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The Interplay between Religious Sensitiveness and Trademark Law in India

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction A mark represents the institution or company to which it belongs and serves as a means of differentiating goods or services among individuals. Marks can be of various types i.e., word marks, service marks, logos, symbols, series marks, etc [1].

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Precedential No. 17: TTAB Rules that Retail Offering of One's Own Goods Qualifies as a "Service" Under the Trademark Act

The TTABlog

662, 678 (2009). The question, then, was "whether, as a matter of law, online retail store or mail order activities featuring only a party’s own goods are 'services' as contemplated in the Trademark Act." The Trademark Act defines "service mark" but does not define "services." Ashcroft v.

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Hark! The Herald Trademarks Sing: A Holiday Trademark Extravaganza

LexBlog IP

‘Twas a day in December, when all through the blog, we were writing ‘bout trademarks, as if in a fog. When, what to our wondering eyes should appear, but holiday trademarks, so lovely and dear. The PTO said, as it reviewed the files, we’ve got holiday trademarks, we’ve got ‘em in piles! 5361645).

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Precedential No. 26: TTAB Denies "HAPPIEST HOUR" Cancellation Petition for Failure to Prove Priority Via Technical or Analogous TM Use

The TTABlog

Its evidence regarding its first rendering of services under the mark was "characterized by contradictions, inconsistencies, and indefiniteness." Its claim of use analogous to trademark use failed because its prior publicity "was not sufficiently clear, widespread and repetitive." See Couture v. of Veterinary Sports Med.