Patently-O

APRIL 1, 2022

This is a pending trademark case involving the mark CLEAR that Dolce Vita uses on their shoes. Still, when I saw the brand name CLEAR as applied to footwear, I did not expect for the shoes to be transparent. . I remember the 1980s and gel-sandals; my internet search also reveals some beautiful translucent Crocs. DolceVitaBrief.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This demonstrates the succinctness and simplicity of the Metaverse’s trademarking mechanism. Their rights will be protected thanks to the metaverse brands’ trademarks. By deterring rip offs, trademarks safeguard a company’s identity and the repute of its brand(s), especially in the Metaverse.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Template from here In the foreground of today’s fiercely competitive offline and digital marketplaces, where brands engage in neck-to-neck battles for visibility, the role of colours in trademarks has become a focal point of legal discourse.

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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. As more and more names are registered, fewer are available for use.

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IIPRD

JUNE 8, 2024

Fundamentals concerning this trend’s effects on consumer perceptions, intellectual property rights, and brand integrity are brought up. Although they provide more affordable options, knockoffs and counterfeiting present a problem for luxury brands and designers who want to safeguard their creative investments.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 10, 2025

Such acts of vilifying celebrities or benefiting from their brand value, has made it a necessity to protect their rights. Celebrity and their rights: Celebrity is person who is well recognized in the public eye and has a brand value of certain magnitude. under the trademark laws. link] Icc Development (International) Ltd.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MAY 28, 2024

In the author’s personal opinion, Trademark law when implemented and enforced effectively can play a crucial role in the protection of personality rights of celebrities and to target the prevention of deepfakes and unauthorized use of an individual’s identity or likeness by third parties.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Jacob Jacoby in his article, “The Psychological Foundations of Trademark Law: Secondary Meaning, Generism, Fame, Confusion, Dilution.” 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.”

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 20, 2021

Intuitively, this may seem like a positive effective, i.e., Ironhawk’s brand would be strengthened if associated with the more well known brand of Dropbox. Commerce Ins. Agency, Inc., 3d 432, 445 (3d Cir.

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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. Piracy and Fashion Design. That is their main asset, their main product.” Iqbal Singh Chawla&Ors. ,

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SpicyIP

JUNE 13, 2024

Mountain Valley Springs, the plaintiff, has been marketing its products under the trademark (TM) “Forest Essentials” since 2000, claiming extensive reputation and goodwill, especially for their Ayurvedic products, including a baby care segment launched in 2006. Case Overview: What were The Parties even Fighting for?

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IIPRD

JULY 4, 2021

It wasn’t long till these set of symbols were adopted by the leading tech-brand Apple in its keyboard and since then, its use has been unstoppable. Trademark Law. There may be the possibility of more than one person having trademark rights for various classes of goods in the same emoji.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

The trademark law firmly establishes that a trademark owner reserves the exclusive right to use the trademark and enforce the same. Through this, the former aims to monopolize the market and kick out any remotely similar business operating under the mark.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

2000 SCC 66 at para. Trademark Law. Parody in Trademarks is No Joke. In Subway IP LLC v Budway, Cannabis & Wellness Store , the Federal Court reaffirmed that parody is not a defence against trademark violation. Western Oilfield Equipment Rentals Ltd. v M-I LLC ; and Bauer Hockey Ltd. v Sport Maska Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Will they get the message? * * * Background Lerner and Rowe is an Arizona law firm. Brown Engstrand is a start-up rival law firm (operating under the brand “Accident Law Group”). The defendant displayed its own trademark in the ad copy, not the plaintiff’s, so the marks were dissimilar.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 11, 2024

23-2000 (1 st Cir. For example, if two outdoor Saturday farmers markets opened on the same block, causing wandering shoppers to think that they were affiliated, their proximity and similar business models, without more, would not be suggestive of trademark infringement. US Ghost Adventures, LLC v. Miss Lizzies Coffee LLC, No.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A brand’s name, particularly when it takes the shape of a trademark, can define its identity, reputation, and value, making it an asset that is valuable to safeguard. Trademarks are unique “marks”, names, symbols, signs, words or phrases that define a brand or company’s products or services.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Indeed, the PTO has increased its focus on whether the use an applicant is making is trademark use, as opposed to ornamental or informational use, in its registration decisions. Professor Alexandra Roberts has written an excellent recent article on this, Trademark Failure to Function. American Girl Brands, LLC, 2021 WL 510729, No.

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