Kashishipr

MAY 11, 2022

However, the complications and issues arise in the cases falling outside the ambit of conventional or traditional trademarks, where the registration of which becomes arduous to be given an exclusive status. Cadbury UK Limited vs. The Comptroller General Of Patents Designs And Trademarks & Société Des Produits Nestlé S.A.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 11, 2023

2] This new set of marks is often referred to as non-traditional trademarks , and the qualification for their registration, as opposed to a traditional mark, is substantially higher. [3] I do this by demonstrating the statutory criteria for trademark registration and then applying the set criteria to check the registrability of braille.

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SpicyIP

JULY 4, 2024

Image by storyset on Freepik The office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) on July 2, has notified the 2025 Patent and Trademarks Agent Exams. The Trademark Agent Exam is likely to be held on January 04, 2025 and the Patent Agent Exam is likely to be held on January 5, 2025.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 14, 2023

Other Posts Timelines under Rule 138 of Patent Rules are to be interpreted strictly and there cannot be any leeway under Rule 49.6 Other Posts Timelines under Rule 138 of Patent Rules are to be interpreted strictly and there cannot be any leeway under Rule 49.6 Image from here Case: Akebia Therapeutics Inc v.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

Kurian’s trail of transparency, discussions about authors and copyright societies, updates on the international IP landscape, or the hustle and bustle of the domestic IP domain, including Statements of Patent (Non-)Working, the journey through Junes had its own jilts and joys. What’s in the GI Registration numbers? :

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More Than Your Mark

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Patentability. The position of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on trademarks for cannabis-related goods and services is discussed in my colleague’s blog post, “ Trademark Registration for Cannabis Trademark Owners a Legal Haze.”. Further yet, it may surprise some that the U.S. Validity and Enforcement.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Additionally, it requires Cambodia to maintain online databases with data on applications and registrations for patents, industrial designs, and trademarks. Cambodia reaffirms its dedication to upholding the necessary regulations that mandate that its central government utilise only non-infringing software. Conclusion.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Wikipedia entry begin as follows— For the 2003 novel, see The Miniaturist (Kunal Basu novel)." Title of a Single Creative Work The title, or a portion of a title, of a single creative work must be refused registration under §§1, 2, and 45 of the Trademark Act, …. Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (the "TMEP").

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 14, 2024

Subsequently, in December 2021, the PPVFR Authority revoked PepsiCo’s varietal registration certificate for FL-2027 following a petition by activist Kavitha Kuruganti, alleging false information in the certificate of registration.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

2] However, such privilege has not been granted to patent or trademark agents in the Indian regime, which can otherwise play a vital role in the emerging domain of the Intellectual Property regime. 4] This highlights that a patent agent does not need to be an advocate, and both are independent professions. Union of India. [7]

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Intepat

APRIL 5, 2022

An application for a patent is said to have been abandoned if it is no longer pending, which means that the application has hit a point where it can no longer be matured into a successfully registered patent. In the USPTO , an abandoned patent application can be revived by filing a petition for revival of the abandoned application.

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Intepat

MAY 4, 2023

Interface of Competition Law and Patents Patent law particularly bears more relevance to antitrust jurisprudence. Patent law operates on two principles i.e. to encourage innovation and to promote the progress of science and technology. The problem arises when the push and pull of competition law and patent law cause friction.

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SpicyIP

MAY 15, 2023

The series presently contains 50+ Copyright related empirical studies and 50+ Patent related empirical studies published over the period of the last 15 years, and this will continue to be expanded over time. Delhi High Court Sets Aside 3 Orders from the Patent Office and the Trademark Registry, in 1 day! 50,000/- to be paid to YSL.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 18, 2023

18, 2023) , the Federal Circuit addressed whether fraud in a declaration of incontestability justifies cancelling the underlying trademark registration. Their disagreement centers on the scope of “maintaining” a registration and policy concerns over deterring false statements. I’m sure they are lovely.

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IIPRD

JUNE 29, 2022

Patent: The company holds numerous patents for its products and processes, including one for creating a packing mechanism for their product, another for inventing a wheeled luggage with a retractable rod, and so on. MULTIPLE IP REGISTRATION AND THEIR PROTECTION. ” REGISTRATION OF DOMAIN AND COMBATING THE CYBER SQUAT.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 2, 2021

A Unique Temporary Registration Number (UTRN) is generated on filing the online application. After approval of the application for recordation by the Commissioner of Customs, the UTRN will be converted to UPRN (Unique Permanent Registration Number), and the said UPRN would be issued, which confirms the recordation.

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Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Interestingly, in these cases, the trademark owner itself/himself misused the trademark as the generic name of the product in advertising and Patent Applications. In 2003, the photocopier firm Xerox came up with an advertisement that read, “When you use ‘Xerox’ the way you use ‘aspirin,’ we get a headache.”

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As a brief background, the order stems from a bunch of writ petitions filed against the IPAB order dated 28 June 2013, whereby the Board had allowed rectification petitions challenging the registration of the “Ayur” mark in favor of Ayur United Care (petitioner). Does the Single Judge Step Into the Shoes of the IPAB? Also, under Sec.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Regarding the IPR matters, Cambodia has issued the following legal documents: • Law concerning Marks, Trade Name and Acts of Unfair Competition dated January 8, 2002; • Law on Patents, Utility Model Certificates and Industrial Designs, in force since January 2003; • Law on Copyright and Related Right, in force since March 2003.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has received more than 170 petitions for expungement and reexamination since it began accepting these new filings late last year. Expungement petitions may be filed between the third and tenth years of registration if a mark is alleged to have never been used in interstate commerce.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As detailed in the opinion , the majority held that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board lacked the power to cancel a trademark registration based on fraud in a declaration of incontestability. The Back Story In 2003, Great Concepts applied to register DANTANNA’S for restaurant services. In 2015, Chutter, Inc.

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Intepat

JUNE 18, 2024

The Patent Application will only be examined only when the applicant or any other interested person makes a request for such an examination. An important fact to be noted is that the examination of the application is done only after the publication of the patent application ; irrespective of when the request for examination is filed.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

1)(b) presumes that the film’s “maker” is the copyright owner of the “work” unless the contrary is proved: see Interbox Promotion Corp v 9012-4314 Québec Inc 2003 FC 1254 at [24]-[6]; CBC v Conservative Party of Canada 2021 FC 425 at [32]; Bell Canada v L3D Distributing Inc 2021 FC 832 at [47]. 53(2); Circle Film, at 606-7).

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” The report notes on page 11 that “In 2003, research estimates put the [U.S.] market for religious publishing and products at $6.8

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office last year, which it has since checked by way of its Nikeland venture on Roblox and the acquisition of RTFKT. the plaintiff opened an art gallery in the virtual game world with the assistance of Second life, called “SLART” and obtained a trademark registration. Patent Infringement.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Industry pushed very hard against cheap copying, and yet as of 2019 there were only 538 registrations in 20 years versus hundreds of thousands of utility patents. Was more heavily used 1999-2003. Registration is fast—takes a month—versus patent, but term of protection is only 10 years. independent invention).

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 12, 2024

These creative concepts are shielded by legal means called patents, copyrights, and trademarks. GOI has awarded almost 370 GI tags under the provisions of the Act which have been granted under Section 2(f) of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The policy based considerations include the internal policies of e-commerce sites as well as registrations of companies for their IP. [6] For example, Amazon holds patent over auto-authentications of transactions in India. Sellers on e-commerce platforms are urged to register their goods for patent, trademark, and copyright protection.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

19 The distinctive character of a trade mark must be assessed by reference, first, to the goods or services in respect of which registration is sought and, second, to the perception of the relevant public (see judgment of 12 February 2004, Henkel, C‑218/01, EU:C:2004:88, paragraph 50 and the case-law cited). ” Ardagh at par.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Disney filed a trademark application for this term in 1994, and it was registered in 2003. However, in this case Disney backed down and dropped its trademark registration in the face of considerable opposition. Swahili speakers are said to use this phrase frequently in everyday conversation.

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Intepat

JUNE 7, 2024

Although companies had been employing the sensory aspects unofficially for decades, they underwent significant changes in their development when they were officially recognized as trademarks and were subsequently granted legal protection and registration. In Colgate Palmolive Company And Anr. vs Anchor Health And Beauty Care Pvt.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2023

notice, registration, and renewal) formerly imposed under U.S. copyright actually did expire in 1987, but one year later, the British Parliament introduced a unique exception to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act of 1988 in favor of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Well, the U.K.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The same approach was adopted by the German Federal Patent Court in 10 W (pat) 713/02. The case concerned the registration of a German design referred to as “bottle in the shape of a sperm (male sperm cell)”, which is shown at the top of the post. The German Federal Patent Court disagreed with DPMA. The case was based on Art.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 21, 2024

Registration : There is no registration fee or registration process for the competition. His commitment to transparency in enforcement of India’s patent law led him to suing the Patent Office on two occasions in order to secure our right to information. program (or its equivalent – meaning students enrolled in J.D.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 23, 2025

Milliken And Company vs Controller Of Patents And Designs & Anr. The Court also clarified that foreign patent office decisions, such as the European Patent Offices rejection of Dr. Mehls statement, do not automatically bind Indian proceedings. The subject patent was for the manufacture of tobacco flavourant.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 6, 2025

Cancer incidences, approved drugs, and patents on them, to name a few. Part II] Public Money, Private Patents? The Court found procedural irregularities, including the absence of a Second Examination Report, and held that foreign patent grants were relevant. But where does one begin? With some data points, we believe.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office interprets this to mean no, never, no matter what. 1052(c) provides, in pertinent part, that the PTO must deny federal registration to a trademark if it “[c]onsists of or comprises a name, portrait, or signature identifying a particular individual except by his written consent….”

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