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Monster Energy Co. Sues Fitness Company for Alleged Trademark Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Apparently, Monster launched its MONSTER ENERGY® drink brand including its ® mark (the “Claw Icon”) in 2002. Apparently realizing the importance of its brand, Monster owns at least fourteen federal trademark registrations that include the Claw Icon in various classes of goods and services (the “Asserted Marks”).

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Deceptive Similarity in Trademark

IP and Legal Filings

Trademark is a kind of intellectual property which is capable of being represented graphically, it can be any word, design, symbol, phrase, design, shape, packaging of goods etc. Trademark represents the reputation and goodwill of the brand or company and gives its owner exclusive right to use the mark.

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High Stakes: Protecting Your Cannabis Intellectual Property

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

Industrial designs are another useful tool in your IP arsenal and can be used to protect the three-dimensional features of a shape and configuration, as well as the two-dimensional features (patterns and ornaments) of finished products intended to be sold (e.g., Once granted, an industrial design offers protection for up to 15 years.

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The Impact of IPR on Biodiversity

IIPRD

Though IPRs like copyrights , licenses, and brand names are extremely old, the expansion of IPRs to living substances and orderly information/advances happened exclusively relatively as of late. Furthermore, the privatization of hereditary assets that have been designed and protected speeds up the pattern toward monocultural editing.

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India – Trademark Protection in the Hospitality Industry

Kashishipr

By establishing a brand name, a service provider in the hospitality industry can benefit from having many customers and build a good reputation. Here in this article, we shall shed light on the relationship between Trademark Law and the hospitality sector in India. Relationship between Trademark Law & the Hospitality Industry.

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Can A Single Colour Mark Acquire Registration In India?

IP and Legal Filings

22] However, to remedy this caveat, the court propounded that designating a colour using an internationally recognised identification code (such as Pantone) will constitute a graphical representation, being precise and stable. [23] 15] Sieckmann (C-273/00) EU:C:2002:748 [2003] Ch 487 [16] Vatsala, Supra note 2, at page 129. [17]

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Defining Boundaries: IP Law Addresses Exterritoriality, Lexicography & Human Touch

LexBlog IP

.” But our problem often is that the law, or lawyers, frequently use unfamiliar or exotic terms that others claim have no more understood meaning than a reference to a “ vermicious kind ,” and those or other lawyers may overuse a word that they do not seem to actually comprehend. One is the case of Abitron Austria GMBH v.

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