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Africa IP highlights 2023: Trade marks

The IPKat

Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2023 – the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, it’s about the trade marks. Katpost on the decision here.

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Thinking of Registering a Service Mark That Primarily Benefits Your Company? Think Again

IP Intelligence

If you are contemplating registering a service mark that primarily benefits your company and not others, don’t bother; it will be refused registration. This issue was recently addressed by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in In re California Highway Patrol, SN 88796327 (TTAB Nov. 4, 2021) [not precedential] ( CHiP ).

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The TTAB: Service Mark Use Requires More Than Just Preparation

LexBlog IP

On December 10, 2021, the TTAB issued a precedential decision reminding trademark practitioners and applicants that service mark use requires that an applicant actually render the services recited in the trademark application; mere preparation to render the services is insufficient. ” Opinion, at p.

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Thinking of Registering a Service Mark That Primarily Benefits Your Company? Think Again

LexBlog IP

If you are contemplating registering a service mark that primarily benefits your company and not others, don’t bother; it will be refused registration. This issue was recently addressed by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in In re California Highway Patrol, SN 88796327 (TTAB Nov. ” Id. ” Id.

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Navigating the Essentials of Trademark User Affidavits for Successful Registration

Intepat

Registering a trademark involves navigating various procedures and submitting several documents to the Trademark Registry. Trademark applications can be filed under two primary categories: “Claiming User Date” and “Proposed to be Used.”

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Actual Use, Not Preparations For Use, Of A Service Mark Is Necessary For The USPTO To Register It

IP Intelligence

If you desire to register a service mark asserting use that is preparatory for the rendering of your services, your application will fail in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Instead, the services must be actually rendered in connection with the mark for a registration to be granted.

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Social Media Ad Company Seeks Injunction, Damages in First Trademark Suit Against Musk’s ‘X’

IP Watchdog

with willful trademark infringement, as well as common law violations under Florida competition, trademark and service mark laws and violations of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. In what is said to be the first, X Social Media, LLC has filed suit in the U.S.