Patent Trademark Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

If you have a simple product that others can easily copy, you wouldn’t be thinking about keeping anything confidential. And if you have powerful knowledge that is confidential, will others be able to be able to figure it out after breaking apart your product? Can you keep your US patent application confidential?

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SpicyIP

APRIL 18, 2024

Image by storyset on Freepik In a welcome move, the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) has invited feedback on IP administration in the country by CGPDTM, and the Copyright and GI Registries.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

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. But not all confidential business information that is valuable and generally unknown is a trade secret. As the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2022

I’ve often wondered about the conversations that take place between trademark owner and counsel before filing a keyword advertising lawsuit. You can have a court declare your trademarks weak or invalid so they are less valuable than when you started. How extensively do they discuss the risks? There’s plenty to discuss.

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Corsearch

APRIL 5, 2024

On March 19th, the trademark community came together in the heart of New York City for an exclusive event that promised to be both informative and enriching. Attended by 150 trademark experts, the event proved to be a resounding success, offering a blend of networking opportunities and engaging Continuing Legal Education (CLE) sessions.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2024

This week in Other Barks & Bites: a Delaware district court throws out a $500 million patent infringement case against Sony; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issues a pair of precedential rulings; and Boeing launches a lawsuit against Virgin Galactic.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 27, 2024

UTIITSL contended that certain websites were using its marks and labels or representing themselves as their agents and were providing PAN card-related services, and it has reason to believe that the defendants are issuing fake PAN cards using the applicant’s confidential information. But what are these reasons?

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IP Law 360

JUNE 2, 2023

The maker of Fruity Pebbles and Los Angeles rock band OK Go — known for songs "Get Over It" and "This Too Shall Pass" — struck a confidential deal to end Post Foods' lawsuit seeking a declaration that its "OK Go!" on-the-go breakfast products don't infringe the band's trademarks.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 27, 2022

In legal terms, it is a contract signed amongst at least two parties looking forward to detailing confidential knowledge, clauses, statements, or any information they wish to restrict from access by third parties. Understanding the Relevance of an NDA. What Should an NDA Incorporate Within its Documentation?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2022

LVSA sued Groupon for trademark infringement. Melwani sued Amazon for trademark infringement, dilution, and more. With respect to the trademark claim, the court says the Ninth Circuit’s Multi-Time Machine v. Google. * Competitive Keyword Advertising Still Isn’t Trademark Infringement, Unless…. Purchaser Care.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 20, 2022

Patents, copyright, and trademarks have been the most widely recognized forms of IP to date; however, there are other forms as well, including geographical indications and industrial designs, which have been gaining attention in the past few decades. Information Protected by a Trade Secret .

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

Is it about the exclusive right to use a trademark – “butter chicken” or the “look and feel” of a restaurant?; or the exclusive rights over a recipe – breach of confidentiality?; According to Indian Express , the dispute concerns trademark rights over the dish. Do restaurant layouts function as ‘trademarks’?

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 4, 2023

High-end fashion companies Fendi and Marc Jacobs have reached a confidential settlement with a clothing and costume company over claims that their clothing designs infringed "Roma" trademarks.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 9, 2022

The encouragement towards innovation is legalized under Intellectual copyrights patents and trademarks Rights are provided by the states around the globe. Unlike patents, trademark protection is held indefinitely. Introduction: Appreciating art, culture, and innovation is a prevalent practice for ages.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

On September 29, 2023, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB” or the “Board”) issued its 28 th precedential decision of the year, this time focusing on appropriate discovery submissions and procedure. The TTAB granted RLP 20 days to file redacted, public versions of all confidential submissions.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Nippon Shinyaku and Sarepta entered into a Mutual Confidentiality Agreement to facilitate discussions about a potential business relationship related to muscular dystrophy therapies. Patent and Trademark Office.” Section 6.1 of the MCA contained a mutual covenant not to sue that lasted for a period defined as the “Covenant Term.”

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

Employers will now have one less tool to prevent former workers, including both former employees and independent contractors, from starting a competing business using trade secrets or other confidential information gained from their former employment.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Trade secret jurisprudence, originally conceived in the common law of torts as a way to enforce confidential relationships, now has a sharper focus directed at the property interest of businesses in the data that forms the major portion of their asset base.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2024

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. But not all confidential business information that is valuable and generally unknown is a trade secret.

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IP Law 360

JULY 10, 2023

Chandler Bats, a baseball bat company owned by ex-MLB player Yoenis Céspedes, urged a Florida federal judge on Monday to block a rival bat maker started by Chandler's founder from using Chandler trademarks and trade secrets, arguing that the founder transferred the assets in a bankruptcy transaction and agreed to keep confidential the manufacturing (..)

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In a case concerning allegations of trademark infringement by cybersquatting and passing off, Delhi High Court imposed damages worth a whopping INR 2 Crores on the Defendant! Image from here. The Defendant, one Namase Patel, was alleged to possess hundreds of domain names with deceptively similar domains- addobe.com and adobee.com.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A confidential settlement was reached in October 2020 but it’s claimed that the defendant then launched Digital UniCorn Media and another service called Altered Carbon. The financial aspect of the settlement is confidential but whatever the amount, the studios now want to call in the debt. It later disappeared.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Trademark attorneys who are not registered with the USPTO patent bar cannot file patents. Call US patent and trademark attorney Vic Lin at (949) 223-9623 or email vlin@icaplaw.com to explore working with us. Call US patent and trademark attorney Vic Lin at (949) 223-9623 or email vlin@icaplaw.com to explore working with us.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the new Patent (Amendment) Rules, and some thoughts on safeguards which can be used by intermediaries to prevent trademark infringement. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Image from here F- Hoffmann -La Roche Ag & Anr v.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

This is where trademarks play a role. Unlike patents, the role of a trademark is not to signify something new, but rather to indicate the source of the product or service. Trademarks can last indefinitely. Unlike patents, trademarks do not necessarily need to be registered in order to be protectable. Is IP time sensitive?

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

A trade secret protects a business’s confidential and proprietary information. The patent application is filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and is examined by a patent examiner. Business owners often ask whether they should protect their intellectual property with a trade secret or a patent.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Trademarks: Trademarks safeguard brand names, logos, symbols, or phrases that distinguish a startup’s products or services from competitors’ Registering a trademark ensures exclusive usage and prevents others from causing confusion among consumers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2023

Kudos to Nicolet Law for surviving the motion to dismiss, but I’m wondering if it will ultimately regret filing this lawsuit–either because its trademark gets busted or because it made a federal case out of nothing. Troia * Trademark Owner F s Around With Keyword Ad Case & Finds Out–Las Vegas Skydiving v. LoanStreet v.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Trademarks Videogames’ names can be registered for their commercialization. In addition, the databases and information that developers collect from their players are also confidential pieces of information and are protected as trade secrets. Patents A videogame per se is not patentable.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

TYPES OF IP CONTRACTS (1)INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT The process of facilitating the transfer of ownership rights for various forms of intellectual property, such as copyrights, trademarks, patent, trade secrets, and other intangible creations is known as an intellectual property assignment.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

serves as a reminder of the importance of protecting trademarks and intellectual property rights on the internet. In this case, Patel had registered the domain names www.addobe.com and www.adobee.com, & sub domains which were similar to Adobe’s registered trademarks “ADOBE”, “PHOTOSHOP”, and “SPARK”. Namase Patel and Ors.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2024

Federal trademark registration is typically unavailable for goods and services related to the sale of cannabis. THC also owns a California state trademark registration for its WHAM! trademark on the packaging of its cannabis products. Cannabis companies may register their trademarks at the state level where cannabis is legal.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

To many trademark owners, it’s a simple decision to sue when the advertiser includes the trademark in the ad copy. So, what exactly is the trademark owner fighting for here? This is a bad ad buy by Allied, AND it’s a bad trademark enforcement decision by Porta-Fab. So why did I say the case was stupid?

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 2, 2022

According to the Complaint, on April 8, 2021 and December 22, 2021 the Defendants entered into Franchise Agreement, Non-compete Agreement, Confidentiality Agreement, Non-Disclosure and Operating Agreements, along with a Principal Owner’s Guaranty and Assumption of Obligations Agreement with Honest Abe.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Edible Arrangements objected to Google selling its trademark to trigger keyword ads. They filed a trademark lawsuit in 2018 but abandoned the suit when it got sent to arbitration. The court says that trademark law: permits the use of trade names as long as referencing other brand names does not confuse consumers and is not deceptive.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 10, 2022

CiCi Enterprises LP and its trademark arm have sued a large franchise owner in Texas federal court, claiming it breached its contract with the nationwide pizza chain by signing a development deal with a competitor and failed to maintain the confidentiality of Cicis-brand restaurants' trade secrets.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In later articles, the use of AI in software development, intellectual property issues, and confidentiality concerns, among other issues, will be explored. One major concern is confidentiality, to include protecting valuable trade secrets. What is AI?

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