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2021 IP Year in Review

IPilogue

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. 2021 was an exciting year for the IPilogue.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

SpicyIP

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. The decisions in the second category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) reflect those that we thought showed a fair bit of jurisprudential rigour and/or legal lucidity. Nataraj, Ms.

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Ninth Circuit Pulls Back Rogers Test in Light of Jack Daniels Decision

The IP Law Blog

It has been using the PUNCHBOWL mark since 2006 and has federal trademark registrations covering the mark. One such case is 20th Century Fox Television v. In that case, the Ninth Circuit held that the use of “Empire” by Fox as a trademark for its television series was not an infringement under the Rogers test.

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IP Report 2021

LexBlog IP

Intellectual Property ( IP ) Australia published their 9 th annual edition of the Australian IP Report (the IP Report ) on 29 April 2021. The IP Report, available here , offers a general overview of the current Australian IP climate. Key Takeaways. These have largely been unaffected by COVID-19.

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Multimedia trade marks: EUIPO says that “Super Simon” is distinctive

The IPKat

filed an application for registration of a multimedia trade mark consisting of a 22-second video featuring super-hero “Super Simon” going on holiday in comic book style. The Board also provided useful clarification on the requirements for registration of multimedia marks. The case On 7 May 2019 Dutch company Chiever B.V.

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Can You Register Realistic Images of Common Goods as Trademarks?

Corsearch

Apple – known in the IP world for its iconic logomark and watertight IP portfolio – is making further strides to cement its hold over brand-related images. What does this mean for the global IP rights industry? But are applications successful?

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Ohio State Successfully Registers the Word THE with the Trademark Office

The IP Law Blog

Ohio State University recently made Intellectual Property headlines by managing to procure a trademark registration for the word THE. The registration procured by Ohio State covers t-shirts, caps, and hats. With that in mind, we can return to the significance of this registration.