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Protection of Trademarks in Philippines

IP and Legal Filings

trademark and patent registrations will not protect rights holders’ IP in the Philippines. The Philippines Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) maintains a registry of patents and trademarks that is widely recognized in Southeast Asia. A trademark applicant may be a natural or juridical person. For example, U.S.

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Precedential No. 11: TTAB Upholds 2(a) False Connection Refusal of LEATHERNECKS for Motorcycle Club Membership

The TTABlog

The Leathernecks Motorcycle Club was thwarted in its attempt to register the collective membership mark LEATHERNECKS in the design form shown immediately below. Nothing in Section 4 exempts collective membership marks from Section 2(a). 2008 TTAB LEXIS 19, at *55 (TTAB 2008)." The Board pointed to Section 1304.03

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Intellectual Property Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Navigating Challenges and Seizing Opportunities

IIPRD

When artificial technologies are utilized for creating innovations, such as employing evolutionary algorithms for antenna design or engaging IBM Watson to produce music, IPR laws become relevant. AI is doing lots of creative work in the fields of animation, web apps, images, music, designing, and various other things.

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Full Of Sound And Query, Signifying Something: Recent Noise Over Acoustic Trademarks

LexBlog IP

(I am unaware of any reported comparison, but I did find the latter compared to a toilet flushing and have seen the former’s trademark suffer indignities at times too ). The object then is to hear out all sides, and offer some thoughts on the recent clamor around acoustic marks and the questions that they present.