall Conference 2022 on the topic of “Design Patents for Patent Professionals.” Please see full article below for more information.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 25, 2022

has sued the companies behind the "A s Live Forever" clothing brand for allegedly selling sweats, T-shirts, hoodies and beanies that use profane, ripped-off versions of Patagonia's trademark. Sportswear company Patagonia Inc.

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WIPO Magazine

MARCH 11, 2022

Guatemalan designer Isabella Springmuhl, the first designer with Down’s Syndrome to feature in London Fashion Week, is using her brand, Down to Xjabelle, to break stereotypes and promote diversity and inclusion in the fashion world, and IP is supporting her endeavor.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Various jewelry designers have obtained IP protection for their jewelry pieces that range from trademark protection of the brand value to protection of the design itself either through copyright and/ or patents. From 2013 to 2015, Cartier filed various design patents for their iconic panther designed jewelry.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 23, 2022

A New York federal judge has held that cognac producer Remy Martin provided enough details about its cognac bottle design elements to keep alive claims that rapper 50 Cent's competing brand mimicked its bottle's trade dress, rejecting bids to trim those allegations from E. s design patent suit. Remy Martin & Co.'s

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IP Law 360

APRIL 12, 2022

The company that manages the Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North Carolina, as well as many hospitality and retail brands associated with the property, has sued an interior designer in Arizona federal court on claims she stole the estate's historic name to sell bedsheets.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A London court has ruled that the maker of the Tommee Tippee hands-free, high-tech breast pump did not infringe three registered designs for a rival's device, branded as Elvie.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 1, 2022

For every business or brand owner at present, the design of a product has become a crucial concern, and why won’t it be, after all, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” ” The unique design of a product, such as that of Mini Cooper and Coca-Cola, forms brand identity.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 21, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video How to Water Your Brand for Growth. I talk about my lack of green thumb, because it relates to so much of my branding, where I use sunflowers and plantings as metaphors, and I use the tagline, Making Trademarks Bloom Since 1999. Prolific marketing: getting your brand out there.

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