LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

MR. CHRISTMAS became a registered trademark for “Christmas Ornaments and Decorations of the Non-Electrical Type” way back in 1966 (Registration No. ” Scrooge wasn’t the only one who had that idea: a business owner registered ALWAYS CHRISTMAS & Design as a service mark in 1995 (Registration No.

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SpicyIP

MAY 30, 2024

In this post, I have briefly discussed the judgement and analyzed what it could mean for the proprietors of well-known trademarks and other proprietors. The petitioner, Vans Inc, USA, filed for registration of their mark- VANS in 1992, on a ‘proposed to be used basis’. The mark was published in 2005 and was registered in 2006.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2023

On Wednesday, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision reversing the USPTO’s cancellation of a registered trademark (Great Concepts, LLC v. The Back Story In 2003, Great Concepts applied to register DANTANNA’S for restaurant services. Chutter, Inc., 2022-1212). In 2015, Chutter, Inc.

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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. In 2006, Chutter, Inc.’s

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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 20, 2021

After the changes of 2005, the Madras Patent Office , in 2006, rejected the application from Novartis for the drug Glivec stating that the said drug did not exhibit any major changes in therapeutic effectiveness over its pre-existing form, which was already patented outside India.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

The court granted an ex-parte injunction in favour of the plaintiff against the defendants, restraining the use of the plaintiff’s trademark ‘DASNAC’ or any similar variant by the defendants. Notices were served to all parties, with stipulated deadlines for responses, and compliance with procedural rules was mandated.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The National IPR Policy of 2016 has resulted in increasing IP registration since its inception. The pendency in IP registration applications have also decreased. Trademark as Collateral in the US. For a common law trademark, notice of the lender’s security interest is not required to be recorded. 11, March 2006.

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