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The Interplay between Religious Sensitiveness and Trademark Law in India

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction A mark represents the institution or company to which it belongs and serves as a means of differentiating goods or services among individuals. Marks can be of various types i.e., word marks, service marks, logos, symbols, series marks, etc [1]. In Parul Food Specialities Pvt.

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IP as a political instrument in Russia

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One of the first enacted changes concerned the rules for calculation of the compensation paid to the patent owner in the event that an invention, utility model, or industrial design is being used without the patent owner’s authorization. The list includes such well-known brands as Apple, HP, Panasonic, Siemens, Tesla, and Volkswagen.

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The Failure-to-Function Doctrine

IP and Legal Filings

The more familiar the term or phrase is, the less likely it will be a mark that could be used to identify a single source of goods or services. Marks consisting of designs or patterns may also be rejected as a failure to function. Descriptive marks directly convey information about the product or service.

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Trademark Glossary of Terms

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B What is a brand? This is often understood simply as a synonym to trademark, but nowadays a brand is seen as the sum of all of customers’ experiences of the company or product in question. Trademarks are those elements of a brand which can be legally protected. C What is a trademark cancellation?

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Full Of Sound And Query, Signifying Something: Recent Noise Over Acoustic Trademarks

LexBlog IP

Here in a nutshell is the query the Court addressed: 16 Under Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001, trade marks which are devoid of any distinctive character shall not be registered. As with any other kind of trade mark, a sound must first meet the basic requirements for registrability set out in the Act.’