IP and Legal Filings
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Generic Trademarks: An Introduction. A trademark refers to a name, mark, or sign through which the products belonging to a company or a person can be distinguished from other products in the market. Primarily, trademarks perform four functions. Firstly, trademarks help distinguish one product from another in the market.
The IPKat
JULY 22, 2021
Katfriend Dr Sabine Jacques , Associate Professor in IP, IT & Media law at the University of East Anglia and author of The Parody Exception in Copyright Law (OUP 2019), provides the follow review of The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection is Stifling Cultural Creativity – by Martin Senftleben.
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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? After the Supreme Court granted cert in Vidal v. Tam (2017) and Iancu v.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JUNE 21, 2023
She writes and teaches in the trademark law area, and recently wrote a paper with Professor Christine Haight Farley that focuses on speech-protective doctrines in trademark infringement law.] The Trademark Infringement Claim A new gateway requirement for application of the Rogers test. 1114(1) or 15 U.S.C.
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. For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media.
SpicyIP
MARCH 27, 2023
Subbaraya Setty & Anr that made some important observations on the use of trademarks as collateral. The defendants argued that these trademarks/taglines were descriptive in nature, but this was rebutted by the plaintiff in its replication. Regarding the objection of the defendants that the documents related to Defendant No.
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. For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media.
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