Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Our topic : the only time I’ve received a negative review online. I have not contested, or taken it down, because it is true that this client did not receive approval for their trademark application. Because many filers of trademark applications do not receive approval from the USPTO. And it’s still up there.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2024

Then, Nicolas Binctin's piece, “La lutte contre l'écoblanchiment (greenwashing) - Défis et développements récents” stands as the sole contribution in French, yet it sets itself apart with an in-depth examination of the deceptive practice of greenwashing within the scope of unfair competition law.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 29, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video What Information Becomes Public in a Trademark Application? An important topic that I get asked about frequently is, “What information from my trademark filing will be public?” The post What Information Becomes Public in a Trademark Application?

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The report examines the issues with determining where an alleged IPR infringement has been committed, especially given the developments during the transition from Web 2.0 Readers can respond to the consultation with their views on these topics, before 11:59am on 31 October 2023. to Web 3.0.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And trademarks have been along for the ride. While there were not, in my opinion, any major court developments affecting trademark owners, there have been many other events and changes that have impacted the world of trademarks over the past 12 months. The year’s biggest story impacted trademarks in a few different ways.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 27, 2021

Like last year, we kept the topic selection open to participants – asking them to choose any topic they wanted so long as it related to IP. Nonetheless, we were glad to see entries across a range of interesting topics and are very happy to see relatively uncommon topics take the podium places.

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IPilogue

MARCH 31, 2022

In the first presentation, Carolina Arias Burgos, an economist at the European Union Intellectual Property Office , discussed trademark filing as a leading indicator of the state of the European economy. Their research shows that pandemic-era trademark activities fundamentally changed in the application text context.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 24, 2023

There was a range of programming at Design Day, including remarks from Derrick Brent, Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Karen Young, Director of TC 2900, who delivered the “State of the Design Technology Center.” A few key takeaways from the programing include: U.S.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) closed the public comment period on the contentious topic of patent eligibility. To understand these varying opinions, it is important to examine patent eligibility’s current state, recent changes, and what changes could be made to the patent eligibility laws. On October 15, 2021, the U.S

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The IPKat

JULY 23, 2023

Trademarks Anna Maria Stein analyzed the decision of the Board of Appeal (BoA) of the EUIPO stating that the emoji communicating “I love you” cannot constitute a trade mark. Image credits: Riana Harvey Had no time to focus on the latest IP developments last week?

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Global trademark and design applications boom in 2020! A new chapter in this legal battle has been examined in depth by Fashion Law. The International Trademark Association (INTA) held its 2021 Annual Meeting Virtual+ in a hybrid format consisting of five days of sessions (November, 15-19) in New York, Berlin and Los Angeles.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 12, 2022

Therefore, the prime role of such hashtags needs to be assessed in line with the Trademark Law to deduce whether they qualify for trademark protection. The trend of incentivizing hashtags as trademarks began way back in 2010, and since then, the filing of such Trademark Applications has spiked globally.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

They included stories of the Patent Agent examination, the Indian Innovation Act, the opening of the Trademark database, the presumption of patent validity, and the South Asian Basmati fights and more. This raised a question did the registrar of Trade Marks have the jurisdiction to revoke the ‘MANJAL’ trademark?,

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

In a precedential decision, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) reversed six refusals to register The New York Times Company’s (the “Times”) names of its newspaper columns, THE NEW OLD AGE, A GOOD APPETITE, HUNGRY CITY, WORK FRIEND, OFF THE SHELF, and LIKE A BOSS (the “Marks”).

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

On September 29, 2023, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB” or the “Board”) issued its 28 th precedential decision of the year, this time focusing on appropriate discovery submissions and procedure. RLP Ventures, LLC v. Panini America, Inc. , 91268816 (TTAB 2023).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2024

Malobika is a 2nd year PhD scholar and a full-time Teaching Assistant at WBNUJS, Kolkata, who is working on examining the need for, and contribution of “Experts” in IP dispute adjudication. Navigating Denied Filings: Trademark Justice at the Crossroads of the Commercial Courts Act DHC’s recent order in TTK Prestige v.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 5, 2023

Introduction Trademarks are recognised phrases, words, or symbols that designate a certain item and lawfully distinguish it from all other items of the same type. A trademark is a valuable intellectual property that businesses use to differentiate their brand from their competitors’ in the market.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Yesterday, we looked at the myriad of ways that copyright and trademark impact Halloween costumes. Though not a deep article, it’s an interesting overview of the topic and a look at the copyright challenges we face running our small haunted house. Those include, music, movie characters, costumes, and stories.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 20, 2021

Spotlight on Commerce: Hannah Wang, Primary Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Hannah Wang, Primary Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Guest blog post by Hannah Wang, Primary Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). May 20, 2021.

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The IPKat

MAY 8, 2022

Rarer still is where the UK IPO raises an allegation of bad faith of its own motion during examination of a trade mark application. Precisely this situation arose during examination of two recent trade mark applications for marks that included the name of famous footballers. 3587268 and No.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 6, 2021

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. On October 5, HBC filed a statement of claim at the Federal Court of Canada against a Quebec family for trademark infringement, depreciation of goodwill, and passing off. The Zellers Trademark: Then and Now. is contravening s.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 20, 2021

ET), the US Copyright Office, and the US Patent and Trademark Office are co-hosting a three-part discussion on “ Copyright Law and Machine Learning for AI: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?” behind much of the social-media-industrial complex that shapes so much of our modern digital environment. to 2:30 p.m.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2022

In addition, potential and tangible intersections between intellectual property and these trending topics were recently discussed by The Trademark Lawyer Magazine. PATENTS The EPO's new guidelines for examination came into force at the beginning of March. This article provides an overview of the current trends in the U.S.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Introducing the College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents. On June 28, 2021 , the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents Act came into force. Trademark Law. Parody in Trademarks is No Joke.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

They are two topics not routinely paired with stuffing and turkey. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized some 82 domains that it claimed where trafficking in either counterfeit or trademark infringing goods. So, in this article we examine 10 Christmas songs including five that are in the public domain and five that are not.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published a notice entitled “Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent Applications Related to Computer-Generated Electronic Images, Including Computer-Generated Icons and Graphical User Interfaces.” a)(I) ] but provides important clarifications.”

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Yes … the current level of accessibility wasn’t always the case in the IP domain neither in trademark nor in patent domain! In fact, the Registry used to generate a sum of around 4 crores INR , from trademark searches before embracing public access. where Prof. That’s a wrap for the sift of Septembers!

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Another person or entity has applied for a trademark at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) that is similar to your trademark. One option is to institute an opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “TTAB”) to challenge their registration of the mark. What can you do?

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, for example, are filing trademark applications in the US, Japan and the EU to secure protection for the use of their brands on digital projections of their apparel, shoes and accessories that are transacted in the Metaverse. We have specifically covered this topic in a previous blog. Other countries are lagging behind.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The legal world is buzzing about AI and its use for all kinds of things, including generating logos, text, and other things people would normally want to register for copyright or trademark protection. There have been some court decisions on this precise topic, but the law is not completely settled.

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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.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, for example, are filing trademark applications in the US, Japan and the EU to secure protection for the use of their brands on digital projections of their apparel, shoes and accessories that are transacted in the Metaverse. We have specifically covered this topic in a previous blog. Other countries are lagging behind.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

Topical Highlight. Delhi High Court Clarifies Law on Arbitrability of Trademark Disputes. In this guest post , Rounak Doshi discusses the position of law on arbitrability of trademark disputes in light of the Delhi High Court’s recent decision in Golden Tobie Private Ltd. Golden Tobacco Ltd. Thematic Highlight. Image from here.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As many of our readers know one of the most recurrent tax-related topics that come into discussion in the IP field is the so-called Patent Box (sometimes also - more properly - defined as the Innovation Box since it is not all about patents ). 50 of 24.4.2017).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office have developed initiatives to focus on IP issues with AI. Copyrights On March 16, 2023 the Copyright Office issued Guidance on the examination and registration of works that contain material generated by AI technology. This Guidance covers some important topics. Copyright Office and the U.S.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Also, the question remains what relevance the information at issue would have in the examination process. But when it is, along the way, considered more conducive to the common goal to handle a certain topic at another moment or in another fashion, the Committee is willing to adjust.

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Larson & Larson

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Today, we’ll be discussing the following topics: -Why you should pursue a patent. Once you’ve written your patent application, the next step is to file it with the US Patent and Trademark Office. After you file your application, it will be assigned to a patent examiner. What can and cannot be patented.

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