IP Intelligence

JANUARY 1, 2024

These emails tend to have typographical errors and email addresses ending in incorrect domain extensions (such as.com or.org rather than the correct government-affiliated.gov.) Recently, the fraudulent scammers have become more sophisticated with their solicitations by claiming to be attorneys or law firms with expertise in trademark law.

Trademark 59

Trademark Branding Brands Branding 59

SpicyIP

APRIL 9, 2022

Ujjawal is a fifth-year student of the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad and has a keen interest in the subject of Intellectual Property, specifically copyright and trademark laws. These factors include: “is identical with or similar to the registered trademark, and. RPG Enterprises v. Ujjawal Bhargava.

Registering Trademarks 103

Registering Trademarks Trademark Registration Government 103

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriends by Javohir Kurbonov and Khalil Jurayev (both Prolegals Law Firm) on some recent developments in the trademark law of Uzbekistan. What does it offer for holders of well-known (famous) trademarks?

Trademark 62

Trademark Registration Intellectual Property Government 62

SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2024

Facts of the Case In this case, the Plaintiff, an incorporated company engaged in the manufacturing of dairy products under the trademark ‘NOVA,’ filed a suit against the Defendants for infringement and passing off of their registered trademark.

Trademark 59

Trademark Registering Trademarks Registration False Advertising 59

IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

Using trademarks in domain names, linking, framing, meta-tagging, and framing are a few methods that could lead to trademark challenges. Cybersquatting is another type of trademark infringement. A fundamental tenet of trademark law is to avoid consumers being confused about the origin or source of products or services.

Trademark 86

Trademark Social Media Advertising Advertising 86

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

Daler Mehendi, a known singer and the plaintiff in the present case, had a registered trademark over the letters “DM” and established a business called “D.M. The concept of passing off under trademarks law was used to provide relief to the plaintiff. Entertainment v. Entertainment Pvt. In Amitabh Bhachchan v.

Personality Rights 74

Personality Rights Intellectual Property Social Media Intellectual Property Law 74

IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The objective of the Singapore Treaty is to create a modern and dynamic international framework for the harmonization of administrative trademark registration procedures. The Singapore Treaty is applicable to all types of marks registrable under the law of a given Contracting Party.

Trademark 52

Trademark Contracts Intellectual Property Registering Trademarks 52

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2022

Petroleum production and processing is Bahrain’s most exported product, accounting for 60% of export receipts, 70% of government revenues, and 11% of GDP. The trademark office will also review if the application has met all the requirements as per the Trademark Law. Picture Credit: gettyimages].

Registration 52

Registration Trademark Trademark Law Publishing 52

Kashishipr

AUGUST 4, 2021

The presence of cryptocurrency is constantly growing, and therefore, it needs the law to transform along with it to address its administration and execution. Several courts have had trouble in applying substantive Trademark Law to this field of technology. Can Cryptocurrencies be Protected under the Trademark Law?

Trademark 105

Trademark Trademark Law Intellectual Property Ownership 105

SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Sunanda Bharti on the Michelin Stars and its interaction was trademark laws. Bharti is a Professor of Law at Delhi University, and her previous posts can be accessed here. Image from here Mischief, Manifestation, and the Michelin Trademark! What is a Michelin Star in Terms of Intellectual Property Law?

Trademark 45

Trademark Registering Trademarks Trademark Law Intellectual Property Law 45

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Even if you have registered a trademark, you may still be able to assert common law trademark rights to obtain the full protection you are entitled to. For example, you may only have a registered trademark for certain goods or services. Keep in mind that all Federal Circuit case law is binding on the TTAB.

Litigation 59

Litigation Trademark Registering Trademarks Registration 59

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

trademark holders to stay updated. 37 CFR Part 6 is a specific section within the Code of Federal Regulations that governs the classification of goods and services for the purposes of registering trademarks under the U.S. Trademark Act. trademark classifications. What is § 6.1 of 37 CFR Part 6?

Trademark 52

Trademark Intellectual Property Editing Registration 52

IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Trademark and other subjects of industrial property, such as patent, industrial design, utility solution, etc. Cambodian trademark law defines a “mark” as any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods (trademark) or services (service mark) of an enterprise. now can be filed and protected in the country.

Trademark 52

Trademark Service Mark Intellectual Property Registration 52

IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2023

Marks that are so well-known, highly regarded, or famous that governments have determined they warrant protection regardless of whether their unauthorised use is likely to lead to consumer confusion are protected by trademark dilution. Here the court said that such marks are not up for grabs and will lead to the dilution.

Trademark 70

Trademark Branding Brands Branding 70

Corsearch

AUGUST 30, 2023

Who is a trademark applicant? Anyone who applies for a registered trademark. The concept of likelihood of confusion is central in trademark law, which is why the entire TrademarkNow system is built around a computational model representing this key factor. must use a local representative. This is called priority.

Trademark 52

Trademark Registration Registering Trademarks Designs 52

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.

Cease and Desist 40

Cease and Desist Trademark Due Diligence Intellectual Property 40

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.

False Advertising 75

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Trademark 75

LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2023

§ 1052(c) on registering marks concerning a living person without permission; this case has the possibility of altering trademark law significantly and allowing current events to be treated similarly to historic events from a trademark perspective. Japanese Trademark Law, Article 4(1)(viii).

Registration 52

Registration Trademark Trademark Law Law 52

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

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. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. Cipla Ltd [Madras High Court].

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

Administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the UN-specialized agency based in Geneva, the Madrid System has helped businesses register and protect over a million marks worldwide. Two treaties govern the System which are the Madrid Agreement of 1981 and the Madrid Protocol of 1989.

Registration 52

Registration Trademark Intellectual Property Reporting 52

43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

My former student Grace McLaughlin has written an excellent note about the fact that these putative trademarks don’t serve human trademark functions—it’s very hard to remember them or distinguish one random string from another random string in terms of knowing what you’ve seen before—and has proposed some possible responses from the PTO.

IP 94

IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 94

Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

Artists also may own registered trademarks in their names for use as source identifiers. As I explained in my discussion of the Rick Astley lawsuit , right of publicity and trademark law provided viable claims to Bette Midler and Tom Waits when imitations of their voices were used in advertising.

Music 85

Music Copyright Copying Copyright Law 85

LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

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. Jehovah–8. El Shaddai—1 (for computer programs).

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Invention Trademark Copyright 52

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Can “honest concurrent use” be used as a defense against a trademark infringement claim? Lokesh, highlighting its history, argues that honest concurrent use is a principle of trademark law and is not limited to a provision. Delhi High Court Imposes Costs worth INR 2 Cr. on Triveni Interchem Pvt.

Designs 52

Designs Design Trademark Cease and Desist 52