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Revival of the Third-party Trademark as a Keyword Dispute

SpicyIP

We are pleased to bring you a guest post from Payal Saraogi, on a recent decision of the Delhi High Court on Google’s use of trademarks as advertisement keywords. Payal has graduated from the School of Law, Christ University in 2020, and currently practices as a disputes lawyer. Confusion caused by Google’s keyword policy.

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The NFL, the Raiders, and A Law Firm: A Tale of Two Colors

The IP Law Blog

The law firm claims it has been using a black and silver color scheme to promote its services since its inception in 2012. According to the letter, the NFL claims that Dimopoulos used hashtags, including the Raiders’ marks, and engaged in other unauthorized use of their marks.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

On November 7 th , Conde Nast sued Drake and 21 Savage for $4 million for false advertising and infringing Vogue’s trademarks. Erik Pelton® has been making trademarks bloom since 1999 ® as the founder of Erik M. Pelton & Associates ®, a boutique trademark law firm in Falls Church, Virginia. 2012: [link].

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Olympic and Retrolympic: Trademark Protection

IP and Legal Filings

This case comes in when the Retrolympics applied for the word and the figurative mark Retroolympic at the German Patent and Trademark Office in 2012 (for Nice classes 28 (games and sporting goods); 35 (advertising) and 41 (sporting and cultural activities).

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THE CONSUMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT: BOOKING-DOT-WHAT, BOOKING-DOT-TRADEMARKED

JIPL Online

com” at after a generic word, “Booking,” still makes “Booking.com” generic within traditional trademark law [xiv] and (2) the fact consumer identify “Booking.com” doesn’t change the fact that it is still generic and thus ineligible for trademark registration. [xv] 1013, 1015-1016 (2012). xxix] Robert C. Bird & Joel H.

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Can Slogan Be Registered As A Trademark? – EU Perspective

IP and Legal Filings

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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Precedential No. 31: De Minimis Sales of Amplifiers Over Six-Year Period Leads to Cancellation of "CS" Registration for Abandonment

The TTABlog

In the 2012-2015 period, Respondent’s domestic sales, measured in dollar amounts, were in the five-to-six figure range annually. "The term 'use in commerce' means the bona fide use of a mark in the ordinary course of trade, and not made merely to reserve a right in a mark." Lanham Act, Section 45.