IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Once the mark is registered under trademark act, the mark then gives the proprietor some rights to enjoy with the trademark repetitively and liabilities to maintain so that the proprietor doesn’t lose the ownership. The owner’s mark may be struck off the register if they fail to prove the usage of the mark.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The year 2022 has been an extremely important year for the development of trademark jurisprudence in India. There have been various landmark judgements which have not only highlighted cardinal principles of trademark law but have also given a nuanced understanding of how Courts interpret statutory trademark provisions.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

This Act does not explicitly specify the inclusion or exclusion of personal names or surnames for trademark protection. The guiding norm in trademark law stipulates that a name or surname lacks eligibility for protection unless it carries distinctive characteristics.

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azrights

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A brand can easily be a business’ most valuable asset. You see this when big businesses go into administration. It owned leading high street businesses like Topshop, Topman, and Miss Selfridge. For most businesses the most important and potentially valuable IP asset they’ll own will be their name. Protect it.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In this article, we explore the process of registering trademarks containing holiday names, examine the trademark activity that surrounds Valentine’s Day, and point to why it is important to monitor and protect your IP online. Can you trademark a holiday name?

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

Here are a few reasons why content creators and social media influencers should consider registering their IP: IP registration helps establish ownership of the IP assets, which, in turn, helps enforce rights in the scenario of a legal dispute. In general, domain names are business or brand names followed by.org,com,in,gov,net, etc.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Adidas, for example, is a brand that has achieved success in the sports business by introducing sports clothing and other related products. Amazon, for example, has registered its trademark as a shopping cart with a blue backdrop, allowing everyone to recognize it as Amazon. It takes years for them to get registration.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 6, 2021

When we start any business, one of the first things to choose is the name that will identify you in the market and, if the homework is done, it will be registered as a trademark (see a related post here ). They allow companies to promote their brand image and connect with the community around them. Let us see it.

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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

In contrast, many foreign countries give trademark rights to the first filer. US trademark law is different. What can a common law trademark owner do? Even without a registered trademark, a common law trademark owner can still have significant rights. Common law rights as defense?

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Before jumping into comparative law issues, one should note that these questions are ones of concern beyond lawyers, and have much greater practical importance than “ How many angels can dance on the head of a pin ?” include[es] the contribution of businesses with religious roots. registered trademarks: Elohim—4.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2022

Kayode & Co, a boutique IP law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Lara is a leader in Africa trademark law, and represents the interests of numerous international companies in counterfeit enforcement and brand protection matters. Why should international companies seek to register their trademarks in Nigeria?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2022

Kayode & Co, a boutique IP law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Lara is a leader in Africa trademark law, and represents the interests of numerous international companies in counterfeit enforcement and brand protection matters. Why should international companies seek to register their trademarks in Nigeria?

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

This case involved Sun Pharmaceuticals allegedly infringing Cipla’s copyright and registered trademark. Google argued that even when the keyword is a trademark, it is never used in a ‘trademark sense’, thereby the invisible use of trademarks, as keyword, failing to meet the threshold to constitute infringement.

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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.

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