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Announcing the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law

SpicyIP

Shamnad Basheer’s 46th birth anniversary today, we at SpicyIP are proud to announce the third edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law. Shamnad won the very first edition of that competition for his essay on Section 3(d) of the Patents Act. Shubha Ghosh. He earned his J.D.

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The Trademark Scam Decision Tree

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video The Trademark Scam Decision Tree. Past listeners and viewers of my videos and podcasts will know that from time to time I provide an update and more information about trademark scams, and the time has come once again. Patent and Trademark Office and their logos.

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Limited Edition Products: Can they be Protected under IP Law?

Kashishipr

Several times, we see that luxury brands come up with limited edition products, whether it is cars, watches, cosmetics, chocolates, electronics, etc., Protection for Limited Edition Products under Trademark Law. This issue was very recently seen in the case of the limited-edition Ferrari 250 GTO.

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IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced!

The IPKat

. • Study Guide to the Patents Acts (14th edition), by Doug Ealey. And the winner is: The Proportionality Test in European Patent Law (Bloomsbury) by Léon Dijkman Best Copyright Law Book The nominations were: • Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union (2nd edition), by Elenora Rosati. •

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Recommended Reading: The Trademark Reporter, July-August 2023 Issue

The TTABlog

4) issue of The Trademark Reporter ( TMR ) has hit the newsstands. Delay in Filing Preliminary Injunction Motions: 2023 Edition , Fara Sunderji and Sandra Edelman. Commentary: Fifty Years of McCarthy on Trademarks , J. TTABlog comment: Once again, I thank The Trademark Reporter for allowing me to provide this issue to you all.

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Announcing the 15th Annual Canada’s IP Writing Challenge

IPilogue

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are delighted to announce the 2023 edition of Canada’s IP Writing Challenge. Our goal is to further enhance thoughtful and well-researched intellectual property public policy scholarship and discussion. BCL, and LL.L

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Roll for Initiative! How Wizards of the Coast’s trademark dispute is helping to keep the nasties out of tabletop gaming

IPilogue

This is an interesting example of how intellectual property law can be utilized to smother the proliferation of harmful views. The context surrounding the litigation shows that protecting business interests is not trademark law’s sole function. .

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