The TTABlog

JUNE 30, 2023

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 4, 2023

the TTAB ordered cancellation of two registrations for the mark COHIBA for cigars, one in typeset and one in stylized form. The owner of the cancelled registrations is General Cigar Co., based cigar manufacturer that first obtained a COHIBA registration in 1981 and has sold COHIBA cigars in the U.S. Cubatabaco v.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. The court granted summary judgment against Latinfood on the counterclaims, and gave partial victories to both sides on the main claims.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

35: TTAB Grants MIRAGE BRANDS Cancellation Petition Due To Likelihood of Reverse Confusion On Remand from the CAFC, TTAB Denies Petition for Cancellation of "NAKED" Registration for Condoms TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(d) Inter Partes Cases - How Did They Come Out? [Yes] Guess What? Yes] Precedential No.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

2022) the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) reversed a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) decision cancelling two registrations for marks identical to those used outside of the US by The Coca-Cola Company (“Coca-Cola”).

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 2, 2023

No] TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? Yes] TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? E-mail subscriptions to the TTABlog are available. TTAB Sustains DUTCH BROS. Precedential No.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 31, 2022

He alleged trademark and related claims based on CasperLabs’ use of the name. Zamfir alleged that, though continued to inquire about the status of the CASPER trademark application CasperLabs represented it would file on his behalf, he didn’t learn that CasperLabs had registered the CASPER mark until early 2021.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 17, 2021

Finding that Petitioner failed to demonstrate its entitlement to maintain its genericness claim (f/k/a standing), the Board tossed out this petition for cancellation of two registrations for the mark ADVENTIST for religious publications, film production and distribution, educational services, and religious and missionary services.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Possible implications for how we think about refugees, internationalization of rights. History of art as propaganda: art can support war or speak truth to power. Iran has criminalized expression: rapping, singing, dancing. IP rights are contingent and state dependent in ways that have nothing to do with the merits of expression or invention.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Petitioner JNF LLC was undoubtedly unhappy with the result of its petition to cancel a registration for the mark HAPPIEST HOUR for bar and restaurant services. Its claim of use analogous to trademark use failed because its prior publicity "was not sufficiently clear, widespread and repetitive." TMEP Section 903.06 (2022).

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Begin with legislative action: Trademark Modernization Act, Which introduces three of the big themes of the year: (1) trademark use, (2) the harm of infringement, and (3) the role of the First Amendment in limiting the scope of trademark rights. My presentation, galloping across a bunch of developments. Slides here.

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azrights

OCTOBER 27, 2021

For example, the law won’t generally stop copying of ideas or business models or colours of other brands unless these are trademarked. Therefore, legal protection needs to be an uppermost consideration when choosing or changing brand codes because legal ownership is fundamental to effective protection of uniqueness of a brand’s identifiers.

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MARCH 22, 2021

Trademarks are powerful marketing tools that can help a potential customer not only to recall the associated brand but also to affiliate the words of the trademark with that brand. You may want to trademark a phrase to control how your brand is perceived in the minds of potential customers.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Let’s look into what those intangible assets might be, and how they can be protected. This is where trademarks play a role. Unlike patents, the role of a trademark is not to signify something new, but rather to indicate the source of the product or service. Trademarks can last indefinitely. So what is IP exactly?

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. Here’s wishing all our readers a very happy, safe, and healthy new year! b) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) and. H Lundbeck A/S v.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Nataraj, Ms.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 6, 2021

However, how to act against inappropriate uses? When we start any business, one of the first things to choose is the name that will identify you in the market and, if the homework is done, it will be registered as a trademark (see a related post here ). Let us see it. Forgetting this step can have very negative consequences.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In this opposition to registration of the mark TORTRIX for "corn-based snack foods," the Board ruled that a claim for misrepresentation of source under Section 14(3) of the Lanham Act is available not just to a cancellation petitioner, but also to an opposer. PepsiCo, Inc. Arriera Foods LLC , 2022 USPQ2d 856 (TTAB 2022) [precedential].

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azrights

MARCH 15, 2021

A distinctive asset such as the Nike Swoosh would have been capable of registration as a trademark as soon as the design was created. Trademarks give you a wide scope of protection so that Nike could have prevented a competitor developing an icon that was similar to its own swoosh logo.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

But how can these Limited-Edition Products be protected? A trademark, on the other hand, exclusively identifies a product as belonging to a specific company and recognizes the company’s ownership of the brand. Every renowned business has some products that they launch separately. COPYRIGHT OR DESIGN.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

I have to give it to creative, resilient lawyers (and in fact, I have lauded them in the past here and there ). When the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Allen v. Cooper, 140 S.Ct. Cooper, 140 S.Ct. ” Flynn, Queen Anne’s Revenge, Indeed! University Of Houston System, No. 21-735 (2021).

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Intellectual Property such as patents, trademarks, brand value, copyright, etc have become foundational assets for several businesses, seeking greater importance and attention. Advances in science and technology, as well as business innovations have transformed the economy, making way for new industries and modern ways of doing business.

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