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How to prove disclosure of earlier designs?

The IPKat

A Registered Community Design (‘RCD’) enjoys protection only if it is new and has individual character vis-à-vis designs disclosed prior to its filing or priority date ( Art. 4(1), 7 of Regulation 6/2002 , ‘Design Regulation’). 7(1) Design Regulation ). 7(1) Design Regulation ). 6 of Directive 2005/29/EC.

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Loro Piana position mark for footwear: not distinctive, says EUIPO

The IPKat

The Applicant raised arguments in support of the trade mark’s distinctiveness, highlighting that the use of the combination of strap, knot, and ribbons with metallic pendants dated back to 2005 and that there is an established practice in the footwear industry for using position marks (EU trade mark EU trade mark no.

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Growth in Industrial Design Registrations Sporadic Over Past Decades

Corsearch

With the challenges posed by name saturation and the reduced availability of work marks, industrial designs are increasingly important within intellectual property strategies. When people think about designs they typically think of patents, but the world of protecting designs is far more extensive than that.

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Can Braille Be Registered As a Trademark?

IP and Legal Filings

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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The Interplay between Religious Sensitiveness and Trademark Law in India

IP and Legal Filings

The Trademarks Act of 1999 does not forbid the use of names of gods or goddesses, religious symbols, or figurines in and of themselves; But it simply limits the registration of the mark under the Trademarks Act’s Section 9(2)(b), as is shown while reading the clause. 7] 2005 (3) AWC 2097. [8] Lal Babu Priyadarshi [9].

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TTABlog Test: Is BLACK BELT Confusable with KURO-OBI for Restaurant Services?

The TTABlog

Moreover, consumers are likely to make the translation because registrant, on its menus, translates KURO OBI as BLACK BELT. Many of registrant's dishes are named after the various colors of martial arts belts. Palm Bay Imps., Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Maison Fondee En 1772 , 396 F.3d 3d 1369, 73 USPQ2d 1689, 1696 (Fed.

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Intellectual Property Rights And Darwinism In E-Commerce

IP and Legal Filings

With evolution and development in recent trends and creations, every person got the right to protect their artistic creativity by acquiring intellectual property rights to save their invention from being violated by the competition present in the market. Dr. Cluadio De Simone & Anr. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY KIN OF E-COMMERCE.