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A Case of ‘Smart Copying’: ‘Peace Maker’ Restrained from Imitating ‘Officer’s Choice’

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A Case of ‘Smart Copying’: ‘Peace Maker’ Restrained from Imitating ‘Officer’s Choice’ Do you enjoy your whiskey? A bit of factual background before we move ahead to the legal analysis: Allied Blenders, a liquor manufacturer, has held a registered trademark for ‘OFFICER’S CHOICE PRESTIGE WHISKY’ label since 2013.

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Difference Between Trademark And Design Registration In India

IP and Legal Filings

Trademark, and design are two very crucial kinds of IPRs which provide a certain extent of protection at their levels. Registration thus provides legal benefits and protection as well as special exclusive rights to the proprietor of the registered IPR. It does not need to be innovative, but it must be distinct.

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Global Brand Protection – How to Manage an Anti-Counterfeiting Program

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Trademark and registered design portfolio It goes without saying: maintaining a comprehensive trademark portfolio is key. For every successful brand, it is critical to properly protect and to productively develop and use the underlying intellectual property (IP) in that brand to ensure its long-term growth.

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World Intellectual Property Indicators 2020 or how all roads lead to China (ii): trademarks, industrial designs and creative industry  

Garrigues Blog

This time, we will take a look at other equally important branches of IP that are covered by the report: trademarks, industrial designs and creative industry (publishing). Trademarks. WIPO’s report revealed that trademark applications continued to grow worldwide in 2019 – this time by 5.8%. Industrial designs.

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Global Brand Protection – How to Manage an Anti-Counterfeiting Program

LexBlog IP

Trademark and registered design portfolio It goes without saying: maintaining a comprehensive trademark portfolio is key. For every successful brand, it is critical to properly protect and to productively develop and use the underlying intellectual property (IP) in that brand to ensure its long-term growth.

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Fashion Industry – Trademark and Trade Dress Protection

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The Trademark Laws of different nations prevent third parties and entities from using a Registered Trademark , which is undoubtedly crucial considering the amount of time, money, effort, and hard work that goes into building a widely recognized and viable brand name. Understanding the Secondary Meaning of Trademark.

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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

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The label in question was designed by an employee of SK Oil Industries. According to NTC, the SSPL label mark was only a registered trademark, and therefore, it couldn’t be used as an artistic work. It further added that an individual could either own a registered trademark or copyright but not both.