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But what is the right time for assessing a design infringement? Since 2010, it owns registered Community designs (RCD) for the Airfryer, including RCD no. Since 2010, it owns registered Community designs (RCD) for the Airfryer, including RCD no. The preliminary injunction was granted on the basis of design infringement.
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filed trademark applications for POTIFY in standard characters, and stylized with a design on July 17, 2017, and May 2, 2018, respectively. Applicant U.S. Software Inc.
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6, 2017), designated precedential in 2017, sets forth seven factors to be considered before discretionarily denying subsequent IPR petitions challenging the same patent. Plastic Indus. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, IPR2016-01357, Paper 19 (PTAB Sept.
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This came to a head in 2017 when the filmmaker Rick Allen sued the State of North Carolina over alleged illegal copying of footage he shot of Blackbeard’s sunken ship. According to Unicolors, the retailers infringed on one of their designs and sold various goods with it. 4: The Unicolors Case.
Kat readers interested in EU design law likely remember the textbook case concerning the validity of a design for a shower drain. This case, which reached the Court of Justice (CJEU ) in 2017, discussed whether the same public shall be considered when examining novelty, and individual character a design, respectively.
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LLC , 123 USPQ2d 1544 (TTAB 2017) (COFFEE FLOUR held generic for a type of flour made from coffee cherry skins, pulp, and pectin). See , e.g. , In re Empire Tech, Dev. The fact that some of the usage is in the singular as opposed to the plural form of the word that Applicant seeks to register is of no significance.
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