LexBlog IP

APRIL 27, 2022

A fanciful trademark is the strongest trademark type and, in addition to providing examples below, we define it as one that is “coined” for the purpose of serving as a trademark. EXXON is an example of a fanciful trademark because it was created solely to function as a trademark and has no meaning. Suggestive.

Trademark 52

Trademark Branding Brands Branding 52

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The General Court has recently confirmed with decision T-253/22 the refusal of the application for trade mark registration of the verbal sign “ Sustainability through Quality ”. The examiner rejected the application on 23 rd March 2020. The decision was appealed. It therefore also expressed a general and abstract business philosophy.

Trademark 132

Trademark Advertising Advertising Marketing 132

TorrentFreak

APRIL 1, 2024

The camera pans through the bustling streets of London until it comes to rest on a sleek silver sports car parked outside a fancy studio building.] [The We suggested that Alan should be allowed to wander off-topic with his trademark anecdotes before being quickly brought back by his guest. Let’s move on.

Music 93

Music Copying Art Copyright 93

IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2022

Wondering what important and interesting topic to run with, he was, I think, much influenced by Richard Lloyd. Bill did not fancy practice and set about creating an LIM IP course at the LSE – the first UK university to do such a thing. He was top of the Bar Finals in 1965 (Wikipedia says he was called by Lincoln’s Inn, but we wasn’t.

Intellectual Property 105

Intellectual Property Editing Intellectual Property Law IP 105

The IPKat

JULY 20, 2021

Because the editors are US-based scholars and the EU's quaint spelling of "trade mark" is not used in the title, non-American readers might think the book is not for them. All this can make the book, when not opened or examined more attentively, something of an ugly duckling in a book store aisle with fancy titles and appealing covers.

Trademark Law 96

Trademark Law Law Trademark Registration 96

Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Unlike registration denials under Section 1052(a), the PTO denies registration without any inquiry into whether the mark suggests a false connection between the mark and the famous person. Rather, the PTO bars registration whether the mark praises, criticizes, ridicules, parodies, or is neutral toward the famous person.

Registration 69

Registration Government Advertising Advertising 69