SpicyIP

MAY 10, 2023

Image from here On April 28, 2023, Justice Amit Bansal of the Delhi High Court passed three separate orders, all dealing with a similar issue- unclear, unreasoned orders from the Patent Office and the Trademark Registry (IP Offices) that rejected the patent/ trademark applications. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs , N.V.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Barbie, a name synonymous with an unattainable standard of femininity and the concept of commercial feminism, was designed to captivate the toy market with all its glittery pink magnificence. Hence, it is no wonder that the battle for ownership of her trademark is also highly sought after.

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Intepat

JUNE 13, 2024

Introduction Design piracy, particularly in the context of registered designs, poses significant challenges in today’s industrial landscape. According to the Indian Design Act of 2000, only those designs that are functional or used as artistic or property marks are not eligible for protection.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The fashion industry sector extends beyond simple trademarks, such as logos or brand names, but rather includes characteristics, including colour palettes, product forms, or even the structure of physical store spaces. WHAT IS TRADE DRESS?

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 30, 2024

The case involved the trademark “Solidare” (Trademark No. On a search, I also could not find anything on a counterclaim being accepted during the rectification proceedings per se in the Manual for Trade Marks by the Office of Controller General Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM). 1574746 in Class 9).

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SpicyIP

MAY 3, 2023

Image from here Readers may remember the recent guest post that highlighted the Trademark Registry’s notices deeming 98000 and 82000 trademark applications as abandoned. The Controller General Of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks & Anr. ( Via order dt. Views expressed here are those of the author’s.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2022

Company Claims Ownership of ‘Reloaded’ Trademark. In a complaint filed this month in an Indiana court, clothing and apparel company NuStar Enterprises LLC states that since September 2016, it has continually used the ‘Reloaded’ trademark in commerce. Trademark Registration No.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The IPKat is received the following report by Katfriend Caroline Theunis (ELSA International) on the recent discussion of a Design Law Treaty at WIPO. They constitute the “SCT”, referring to the Committee covering design law issues within WIPO. Suitably styled to attend the Diplomatic Conference The DLT has been a long time coming.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

However, what would happen if business houses wanted to trademark the name of the god they worshipped? As a result, the rise of hypersensitivity to religion, religious texts, and religious symbols determines the jurisprudence around the utilisation of such marks under Indian trademark law, even if they are not strictly prohibited.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With the challenges posed by name saturation and the reduced availability of work marks, industrial designs are increasingly important within intellectual property strategies. When people think about designs they typically think of patents, but the world of protecting designs is far more extensive than that.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Founded in 2016, Los Angeles-based streetwear brand formerly known as Chinatown Market offers everything you’d need to fit in on Fairfax Avenue. In a rare occurrence where cultural appropriation was brought to the court’s attention, the Navajo Nation brought a trademark infringement claim against retailer Urban Outfitters (UO).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Second Circuit stayed MSCHF’s appeal of the district court’s ruling that the Wavy Baby infringed Vans’ trademarks pending the Supreme Court’s decision in Jack Daniel’s v. 140 (2023), since that decision was expected to provide guidance to lower courts for resolving free speech defenses in trademark infringement cases. VIP Prods. ,

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Over the last 20 years, the total number of design patents issued per year in the United States has erupted. As illustrated in the graph below and further highlighted in this animated graph, in the 30 year period between the years 1971 and 2000 a total of nearly 219,000 design patents were issued by the U.S.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The Intellectual Property incorporates the makings of the thoughts such as the discoveries, literary and artistic works, design, symbols, names, and images used in the business. The Startups have filled more than 12000 applications between 2016-2024. The IPR in the startup sector continually starts with the Trademarks.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Given this inconsistency, in 2017, the scope of the Italian patent box was narrowed by excluding the income generated by the use of trademarks (Article 56 of Decree-Law no. 50 of 24.4.2017). This obviously was criticized by many sides, because it would have implied a further violation of OECD rules as discussed above.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

JANUARY 22, 2018

As previously discussed, colors may be trademarked, in particular when a product’s color develops a secondary meaning in the market, such as when companies and their associated products use specific colors that acquire and establish a distinctiveness in the minds of consumers. By: Sharon Urias, Esq. DineEquity Inc. Stay tuned.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 19, 2022

Trademark enables such companies to accomplish some major goals which lead to becoming successful organizations and instituting their name. The Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks (CGPDTM), who will also regulate their conduct and powers, will appoint a panel of “facilitators” to help administer the program.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 23, 2022

6,376,399 with the USPTO on June 8, 2021 alleging they began using the mark as early as September 2016. Plaintiff also owns state trademarks for the same mark in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Therefore, Plaintiff is seeking damages for willful trademark infringement in violation of 15 U.S.C. 1114 , N.J. Stat § 56:3-13.16

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

‘Twas a day in December, when all through the blog, we were writing ‘bout trademarks, as if in a fog. When, what to our wondering eyes should appear, but holiday trademarks, so lovely and dear. The PTO said, as it reviewed the files, we’ve got holiday trademarks, we’ve got ‘em in piles!

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Trademark infringement is the nightmare that keeps big brands up at night. In a world where maintaining a distinctive identity and protecting consumer trust is a constant battle, safeguarding your trademarks is crucial. What is trademark infringement? Let’s start with the basics; what is trademark infringement?

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In the process, trade secrets have taken their place of respect alongside the “registered rights” of patents, copyrights, trademarks and designs.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Introduction Be it a trademark, patent, copyright, intellectual property has become an important part of the company’s success. As Revlon has also established its position in India so, considering the ‘trademark’, Revlon has a connection with India. And the intangible assets include copyright, trademark, patent, design.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 14, 2022

design patents continue to grow in popularity. Although 2021 saw a slight downtick in the number of issued design patents compared to the previous two years—most likely caused by lower filings during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic—the number of U.S. design patents that issued in 2012. design patents.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. In 2016, Dawgs added new asserted counterclaims against Crocs, including a claim for false advertising under the Lanham Act. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions. ” Dawgs appealed.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 13, 2023

Controller of Patents and Designs: Revisting the CRI Guidelines and Ferid Allani Patentability of Computer Related Inventions (CRI) in India has popped up again! SpicyIP intern Sukarm Sharma discusses this ongoing dispute, in light of the CRI 2016 guidelines and the Ferid Allani order. Microsoft v. Case: Burger King Corporation v.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark DANA DESIGN in the form shown below, for backpacks, hiking equipment, tents, and related goods, on the ground that the mark comprises the name of a living individual, Dana Gleason, without his consent and is therefore barred from registration by Section 2(c) of the Trademark Act.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 4, 2022

Fish Principals Craig Deutsch , Jennifer Huang , and Grace Kim , discuss challenging design patents at the PTAB in their Law360 Expert Analysis article. Challenging design patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is difficult — nearly two-thirds of petitions directed to design patents have been denied institution.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

TPG aggregates and collects information from the most prominent rewards programs and provides a series of rankings and recommendations designed to help maximize your rewards points. dispute back in the Ninth Circuit in 2016. Trademark infringement 6. False Designation of Origin 9. Thus, the Points Guy. Facebook v.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

The TTAB has re-designated as precedential its September 2022 opinion in this cancellation proceeding. Andrusiek's "actual" trademark use on comic books did not begin until 2017, but from 2006 he used the term as the name of a character, which the Board accepted as use analogous to trademark use, leading to the award of priority to Andrusiek.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, layout-designs of integrated circuits, plant variety protection, and copyright are all examples of intellectual property. With this, trademark holders may now defend their logos on the web as well. IP can be acquired, inherited, traded, or purchased.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The judgement was passed collectively in an appeal against 4 orders (two impugning the 2016 Ericsson v. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Last week on the blog we featured posts with nuanced discussions on burning issues surrounding patents, trademarks, and copyright. Numeral Marks, Passing off, Trademark Infringement – Delhi High Court’s All-in-One Approach? Case Summaries After Delhi High Court, Bombay High Court interprets Section 124 of Trademarks Act.

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Garrigues Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

The Supreme Court has confirmed that the use of another’s trademark to identify the prize in an advertising campaign constitutes an act of trademark infringement and ordered the infringer to pay compensation for damages. regarding the use of the ZARA trademark, as previously discussed here.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

While copyright protects the originality of the expression behind the product, design preserves the overall appearance and aesthetic look of the product. A trademark, on the other hand, exclusively identifies a product as belonging to a specific company and recognizes the company’s ownership of the brand. COPYRIGHT OR DESIGN.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. For example, [15] at 10 and [15] at 126 depict cartoon cats that are not the trademarked image and do not use the term Grumpy Cat.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2023

In 2016, National Concession Group, Inc. 87168058) and this stylized drop design mark (Serial No. For every trademark seeking registration, the applicant must demonstrate use of the mark “in commerce” (see15 U.S.C.A. § NCG) filed an application to register the mark “BAKKED” (Serial No.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Facts The French company “Société du Tour de France” (STF) is the owner of the French word trade mark " TOUR DE FRANCE ", designating various goods and services in classes 1 to 45, notably the organisation of sporting events in class 41. Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) holds a licence for this trade mark. Hedrich, but to no avail.

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