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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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 15, 2024

Originally posted 2011-06-07 11:23:48. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAn interesting development on the search-engine trademark infringement beat: In a weird development that looked impossible two years back, search engine giant Google Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The district court granted the motion, ruling that P&P had failed to produce evidence “of secondary meaning” because it failed to show that consumers would associate its trade dress specifically with P&P, relying on a 2011 Ninth Circuit case, Fleischer Studios, Inc. P&P appealed the summary judgment ruling to the Ninth Circuit.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 26, 2023

He was unmistakably aware of the nuances regarding colours in trademark law. Broadly speaking, trademarks are of two types: traditional and non-traditional. [1] Notwithstanding the essence of this finding, this is too narrow an interpretation of the true spirit of trademark law. 131, 132-133 (2020). [2]

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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. In light of the Metaverse, it follows naturally that the enforcement of trademark rights would change over time. 181 (2011) DLT 716. [2]

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

316 US 203] “the protection to trademark is the law’s recognition of the psychological functions of the symbols”. Mr. Jacob Jacoby in his article, “The Psychological Foundations of Trademark Law: Secondary Meaning, Generism, Fame, Confusion, Dilution.” states that “The brand names serve as information ‘chunks’.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 10, 2025

The current statute provides protection of these celebrity rights under trademark law, copyright law as well as passing off action for infringing the said rights. Celebrities usually charge a license fee for the use of their name, image or other attributes in advertising and merchandising. under the trademark laws.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Fifteen years ago, courts generally avoided categorical pronouncements about the legitimacy of competitive keyword advertising. Whatever legal ambiguity might have existed then has been decisively resolved, at least with respect to competitive keyword ads that don’t use the trademark in the ad copy. Google (4th Circuit).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

This is a competitive keyword advertising lawsuit. The plaintiff has a trademark registration for the “Nursing CE Central” mark for providing continuing education for nurses. This is fine, but it deviates from courts’ efforts over the years to come up with multi-factor variations specific to keyword advertising.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

– Once upon a time, as Prashant noted in his October 2011 post, a trademark application was filed, examined, and published within a mere 72 hours at the Chennai Trademarks Registry. Only then does Google need to take action against the advertisement and not otherwise. Corruption in IP Offices, Anything New?

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Our hard-working students and community members published more than twice as many articles than in 2020 and the most articles in a calendar year since 2011. Trademark Law. Parody in Trademarks is No Joke. Currently, under Quebec’s French-language laws, both registered and unregistered (i.e.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The court starts its trademark analysis nostalgically: “Turn back the clock to the Internet’s nascent age—1999.” Netscape and 2011 Network Automation cases modified it. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Google. * Competitive Keyword Advertising Still Isn’t Trademark Infringement, Unless….

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Finally, Apple uses its trademarks largely within its marketing strategies in such a way that they are displayed in advertisements, product packaging, and retail shops, which serves to sustain its high-tech and premium brand image. In Dharampal Satyapal Limited Vs. As held in Basant Kumar Makhija and Ors [11].

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SpicyIP

MARCH 22, 2025

filed a rectification petition under Sections 47 and 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 , seeking the removal of the respondents trademark ZEPTO (in Class 35) from the Register of Trade Marks. The fundamental purpose of a trademark, as reflected in its name, is its use in the course of trade.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

the Apex Court held that one of the inherent aspects of the right to privacy as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution is the right to prevent others from using the person’s name or likeness without his consent for advertising or non-advertising purposes. 2662/2011 Douglas v. State of T.N.,

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