IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

. (“Chanel”), is an iconic fashion company based in New York known for its luxury fashion products and owns rights to several Chanel and CC monograms trademarks associated with the brand design. The brand was not involved with selling second handed or vintage goods. 1114(1)(a) on a direct infringement theory ( Chanel, Inc.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 15, 2024

VEUVE CLICQUOT brand champagne is sold everywhere in the United States, through both online and in more than 50,000 brick-and-mortar stores. The mark has been widely advertised and promoted, has enjoyed high sales for the years since 2011, and has been the subject of numerous unsolicited media references.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2024

Image from here Manu Bhaker’s Olympics Victory: Do Brands Violate Publicity Rights by Putting out Congratulatory Posts? Moment marketing” refers to a strategy where brands can take advantage of ongoing events to gain relevance, and especially for some of the sheen of patriotic athletic victories to wear off on them.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. They’re successful brands: approximately $300,000,000 annually in sales of Zenú products and $100,000,000 in sales of Ranchera products. So, did Industria satisfy Lexmark ? But the third statement was literally false.

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False Advertising Advertising Advertising Registration 59

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

All of these sites have long since disappeared, but interestingly their brands live on. In 2011 the file-hosting service was added to Hollywood’s list of notorious pirate sites and subsequently featured in the U.S. Government’s notorious markets report. Not just once but two years in a row. The Old Putlocker.com.

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Advertising Advertising Copying Branding 91

43(B)log

DECEMBER 26, 2022

for unlawfully manufacturing, importing, advertising, marketing, selling, and distributing unauthorized, counterfeit versions of its popular CAKE brand of hemp-derived Delta-8 products. Here, however, AKF didn’t allege that Mothership ever marketed, sold, or advertised the “Cake” mark. AKF sued LCF etc.

Copyright Infringement 59

Copyright Infringement Branding Brands Branding 59

43(B)log

MARCH 18, 2022

Fresh Bourbon allegedly falsely advertises that Fresh Bourbon is the “first black-owned bourbon distillery in Kentucky,” and makes other related false claims, which is allegedly false because it’s not a distillery, which requires both federal (TTB) and Kentucky (KABC) licenses. Fresh Bourbon counterclaimed for Lanham Act false advertising.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Barbie, a name synonymous with an unattainable standard of femininity and the concept of commercial feminism, was designed to captivate the toy market with all its glittery pink magnificence. ” In other words, it needs to be a colour that distinguishes and defines a certain brand, thereby revealing the brand’s identity.

Trademark 88

Trademark Branding Brands Branding 88

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

According to the Complaint, Poulsen developed a unique currant red hybrid tea rose variety branded with the trademark INGRID BERGMAN (the “Mark”) in the early 1980s. Gardens Alive’s family of brands include, among others, Weeks Roses.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2011, Plaintiff sued defendants for using the marks “Florida Virtual Academy/Program” and the associated acronyms, “FLVA/P.” While multiple witnesses testified as to Plaintiff’s significant marketing and advertising efforts, that alone is not indicative of strength. And they targeted school districts in their marketing.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Slogans are brief, memorable words that are commonly used in advertising to promote a specific company. Companies seek to protect the value of their trademarks since they can be quite valuable to the brand. Using a mark as an advertising slogan, on the other hand, does not prevent it from being registered as a trademark.

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Trademark Advertising Advertising Registration 54

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Speaking of this topic, I can’t miss Bedaquiline , the first new drug to receive approval to treat tuberculosis (TB) in over 40 years, which raised serious questions about its marketing approval without mandatory Phase III clinical trials in India and around informed consent of Indian patients. Corruption in IP Offices, Anything New?

Trademark 59

Trademark Publishing Journalism Copyright 59

43(B)log

OCTOBER 6, 2021

American Girl Brands, LLC, 2021 WL 510729, No. In a 2011 presentation, Walkowicz discussed their work on NASA’s Kepler Mission studying the constellation Lyra, including the constellation’s brightest star, called Vega.” Walkowicz v. 20-cv-374-jdp (W.D. Not to mention that “dilution” is not the same thing as false endorsement!

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Since 2011, she had provided spiritual and holistic education, training and therapy services to the public in person and online. In that regard, the use made of the sign in advertising and commercial correspondence is of particular relevance.”

Business 82

Business Social Media Registration Intellectual Property 82

DuetsBlog

JUNE 15, 2020

And, by the way, what is your all-time favorite from the annual Rapala line up that we’ve been covering for a dozen seasons now (minus 2019, given my move)? Rapala’s “More Hits Than Google” Billboard Update (Photo Included) (2009). Good Bye Google, Hello Whudjagiddumon? Rapala Taunts a Monster? Rapala: Happy Fishing on Mother’s Day (2012).

Registering Trademarks 52

Registering Trademarks Trademark Branding Brands 52

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 10, 2023

These new technologies will lead to new behavioral changes and these new activities would power new markets that no one can predict at present. The Metaverse provides vast opportunities for brands to venture into creation of new technologies. IPR in Metaverse. IPR challenges in the Metaverse phase. In another case of TATA Sons V.

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Intellectual Property Invention Trademark Government 59

The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

Given that finding and clearing a new brand purely from a legal perspective can take months, it is interesting to note that when a Defendant loses an infringement case it will almost certainly be ordered to rebrand within days, weeks at the most. The parties were back in court in January for a form of order hearing.

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Branding Brands Branding Litigation 72

43(B)log

JANUARY 2, 2024

10-CV-1662, 2011 WL 13224118 (E.D. July 22, 2011)). It was also relevant, though not dispositive, that other supplements sold under the same brand were, in fact, one per day. Bayer AG, No. 17-CV-647, 2017 WL 3168525 (N.D. July 26, 2017), vacated and remanded, 742 F. App’x 325 (9th Cir. 2018); and Howard v. Bayer Corp.,

Branding 59

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The IPKat

JUNE 11, 2022

Do a quick Google search and you will find many sites explaining the history and significance of the phrase to Apple and its branding, and how it brought a new wave of popularity and interest to a floundering Apple company as of 1997. from 14 October 2011 to 13 October 2016). Trying to follow Apple's words of wisdom.

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Advertising Advertising Reporting Branding 97

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Prosecco from Northern Italy had been in the Singapore market since about 2011. AGWI submitted evidence that more than 25 brands of Prosecco had been exported from Australia to Singapore since 2015, albeit in much smaller quantities than from Italy.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2022

It first registered a word mark ‘MATCH.COM’ in 1996 and also owns other dating-related brands including Tinder and Hinge with other marks including the word mark ‘TINDER’. Muzmatch is comparatively much smaller and was founded in 2011 by Mr Shahzad Younas and now has had around 666,069 sign-ups in the UK alone.

Branding 57

Branding Brands Branding Intellectual Property 57

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

But the facts pertaining to its market share indicate that the mark has achieved distinctiveness. states that “The brand names serve as information ‘chunks’. Given, only a familiar brand name, a host of relevant and important information can be efficiently called into consciousness.”

Trademark 59

Trademark Branding Brands Branding 59

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In an effort to connect with a younger, tech-savvy consumer base, more and more firms are deciding to debut their products and advertise them electronically through the Metaverse. Their rights will be protected thanks to the metaverse brands’ trademarks. It might be more difficult than ever in the metaverse to police brands.

Trademark 86

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Branding Brands 86

LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2022

Muzmatch is comparatively much smaller and was founded in 2011 by Mr Shahzad Younas and now has had around 666,069 sign-ups in the UK alone. An average consumer would have seen the word ‘Match’ as the dominant element in the Match.com trade marks and Match.com is often referred to as just ‘Match’ in advertisements.

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Branding Brands Branding Intellectual Property 52

IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

With the fast-growing media and entertainment sector, the era of digital advertising for product branding and selling has also stepped up. With the fast-growing media and entertainment sector, the era of digital advertisement for the products branding and selling have also stepped up.

Trademark 52

Trademark Branding Brands Branding 52

The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

P and P Imports (“P&P”) sells outdoor games under its GoSports brand, and in December 2016, it began selling its “Giant 4 in a Row Game” that was based on the classic tabletop version. It apparently conducted market research and discovered that P&P was one of the most successful sellers on Amazon in this category.

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Copying Marketing Marketing Advertising 98

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

P and P Imports (“P&P”) sells outdoor games under its GoSports brand, and in December 2016, it began selling its “Giant 4 in a Row Game” that was based on the classic tabletop version. P&P sold its game through Amazon and eBay and climbed the best seller rankings on Amazon.

Copying 52

Copying Marketing Marketing Advertising 52

IP Whiteboard

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

BGL and its subsidiaries ( BGL Group ), including Manolo Blahnik, manufacture, distribute and sell luxury shoes and accessories bearing the “MANOLO BLAHNIK” name and brand, which are sold in over 65 countries including Australia. The “MANOLO BLAHNIK” branded products have been available for sale in Australia since 1997. Trade mark.

Branding 52

Branding Brands Branding Designs 52

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Varsity Brands , 137 S.Ct. 1183 (2021), noting in part (in an obvious allusion to Warhol’s famous Campbell Soup piece ) that “’[a]n ‘artistic painting’ might, for example, fall within the scope of fair use even though it precisely replicates a copyrighted advertising logo to make a comment about consumerism.'”

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IP Intellectual Property Fair Use Trademark 52

TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

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