Cease and Desist, Designs, Registering Trademarks and Registration

Cease-and-Desist Letter: How to Use It Effectively or Reply

Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 31, 2023

Why send a cease-and-desist letter? On its surface, a cease-and-desist letter seems like a less expensive way to enforce intellectual property rights. Would it make sense to send them a trademark infringement letter. Need to enforce your patent and trademark rights, or reply to a cease-and-desist letter?

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Here’s How You Can Maintain Your Trademark Registration in India

Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Maintaining a Trademark Registration can indeed be challenging if you aren’t familiar with the Trademark Law. However, there exist some steps and guidelines you can take and follow to ensure your Registered Trademark remains protected and valid. Guidelines on Maintaining Your Trademark in India.

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Let the Chips Fall Where They May: Hershey Sues Californian Cookie Maker

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. When it comes to food designs, how far can a trademark go? On September 28, 2021 , The Hershey Co.

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How to Expedite Trademark Application: When and how can you speed up your trademark examination process?

Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Actually, it is significantly more difficult to expedite a trademark application than a patent application. To speed up patent applications, you have options like Track One and Rocket Docket for utility and design applications, respectively. So this extraordinary remedy is limited by design.

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Trademark Cease and Desist Registration Patent Application

How to Enforce Intellectual Property Without A Lot of Money

Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

Don’t even think about being cheap when it comes to trademark registration. Without a properly registered trademark, you’ll end up with fewer options and greater costs to enforce your limited trademark rights. So how can you enforce a registered trademark inexpensively?

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Cease and Desist Registering Trademarks Litigation

Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. Characters are often protected by copyright, even if their fashion is not, but they are also routinely protected by trademark. Trademark infringement, however, isn’t like copyright.

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Trademark Copyright Cease and Desist Copying

China: Recycled Packaging and Trademark Infringement, a Questionable Decision in the Tsingtao Beer Case

IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 17, 2022

While a trademark administrative procedure would end within a few days with a peremptory order to cease and desist the illicit use of the bottles and a fine for the infringer, an unfair competition/trade dress lawsuit could last for 12 months and would be more expensive. 57 of the Trademark Law. Tsingtao’s choice.

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Trademark Registering Trademarks Art Cease and Desist

Groundless threat of trademark infringement: Is Section 142 a means to combat trademark bullying?

Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Such groundless threats are commonly achieved by sending cease and desist letters or legal notices threatening the recipient with legal proceedings. Lately, this has been called out as ‘ trademark bullying’ and recently, BigBasket and DailyBasket were involved in a tussle over the word ‘Basket’.

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Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute

SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2022

On 2 nd December 2021, Mason Rothschild began advertising an NFT collection of fur-covered Birkin-like handbags that he designed, advertising them as ‘METABIRKINS’. Hermes, the owner of the Birkin trademark and trade-dress in USA, promptly sent OpenSeas a cease-and-desist notice. The precedent set in Consim Info Pvt.

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Trademark Fair Use Registering Trademarks Non-Fungible Tokens

What are the intellectual property rights for startups?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Startups can protect both the source code and object code through copyright registration. Additionally, copyrights can also extend to website content, graphic designs, logos, videos, and other digital assets. Design patents: Design patents protect novel ornamental designs for an article.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Cease and Desist Invention Branding

Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Although, it could receive trademark protection.). Although copyright registration is not required, there are several benefits to doing so.

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Trademark Infringement in the Digital Age

IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

Trademark Law Before pre-digitalization The US Trademark Office (USPTO) defines a trademark as a word, phrase, design, or symbol that serves to identify and distinguish the products or services you sell apart from those of others. The registration and management of trademarks was another essential component.

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Although, it could receive trademark protection.). Although copyright registration is not required, there are several benefits to doing so.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property IP Invention Designs

Dealing with Counterfeits on E-Commerce Websites

Kashishipr

JULY 21, 2021

The problem of counterfeiting not only puts brands at risk of their trademarks, brand value, and goodwill getting damaged but also puts consumers at the risk of receiving sub-standard quality products, which may ultimately affect their health and wellbeing. Takedown notices, cease and desist notices, etc.,

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Branding Brands Branding Cease and Desist

SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 6- February 12)

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Regardless, it sent a cease and desist to the defendants in 2022 who have a shop in Jaipur with a similar name and have registered the word mark in 2013. What stands out here is that the Court granted an injunction in favour of the Plaintiff based on earlier registration without considering the non-use of the mark by them.

Designs

Designs Design Trademark Cease and Desist

Trademark Enforcement Strategies – The Ultimate Path to Protection

Kashishipr

MAY 4, 2022

Furthermore, inconsistent or improper use of a trademark can obstruct its owner’s ability to enforce the trademark rights in a given brand. Have Proper Symbols of Trademark Registration & Ownership. If you have a registered trademark in place, you should use the ‘®’ symbol.

Social Media

Social Media Trademark Cease and Desist Registering Trademarks

2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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The Importance of Trademark Clearance Searches for Businesses

Kashishipr

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The same can be possible through trademarking any word, symbol, design, or phrase that the company uses to identify itself in the marketplace. Elements of Trademark Clearance. It depends on a variety of factors as to how the trademark is to be used. Is the trademark active, or has it been abandoned? Conclusion.

Business

Business Trademark Cease and Desist Registration

SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

UK Supreme Court Confirms No Patent for “AI-invented” Inventions Image from here On December 20, the UK Supreme Court affirmed its previous decision to deny registration to inventions by Dr. Stephen Thaler’s AI DABUS, holding that an AI software cannot be listed as an inventor. SpicyIP intern Vedika discusses this development. and Ors. ,

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The Role of Brand Names in Business

azrights

MARCH 23, 2022

So, he was in disbelief when he received a cease and desist letter from lawyers acting for the high end China Tang at the Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair whose rights to use the name stemmed from a figurative trademark in class 43 (restaurant services, catering services, cafes, cafeterias, and self-service restaurants) registered in 2005.

Business

Business Branding Brands Branding

2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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Evaluating the Constitutionality of Viewpoint-Neutral Trademark Registration Laws That Do Not Restrict Speech—Vidal v. Elster (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused registration of “Trump Too Small” under Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act ( 15 USC 1052(c) ) because the phrase includes a living individual’s name without his written consent. Tam (2017) and Iancu v. The text of Section 2(c) is viewpoint-neutral.

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Resolving Conflicts Between Trademark and Free Speech Rights After Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

1125(c)(3)(C) by claiming its humorous use of the Jack Daniel’s marks was not pure commercial speech because it poked fun at the company in the Bad Spaniels design. Parody doctrine can apply when a similar mark is used as a designation of source, such as in the Chewy Vuiton case. Source-identifying uses of marks.

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Trademark Blogging Trademark Law Fair Use

Intellectual Property Pulse

Cease-and-Desist Letter: How to Use It Effectively or Reply

Here’s How You Can Maintain Your Trademark Registration in India

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Let the Chips Fall Where They May: Hershey Sues Californian Cookie Maker

How to Expedite Trademark Application: When and how can you speed up your trademark examination process?

How to Enforce Intellectual Property Without A Lot of Money

Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

China: Recycled Packaging and Trademark Infringement, a Questionable Decision in the Tsingtao Beer Case

Groundless threat of trademark infringement: Is Section 142 a means to combat trademark bullying?

Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute

What are the intellectual property rights for startups?

Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Trademark Infringement in the Digital Age

Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Dealing with Counterfeits on E-Commerce Websites

SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 6- February 12)

Trademark Enforcement Strategies – The Ultimate Path to Protection

2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The Importance of Trademark Clearance Searches for Businesses

SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

The Role of Brand Names in Business

2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

Evaluating the Constitutionality of Viewpoint-Neutral Trademark Registration Laws That Do Not Restrict Speech—Vidal v. Elster (Guest Blog Post)

Resolving Conflicts Between Trademark and Free Speech Rights After Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products (Guest Blog Post)

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