The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Pursuant to Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 (EUTMR), a trade mark which has not been put to genuine use by its holder within five years after its registration may be liable to revocation unless there are valid reasons for its non-use.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2021

Registration was obtained in March 2018 by decision of the Opposition Division following an unsuccessful opposition filed by Aeroporto di Villanova d’Albenga SpA (Riviera-Airport) (the applicant), which was named Aeroporto Villanova d’Albenga SpA at the time of the opposition. azacilik Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret v EUIPO (C?104/18 104/18 P) ).

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Cease and Desist Registration Business Marketing 128

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. in 2017, 14.6%

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

It serves as an essential element in making up the brand identity, customer loyalty, and market differentiation. It gives the respective companies a competitive edge in a saturated market. Trademarks can be very important for businesses entering new markets. Trademarks encompass a substantial portion of the deal’s value.

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Intepat

APRIL 10, 2022

Trademark Registration for MSME. It assists in market development, quality, and technology up-gradation. Additionally, trademark registrations for MSMEs are relatively cost-effective, and it is a simple trademark process that can be done online. Registration fee. Every trademark is unique. 4500/- per class.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

Government of India enacted the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 and the act came into force with effect from May 1, 2017. As a result, the Maharashtra government also issued the following regulations: Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Officers and Employees (Appointment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2017.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

What is a registration of trademark? Trademark registration is not a mandate under the Indian trademark law, however it is advisable to go for a registration for certain reasons. Under Section 31 , the registration certificate of the trademark serves as an evidence during infringement lawsuits. Procedure of Registration.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The General Court has recently confirmed with decision T-253/22 the refusal of the application for trade mark registration of the verbal sign “ Sustainability through Quality ”. The examiner rejected the application on 23 rd March 2020. Comment This decision adds to the increasingly relevant debate on greenwashing.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. ” Nevertheless, the successor licensee sent DMCA takedown notices to Amazon targeting the registrant’s stripped-down sticker. .”

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2022

Concern is often expressed that design rights that are limited in time may be unduly extended in perpetuity through trade mark registrations and thus extended to create a monopoly for a particular shape.

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Marketing Marketing Registration Design 113

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Further, according to article 8(2) of Law 4481/2017, a CMO may exist under the form of a public limited company (SA), but all of its shares must be mandatorily registered. Legal forms of CMOs. In practice, most CMOs in Greece have chosen the form of limited liability civil cooperatives. to be organised on a non-profit basis.

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Patently-O

JUNE 29, 2022

That divide allows the company to cater to local market preferences and regulations and also avoid potential arbitrage. In the 1970’s Coca-Cola withdrew its flagship sugary cola from the Indian market at a time of heavy regulation of foreign companies. In the 1990s, the Indian market opened again to foreign competition.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

16, 2024) WCT offers a mobile-fitness app called “Bike+” and owns a trademark registration for that name. WCT’s principal testified that he continued developing a new version of the Bike+ app from 2017 until 2020, writing “over 2.4 World Champ Tech LLC v. Peloton Interactive, Inc., 2024 WL 665181, No. 21-cv-03202-LB (N.D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2024

We usually get ours at the local farmers market.] ” But the trademark registration was over 5 years old, so it had become “incontestable.” CV H-17-1068, 2017 WL 2957912, at *8 (S.D. CPUSA2 appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Yum, and easily veganized. ” Say what? ” Uh oh.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Introduction Prior to 2017, China was the largest cryptocurrency market in the world, with 80% of Bitcoin transactions, the most popular digital currency, taking place in yuan 1. With “blockchain” in their name, almost 5,000 companies have been formally registered, up from 500 in 2017.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In 2000, Nestlé filed an application with the Swiss Trademark Office for registration of a 3D trade mark in class 30 for coffee, coffee extracts and coffee preparations. Quoting the CJEU, the Federal Supreme Court explained that trade mark law is an essential aspect of, and must contribute to, a competitively functioning free market.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In a non-precedential ruling, the CAFC affirmed the TTAB's decision [ TTABlogged here ], granting a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark CAPTAIN CANNABIS for comic books, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with Petitioner Laverne J. Actually, registrations are cancelled, not marks - ed. Text Copyright John L.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The USPTO’s Post Registration Audit Program. Under the USA’s Post Registration Audit Program, a declaration of use must be filed between the fifth and sixth year of the validity of the registration of the trademark. However, the use of a trademark is rarely monitored subsequent to its registration.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 17, 2023

Applicant Chizena, a Long Island resident purportedly oblivious to the meteoric ascent of Aaron Judge in the baseball world, filed his intent-to-use applications for the word marks on July 14, 2017, and for the design mark on October 12, 2017. On July 10, 2017, he won the Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game. David Justice? -

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Trademark Design Designs Licensing 95

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The thorny issue of the registration of a 3D trade mark never ceases to challenge the trade mark system. EOS maintained that the trade mark was inherently distinctive and, in the alternative, was registrable based on acquired distinctiveness, under Article 7(3) EUTMR. EOS appealed to the EUIPO Boards of Appeal (case R 2017/2019-4 ).

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2024

However, as markets grow increasingly innovative, non-traditional marks have emerged, referred to as unconventional trademarks. However, unconventional trademarks challenge traditional concepts of visual representation, leading to significant complexities in their registration, protection, and enforcement. A landmark case was the U.S.

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Trademark Intellectual Property Branding Brands 52

SpicyIP

APRIL 15, 2022

PPL regarding the conflict over registration as collecting societies. Importantly, the court has clarified that the registration of RMPL would not prejudice the decision on the registration of PPL. The Court has also made a prima facie observation that PPL got “hopes” of registration from correspondences with the Registrar.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

In 2017, LiveJournal changed its policies. Nevertheless, the registration is worthless because Newman qualifies for fair use. ” Market Effect. Monsarrat “expressly conceded at oral argument that there is no potential market for his work.” Newman appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 11, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has stringent procedures for scent trademark registration. This conundrum is acknowledged in the Official Manual, 2017 of Trade Marks in India, which claims that since odours do not fulfil the definition of a graphical representation, they are not to be recognised. Iconic scents like Chanel No.

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Trademark Intellectual Property Branding Brands 105

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Non-conventional or Non-Traditional trademarks such as sounds, color, shape, scent or any other motion marks have emerged as a new innovative tools widely being used in the todays changing and competitive market era that redefine how brands connect with the public at large.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

But what happens when the proprietor of a Chinese registration is ‘beaten to the punch’ in the EU? The GC affirmed a decision of the Board of Appeal (BoA), holding that a registration for AGATE was invalid, having been made in bad faith [BoA decision here , GC decision here , case no T-592/20]. It registered on 21st June 2017.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 12, 2024

In 2017, Amycel found that a Polish farmer (whose name is redacted in the order) produced and marketed a mushroom strain named 'Cayene'. Additionally, the court dismissed the defendant's argument that the urgency requirement was not met because 'Cayene' had been known in Poland since 2017.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Katfriend Federica Combariati (TM IP Counsel at Assa Abloy) discusses a recent decision relating to AC Milan’s attempt to extend its international trade mark registration for its club logo to the territory of the European Union. A German based company, very prolific in such business area, has already registered the name "Milan".

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I spent years teaching fitness and developing The Sculpt Society method before launching in 2017.” Claims that a defendant invented a product to fill a gap in the market, and the resulting implications regarding the innovativeness of a defendant’s product, constitute puffery rather than an assertion of fact.”

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The TTABlog

JUNE 26, 2024

It sought cancellation of a registration for the mark PREDATOR & Design , issued in 2017, for soft drinks and energy drinks made with natural ingredients, claiming lack of bona fide intent and abandonment. The registration was blocking Monster's application to register PREDATOR for energy drinks, soft drinks, and sports drinks.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

In December 2022, following several exchanges of correspondence with Colt, the examiner assigned to the Application (the Examiner) issued a decision rejecting the Application on the grounds that the Mark failed to satisfy the requirement of intrinsic distinctive character pursuant to Article 7(1)(b) of the EU Trade Mark Regulation 2017/0001 (EUTMR).

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The IPKat

MAY 30, 2023

74(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 to Art. Background On 14 October 2017, Emmentaler Switzerland - Consortium Emmentaler AOP (the Applicant) obtained the International Registration No 1378524 for the word sign “EMMENTALER” from the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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SpicyIP

JULY 28, 2023

The courts have repeatedly held that in the Indian market, if the customers and services offered by the company are different, similar trademarks may be protected. Public perception which is a relevant factor is possible with Twitter due to its current foothold in the market.

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43(B)log

MARCH 1, 2022

Bell continues to market his 1982 72-page book, and also sells merchandise, “including t-shirts and posters that display the passage that was quoted in the tweets.” That’s what Chisholm Trail High School’s softball team and color guard did in 2017, on Twitter, to under 1000 followers, crediting Bell. NXIVM Corp. Ross Institute, 364 F.3d

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43(B)log

JULY 18, 2022

Vintage counterclaimed, alleging that Penn State’s registrations were invalid and should be cancelled on account of the ornamentality of the use. Penn State registered this image in 2017 for use on metal novelty license plates and apparel. not whether Penn State could get a valid registration for its marks used as marks.)

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 11, 2023

2] This new set of marks is often referred to as non-traditional trademarks , and the qualification for their registration, as opposed to a traditional mark, is substantially higher. [3] I do this by demonstrating the statutory criteria for trademark registration and then applying the set criteria to check the registrability of braille.

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Trademark Registration Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Law 98

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The figurative mark in question On 13 October 2017, Indo European Foods Ltd (the applicant) filed an opposition based on the earlier non-registered word mark in the UK, ‘BASMATI’, used to refer to rice. This time, we have a look at a case which relied on UK passing off to oppose an EU trade mark application under Article 8(4) EUTMR.

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