Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Registration of a mask work with the Copyright Office provides certain legal benefits, including the ability to bring a lawsuit for infringement of the mask work. Id, section 1206. In particular, Section 1213.2

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The TTABlog

JULY 6, 2021

Belmora ) had the TTAB tackled this issue, and here it reached the same outcome: cancellation of two registrations on the ground that Registrant Meenaxi used its registered marks THUMS UP and LIMCA to misrepresent the source of its soft drink products. Section 14(3) cases are as rare as a White Sox fan in Boston. 2021 U.S.P.Q.2d

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The TTABlog

JULY 29, 2024

The Board denied a petiton for cancellation of a registration for the mark shown below, for various clothing items, rejecting Petitioner Paradise Holdings' likelihood of confusion claim because Paradise failed to prove priority. 1057(e), a registration may be amended “for good cause.” Paradise Holdings, Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

However, the group argues that MODS copied at least two of their exhibitions, Boundaries from 2017 and Crystal from 2015. However, MODS is alleging that the lawsuit is improper, first because teamLab has no copyright registration, but because they have not identified specific elements that can be protected by copyright in the lawsuit.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

IndiGo has also secured registration for the word mark 6E Link under multiple classes in 2015. However, the mark has not yet been advertised in the Trademark Journal, meaning no one can oppose its registration as yet. Notably, 6E has become a dominant feature and exclusive to the Indigos brand and its associated services.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

WIPO administers the WIPO-administered Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. In 2015, the US linked its design patent system with Hague — this gives U.S. by Dennis Crouch. designers easier access to global design rights; and non-U.S. applicants easier access to the U.S.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 11, 2025

Less than one month after oral argument, the Board sustained this opposition to registration of DON'T MESS WITH TEX-MEX for restaurant service, finding confusion likely with the registered mark DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS for paper food containers, paper bags, and cups. 91194974, 2015 WL 1646447, at *13 (TTAB 2015). GFA Brands, Inc.,

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Read on to learn about: The difference between patents and industrial designs Recent industrial designs registration trends How you can swiftly search for industrial designs with Corsearch What are industrial designs? These and other questions are relevant in assessing registrability potential for patents. respectively. in 2017, 14.6%

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Nelligan Law

APRIL 1, 2025

interstate commerce in 1992, and registered the trademark in 2015. And according to that registration, the first commercial use of the mark wasnt in 1986it was September 1988. According to the lawsuit, Lost has been using the word Mayhem in connection with its branding since 1986, entered U.S.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 31, 2021

An expungement proceeding allows for cancellation, in whole or in part, of a trademark registration between three and ten years old if the mark has never been used in commerce with some or all of the registered goods and/or services. 2015: [link]. For the latest developments o­n trademark scammers, check, Is This a Trademark Scam?®.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A quick search on the USPTO’s trademark database shows that Apple first filed the trademark registration for SMART KEYBOARD back in December 2015 as an iPad Pro accessory. The successful registrations include Apple’s own marks like SMART COVER, SMART CASE, SMART CONNECTOR, and SMART FOLIO. Future implications.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The chapter then discusses the success of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, which was adopted in 2015, and represents an important development after the failure of negotiations at the WTO. GIs outside of the EU Chapter 8 focuses on the protection of GIs outside of Europe and the registration of foreign GIs in the EU.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In addition, Australia differs from EU law in that it requires identifying a person familiar with the product, as opposed to potential users, concerning registration and infringement matters. Merpel adds: this really grabbed her attention. Merpel adds: this really grabbed her attention.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Beginning with what YouTube described as fraudulent behavior by one of the plaintiffs through to demands to identify every single user on the platform that had received a takedown notice since 2015, the case has certainly lived up to the billing. Serious Copyright Registration Problems.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The case concerned the registration of 'Prosecco' as a GI in Singapore. This Kat was interested to see a court finally address this argument Singapore has offered protection for GIs since 1999, but it only adopted a registration-based system in the last decade with the Geographical Indications Act 2014 ('GIA').

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 25, 2024

Introduction Section 3 of the Real Estate Regulation and Development Act, 2016 provides for prior registration of projects under the Real Estate Regulatory Authority that are undergoing completion as of the commencement of the Act and have not been granted a completion certificate by their respective local authorities.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2022

58/2015-2020 dated February 12, 2021, of DGFT an amendment was made relating to IEC scrapping the lifetime validity to an annual one. PROCEDURE OF REGISTRATION. BENEFIT OF REGISTRATION: Expansion of business. based on their IEC registration. RCMC REGISTRATION AND WHEN REQUIRED. VALIDITY PERIOD OF IEC.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 22, 2024

Bertini petitioned to cancel a registration for the mark APPLE for a host of entertainment and other services in class 41, claiming that Apple Inc. Bertini contended that the nonuse occurred "during a period of at least three years and six months after the date of the SOU, namely during November 11, 2011 - May 31, 2015." Welch 2024.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 1, 2025

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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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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

1] In 2006, the International Trademark Association, INTA, officially recognized the importance of tactile marks by adopting a resolution in support of the recognition and registration of these marks. Another important criterion for trademark registration is non-functionality. PDF) registration of non-traditional trademarks.

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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.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2021

Smell marks are or have been heavily debated around the world and are privy to their own set of issues in terms of registration. Internationally, the statutory requirements for the registration of non-conventional trademarks varies across jurisdictions. Issues and Barriers to the Registrability of Smell-marks.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2023

86/659,444 for APPLE MUSIC, which the company has been using since 2015, when it launched its music streaming service. Unaware that he did not have a federal registration, Bertini filed an opposition against Apple, Inc.’s Apple filed Trademark Application No.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In June 2015, Apple began using the mark APPLE MUSIC for its streaming services and filed a trademark application seeking to register the mark for production and distribution of sound recordings and arranging, organizing, conducting, and presenting live musical performances.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The number of applications filed, and registrations granted in FY2020 both grew over the prior year, to the highest in history. trademark registrations! When Congress passed the CARES Act in late March, it featured provisions allowing the USPTO to extend some deadlines for applicants and registrants for a few months.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2024

If you knew how to complete this phrase in 2015, you are part of the few percent of consumers who heard of the city of Compton and knew about its connection with hip-hop and rap music. Background On 8 September 2015, BIW Invest AG (‘BIW’) applied for registration of EU trade mark no.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 19, 2021

26, 2021) Zamfir is a researcher in the field of cryptoeconomics and distributed systems; he and Vitalik Buterin are allegedly the two lead researchers of the proof-of-stake blockchain protocols known as Casper (name adopted around 2015). Thus, to prevail, Zamfir would need to rebut the presumptions created by the registration, and he didn’t.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Furthermore, since Alexander did not file her registration timely, she is not eligible to be awarded attorneys’ fees. In March 2015, a jury awarded the estate of Marvin Gay $7.4 That board has a maximum total damages of $30,000. Blurred Tattoo Lines. It was easily the biggest copyright news story of the year.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

[Image Sources : Shutterstock] Icann Rules According to the ICANN rules, the domain name registrant is required to comply with all the standards, requirements, procedures and practices when entering into a Domain Name Registration Agreement with the Domain Name Registrar. CV 10-03738 AB, 2015 WL 5311085 (C.D. GoDaddy.com, Inc.

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KMK Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2017

2015-1109 (Fed. Those efforts were uniformly unsuccessful despite some weakly-creative arguments that the word, “fuct,” was not actually vulgar, and even if it was, Section 2(a) did not bar registration of “vulgar” marks. In re Brunetti , Appeal No. December 15, 2017).

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Trademark Office issued the following 161 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in September 2021 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. RIFT WOOD COMPANY EXPERIENCE THE DIVIDE EST. 2015. SUCCESS AT WORK COACH. TRUCKING FROM SCRATCH. COASTAL MIX. HEADEUS MAXIMUM. STARCORR SHEETS.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In an effort to shut the service down, DISH said it sent at least 134 copyright infringement notices to Chitram between July 2014 and November 2015. In December 2015, Chitram reportedly “temporarily ceased” transmitting DISH content but by December 2017, it was back online. They too have 48 hours to comply with the order.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I covered the recommendations of the Report which includes reforming Section 3(p) of the Patents Act to incentivize TK-based innovation, creating a proper documentation mechanism to prevent misappropriation of TK, and registration of traditional knowledge as GIs. The Ministry had claimed that 14.2 Other News from Around the World.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The company had been using the name for several years in the payday loan business, and in 2012 expanded into pawn shops and then filed for registration for that usage in 2013. The USPTO then granted the registrations associated with the new uses.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The Board has now answered that question in the affirmative, granting a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark DANTANNA'S for "steak and seafood restaurant" on the ground of fraud. Neither he nor Great Concepts ever notified the USPTO about the false statement, though they were aware of same since 2015.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 26, 2023

i] Cases and registrations indicate that registrability or successful enforcement of rights can happen only if such marks have acquired distinctiveness through use or where numerals are used as a fanciful device or when the numeral is used in a descriptive sense and not as a trademark.

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