IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 11, 2023

This is primarily because of the clash between the traditional concept of trademarks and the ever-growing need to find newer ways to differentiate one’s product and services from competitors. [1] 4] Second, the qualification for registering a trademark, both traditional and non-traditional, essentially remains the same.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

Many film titles or names like Dhoom (ID: 1319835), Padman (ID: 3749859), 3 Idiots (ID: 1940729), and Singham (ID: 3672533), have been registered as a service mark under class 41, of the fourth schedule of the Trademark Rule, 2001. These registrations aid in allocating precedence. This idea sort of gets the job done of a copyright.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 24, 2022

Therefore, to protect your business in the hospitality industry, you must seek protection via Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) , specifically by registering your hotel or restaurant brand name and logo as trademarks. Here in this article, we shall shed light on the relationship between Trademark Law and the hospitality sector in India.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2023

According to Section 29(4) of the Trademarks Act, use of a mark that is: Identical or similar to a registered trademark that already has a reputation in India; and Used on goods or services other than those covered by the registration constitutes trademark infringement in the form of dilution. Haute Diggity Dog, 507 F.3d

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Trademark and other subjects of industrial property, such as patent, industrial design, utility solution, etc. Cambodia has adopted the “first to file” system of registration. Cambodian trademark law defines a “mark” as any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods (trademark) or services (service mark) of an enterprise.

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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 present ruling comes to the rescue of such trademarks.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As a result, leading brands often find themselves embroiled in extended legal strifes in pursuit of the widest possible protection for their registrations. However, the ad hoc balancing act becomes complicated when it comes to colour limitations, as specified at the time of registration. MK Pharmaceuticals (2007).

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

19 The distinctive character of a trade mark must be assessed by reference, first, to the goods or services in respect of which registration is sought and, second, to the perception of the relevant public (see judgment of 12 February 2004, Henkel, C‑218/01, EU:C:2004:88, paragraph 50 and the case-law cited).

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It can also mean as the proxy or substitute holder of rights here on earth because no spiritual being will receive a copyright certificate, trademark registrations, or letters patent. ” Aseri, Commercializing Religion Via Trademarking God, 23 J. Further, that same commentator has noted that: In 2007, the U.S.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2022

Still the Circular does hold out a ray of hope, noting that- [u]nder certain circumstances, names, titles, or short phrases may be protectable under federal or state trademark laws. In the last two decades, there have been two movie versions ( 1999 and 2007 ) both called "Mansfield Park", and both claiming to be "based" on the novel.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

The Supreme Court first looked to the section of the Lanham Act governing remedies for trademark violations, 15 U.S.C. 10 According to Fossil, the equity courts historically required plaintiffs to establish willfulness, or its historical equivalent, to obtain a profits award in trademark disputes. 2019), [link].

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Jaitley’s right and pronounced that any person may be restrained from using the names of popular or well-known celebrities, when the particular name is a well-known trademark as envisaged under the basic principles of trademark law and thatcelebrity is entitled to use his name for commercial purposes. 2007, I, no.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Trademarks are governed by the Trademarks Act of 1999 and the Trademark Rules of 2017 in India which provides for registration and protection of Trademarks from fraudulent practice. 2] In recent times, many people are misusing the goodwill of others by “trademark squatting”. “The

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

. § 1052(c) provides, in pertinent part, that the PTO must deny federal registration to a trademark if it “[c]onsists of or comprises a name, portrait, or signature identifying a particular individual except by his written consent….”

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