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Deceptive Similarity in Trademark

IP and Legal Filings

Trademarks are used to distinguish one person’s goods and services from that of others. It is many types, for example, service mark, proprietary mark, product mark, collective mark, word mark. certification mark etc. pronounced “Exactly”), the brand Exactly Corp.

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Full Of Sound And Query, Signifying Something: Recent Noise Over Acoustic Trademarks

LexBlog IP

Here in a nutshell is the query the Court addressed: 16 Under Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001, trade marks which are devoid of any distinctive character shall not be registered. The Ardagh analysis echoes the analysis found in American courts and registration controversies, such as in the case of Ride The Ducks, LLC v.