The IP Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

Unicolors is the owner of copyrights in various fabric designs, including a 2011 copyright registration that consisted of 31 separate designs. On appeal, the Ninth Circuit disagreed with the district court and ruled that because Unicolors had made a mistake of law in connection with the registration (i.e.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 30, 2022

The Respondent secured federal trademark registration for “Get Lucky” in 1986, and the Petitioner commenced offering garments employing the registered trademark “Lucky Brand” and term “Lucky” a few years later, in 1990. However, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 22, 2024

Bertini petitioned to cancel a registration for the mark APPLE for a host of entertainment and other services in class 41, claiming that Apple Inc. Bertini contended that the nonuse occurred "during a period of at least three years and six months after the date of the SOU, namely during November 11, 2011 - May 31, 2015." Welch 2024.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The case concerned the registration of 'Prosecco' as a GI in Singapore. This Kat was interested to see a court finally address this argument Singapore has offered protection for GIs since 1999, but it only adopted a registration-based system in the last decade with the Geographical Indications Act 2014 ('GIA').

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has secured trademark registration for the brand name “Khadi” in three more countries which were Mexico, United Arab Emirates, and Bhutan. The trademark registration in Mexico was granted in December 2020, while the registration in UAE was granted on June 28 and latest in Bhutan on July 9.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 11, 2023

2] This new set of marks is often referred to as non-traditional trademarks , and the qualification for their registration, as opposed to a traditional mark, is substantially higher. [3] I do this by demonstrating the statutory criteria for trademark registration and then applying the set criteria to check the registrability of braille.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And the number of active trademark registrations in the USPTO database is larger than ever. Additionally, since late December 2021, when new procedures went into effect, the USPTO has received around 100 expungement petitions and about 100 re-examination petitions to get rid of registrations for marks that are allegedly not in use.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The number of applications filed, and registrations granted in FY2020 both grew over the prior year, to the highest in history. trademark registrations! When Congress passed the CARES Act in late March, it featured provisions allowing the USPTO to extend some deadlines for applicants and registrants for a few months.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 2, 2022

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a statutory body established on 5 th August, 2011, under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 regulated under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. This is the 14 digit registration or license number that is printed on all food packages.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

First, Apple ensures early registration of its trademarks, such that it obtains protections across categories like its iconic logo and product names such as “iPhone” and “iPad.” Section 28 of the said act deals with the registration while section 29 deals with infringement and remedies.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Requirements for Registration of a Position Trademark. The position trademark should be capable of being represented graphically, and hence, a detailed and clear description of the position of the mark on a particular product becomes essential for the application of Trademark Registration. It was recognized as a position mark.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 16, 2023

On July 5, the Delhi High Court dismissed an appeal by PepsiCo India Holdings against an order passed by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority in 2021, thereby effectively revoking Pepsico’s registration of the FL 2027 potato variety. a group company of Pepsi Inc.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

SAS Optimhome , 99 USPQ2d 1959 (1960) (TTAB 2011). 11 (TTAB 2017) (granting motion to strike evidence and denying construed cross-motion to amend likelihood of confusion claim to assert common law rights in a mark for “rum cakes, chocolates and bar services” as beyond the scope of IB notification where pleaded registration only for “rum”).

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 24, 2023

Introduction The Plaintiff is engaged in the construction business and is the proprietor of trademark BURJNOIDA in class 37 (for building and construction services) as of February 2, 2011, which it claims to have been using since December 24, 2010.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 26, 2023

i] Cases and registrations indicate that registrability or successful enforcement of rights can happen only if such marks have acquired distinctiveness through use or where numerals are used as a fanciful device or when the numeral is used in a descriptive sense and not as a trademark.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Supreme Court held today that lack of knowledge of either fact or law can excuse inaccuracies in a copyright registration under Section 411(b)’s safe harbor provision of the Copyright Act. In an opinion by Justice Breyer, the Supreme Court held that mistakes of fact and law can excuse inaccuracies in a copyright registration.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

[Image Sources : Shutterstock] Icann Rules According to the ICANN rules, the domain name registrant is required to comply with all the standards, requirements, procedures and practices when entering into a Domain Name Registration Agreement with the Domain Name Registrar. 1, 211-250, (2011). Bucci, 1997 WL 133313 (S.D.N.Y.1997).

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

The Department of Industry, which is the quasi-judicial authority responsible for filing, registration and other procedural aspects, has given a decision against McDonald’s. It was back in January 2011 when Future Enterprises had officially filed ‘Mac Coffee and Eagle device’ trademark before DOI. Facts of the case.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In 2011 the file-hosting service was added to Hollywood’s list of notorious pirate sites and subsequently featured in the U.S. Instead, they end up at auction after the original registrants forgets or chooses not to renew them. Putlocker.com. A few days ago we saw one of these classic piracy names go up for auction at Namejet.

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SpicyIP

MAY 8, 2022

Eashan has been practicing as an intellectual property advocate and consultant in New Delhi since 2011, and teaches a seminar on intellectual property law at National Law University, Delhi. We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Eashan Ghosh on the treatment of prosecution history in trade mark infringement proceedings.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In 2000, Nestlé filed an application with the Swiss Trademark Office for registration of a 3D trade mark in class 30 for coffee, coffee extracts and coffee preparations. In 2011, Nestlé secured a preliminary injunction in Switzerland, based on its registered 3D mark, against Ethical Coffee Company's capsules.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A straightforward pink sans-serif typeface was used for the 1959 original trademark registration. More than 1,000 Barbie trademark registrations are held by Mattel worldwide, covering a wide range of products and services in addition to its primary toy line.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 27, 2021

With its IPR petitions, Twitter submitted pages of Bradford that indicated a copyright date of 2011 ( i.e. , stated, “Copyright © 2011 by Anselm Bradford and Paul Haine”), but that also identified a publication date of December 13, 2015 ( i.e. , by stating, “Made in the USA Middletown, DE 13 December 2015”).

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The IPKat

MARCH 17, 2024

VCC also failed to have the NEW CERTAN trade mark registration cancelled. Kreglinger's first vintage of the wine promoted and sold as "New Certan" was the 2011 vintage, released in 2013. The registration of that trade mark was unopposed.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Those machines have been imported into the UK for distribution and sale since June 2013, and marketed using the acronym ICE and the following logo: Both the Claimant and the First Defendant have trade mark registrations in the United Kingdom.

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The IPKat

JUNE 11, 2022

However, upon further examination, it appears that the outcome was to be expected, given that revocation proceedings were based on a lack of genuine use of the mark between 2011 and 2016. from 14 October 2011 to 13 October 2016). Trying to follow Apple's words of wisdom.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 28, 2023

Citizens, a credit union based in Peoria, Illinois, obtained a federal trademark registration in May 2011 2011 for the mark CEFCU. In January 2011, SDCCU filed a trademark application for the tagline IT’S NOT BIG BANKING, IT’S BETTER and obtained a federal registration for the mark in April 2014.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Background In 2011, Austrian applicant Gabriele Schmid successfully applied for a figurative mark, which displays the official EU symbol for protected geographical indications (‘the PGI symbol’) within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 1151/2012. Symbols that are of particular public interest do not enjoy absolute protection.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Before Georgia enacted a constitutional amendment in 2011 to allow the enforcement of reasonable restrictive covenants, Georgia was a popular venue for companies and individuals to avoid non-competes and non-solicits. Georgia: A One-Stop State to Void Restrictive Covenants.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 12, 2024

In this opposition to registration of the mark MOUNTAIN GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE for educational services and various clothing items, Applicant Virginia Community College Systems moved for summary judgment, asserting that the Board lacked subject matter jurisdiction due to state sovereign immunity. SA , 100 USPQ2d 1584, 1591 (TTAB 2011).

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IPilogue

AUGUST 2, 2021

European trademark law requires genuine use of a trademark to maintain registration. Lack of use may cancel a trademark’s registration; as well, any oppositions based on a trademark without genuine use may not withstand a non-usage defense. . Tugce Kucukali is an IPilogue Writer and incoming LL.M. Hasbro v EUIPO.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

On 2 February 2011, the company Heuver Banden Groothandel BV (the company) applied for registration of the Benelux word trade mark “ATHLETE” for Class 12. The Benelux priority was then claimed in the international registration before the WIPO, with extension of protection to the European Union. 207/2009. The applicant appealed.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

on 23.02.2023 (Delhi High Court) The plaintiff who was engaged in the business of pipes, plumbing and the likes had obtained various registrations in respect of the ‘CPVC PRO’ and ‘CPVC PRO’ formative trademarks prior to launching Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC) piping systems in India. Case: Astral Ltd. Ashirvad Pipes Pvt.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Importance of Registration of Trademarks in the Metaverse Businesses may now reach a larger audience, increase their digital footprint, and increase profits by utilising the Metaverse. The trademark registration safeguards the owner’s rights and establishes the business’s legal standing. 181 (2011) DLT 716. [2]

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 3, 2022

Unicolors is the owner of copyrights in various fabric designs, including a 2011 copyright registration that consisted of 31 separate designs. On appeal, the Ninth Circuit disagreed with the district court and ruled that because Unicolors had made a mistake of law in connection with the registration (i.e.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Petitioner Jason Green tripped over that particular hurdle in this proceeding seeking cancellation of a registration for the mark OMNI BIOTIC for food supplements. commerce in connection with the goods identified in the registration under attack in this proceeding." It's proving an intent to deceive the USPTO.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2022

Each of these issues, in turn, can make or break the validity of design registrations as well as determine the fate of design infringement actions. Eashan writes about Indian intellectual property law on his Medium page. He has written several guest posts for us in the past as well, searchable here.

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