The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Initially, neither the 1992 Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Designations of Origin , nor the 1992 Patent Law , had provided that putting patented or trademarked goods onto the market within Russia exhausted IP rights. Is anything here on the list?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2021

However, as simple as the trademark registration process may seem, picking the right trademark is no easy nut to crack. This is where the role of trademark lawyer in India becomes crucial. Who is a trademark lawyer? Who is a trademark agent ?

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

Many film titles or names like Dhoom (ID: 1319835), Padman (ID: 3749859), 3 Idiots (ID: 1940729), and Singham (ID: 3672533), have been registered as a service mark under class 41, of the fourth schedule of the Trademark Rule, 2001. MK, An analysis on Protection of film titles under Trademark Law , Surana & Surana (Dec.

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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.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 26, 2024

In reissuing In re GO & Associates as a precedential opinion, the Federal Circuit cements the guidance for practitioners and examining attorneys on the threshold evidence needed to show that unregistrable information content transforms into a protectable trademark. See, TMEP § 1202.04(b)

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 3, 2023

Typically, the marks that are informative or descriptive of the product, or those which convey a message that is commonly used, or is generally used to express religious, political or social views, etc, may face rejection based on failure to function. Marks consisting of designs or patterns may also be rejected as a failure to function.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The TMEP lists ‘a series of tones or musical notes’ and ‘wording accompanied by music’ as two examples of potentially registrable forms of sound marks. 3618321), and “[t]he NBC chimes sequence [, which] actually became the first ‘purely audible’ service mark to register with the USPTO in 1950.”

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Corsearch

AUGUST 30, 2023

The main factors in determining the likelihood of confusion are the similarity of the marks themselves and the similarity of the products for which the mark(s) will be used (or registered), but a number of other factors can also be a part of theequation, such as price, channels of sale, target customer groups, and actual confusion.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In other words, it must be able to indicate the source of the applicant’s goods or services and distinguish them from others. This requirement stems from the core purpose of trademark law, which is protecting the ability of consumers to readily identify the sources of goods and services.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The CAFC observed that "[i]f the nature of a proposed mark would not be perceived by consumers as identifying the source of a good or service, it is not registrable," citing TMEP § 1202.04(b) The TMEP is not the law - ed. ].

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The CAFC observed that "[i]f the nature of a proposed mark would not be perceived by consumers as identifying the source of a good or service, it is not registrable," citing TMEP § 1202.04(b) The TMEP is not the law - ed. ].

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