Corsearch

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Name saturation is an existential challenge for every industry that harnesses trademark law to protect its brand. Read on as we explore how you can conquer the likelihood of confusion in your pharmaceutical trademarks. As more and more names are registered, fewer are available for use.

Trademark 59

Trademark Branding Branding Brands 59

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Therefore, with the increasing presence of commercial enterprises on web, it becomes apparent that domain name may be subject to norms applicable to other intellectual property rights such as trademarks. Akash Arora [8] , the plaintiff was the proprietor of the well-known trademark “Yahoo” and corresponding domain name, “Yahoo.com”.

Trademark 52

Trademark Registration Trademark Law Business 52

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A glaring issue with this practice is that many search terms in keyword advertising programs are already trademarked, and trademark owners have an affirmative duty to enforce their trademark rights. In August 2021 , 1-800 Contacts filed a complaint against Warby Parker alleging trademark infringement over search engine ads.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Trademark Cease and Desist 52

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Introduction Trademarks may include any distinctive sign or mark that contributes in differentiating goods or services those of the competitors. In order to maintain the owner’s rights, a trademark must be used and periodically renewed; otherwise, the proprietor might lose the validity and the right of enforcing the trademark.

Trademark 52

Trademark Registration Registering Trademarks Advertising 52

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

(I am unaware of any reported comparison, but I did find the latter compared to a toilet flushing and have seen the former’s trademark suffer indignities at times too ). Every sound trademark seems not only to signify something but to raise a question or two as well. 1 v OHIM , C‑329/02 P, EU:C:2004:532, paragraph 23).

Trademark 52

Trademark Registration Music Intellectual Property 52

Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 11, 2023

2004), and the question of. One of the first posts on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® was about Gibson Guitar Corp. Paul Reed Smith Guitars, LP, 70 UPSQ2d 1911 (M.D. The post While my guitar gently weeps appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

Branding 59

Branding Brands Branding Trademark Law 59

The TTABlog

JANUARY 10, 2022

McCarthy , the leading treatise on trademark law explains that “[t]he concepts of ‘generic name’ and ‘trademark’ are mutually exclusive. Retail Servs., Freebies Publ’g , 364 F.3d 3d 535, 546 (4th Cir. Ampak, Inc. , 3d 57, 59 (4th Cir.

Trademark Law 75

Trademark Law Trademark Registration Government 75

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

“The first step in determining whether an unregistered mark or name is entitled to the protection of the trademark laws is to categorize the name according to the nature of the term itself.” Platinum Fin. 3d 722, 727 (7th Cir. ” Int’l Kennel Club of Chi., Mighty Star, Inc., 2d 1079, 1085 (7th Cir. Tribune Co.,

Social Media 52

Social Media Advertising Advertising Trademark Law 52

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 23, 2023

Image Sources : Shutterstock] Legal rights in domain names can be derived from these sources: registration of the name as a trademark ; prolonged use of the name for trading; or the biological name of a person. the owner of the well-known trademark “Yahoo!” 3] AIR 2004 SC 3540. [4] Akash Arora and Ors. [1] The plaintiff, Yahoo!,

Business 52

Business IP Registration Trademark 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

In that case, Google was using the plaintiff’s (Bharatmatrimony) trademark for advertising the websites of other matrimonial sites. Hence, the court held by virtue of Section 29(3) of the Trademark Act, there will be a presumption of infringement against the defendant. This is because there were several factual questions in dispute.

Registration 52

Registration Trademark Cinema Business 52

SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2024

Moreover, as the 1987 report notes, IP litigation was very limited at that time, except for trademark law. Then in 2004, IIT Kharagpur’s Rajiv Gandhi School of IP came into being with generous funding from US billionaire Vinod Gupta. Out of those limited numbers, even fewer taught.

Government 111

Government IP Intellectual Property Reporting 111

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

But the court held that “the FAQs as a whole do not qualify or dispel the notion that Brenner was the one who discovered NR and that he did so in 2004.” Elysium also counterclaimed, and ChromaDex kicked out some of them while Elysium got partial summary judgment on the falsity of a statement that ChromaDex was the only seller of NR.

Advertising 80

Advertising Advertising False Advertising Marketing 80

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Turtle ” order opining that use of a mark to pass a critical comment will not amount to an infringement of the trademark. Appointed to the Delhi High Court in 2004 where he served until May, 2019 before assuming the role of chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court and eventually being appointed to the Supreme Court in September 2019.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Government Law IP 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

But trademark plaintiffs and judges are still partying like it’s 1999. The plaintiff is Seeking Arrangements, one of my favorite websites to base my Internet Law exams on. The court starts its trademark analysis nostalgically: “Turn back the clock to the Internet’s nascent age—1999.” Yes, it’s 2021.

Advertising 126

Advertising Advertising Trademark Settlement 126

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Weve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so its a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Singh Note: Later in the year, the Delhi High Court tightened the scope of the rights under well-known trademarks in Vans Inc. vs. FCB Garment Tex.

IP 105

IP Invention Patent Copyright 105