SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

For instance, in 2012 Kodak used its facial recognition patent, among its other IPs, as collateral when it was facing bankruptcy. The whole patent portfolio of the company, at the time of their auction, was reported at a whopping 2 billion USD in 2012! Thus, registration of copyright is completely discretionary and not compulsory.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 26, 2023

2] However, the quintessential reason for such distinction is due to a slightly elevated standard for the registration of non-traditional marks. Image Source : Shutterstock] The Trademarks Act, 1999 (‘Act’) refers exclusively to the registrability of ‘combination of colours’. [3] In this also falls the case of colour marks.

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The TTABlog

JULY 6, 2021

Belmora ) had the TTAB tackled this issue, and here it reached the same outcome: cancellation of two registrations on the ground that Registrant Meenaxi used its registered marks THUMS UP and LIMCA to misrepresent the source of its soft drink products. Marcon , 102 USPQ2d 1434, 1442 (TTAB 2012). Meenaxi Enterprise, Inc.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Article 4(1) Brussels I Regulation ( Regulation 1215/2012 ) states that " persons domiciled in a Member State shall, whatever their nationality, be sued in the courts of that Member State ". 4) in proceedings concerned with the registration or validity of patents [.]

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The main contentions in the case were two pronged: whether private copyright societies like IPRS fall under RTI’s purview and can inquiry commission reports like the Dangey Commission Report on IPRS’s re-registration be disclosed under the RTI Act. The CIC ruled against Mukherjee (the applicant) on both fronts.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 20, 2024

EU Protections for Agricultural Products, Wines, and Spirits The book has separate chapters that correspond to each of the EU Regulations on GIs for agricultural products and foodstuffs ( Regulation (EU) 1151/2012 ), wines ( Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 ) and spirits ( Regulation (EU) 2019/787 ).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2024

As IPKat readers have previously seen in the dispute about the registration of Prosecco as a GI in Singapore , conflicts between plant variety names and geographical indications can be difficult to resolve. The Law and Findings The decision was made under the previous Agri-GI Regulation ( 1151/2012 ).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2021

The empirical analysis presented in Chapter 4 discusses the evolution of the EU GI regime after Regulation 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs. Zappalaglio's empirical research confirms that the PGI system has become the preferred quality scheme in the EU, as it has a less arduous registration procedure.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 14, 2022

It was bound to happen sooner or later—and in fact it happened back in 2012. Someone sued to have “Google” declared generic and the registration of the trademark(s) “GOOGLE” canceled. The post Verb That Adjective Noun! Google” Is Not (Yet) Generic. appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Read on to learn about: The difference between patents and industrial designs Recent industrial designs registration trends How you can swiftly search for industrial designs with Corsearch What are industrial designs? These and other questions are relevant in assessing registrability potential for patents. respectively.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 30, 2022

Regaining the title of the richest country in the world in 2012 Qatar’s per capita GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) was $106,000 (QR387,000) in 2012, helping the country retain its ranking as the world’s wealthiest nation, where it overtakes Luxembourg in 2010. Trademark in Qatar. Filing Requirements. Copy of the mark.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 30, 2021

In 2011 and 2012, Booking.com applied to register “Booking.com” as a trademark associated with hotel reservation services with the U.S. The USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Boards both denied the registration, underscoring that consumers will perceive “Booking.com” as overly generic. Booking.com B.V.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 31, 2021

An expungement proceeding allows for cancellation, in whole or in part, of a trademark registration between three and ten years old if the mark has never been used in commerce with some or all of the registered goods and/or services. 2012: [link]. For the latest developments o­n trademark scammers, check, Is This a Trademark Scam?®.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

They sought to amend the plaint under Order VI Rule 17 of CPC to incorporate subsequent events, including three new trademark registrations, updated sales turnover, and an interim order from related proceedings. An agreement was signed between the composer and the plaintiff in 1980, vesting all copyright over the song to Saregama.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In 2012, Reebok, following public criticism of its marketing campaign in Germany, abandoned its slogan : “Cheat on your girlfriend, not on your workout.”. The exclusivity of use granted to a mark-owner under the Act makes registration essential to a successful rebrand. Trademarks may be registered under the Act in Canada. Conclusion.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2022

Apart from this, I will separately send out a drafting template for specification, and a complete patent prosecution file to the registrants on their email address. At the time in 2012, the course was free and many people had registered for the course, but ultimately only a few people submitted assignments etc.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 26, 2023

Copyright Office data provide a glimpse into the historical rates of registration, which is itself a window into how often women creators seek intellectual property law protections. A later study found that the numbers of women authors in registration records continued to increase, showing that women represented 38.5%

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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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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Cambodia’s Kampot Pepper (PGI “ Poivre de Kampot ”) became the first foreign GI to be registered directly with the EU, though its registration was managed through an EU technical assistance project. Image credit: Nikolay Olkhovoy , Wikimedia Commons, under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 No modifications were made.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 19, 2024

In a "somewhat unusual" Section 2(d) cancellation proceeding targeting a Supplemental Register registration and involving "dueling claims of acquired distinctiveness," the Board granted a petition for cancellation of Fieldvine's Inc's registration for the mark PERMITS.COM for construction permit services.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark CS for "amplifiers," finding that Petitioner Adamson Systems proved by a preponderance of the evidence that Respondent Peavey Electronics had discontinued use of the CS mark on amplifiers, with intent not to resume use.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

trademark and patent registrations will not protect rights holders’ IP in the Philippines. Granting patents registrations is generally based on a first-to-file (or first-to-invent, depending on the country) basis. A certificate of registration may be defeated by evidence of prior use of the mark by another person.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

Moreover, the GI registration of Basmati has been a big issue in itself for which the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was empowered to register it. India signed these treaties in 2018 , but the Copyright Amendment 2012 had already made several changes in the Act to make it treaty compliant.

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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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The IPKat

MARCH 8, 2023

In such a situation, the owner may not invalidate the later mark or take action against its use in respect of the goods or services for which the later trade mark has been used, unless registration of the later mark was applied for in bad faith (Art. 9(1),(3) of Directive (EU) 2015/2436 (‘EUTMD’)). The plaintiff did not respond.

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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 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. The PGI symbol is depicted below.

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Olartemoure Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

On May 30, 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) shared the Madrid Yearly Review 2024, an annual report presenting statistics and analysis on international applications , registrations, renewals, and designations, with this edition focusing on subsequent designations made under the Madrid System.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The company had been using the name for several years in the payday loan business, and in 2012 expanded into pawn shops and then filed for registration for that usage in 2013. The USPTO then granted the registrations associated with the new uses.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

For some context: After the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, it was understood that the right to collect royalties can only be assigned to a Copyright Society, under Section 34 (1)(a) (for instance see here ). Presently, the application for re-registration is pending before the government for consideration.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 24, 2023

The Plaintiff is in the process of constructing the “Burj Noida” tower and owns several copyright registrations for BURJNOIDA, including for the shape of the planned building, as well as a trademark registration for. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Tirupati Balaji Developers v.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2024

S2CPI launched in 2012 under the Spanish government’s Ministry of Culture and Sports and has the authority to instruct the country’s internet service providers to block subscriber access to confirmed pirate sites and services. Amendments to Spain’s Copyright Act (Law No.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

The same was true regarding the address listed on the 2012 syndication agreement between Pugliese and August. The Court spent more time analysing the admissibility of the Copyright Certificate of Registration as evidence of Pugliese’s citizenship. This was not admissible proof of a US citizenship.

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The IPKat

JUNE 5, 2023

Turning to likelihood of confusion, the court noted that the only difference was the brand on the box (Bliki and Tic Tac) and that it was irrelevant in this case, as Ferrero was enforcing its exclusive rights on the box shape rather than on the Tic Tac trade mark (which was not included in the 3D trade mark registrations).

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Annemarie Bridy, Coding Creativity: Copyright and the Artificially Intelligent Author , 2012 Stan. 5, 12 (2012). 2012); Paul Goldstein , Derivative Rights and Derivative Works in Copyright , 30 J. Professor Bridy, for example, has argued along those lines “all cultural production is inherently derivative.” 70, 74 (1984).

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Patently-O

JUNE 29, 2022

In 2012, the Meenaxi registered the two word marks with the USPTO (THUMS UP & LIMCA). Coca-Cola stepped-in in 2016 seeking to cancel Meenaxi’s mark registrations. by the registration of a mark on the principal register[:].” In 2008 Meenaxi began filling the US demand with its own version version of the drinks.

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Kashishipr

MAY 11, 2022

However, the complications and issues arise in the cases falling outside the ambit of conventional or traditional trademarks, where the registration of which becomes arduous to be given an exclusive status. Law on Color Trademarks in India. Colgate Palmolive Company vs. Anchor Health & Beauty Care Pvt. Final Thoughts.

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