Intellectual Property Law Blog

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”). Patent applicants and practitioners could benefit from guidance regarding obtaining patents in the context of NFTs.

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Larson & Larson

JULY 13, 2023

Patents and trademarks are two forms of intellectual property protection, but they serve different purposes. Here’s an overview of how patent protection and trademark protection differ: What is a Patent? Patents protect functional products and processes. What is a Trademark?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Trade Dress for Board Games Examples of Board Game Trade Dress Most savvy entrepreneurs know to apply for trademarks on their product names, company names, logos, and slogans. Of those, inventors who make board games often go straight to patent filings and forget about the trademark analysis. OR- How about this car.

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Patently-O

JULY 19, 2023

have long been a mix of state common law rights and federal statutory rights. Patents and copyrights were established in the Constitution and enacted by the First Congress in 1790. With trademark law, the federal right has been around since 1870 and today occupies most of the space. What do you think?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Eliezer How to Legally Protect your Board Game with Intellectual Property Law Table of Contents: Copyright Law Design Patents Trademarks and Trade Dress Utility Patents Limitations of Protection Say there is a game that’s been around. Learn more about Trademark law for board games and Trade Dress protection.

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Patently-O

JUNE 29, 2022

A case like this begins with the territorial doctrine of trademark law: Under the territoriality doctrine, a trademark is recognized as having a separate existence in each sovereign territory in which it is registered or legally recognized as a mark. law that trademark rights in the US require that the mark be used in the US.

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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. Design Patent Infringement vs. Trademark Infringement The standards for proving design patent infringement and trademark infringement differ significantly regarding the relevance of consumer confusion about product source.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In the spring and summer of 2022, following the international sanctions imposed upon Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia introduced several landmark changes to its IP law, most notably to patent, trademark and copyright laws. Is anything here on the list?

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IP Intelligence

JANUARY 1, 2024

Trademark owners should be wary of official-looking email solicitations from attorneys or law firms that claim to specialize in trademarks and are masquerading as Good Samaritans who wish to aid in protecting the company’s brand against another company that has contracted that firm to register the same mark.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A thorough awareness of intellectual property laws is crucial, regardless of your career goals—be they that of a fashion designer, singer, filmmaker, or just someone curious about the legal side of entertainment. Patents also provide inventors with temporary exclusive rights to their discoveries.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Off late these instances of trademark bullying has been a concern and persistent problem in many countries with large entities targeting the small enterprises just for the sake of business gains. This is generally done by giant corporations and brand names to survive the competition and swallow the small businesses for gains.

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IPilogue

MARCH 6, 2023

While Louboutin’s products retail for JPY80,000 ($613) and over and fall within the luxury brand market, Eizo’s shoes occupy the affordable or no-name brand markets, with an average retail price of JPY17,000 ($130). The 3,149 individuals surveyed were luxury retail shoppers and were only presented with Louboutin’s products, not Eizo’s.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law. In 'Denaturing Bacteria', Daniel Schneider discusses the controversy over the patenting of biological sewage treatment and questions of the public interest. Like many contributions in this volume, the chapter draws on a wealth of archival materials.

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Chicago IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Award honors those who have made a significant creative contribution in one or more of the following substantive areas of intellectual property law: Patent Law: An invention or group of inventions having technological significance and an important social and economic impact, resulting in one or more U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

With the introduction of technologies such as 3D printing or laser printing, patent laws have entered the fashion industry. Trademark laws play a prominent role in the fashion industry by legally protecting the logos of apparel manufacturers and fashion conglomerates. Patents and the fashion industry.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 19, 2021

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. Last December , Cookie Department accused Hershey-owned company One Brands LLC of copying one of their trademarks in a California federal court lawsuit.

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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. and enthusiasts do not spare even a moment to get their hands on these products.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

That tweet spoke to his trademark of his iconic “lightning” celebration pose, indicating Bolt’s possible plans to create merchandise using his iconic celebrity power and image. For some time now, celebrities’ brand images have increasingly used their iconic poses or features to market their brand to promote endorsed goods and services.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Global fashion brand Nine West recently filed a Notice of Opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board contesting the registration of the mark “Nina West” by a company owned by Andrew Levitt, drag name Nina West. May the best brand win! ABG filed the Notice of Opposition on Nine West’s behalf.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

Whilst the SPB Team does not blindly follow trends, we are advising all our trademark clients (even the more “conservative” ones) now to file trademarks covering goods and services related to the Metaverse. Here is why: New opportunities for growing your brand. Why you need new trademark registrations now.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2022

Whilst the SPB Team does not blindly follow trends, we are advising all our trademark clients (even the more “conservative” ones) now to file trademarks covering goods and services related to the Metaverse. Here is why: New opportunities for growing your brand. Why you need new trademark registrations now.

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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. The current hodgepodge of state trademark regimes will undoubtedly result in litigation and a race to register federal marks once Congress legalizes cannabis. the Lanham Act).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Award honors those who have made a significant creative contribution in one or more of the following substantive areas of intellectual property law: Patent Law: An invention or group of inventions having technological significance and an important social and economic impact, resulting in one or more U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Such strategies are not merely restricted to trademarking names, patenting products or copyrighting creative material. In fact, businesses have begun to extend the scope of Intellectual Property laws by protecting subsets of their products or services. There are numerous advantages of registering store layouts as a trademark.

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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. Party A is telling party B to stop doing something with their trademark or stop using it because they believe it is creating a likelihood of confusion.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

A basic understanding of Intellectual Property (IP) law is essential to managing an Amazon storefront, as IP issues can be a minefield for the uninformed. Patents A patent permits the owner to exclude others from making, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing the invention of the patent.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 12, 2022

Often, hashtags help businesses reach out to their target audience and connect with them, which may further help them attain and achieve goodwill and raise awareness about their brand. Therefore, the prime role of such hashtags needs to be assessed in line with the Trademark Law to deduce whether they qualify for trademark protection.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The artist in the Hermes lawsuit branded his images MetaBirkins and is attempting to sell them on various internet sites using MetaBirkins as a brand name. Hermes is suing the artist for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and cybersquatting. Design patents can also apply depending on the goods and circumstances.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This liberty to benefit from one’s intellectual creation gives rise to a bundle of rights related to intellectual property, including, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Geographical Indications, among others. The course is being supported by Texas A&M University School of Law.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 26, 2023

They think that they must “get” a trademark by filing an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and if the trademark they want is “available” some nice person at the USPTO will “grant” it to them. It certainly is not the way you “get” a trademark. In the U.S.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In the United States as well, trademark laws prohibit the trademarking of generic terms because it would give someone a monopoly on a product. Company in 2011 submitted its four trademark applications to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the use of “BOOKING.COM” as a word trademark.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 26, 2021

With the legalization of various forms of marijuana in some states, products involving Cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp have been rapidly entering the market, and businesses are seeking to protect their brands in this growing market. Do I Still Have Rights if Someone is Using a Name, Mark, or Brand Similar to Mine?

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SpicyIP

JULY 2, 2021

Tanya is a 3rd year BBA LLB student at Kirit P Mehta School of Law, NMIMS, Navi Mumbai. Intellectual property rights, including trademarks, patents and copyright, protect the innovations and inventions of creators from other companies or individuals. Logos come under the wide ambit of trademarks. Image from here.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

which will determine the scope of the Lanham Act as applied to trademark infringement that occurs outside the US. The Court has also agreed to hear a patent case this term, and it will rule on a copyright fair-use case brought by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that was heard this fall. Celebrity trademark messes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

A trademark is a mark that distinguishes the goods and services of one person, from the other. It helps consumers differentiate between the myriad brands available in the market today. A trademark is territorial in nature, thus, if the trademark is registered in India, it can only be protected within the Indian jurisdiction.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Additionally, a name is a crucial element of personal branding, influencing perceptions, forming first impressions, and conveying character. For renowned figures, the importance of their name extends to public perception, brand identity, and professional success. It distinguishes us and shapes our sense of self.

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