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The 3 Most Common Trademark Application Mistakes

Erik K Pelton

One of the key mistakes people make when filing for a trademark with the USPTO is the failure to search the record before filing. In this podcast, Erik discusses this mistake and two others and what to do about them. The post The 3 Most Common Trademark Application Mistakes appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Clarifying or Confusing the Quandary of Identical Marks: Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc. v. Vijaya Sai and Others

SpicyIP

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Sangita Sharma, looking at the Supreme Court’s order in the trademark infringement case Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc. Vijaya Sai and Others seems to have missed an opportunity to provide clarity on this question in a trademark infringement case hinged around Section 29(2) and (3).

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Trademark Classes – Complete 45 International Classes List (Video Update)

LexBlog IP

There are 45 total Trademark Classes, also known as “International Classes” or simply “Classes.” ” The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) categorizes trademarks by “Classes.” A video of me explaining the trademark classes. What Are Trademark Classes?

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International Trademark Classes Guide: All 45 Classes

LexBlog IP

There are 45 total International Trademark Classes. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) uses these Classes to categorize trademarks. The classification system is critical because trademarks identify a source of goods and/or services that distinguish the trademark from others.

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TMSR Session 2: Administrative Agencies and Specialized Courts

43(B)log

Academic research: you have to demonstrate you’re bringing in grants; a great way to increase the chance of that is an industry partner; the best funded, most active one of those in TM is IP Australia, so that controls the focus of research. Most important countervailing factor: competence. If and when that changes, INTA will show up.

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WIPIP session 4: â„¢ & Consumers

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Mary Katherine Amerine, Reasonably Careless Consumers in TM & False Advertising How do courts treat consumers in TM and false advertising cases? Assumption dates back to at least the 1930s that consumers exercise less care for inexpensive grocery items and are thus easier to confuse: Brew nuts v. Beer Nuts, Bulls’ Eye v. This is inconsistent!

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[Guest post] Retromark Volume X: the last six months in trade marks

The IPKat

Given in use a trade mark could be viewed at all sorts of angles, especially when attached to goods as a swing tag (the Huawei application covered glasses and watches among other things), this series of judgments seems narrow-minded. Here we go! That’s roughly 30 in dog years and closer to mid-30s in cat years ( apparently ).