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Nuziveedu v. Plant Varieties Authority: Reaping the Fruits of Pioneer’s Seeds

SpicyIP

Recently, the Delhi High Court clarified that the distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) testing is a must before a plant variety registration application can be advertised by the Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority. Sungro”), which were sent for DUS testing but also advertised before the testing results came in.

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case hit my alerts because of its discussion about keyword advertising, but first, I have to digest how the court got there. The court said that the trademark owner had been using the trademark since 1985 and registered the trademark in 2006. ” Say what? ” That prompted this litigation. ” Uh oh. ” UGH.

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Precedential No. 19: Laches Based on Expired Registration Saves EVOGUE from Part of VOGUE's Confusion and Dilution Claims

The TTABlog

The Board rendered a split decision in this opposition to registration of the mark EVOGUE for a wide variety of consumer electronic devices and accessories, tossing out Opposer Advance Magazine's Section 2(d) claim but partly upholding its dilution claim, based on the registered mark VOGUE for, inter alia , magazines and mobile phone software.

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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) – an overview

IP and Legal Filings

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a statutory body established on 5 th August, 2011, under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 regulated under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. This is the 14 digit registration or license number that is printed on all food packages.

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FSSAI an overview

IP and Legal Filings

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a statutory body established on 5 th August, 2011, under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 regulated under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. This is the 14 digit registration or license number that is printed on all food packages.

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Small cars, big trouble reloaded

The IPKat

30627911 for the famous ‘Bulli’ (officially ‘VW T1’): It was registered in 2006 inter alia for ‘motor vehicles’ in class 12 and ‘model cars’ in class 28. The defendant manufactured and sold high-priced model cars, in particular for collectors and advertising clients.

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The USPTO Takes Steps to Implement the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020

LexBlog IP

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) becomes effective on December 27, 2021 and makes several important amendments to federal trademark law (the Lanham Act) intended to modernize trademark application examinations and clean house of trademark registrations for marks not used in commerce. million registrations. [1]