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Sounds, Colors, Scents, and Other Nontraditional Trademarks

Erik K Pelton

Examples of those interiors are the Apple Store has a registration for the layout of the store, and Chipotle has a registration for the common design themes that you’ll find in nearly every Chipotle. A famous example of this is the pin stripes of the New York Yankees are a registered trademark. Colors can be registered.

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Trademark Registration for Charities & Non-Profits

Sander Law

Examples of Trademarks Below are some of the types of branding you could register as trademarks, and examples of charities and non-profits with registered trademarks in Canada and/or US.

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Trade names as a protective tool in the event of subsequent trademark applications

Garrigues Blog

Often, during scrutiny and examination of an intellectual property portfolio, trade names will be found among the trademarks. It is not uncommon when reviewing a client’s intellectual property portfolio to find distinctive signs which in Spain are protected by trade names rather than trademarks. In particular, article 7.1

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"MADE FOR YOU LAB-GROWN DIAMONDS" Fails to Function as a Trademark For Diamonds, Says TTAB

The TTABlog

The Board upheld a refusal to register the proposed mark MADE FOR YOU LAB-GROWN DIAMONDS , in standard character and design form, for 'diamonds; jewelry" [LAB-GROWN DIAMONDS disclaimed], finding that the phrase fails to function as a trademark. The Trade Mark [sic] Act is not an act to register words but to register trademarks.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 30 – September 5)

SpicyIP

Subsequently, in a first of its kind event relating to a specific judge, Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) filed an intervention before the Supreme Court opposing any further extensions to Manmohan Singh. IDMA’s victory in that case was followed by the scrapping of IPAB as a tribunal. Delhi High Court entrance.

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[Guest post] EUIPO BoA IP Case Law Conference Report #3 – “Reconciling the Old with the New: Challenges of Trade Mark Modernization”

The IPKat

Dr Basire kicked off the session reflecting on the placing limits on acceptable use of a mark in a form differing from the one registered. Last but not least, Ms Russo tackled the challenges of revamping trademarks from an in-house counsel’s perspective.

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Supreme Court Rules “That Dog Don’t Hunt”: Bad Spaniels Toy’s Use of JACK DANIELS Marks is a Poor Parody and Dilution Act Applies

Intellectual Property Law Blog

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that a trademark claim concerning “a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey” which, as a play on words, turns the words “Jack Daniels” into “Bad Spaniels” and the descriptive phrase “Old No. 1125(c)(3)(A). 1125(c)(3)(A).

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