IP and Legal Filings

JULY 13, 2022

The Design Act, 2000 [“ the 2000 Act ”] provides protection to various aspects of the design in question, like the pattern, colours or even lines on the design. This will remain in force for 10 years from the date of registration but can be extended for another 5 years, subject to certain conditions. Copyright Act or Design Act?

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 19, 2022

I am doing this series because I have been unable to find any other comprehensive content on the web or youtube that lays out a detailed and viable playbook for brands and celebrities to protect their names, slogans, and marks against Web3 cybersquatting. If you are a brand or trademark attorney, you may already know about cybersquatting.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It can also help make the product more saleable, helping consumers identify the product with the brand. For a design to be registered under the Design Act, 2000, it must fulfill the following conditions: · Design should be unique and novel. Designs that stand similar or resemble already existing designs do not qualify for registration.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Additionally, the jewellery’s brand name and logo may be protected under the purview of the Trade Marks Act. The safest course of action would be to register jewellery designs under the Designs Act, 2000 if a jeweller intends to make more than fifty applications of a particular jewellery design.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2021

It can also help make the product more saleable, helping consumers identify the product with the brand. For a design to be registered under the Design Act, 2000, it must fulfill the following conditions: · Design should be unique and novel. Designs that stand similar or resemble already existing designs do not qualify for registration.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2021

It can also help make the product more saleable, helping consumers identify the product with the brand. For a design to be registered under the Design Act, 2000, it must fulfill the following conditions: · Design should be unique and novel. Designs that stand similar or resemble already existing designs do not qualify for registration.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Their rights will be protected thanks to the metaverse brands’ trademarks. Importance of Registration of Trademarks in the Metaverse Businesses may now reach a larger audience, increase their digital footprint, and increase profits by utilising the Metaverse. It might be more difficult than ever in the metaverse to police brands.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

More specifically, in India, the design act, 2000 protects designs that feature shapes, patterns, ornaments, or compositions of lines or colors applied to any article in two or three-dimensional forms. Protection of such trademarks is imperative since apparel brands greatly value their brand equity.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In an otherwise straightforward Section 2(d) analysis, the Board ruled that confusion is likely between Respondent's registered marks MIRAGE BRANDS (standard form) and MIRAGE BRANDS & Design [BRANDS disclaimed], and Petitioner Mahender Sabhnani's previously used and registered mark ROYAL MIRAGE & Design , all for perfume.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Analysing the Riyadh Design Law Treaty in the Indian Context The Riyadh Design Law Treaty (DLT), finalized at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Riyadh in November 2022, marks a significant step towards harmonizing global industrial design registration processes. Utilize e-filing systems for quicker registrations.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Infosys Limited obtained many registrations for the mark in various classes, the first being in 1987, and the company has been operating its website, wwww.Infosys.com, since 1992. The plaintiff argued that Infosy’s brand value in this trademark could mislead consumers into presuming a connection between the two companies.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The NAKED condom case returned to the TTAB after a CAFC reversal [ TTABlogged here ] and the Supreme Court's denial of the registrant's petition for writ of certiorari (September 2021). He conducted clinical trials in 2000 and manufacturing began in 2002-2003. He developed his own formula for a lubricant, as well as special packaging.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Fashion designers can safeguard their designs for up to 15 years by taking the Copyright law into account under the Designs Act of 2000. However, suppose the designer chooses only to follow Section 15 of the copyright registration procedures and implements this registration for his use. DESIGNS ACT, 2000. Registration–.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The CAFC soundly upheld the TTAB's decision ordering cancellation of a registration for the mark SCHIEDMAYER for pianos [ TTABlogged here ] on the ground of false association under Section 2(a). 1123 (2000 ed.). There was at that time no limitation on the composition of TTAB panels, see 15 U.S.C. 1092 (2006 ed.).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 31, 2021

– a leading furniture brand and purveyor of the iconic Eames Chair Design – suffered a loss at US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in its bid to protect as “trade dress” the design of the chair. 56 USPQ2d 1279, 1282 (TTAB 2000); In re Parkway Mach. Herman Miller, Inc. In re Ennco Display Sys.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Name saturation is an existential challenge for every industry that harnesses trademark law to protect its brand. You can explore what are known as non-conventional trademarks — sounds, colors, smells — to convey your brand messaging. A key difference arises, however, when comparing brand name and generic name confusion.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Fashion designers can safeguard their designs for up to 15 years by taking the Copyright law into account under the Designs Act of 2000. With the introduction of the Designs Act in the year 2000, the Government of India included the advanced provision of safeguarding works with non-functional features in the domain of creative work.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 2, 2021

Goods or items produced outside Bangladesh involving infringement of the Copyright Act, 2000 or infringement of layout design of integrated circuits that are intended for sale or use for commercial purposes within the territory of Bangladesh. A Unique Temporary Registration Number (UTRN) is generated on filing the online application.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 8, 2024

The following 4 points are the criteria of patentability [2] – Novelty – This criteria states that prior of the application for patent, the invention should be completely brand new and not earlier publicly known or disclosed throughout the world. The registration unlatches the possibility to monetize the invention.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc. The scam can be at various levels and multi-facet forms including mimicking websites, selling cheaper copies of brands or even stealing ideas of originators [4]. 21, Acts of Parliament, 2000 (India).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Novelty of Any Design is Important for its Registration. To be registrable, a design must be both new and original, and it must not have been previously published in India or elsewhere. It’s possible that a paper weight in the shape of an animal is brand new and unique. Exhibition before Registration.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the cases at issue, the Seminole Tribe of Florida (“Seminole Tribe”) sought trademark registration for a guitar-shaped building for hotel and casino services. Thus, brand owners can, and do, register their trade dress at the PTO. Lessons for Brand Owners 1. See Figure 1.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark DANA DESIGN in the form shown below, for backpacks, hiking equipment, tents, and related goods, on the ground that the mark comprises the name of a living individual, Dana Gleason, without his consent and is therefore barred from registration by Section 2(c) of the Trademark Act.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 1, 2022

For every business or brand owner at present, the design of a product has become a crucial concern, and why won’t it be, after all, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” ” The unique design of a product, such as that of Mini Cooper and Coca-Cola, forms brand identity.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Baby Forest Ayurveda Pvt Ltd has reaffirmed several critical legal standards in trademark infringement and redefined the “customer of average intelligence and imperfect recollection” test considering the evolution of customer awareness and brand identities. 425 crores. This ensures that such terms are not monopolized by any single entity.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

According to the Complaint, Poulsen developed a unique currant red hybrid tea rose variety branded with the trademark INGRID BERGMAN (the “Mark”) in the early 1980s. 2,990,814 (the “‘814 Registration”), has been used in U.S. Gardens Alive’s family of brands include, among others, Weeks Roses. Federal Trademark Reg.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Background On 12 April 2022 Paredes Holding Center SL (the Applicant) filed an application for the EU registration of the position trade mark no. The average consumer of this type of product is accustomed to this type of position trade marks and, in principle, can be guided by them when purchasing the product ( R 938/2000 , R 813/2002-1 ).

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, artists and entertainers, among others, have started focusing on producing digital work that is revolutionizing the way we perceive art, through the creation of NFTs and commodities. By using “Smart,” the application passed the formal test for registration. Since then, giant companies all over the world ?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

states that “The brand names serve as information ‘chunks’. Given, only a familiar brand name, a host of relevant and important information can be efficiently called into consciousness.” The brand names serve as the ‘information chunks’ “enabling the consumer to efficiently organize, store, and retrieve information from the memory.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MAY 28, 2024

The very objective of trademark law is to distinguish the source/origin of a product or service and to prevent unauthorized misuse of brands to avoid confusion or dilution of the original one.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The famous brand Lays, during the ICC World Cup 2011 launched 6 new flavors, named after the countries playing the match, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Australia, England, and South Africa. Although, it was also capable of being registered as a design under the Designs Act, 2000. Therefore, it has been discussed in detail hereafter.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, artists and entertainers, among others, have started focusing on producing digital work that is revolutionizing the way we perceive art, through the creation of NFTs and commodities. By using “Smart,” the application passed the formal test for registration. Other countries are lagging behind.

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IIPRD

JUNE 14, 2021

Right from the lanes of Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar, to the high-end fashion brands like Manish Malhotra and Sabyasachi, the people of the country have dynamic tastes and never-ending interests! Protection under the Designs Act, 2000. That is their main asset, their main product.” Iqbal Singh Chawla&Ors. ,

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 29, 2022

They give a competitive edge to the brand and are not subject to public knowledge. Trade secrets also act as research tools for the company to modify its brand. The Information Technology Act 2000, conjointly provides for protection of trade secrets, albeit that’s associated with physics. Govindan vs E.M.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Various jewelry designers have obtained IP protection for their jewelry pieces that range from trademark protection of the brand value to protection of the design itself either through copyright and/ or patents. As such, any jewelry that has been on display previously internationally or within India would not be eligible for registration.

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IIPRD

MARCH 9, 2022

This concept has originated from the United States’ Lanham Act of1946under section 43(a) a product’s trade dress can be protected without any kind of formal registration. 1339 (2000) The post Concept of Trade Dress in India first appeared on IIPRD. References: [1] 15 U.S.C. 1125(a)(1) (1988). [2] 205, 120 S.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The petitioner, with a prior registration since 2010 and evidence of use since 2000, argued against the respondent’s mark registered in December 2018 on a proposed-to-be-used basis. Clover Centrum vs Clover Network Inc. Thus, the Court granted ex parte interim relief in the favor of the Plaintiff.

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