LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

Unregistered “common law” rights Without registration, there are some “common law” trademark rights, but those rights are limited. You can participate in sales platforms like Amazon Brand Registry. They can be limited to a small geographic area.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2022

Black’s Law Dictionary defines intellectual property as “a commercially valuable product of the human intellect, in a concrete or abstract form such as a copyrightable work, a protectable trademark, a patentable invention, or a trade secret.” In 2021, the global travel and tourism sector contributed over 5.8

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

It is not unusual to encounter counterfeit versions of widely recognized brands like Adidas, Gucci, Nike, etc. Such products are fake and portrayed as popular brands to charge less than the market price and make enormous profits. They usually have a devastating effect on the brand’s reputation and customer loyalty.

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IIPRD

APRIL 2, 2024

The implementation of TRIPS-Plus provisions can also readily facilitate the emergence of monopoly power for brand-name pharmaceutical companies. [v] These provisions extend beyond the minimum IP standards, and can introduce stricter patentability criteria, extended patent terms, and more rigorous enforcement mechanisms.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 14, 2022

Navigating Brand Protection and Trademarks for Social Media Influencers. Building a brand or business as an influencer on social media is not easy. Not only are you tasked with building a successful, recognizable brand, you’re building yourself as the brand. Making a brand out of a social media business.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 4, 2023

Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The impugned IP portion of the proposal outlines demands by the UK to harmonize India’s patent and drug regulatory laws with those of the UK. In fact, many studies suggest that brand name medications are not superior to generic medications.

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The IPKat

APRIL 14, 2024

He highlights how activism from Indian farmers and civil society groups shaped global policy around plant variety protection and food security. Contreras evaluates "Genetic patents and the Sustainable Development Goals." Goal 3: Healthy Lives and Wellbeing In Chapter 5, Jorge L.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

But don’t stop reading if your passion lies along other branches of IP law, because this volume has plenty to say about copyright, trademarks, and more. The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law. Like many contributions in this volume, the chapter draws on a wealth of archival materials.

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azrights

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The brand name and codes play an important role in the management of competition. Inevitably competitors will try to capture some of the market shares of any brand that discovers a lucrative market opportunity. People’s sense of what is unethical and unfair copying is often out of line with the law’s approach to regulating competition.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2023 Champaign, Illinois – Julie King, King Business and Patent Law, PLLC, Champaign, Illinois was recently named to the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council. ” King founded King Business and Patent Law in 2017.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Many businesses attempt to take advantage of this by adopting symbols that people link with their religions so that people will associate the goods being sold with them. Hence to regulate the same legislature has formulated the following law with regards to it. This guarantees the preservation of the feelings of the concerned group.

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Initially, there was a focus on the actual existence of creations and inventions, as it is a commonly known fact that ideas aren’t protected under IP law. Some of the biggest celebrities and brands in the world have found their space in it, including Morgan Stanley, Coca-Cola, Adidas, Samsung, and Snoop Dogg.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

We spoke to their CEO Tom de Pelet about how Hornit has grown and how intellectual property rights have strengthened his business. Find out how to protect your IP using our guidance pages. So, you have a brand and a product, what next? Search the trade mark register for similar brands before applying.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

Several times, we see that luxury brands come up with limited edition products, whether it is cars, watches, cosmetics, chocolates, electronics, etc., Protection for Limited Edition Products under Trademark Law. How about Copyright or Design Protection? In essence: ‘use it or lose it.’

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 11, 2024

Trademarks are traditionally considered to be connected with visual elements that include logos, brand names, as well as packaging however, the field of trademarks has widened and it includes non-traditional marks, such as smells, sounds, colors etc. Iconic scents like Chanel No. Iconic scents like Chanel No. In Ralf Sieckmann v.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

With the Metaverse and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) being the common buzzwords as of late, the USPTO (US Patent & Trademark Office) has been experiencing a significant rise in the number of Trademark Applications filed in the virtual sphere to safeguard the products and services. Taking a Step Ahead: Points of Consideration.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Whether you are looking to make your own non fungible token to sell or you’re looking to buy an NFT as an investment, you need to be aware of copyright and trademark laws that might apply to your NFT. There are four main types of intellectual property rights; patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) states, ” a trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The following is an excerpt from my book, Building a Bold Brand. Believe it or not, I even had to face changing my brand name early on as a result of receiving a cease and desist letter! Small businesses are just as capable of creating and building great brands as big businesses are. a great trademark: Marketing department.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”).

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Jordan is a third-year law student at the University of Missouri and a registered patent agent. Before law school, he was a greenskeeper at a local golf course. Guest Post by Jordan Duenckel. He has an extensive background in chemistry and food science. Facially, it seems the clubs look similar and may contain similar elements.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 12, 2023

“Yes, the law is about words.,” And Ken White noted more recently that “the entire project of the law is about words meaning specific things.” Indeed, understanding and enforcing the rule of law is itself commonly about defining an undefined concept. One is the case of Abitron Austria GMBH v.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 5, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office and their logos. At the urging of some colleagues of mine, the USPTO recognized that registering their names–like businesses, of course, should do as well–would give them tools to battle copycats and scammers who trade off of the USPTO’s brand. Patent and Trademark Office.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Hall Law School. . The design of Hershey’s cone-shaped small chocolate “Kisses” has been a registered trademark with the United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) since 1996. When it comes to food designs, how far can a trademark go? This case is one of many battles between Cookie Department and Hershey.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Let’s see what happening in the IP blogosphere this week:- Trade Marks Online trade channels have become a substantial aspect of many brand owners’ business. Moving on to collective trade marks, IPTango shared an insight from their Argentina community on the law and regulations governing them in that country.

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IPilogue

MARCH 7, 2023

Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Importance of ElevateIP Many studies have shown how valuable intangible assets, including IP, are for a company. Another EUIPO study showed that companies with patents tend to grow more than companies without patents.

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IP Tech Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Every year, on April 26, intellectual property organizations around the world observe “ World IP Day ” – an event established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to raise awareness of patents, copyrights, designs, and trademarks, and to celebrate the creativity and contributions of inventors, authors, artists and entrepreneurs.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Focused on Amazon: free riding on gov’t mechanisms, particularly TM law, to communicate to gov’t not to regulate it—product liability, intermediary liability. Affecting TM law (as set forth in new paper with Mark McKenna, which is excellent). We like how they sort us/how we get to identify with them?

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

Yet cannabis businesses continue to grapple with protecting their brands, as trademark protection at the federal level remains unavailable. To register a federal trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a trademark must be “lawful” under federal law. the Lanham Act).

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azrights

JUNE 7, 2022

This is one of the many misconceptions about IP that I’ve noticed since starting my business in 2004. 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.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By guest blogger Lisa Ramsey , Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law The Supreme Court will likely hold in Elster that Section 2(c) is consistent with the First Amendment, but will it clarify how to balance trademark and free speech rights? Section 2(c) is a viewpoint-neutral trademark law.

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Patently-O

JUNE 29, 2022

Although goods are often shipped globally, many companies manufacture and sell region-specific products. A simple assumption is that territorial limits align with both the laws and the people. e.g., Indians live in India and are subject to the law of India. e.g., Indians live in India and are subject to the law of India.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

How is a patent attorney different than Amazon seller attorneys? Patent violations are becoming increasingly prevalent among Amazon sellers. Whether you are a patent owner or an Amazon seller, you need the right kind of legal expertise when it comes to patent infringement. Is a patent attorney specially licensed?

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 29, 2021

”, you may get more than one answer, because there is a lot of gray area in trademark law and a lot of gray area in what makes up a likelihood of confusion. Patent and Trademark Office, because the examiner asserts that the applied-for mark is likely to be confused with the registered trademark.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Read on to learn about: The difference between patents and industrial designs Recent industrial designs registration trends How you can swiftly search for industrial designs with Corsearch What are industrial designs? Essentially, patents protect the functionality of a design – what does the product do? respectively.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Earlier this week, developer and professor of Computer Science at Texas A&M Tim Davis took to Twitter to highlight how GhitHub’s artificial intelligence coding tool Copilot, was producing code very similar to his own, showing a side-by-side comparison of the two snippets. The code in question is different from the example given.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 11, 2022

Because there are many types of fraud and government impersonation, only a handful of other commenters mentioned trademark issues. As a trademark law firm, we represent a wide array of clients but predominantly focus on helping small business owners protect their intellectual property. ” More than 100 comments were submitted.

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