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Can A Single Colour Mark Acquire Registration In India?

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He was unmistakably aware of the nuances regarding colours in trademark law. Broadly speaking, trademarks are of two types: traditional and non-traditional. [1] 2] However, the quintessential reason for such distinction is due to a slightly elevated standard for the registration of non-traditional marks.

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Analyzing Smell Trademarks: Laws, Significance and Issues

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Global and Indian laws concerning smell trademarks. While several countries have allowed the registration of smell marks, laws concerning the registration of smell marks are largely inchoate. Thus, Court decisions and the USPTO have time and again granted the registration of smell marks.

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IP Financing in India – Part I: Perfection of Security and (Non) Registration of Copyright

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on banking regulations and its observations on the use of trademark as collateral. Bharat is a fourth-year student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. Therefore, the law usually has registration requirements (known as ‘perfection’ of security) that are meant to serve as public notice to the world at large.

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SpicyIP Tidbit: MP High Court Sets Aside Excise Commissioner’s Order for Not Considering Similarities Between Competing Beer Labels 

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This decision thus raises questions about the scope of powers granted under the state’s excise laws and their intersection with trademark law. For clarity, it is important to know that Rule 9 of the MP Foreign Liquor Rules focuses on the registration of labels.

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Who’s Laughing Now? EUIPO Board of Appeal Rules that Banksy Can Keep his Trademark and Anonymity Too

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Background Banksy’s graffiti artwork Laugh Now first appeared in Brighton, England, in 2002. On November 7, 2018, Pest Control, Banksy’s authentication body, filed an EU trademark claim on behalf of the artist for Laugh Now. Typically, artists protect their artwork using only copyright law. street artist Banksy.

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Getting Your Trademark Registered In Saudi Arabia

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In the Saudi Arabia, trademarks are governed by the Trademarks Regulation, Royal Decree No M/21 of 28 Jumada Awal 1423 Hejra (corresponding to 8 August 2002), and its Implementing Rules of the same year. Documents required for registration. Post which the trademark certification will be issued. Filing fee.

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Can Braille Be Registered As a Trademark?

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This is primarily because of the clash between the traditional concept of trademarks and the ever-growing need to find newer ways to differentiate one’s product and services from competitors. [1] 4] Second, the qualification for registering a trademark, both traditional and non-traditional, essentially remains the same.