IPilogue

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This is an interesting example of how intellectual property law can be utilized to smother the proliferation of harmful views. The context surrounding the litigation shows that protecting business interests is not trademark law’s sole function. . However, a proceeding like that between WOTC and TSR LLC can suggest otherwise.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The trademark dispute between Olympic and Retrolympic was a bit interesting owing to the dispute about the likelihood of confusion between the competing marks. The marks are Retrolympic and IOC trademark ‘Olympic.’ The Federal Supreme Court rules that the German Olympic Protection Act provides special trademark protection for Olympia.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

C Union of India (2012). Therefore, the Court’s approach amounts to an unsubstantiated piercing of the corporate veil while not taking into account relevant principles and case laws. Existing trademark laws sufficiently address online infringement without needing a new “e-infringement” category.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

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. Google India Private Limited and others.

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If the title sounds familiar, you are part of the reason Booking.com successfully trademarked “Booking.com” while paving the way for owners of similar marks to receive trademark protection. The Decision. Justice Breyer disagreed with the majority’s decision, specifically (1) that placing “.com”

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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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SpicyIP

MAY 14, 2022

A member of the California, Federal Circuit Bar, and US Supreme Court bars, Ghosh was elected to the American Law Institute in 2012 and is currently a member of the advisory board on the Restatement of Copyright. Ragavan’s scholarship emphasizes issues intersecting international trade law with intellectual property rights.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 7, 2021

ii] This blog post will (i) introduce the problem of counterfeit sports merchandise, (ii) provide a summary of trademark policy rationales and how they have been applied in the sports apparel context, and (iii) offer a proposed solution to the problem. (i) i) Introduction to the problem of counterfeit sports merchandise. Euroquilt, Inc. ,

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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. 2017/1001 and thus can be registered as a trademark.

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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. Read on as we explore how you can conquer the likelihood of confusion in your pharmaceutical trademarks. As more and more names are registered, fewer are available for use.

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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. 2 nd 484, 489 (3 rd Cir.

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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] Image Source : Shutterstock] The Trademarks Act, 1999 (‘Act’) refers exclusively to the registrability of ‘combination of colours’. [3]

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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! on banking regulations and its observations on the use of trademark as collateral.

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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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Patently-O

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Secretary of Commerce recently appointed Derrick Brent as Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Since 2012, Brent has been working as in-house counsel or doing similar consulting work. His key role will likely be in helping Dir.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 17, 2022

Section 9(1)(a) 1 of the Indian Trademark Act, 1999 mentions lack of distinctiveness in the mark as one of the grounds for refusing registration of the mark. However, in India, there are numerous family enterprises where personal names and surnames have been registered as trademark. Personal Names As Trademark.

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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”. Trademarking of cryptocurrencies is yet another aspect that links IP to the crypto market. Like any other trademark , the cryptocurrency mark must be distinctive.

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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. Jane Coleman’s definitive online treatise Secondary Trademark Infringement has recently been updated […] The post Best of 2010: Gucci v.

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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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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. First, trademark owners need to understand the seriousness of a trademark becoming generic.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 28, 2023

ii] American media personality Paris Hilton used her now trademarked catchphrase “That’s Hot” in reality TV show The Simple Life routinely. She trademarked the term in February 2007, and since then, it has become her “signature catchphrase.” for using her trademarked phrase in their cards, thereby infringing on her rights.

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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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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

3 MCCARTHY ON TRADEMARKS AND UNFAIR COMPETITION § 19:111 (5th ed. 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. Peavey argued that "[a] mark is only abandoned when all trademark significance, including residual good will, is lost.”

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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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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

(I am unaware of any reported comparison, but I did find the latter compared to a toilet flushing and have seen the former’s trademark suffer indignities at times too ). Every sound trademark seems not only to signify something but to raise a question or two as well. Hence, the title of this piece and the discussion below.

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 22, 2025

Originally posted 2012-06-11 19:57:20. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Michael Atkins gives us the post-mortem on this case that demonstrates what could delicately be called the home field advantage. The post South Korean court affirms ridiculous STARPREYA ruling appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.

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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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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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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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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. Monaghan Trademark Owner Sues Over Alleged Twittersquatting–Coventry First, LLC v. Sims Creating Parody Social Media Accounts Doesn’t Violate Computer Fraud & Abuse Act – Matot v. 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. First, trademark owners need to understand the seriousness of a trademark becoming generic.

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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

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” context to see how various other countries have responded to such challenges as well, not only in copyright but in trademark and patent too.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

1) He made this request on grounds including trademark law and unfair competition law. The request was based on IP provisions as well as trademark and unfair competition law. The flavour of food cannot be characterised as “work” within the meaning of Law 2121/1993 or directive 2001/29.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Despite the judiciary’s efforts to address the concerns under current intellectual property laws like copyright and trademark, the absence of relevant and specific provisions for the protection of personality rights has started to pose a serious threat. National Law School of India Review , 31 (1), 125–148. Rajagopal v.

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