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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Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens All Rights Reserved False Advertising 130

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. com” does not make “booking” non-generic for trademark registration when it becomes “Booking.com.” The Decision.

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Trademark Registration Trademark Law Advertising 98

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

In that case, Google was using the plaintiff’s (Bharatmatrimony) trademark for advertising the websites of other matrimonial sites. Since domain names have a worldwide outreach, its registration is done by an international organization called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN/UDRP System.

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Registration Trademark Cinema Business 52

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Can “honest concurrent use” be used as a defense against a trademark infringement claim? Lokesh, highlighting its history, argues that honest concurrent use is a principle of trademark law and is not limited to a provision. Delhi High Court directs Registry to advertise KFC’s ‘Chicken Zinger’ trademark.

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Designs Design Trademark Cease and Desist 52

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. Lanham Act, Section 45.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. Defendants' 2013 documentary Both parties’ works are “docu-fiction” set in Baltimore. Defendants' 2013 documentary Both parties’ works are “docu-fiction” set in Baltimore.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Durga Trading Corporation was clarified in this case. In Dhiraj Dewani v.

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