The TTABlog

MARCH 2, 2022

In round two of what one person (me) dubbed the "Tinker Bell Fairy Fracas," the CAFC affirmed the Board's decision [ TTABlogged here ] sustaining a Section 2(d) opposition to registration of TEEN TINKER BELL and TEEN TINK & Design for dolls. Tinker Bell" appeared as a character in J.M. Read comments and post your comment here.

Public Domain 72

Public Domain Designs Design Registration 72

43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

It’s always been clear to McKenna that TM use is everywhere in TM law, but almost always implicit or found in its absence. U’s registration for THE for clothing and other merchandise by putting THE on a hangtag. Registration v. Registration v. Much of the law is a collection of rules of thumb from registration context.

Trademark Law 75

Trademark Law Law Trademark Registration 75

43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Does the ornamentality doctrine have doctrinal purchase elsewhere in trademark law? But there is an assumption that registration = minimal distinctiveness unless validity is questioned. Which is the same as the problem of market definition, with which TM law has long grappled unsuccessfully and largely silently.

Trademark Law 56

Trademark Law Law Trademark Fair Use 56

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. Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”. Trademark Registration. Trademarks.

Intellectual Property 67

Intellectual Property Invention Intellectual Property Law Design Patent 67

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. Unfortunately, IP law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which types of IP (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property IP Invention Designs 52

The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

Intellectual Property 89

Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 89

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Then we discussed the Bombay High Court’s decision to rebuke the Patent Office for dismissing a patent application without providing sufficient reasons for the same. Call for Papers: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. Call for Papers/ Submissions . 13 [Submissions by December 30, 2022].

Trademark 105

Trademark Patent Copyright Designs 105