IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

Cybersquatting is another type of trademark infringement. Trademark Law Before pre-digitalization The US Trademark Office (USPTO) defines a trademark as a word, phrase, design, or symbol that serves to identify and distinguish the products or services you sell apart from those of others.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The US Copyright Term Extension Act was referred to pejoratively as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act” because of the entertainment conglomerate’s outsized influence. Trademark law has something to say about use. They may continue indefinitely, provided there is continued use of the trademark.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One such feature is the concept of a provisional refusal, which signifies the initial objection or rejection issued by a national trademark office (referred to as the “Office of Origin”) when assessing an international trademark application filed through the Madrid System.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 24, 2022

Therefore, to protect your business in the hospitality industry, you must seek protection via Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) , specifically by registering your hotel or restaurant brand name and logo as trademarks. Relationship between Trademark Law & the Hospitality Industry.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This post discusses the case and argues that there already exists a mechanism under the Patent and trademark laws that govern and supervise such agents. Plus, I argue that the liability of such an agent should be analogized with legal practitioners for which we already have sound jurisprudence and laws regarding professional conduct.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This new entity is referred to as ‘FinTech’ and was coined in 1972. Following are the legislative tools that are available in this regard: Copyright: The right that an individual receives in lieu of a work extracted from his/her intellectual effort is referred to as “ copyright ”. Image source:Gettyimage].

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

The trademark law firmly establishes that a trademark owner reserves the exclusive right to use the trademark and enforce the same. A reading of the statute indicates that this provision focuses on registered trademarks and the related infringement. However, in the case of Dolphin Laboratories Pvt.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A barcode scanner refers to a laser device that transfers the data or information encoded in a barcode to a computer. A type of matrix barcode, QR codes refer to the two-dimensional (2D) representations of an array of black and white square blocks organized in unique patterns that store the data or information.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 16, 2023

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.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 16, 2023

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.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

The trademark registration process in India and the trademark registration process under the Madrid system are slightly different. When an applicant files an international trademark application through the Madrid System, it is subsequently examined by each designated country’s national trademark office.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Panel #2, TM, moderated by Vice Dean Felix Wu Jack Daniels says that use as a trademark is special: like copyright’s bête noire, confusion caused by trademark use is the central concern of trademark law. I’ve left out the parts specific to registered trademarks and the reference to treaties.

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Kashishipr

MAY 11, 2022

A trademark refers to a recognizable expression, design, or sign uniquely identifying the products or services of a specific source and differentiating them from those of others. A trademark may be located on the packaging, voucher, label, or the product itself. Judgment of Indian Courts on Color Marks.

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azrights

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Hence Pizza Hut is also a registered trademark. This combination of words with Pizza are sufficiently distinctive to qualify as trademarks, although these registrations do not stop other brands from using the words Hut or Express in their brand names. Find out more and Register your interest now.

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azrights

OCTOBER 18, 2021

And maybe rather than buying just a laptop, we bought a MacBook because we wanted that good design and simplicity that Apple offers. No amount of protection will help you if the choice of name is a poor one or if you rely on brand identifiers that you can’t trademark. Trademarks impact what you should choose to create.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2023

A fundamental principle of trademark law permits the owner of a well-known trademark to forbid third parties from using it in a manner that would lessen its distinctiveness. In accordance with a provision of trademark law known as trademark dilution, the owner of a brand may. What is Trademark Dilution?

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

Within just over a month, a raft of barely-underground Discord servers like AI Hub have popped up to provide users with access to software—and step-by-step instructions—for creating new songs using hundreds of community-made AI models designed to mimic specific artists’ voices.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A trademark is typically a sign, logo, symbol, word, phrase, design, or combination of them, which identifies the product or service of a particular brand. To sell the product, using the brand name makes it a trademark. Yet, some proprietors seek to register common phrases or words for their products and services.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 30, 2023

We’ve put together a comprehensive glossary of trademark terms for both seasoned practitioners and those that are new to the field. Whether you’re interested in trademark screening, searching, clearance, registration, or watching, refer to this glossary of key terms to help you in your day-to-day role.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Finally, if the applicant applies for a design mark or at least stylizes the letters in the mark, the applicant’s prospects of overcoming objections of lack of intrinsic uniqueness improve. However, letters are not commonly used as model and catalog references for all goods. Author: Anuja Saraswat- a student of NMIMS Kirit P.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Steel” (which is actually more a Godfather reference than a God one). But just a quick look at the USPTO’s Trademark Electronic Search System (or TESS ) databases reveals many live deistic trademarks include as all or part of a U.S. registered trademarks: Elohim—4. ” Evans (2014) at 12.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

(I am unaware of any reported comparison, but I did find the latter compared to a toilet flushing and have seen the former’s trademark suffer indignities at times too ). 1 v OHIM , C‑329/02 P, EU:C:2004:532, paragraph 23). 1 v OHIM , C‑329/02 P, EU:C:2004:532, paragraph 23).

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. In addition, the design of the title of the 2013 Documentary was allegedly similar to plaintiffs’ registered 12 O’Clock Boyz logo.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Citing the agreement, the defendant requested the suit to be referred to an arbitration. The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Ramsey is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law. 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.] By Guest Blogger Lisa P. Ramsey [Lisa P.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Trademark: In Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products, the Court held that it did not need to apply or even decide the validity of a speech-protective limit on trademark law designed to prevent trademark owners from shutting down expressive works that comment on trademarks, known as the Rogers test.

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