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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

IPilogue

As a result, the Mickey Mouse copyright was then set to expire at the end of 2003. Although the original Mickey Mouse’s copyright protection will expire at the end of 2023, Disney will still be able to protect the Mickey Mouse brand through trademark law. Starting in 1990, Disney pushed hard for an extension of copyright protections.

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Trademark Infringement Get So “Lucky”

IP and Legal Filings

The Respondent secured federal trademark registration for “Get Lucky” in 1986, and the Petitioner commenced offering garments employing the registered trademark “Lucky Brand” and term “Lucky” a few years later, in 1990. This case saw the issuance of several marks.

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John Doe Order Issued Against “Taarak Mehta” Infringers: Revisiting the Rights Vested in Fictional Characters

SpicyIP

Leo Burnett (India) Private Limited (2003), which established an implied recognition of such a protection, and further expressly extended it to characters in comic books, such as “Nagraj,” and TV serials, against commercial misuse. The courts laid the early groundwork for the concept through decisions in V.T. Arvee Enterprises and Ors.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION IN THAILAND

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

However, if one wishes to own their mark exclusively and prevent their competitors from using it, they must register their trademark with the Thai Trademark Registrar. Registered Trademarks are valid for a period of ten years and needs to be renewed after the expiration of the said time period.

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Customs Intervention for IP in the Indian Sub-Continent

Kashishipr

36 of 2003 and The Customs Ordinance of Sri Lanka, along with a Government Gazette Notification Extraordinary No.1523/22 The Intellectual Property Act No. 1523/22 of 15.11.2007 issued by the Finance Minister, form the legal basis of Customs intervention for dealing with counterfeit products in Sri Lanka.

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Saving your Mark from Trademark Genericide

Kashishipr

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.” ” For combating trademark genericide, conventional trademark enforcement measures have to be coupled with unconventional methods.

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Protection of Color Trademarks under the Indian Trademark Law

Kashishipr

2003 (27) PTC 478 Del. A public survey was submitted as verification of this assertion, and the equivalent was granted on 1 st October 2012 after a long-drawn-out legal battle with the Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate, Nestle. Colgate Palmolive Company vs. Anchor Health & Beauty Care Pvt.