Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Originally posted 2012-03-30 14:37:51. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Second Circuit, just yesterday (March 29, 2012) has issued an opinion called Louis Vuitton v. 08-4483-cv(L)) sure to bring joy to the hearts of trademark counterfeiting enforcers everywhere. Ly USA, Inc. (08-4483-cv(L))

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Pelton & Associates ®, a boutique trademark law firm in Falls Church, Virginia. trademarks for clients and has represented hundreds of parties in trademark disputes. Past issues of Top Trademark Trends: 2020: [link]. 2012: [link]. The firm has registered more than 3,500 U.S. 2019: [link].

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

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. trademarks for clients and has represented hundreds of parties in trademark disputes. Past issues of Top Trademark Trends: 2021: [link].

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JIPL Online

APRIL 7, 2021

million,” showing that despite government agency efforts, the prevalence of counterfeit merchandise that infringes on sports team trademarks remains a constant problem. ii) Policy rationales behind trademark law and their application in the sprots apparel context. In Scandia Down Corp. Euroquilt, Inc. ,

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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). [Image Source: Getty Images]. Facts of the case.

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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!

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Pelton & Associates ®, a boutique trademark law firm in Falls Church, Virginia. trademarks for clients and has represented hundreds of parties in trademark disputes. Past issues of Top Trademark Trends: 2019: [link]. 2012: [link]. The firm has registered more than 3,000 U.S. 2018: [link]. 2017: [link].

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Patently-O

AUGUST 17, 2022

After law school, Brent worked both for Vorys Sater and then the USDOJ before being recruited as Senior Counsel by Sen Boxer where he spent lots of time on the America Invents Act. Since 2012, Brent has been working as in-house counsel or doing similar consulting work.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Naman Keswani on the concept of naked licensing within trademarks law. Naman is a fourth-year student at the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur who has a keen interest in Intellectual Property Law, especially Trademark Law.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

A dispute has emerged between the NFL, the Las Vegas Raiders, and the Dimopoulos Law Firm over the NFL and the Raiders threatening to sue the firm for trademark infringement. The law firm claims it has been using a black and silver color scheme to promote its services since its inception in 2012.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 17, 2023

Originally posted 2012-06-26 21:23:42. Get the story here. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The post March Madness appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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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. Anubaker CS (COMM) No.890/2018

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 31, 2024

Originally posted 2012-12-27 06:00:01. Jane Coleman’s definitive online treatise Secondary Trademark Infringement has recently been updated […] The post Best of 2010: Gucci v. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted July 12, 2010. Frontline Processing Corp., 2010 WL 2541367 (S.D.N.Y.),

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

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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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 12, 2021

scores trademark coup with Beatles’ label logos Originally posted 2012-03-18 14:49:21. Nice little bit of journalism here: Apple Inc. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post Getting to the core of the Apple / Beatles TM settlement appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

While doing so, the Court disregarded many of the foreign judgements cited by Google which held invisible use of trademarks as failing to constitute infringement; and highlighted the stark differences in trademark law in each jurisdiction, especially when compared to India. 194 (2012) DLT 23; Amway India Enterprises Pvt.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The] evidence indicates that there was bona fide domestic use of the CS mark on amplifiers in the ordinary course of trade from 2012 through 2015. In the 2012-2015 period, Respondent’s domestic sales, measured in dollar amounts, were in the five-to-six figure range annually. Lanham Act, Section 45.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 10, 2022

431, 446 (2012); see also Shammas v. McCarthy , the leading treatise on trademark law explains that “[t]he concepts of ‘generic name’ and ‘trademark’ are mutually exclusive. If they do, the district court “must make de novo factual findings that take account of both the new evidence and the administrative record.”

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Generic terms are incapable of functioning as registrable trademarks denoting source, and are not registrable on the Supplemental Register or on the Principal Register after having acquired secondary meaning. This protected designation was superseded by adoption of the Protected Designation of Origin (“PDO”) for GRUYÈRE in 2001.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Moreover, in 2012, the USPTO received several patent applications that contained the terms “cryptocurrency” and “blockchain”. However, the UK and Spain Patents and Trademark office granted trademark protection to the ‘Bitcoin’ mark and its logo (Registration number: M4046141).

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

billion fine issued by the European Commission and considering the lack of a consolidated competition law in the UAE, businesses here may have been excused for being tempted to focus only on their competitive activities related to operations in Europe. However, with the publication on 23 October 2012 of UAE Federal Law No.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The book, a follow on edition from the 2012 1st edition of Overlapping IP Rights is once again a masterclass in thinking through the oft under discussed spheres of overlaps in IP, this time with additional subject areas and updated developments. Their focus of jurisdiction is EU, German law, and US law.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Catchphrases in Copyright and Trademark Law Copyright law guarantees artists the protection of their creative work while allowing others to expand upon it through its legislations. iv] 2012(51)PTC 251(Del). [v] iii] §13, The Coyright Act, 1957. [iv] v] 2007 (34) PTC 164 (Karnataka).

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 17, 2022

More pain, very little gain — besides for lawyers’ college funds — in the roiling world of trademark fair use. Originally posted 2012-09-10 06:00:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post Unfair use appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Name saturation is an existential challenge for every industry that harnesses trademark law to protect its brand. A study published in 2018 found that overall incidents of drug name confusion of all types had decreased when comparing two periods, 2000-2004 and 2012-2016 1.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. Kravitz An Update on PhoneDog v.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game. Relevant here are Arun C. That’s all from my end. (By

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Generic terms are incapable of functioning as registrable trademarks denoting source, and are not registrable on the Supplemental Register or on the Principal Register after having acquired secondary meaning. The European Union recognized the PDO in 2011 in an agreement between the European Union and Switzerland in 2011.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Companies seek to protect the value of their trademarks since they can be quite valuable to the brand. Under trademark law, however, phrases are frequently deemed not to disclose the commercial origin of products or services, which is a trademark’s primary role.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 30, 2023

There were no witnesses produced by the defendant even after filing its evidence by way of an affidavit, which was recorded by the Joint Registrar in 2012, and thereafter the defendant had stayed away from the proceedings. patent law disputes where the court has calculated notional damages on the basis of publicly available information.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

1) He made this request on grounds including trademark law and unfair competition law. The Civil Code applies: where article 65 leaves gaps; and where it would not be incompatible with the legislative spirit of Law 2121/1993. (5) 7) CJEU, C-406/2010, ECLI:EU:C:2012:259, paragraph 33. 5) Supreme Court 484/2020. (6)

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 17, 2022

In this article, I have analyzed how personal names be granted protection under the trademark law. 893/2002 Delhi High Court Decided on 29.04.2010 Tata Sons Limited & Anr vs Aniket Singh CS/OS 681/2012 Delhi High Court Decided on 17.11.2015 Goenka Institute Of Education & Research vs Anjani Kumar Goenka FAO (OS) No.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Canada— Since the 2012 Federal Court decision in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer v Attorney General Of Canada ( T-1650-10), sound marks have been registrable in Canada, as noted here ; and. As with any other kind of trade mark, a sound must first meet the basic requirements for registrability set out in the Act.’

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Second , it has been argued that the court merely espoused the settled principles of trademark law that ‘common’ names and phrases cannot be monopolized. 66 (2012), and Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad Genetics, Inc.,

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

However, it may be more appropriate to consider trademark law as a comparable framework for comprehending the extent of the personality right. Author: Tanushree Behera, A Student at Symbiosis Law School, Pune, in case of any queries please contact/write back to us at support@ipandlegalfilings.com or IP & Legal Filing.

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SpicyIP

JULY 17, 2024

Aditya Gupta is a lawyer by training and is presently working on issues that fall at the intersection of IP law, freedom of expression, and business strategy. His primary focus is on trademark law and the intersection of finance and social networks. Vijay V Venkitesh is a data scientist and Research Associate at IIMA.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

Through various case laws, the scope of publicity rights has been expanded by the Indian judiciary. The Trade Marks Act, 1999 governs trademark law in India and provides for the registration, protection, and enforcement of trademarks. Under this Act, Sec. For instance, in Titan Industries Ltd.

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