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THE CONSUMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT: BOOKING-DOT-WHAT, BOOKING-DOT-TRADEMARKED

JIPL Online

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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Journey Through “Januarys” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

SpicyIP

The question of ownership in the virtual world, particularly in video games, has long been debated. On the trademark side, relevant is this post by Bhavya Solanki and Medha Bhatt discussing the applicability of the fair use provisions of trademark law to the unauthorized use of trademarks in the virtual world.

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Comparative Analysis: Madrid Protocol vs. Direct National Filing in India

Intepat

Trademark law underwent substantial changes, both multilaterally and regionally. The Paris Convention established the beginning of the international trademark system, and the Paris Union was expanded by a distinct union which is collectively known as the Madrid system. Allows payment of one set of fees.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

It can also mean as the proxy or substitute holder of rights here on earth because no spiritual being will receive a copyright certificate, trademark registrations, or letters patent. ” Aseri, Commercializing Religion Via Trademarking God, 23 J. But that “provision only restricts registration of the mark.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

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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