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Precedential No. 18: TTAB Orders Cancellation of Two Registrations Under Section 14(3) Due to Registrant's Misrepresentation of Source

The TTABlog

Belmora ) had the TTAB tackled this issue, and here it reached the same outcome: cancellation of two registrations on the ground that Registrant Meenaxi used its registered marks THUMS UP and LIMCA to misrepresent the source of its soft drink products. Otto Kern GmbH , 83 USPQ2d 1861, 1863 (TTAB 2007). Meenaxi Enterprise, Inc.

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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

In May 2007, the label mark ‘SOYA DROP’ was registered. Since then, it has been continuously used and has even acquired reputation and goodwill in the market. The Copyright Act extends a wide range of rights to the first copyright owner without requiring prior copyright registration. For more visit: [link].

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Renewal of Customs Recordal in India

Selvam & Selvam Blog

Regardless, this can be remedied by ensuring that the owner provides proof of the existence of the right by way of a registration certificate or a certified copy. 41 /2007-Customs dated October 29, 2007. 1] The Rules previously provided protection for patents as well. 2] Circular No.

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Precedential No. 15: On Remand, TTAB Reverses COOKINPELLETS.COM Genericness Ruling, But Affirms Mere Descriptiveness and Lack of Acquired Distinctiveness

The TTABlog

The Board then applied the CAFC's Converse analysis to applicant's evidence: use of the proposed mark since 2007, approximately 250,000 units sold for $3M in revenue, $25,000 spent for advertising, promotion of mark on social media an on its website, and a ranking for several years as the best-selling and highest-rated pellet on Amazon.com.

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WIPIP SESSION 9.B. — Copyrights

43(B)log

Composers may have broadened composition styles in response to ©/market participation. [In © attaches without registration and endures for much longer than design rights. Tyler Ochoa: Thinks that these were probably easily registrable even pre- Star Athletica because of nonfunctionality. A: But the Ds here aren’t copying!

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Customs Intervention for IP in the Indian Sub-Continent

Kashishipr

Intellectual Propriety (IP) rights holders are under the perpetual threat of counterfeit goods in the market that is growing exponentially with advancing technology and a surge in cross-border trade among countries. A Unique Temporary Registration Number (UTRN) is generated on filing the online application. Demand draft of Rs.

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Hot Take on the Wavy Baby Decision (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

2007)) and the “ My Other Bag ” tote bag (Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. As the new threshold test for application of Rogers , courts can’t simply assume trademark use based on the close copying of the plaintiff’s goods. This from a Court that has struck down two statutory trademark registration provisions for burdening speech.

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