IP and Legal Filings

JULY 9, 2024

A large fields of things that can be registered as a trademark Traditional and Non Traditional Trademarks JM et al,2013 Trademarks can actually be anything from words, symbols, pictures but this has in recent years expanded to the non-traditional trademarks. These sound marks are normally found in the commercial and identity marketing.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 14, 2025

The eatery owners argued that they had been using the name Burger King since 1992, which was over two decades before Burger King US entered the Indian market in 2014. While its first registration for the brand name in India (1979) was under Class 16 [Paper & Paper Products] , the trademark was registered w.r.t.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

He posted about the app on social media but didn’t encourage others to do so; he didn’t have a written business or marketing plan before launch, and he did not create investor presentations, solicit investors, or raise capital. Peloton’s core brand is Peloton. He paid for one press release, sometime after the app’s “soft launch.”

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Brands have recently begun to co-opt this form of communication in an attempt to capitalize on the prevalence and effectiveness of memes. [ii] x] In fact, on the contrary, memes can operate as a source of marketing and a way to garner interest in creative works in a funny, generationally relevant way. 29, 2013), [link]. [ii]

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The IPKat

MARCH 17, 2024

Importantly for this case, VCC produces two types of expensive French red wine involving various up-market grape types. Kreglinger's first vintage of the wine promoted and sold as "New Certan" was the 2011 vintage, released in 2013. For the earliest vintages, the label depicted the de Moor family home on their vineyard in Tasmania.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In pirate streaming, in part due to the way sites tend to copy each other’s branding, obvious long-standing players are less easy to identify. However, one platform that has stood the test of time is PrimeWire, which in one form or another has been around for perhaps eight years – even longer if its previous branding 1channel.ch

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 15, 2022

When Christie’s Auction House first entered the secondary art market of mainland China in 2005, it licensed its brand to a local auction house and received a total of RMB 97,000,000 (roughly $12,100,000) for its inaugural sale. [1] A relaxed regulatory environment helps explain the enormous growth of the Chinese art market.

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IIPRD

JUNE 29, 2022

Louis Vuitton Malletier is a French fashion house and one of the most recognisable luxury goods brands in the world. It was awarded the world’s most valuable luxury brand for six consecutive years (2006-2012), topping even Chanel, Gucci, and Dior. After 12 decades, it has become one of the most identifiable marks on the planet!

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 20, 2021

It has marketed its software under the name “SmartSync” since 2004 and obtained a trademark for SmartSync in 2007. It sells its software primarily to the United States Navy but, in 2013, sold its software to at least one major pharmacy chain.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As a registered company it was generating annual sales of around $7 million by 2013 and paid taxes to the state. Nezar Saeed Hammo allegedly acted as Alfa’s marketing manager while Mohammed Abu Oun was identified as the company’s general manager. In 2008, that was an unusual achievement. DISH alleged that the men and Alfa TV Inc.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It had to be decided how the marks would be perceived by the average consumer, in the relevant market, who is reasonably well-informed and observant, taking account of the type of goods and how they are marketed. The degree of similarity of the goods should be considered in relation to the degree of similarity of the marks.

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DuetsBlog

JULY 10, 2020

Despite majority owner Daniel Snyder’s 2013 promise to “NEVER “ change it , the Washington R*dskins NFL franchise team name is about to become history. With that awful history and dogged grip on the indefensible name , the arrival of NEVER and the end of Forever for the the R-Word brand name is long overdue.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 9, 2021

Hammond, Indiana – Monster Energy Company (“Monster”), the Plaintiff, claims to be a nationwide leader in marketing and selling ready-to-drink beverages. Apparently, Monster launched its MONSTER ENERGY® drink brand including its ® mark (the “Claw Icon”) in 2002. Since 2002, Monster asserts it has spent over $8.5

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IPilogue

AUGUST 3, 2021

Though mass-marketed in a $2 million promotional campaign , Earthbound failed replicate its Japanese success in North America. Nintendo owns the game’s brand and composed its music, but licensed the first two Earthbound series soundtracks to Sony for album releases in Japan in 1989 and 1994. History of Earthbound.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

It didn’t take long for the accusations of patent “trolling” to come out, but King Digital released a statement that they were merely trying to protect their brand name for the upcoming future. which we applied for in February 2013 before we acquired the early rights to Candy Crusher. This does not affect our E.U.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. They’re successful brands: approximately $300,000,000 annually in sales of Zenú products and $100,000,000 in sales of Ranchera products. Prior import plans in 2010-11 were paused. So, did Industria satisfy Lexmark ?

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 26, 2022

for unlawfully manufacturing, importing, advertising, marketing, selling, and distributing unauthorized, counterfeit versions of its popular CAKE brand of hemp-derived Delta-8 products. Here, however, AKF didn’t allege that Mothership ever marketed, sold, or advertised the “Cake” mark. AKF sued LCF etc. 3d 1068 (9th Cir.

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43(B)log

APRIL 26, 2022

1 Joint & Muscle Spray and Cream Topical Pain Relief Brand” on: (1) its Australian website; (2) social media; and (3) Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”) athletes’ clothing in matches televised in the United States. Around 2013, MaxRelief also made “Australia’s # 1” claims through its website, Twitter, and YouTube accounts.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 17, 2023

Fort Wayne, Indiana –The Plaintiff, Roller Ready, LLC , filed suit against Defendants, LA Systems, LLC d/b/a Monkey Rung and Paul Kiley for engaging in false marketing practices, violating the Indiana Deceptive Trade Practices Act, engaging in unfair competition under Indiana common law, and infringing on Roller Ready’s trademark.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the vast world of intellectual property protections and expanding consumerism, which increases competition for market share, companies are constantly seeking ways to distinguish themselves and their products, and industrial designs provide an important option to do so. There were contractions in 2013 and 2014 of -6.5% respectively.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 6, 2022

This, I remarked, granted an effective monopoly in the word EAGLE (being the only shared element of the two brand names) notwithstanding the judge’s recognition that Sazerac was not entitled to such a monopoly. The claimant was owner of VAGISIL, a long-established product on the UK market since 1984.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

201 (Spring 2013). Steps Brand Owners Can Take to Deal With Brandjacking on Social Networks. Tito & Tita appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Mitchell, Keep Your Friends Close: A Framework for Addressing Rights to Social Media Contacts, 67 VAND. 1459 (2014); Zoe Argento, Whose Social Network Account?

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The BoA discussed the items of evidence filed by 44IP: Statistical data of people watching Formula 1 in 2013 did not include data from Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In 2014, Lewis Hamilton was ranked ‘the most marketable athlete’. This exception does not apply in opposition proceedings (case T-863/19 , paras.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

To create global consumer interference along with the profit from it, is now the primary objective of majority of the markets. Companies Act, 2013. Merger & Acquisition has been mentioned from Section 230 to 234 of Chapter XV of the Companies Act, 2013. Gaining access to new markets. Securities Laws. Case Study.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

There was evidence before the Court that VNG had the ability to geo-block users as early as 2013 (if not earlier) but chose not to. VNG had represented that it had used its brand name in commerce in the U.S. market” by VNG. The Ninth Circuit relied on a case from the First Circuit that found “if a defendant tries to limit U.S.

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The IPKat

JUNE 11, 2022

Do a quick Google search and you will find many sites explaining the history and significance of the phrase to Apple and its branding, and how it brought a new wave of popularity and interest to a floundering Apple company as of 1997. from 14 October 2011 to 13 October 2016).

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A bit of factual background before we move ahead to the legal analysis: Allied Blenders, a liquor manufacturer, has held a registered trademark for ‘OFFICER’S CHOICE PRESTIGE WHISKY’ label since 2013. The court’s analysis here worked on the same logic and highlighted the potential confusion it may cause in the market.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The defendant had been using since 2013 with registrations from June 2015. The long history of the parties’ joint presence on the UK market clearly added a degree of complexity to the judgment, which contains a detailed review of each side’s business over the years.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The touchstone is whether ordinary consumers in the relevant market are likely to be confused about the source of the goods. 2013) (“[The accused infringer] has in fact scrupulously avoided such confusion by choosing a starkly different logo that it prominently displays on its [products] and on all its sales and marketing literature.”).

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 18, 2024

At the core, plaintiff alleged that defendant MGDH’s use of phrasing and imagery suggesting that Meadow Gold brand products are sourced in Hawai’i was misleading and deceptive because Meadow Gold products contain milk and other products, such as whipping cream, imported from the continental United States. Hawai’I Jun. the origin. 2d 496 (W.D.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Although the evidence did not show that applicant "took concrete steps to launch all the goods and services in its application," it did show applicant's "capacity to market" them. The Board observed that "[e]vidence that a party has the capacity to market or manufacture a product can rebut a lack of bona fide intent to use claim.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

He had been selling “METAL” branded clothing since the early 1990s, primarily through hard rock music magazines. He gradually expanded his offerings to a variety of markets, including motorcyclists, skaters, lumberjacks and “headbangers.”. He apparently drew and began using the stylized “METAL” mark sometime around 1997.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Introduction Intellectual property is anything created by the human mind, including ideas, innovations, industrial models, trademarks, songs, symbols, names, brands, etc. IPR protection permits the inventor, brand owner, patent holder, and copyright holder to benefit from his/her effort, and investment.

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The IPKat

APRIL 22, 2023

On 22 March 2023, the Danish Supreme Court ruled in the well-known (at least in Denmark) case concerning a hanging flowerpot, a vase and a jar created in 2013/2014 by the Danish designer Anne Black : In 2016, Netto (a Danish discount supermarket owned by Salling Group) promoted and sold its own hanging flowerpot, vase and jar.

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DuetsBlog

JUNE 15, 2020

Rapala Billboard Ads Continue to Engage (2013). Rapala’s “More Hits Than Google” Billboard Update (Photo Included) (2009). Good Bye Google, Hello Whudjagiddumon? Rapala Taunts a Monster? Rapala: Happy Fishing on Mother’s Day (2012). Eat More Walleye? Top Ten Questions About Rapala Minnocchio (2015). Rapala’s Public Service Announcement?

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IP Tech Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

FDA in 2013 under NDA No. The plaintiff argued that if the ANDA filer were to market vortioxetine for treatment of MDD, as proposed, it would infringe the later-expiring patents. As stated by the Court, the statute requires that the infringing use “must be the use for which an applicant is seeking marketing approval.”

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

Given that finding and clearing a new brand purely from a legal perspective can take months, it is interesting to note that when a Defendant loses an infringement case it will almost certainly be ordered to rebrand within days, weeks at the most. Is Amazon using the marks itself where third parties market their goods on its platform?

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