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An Explorative Study on the Liability of Domain Name Registrars with reference to Trademark Infringement.

IP and Legal Filings

Thus, there is an unmistakable similarity between domain names and trademarks, which is why domain names have been granted trademark recognition and protection. Reliance is also a registered trademark, and as such, it is protected from trademark infringement.

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A Comprehensive Guide on How to File Trademark Oppositions

Intepat

Any entity spotting an identical or similar trademark in the Trademark Journal can file an opposition to its registration. The Trademark Act, 1999, and the Trade Marks Rules, 2017 (“Trade Mark Rules”) outline the trademark opposition process.

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The importance of identifying the correct applicant in Australian trade mark applications

LexBlog IP

Whilst the goods and service classification is important, care should also be taken to ensure all other details contained within the trademark application are correct, including confirming the true identity of the applicant and that it is the actual owner of the mark. intends to assign the trademark to a corporation to be incorporated.

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Bob Cumbow: "The Most Important Trademark Fact You Probably Don’t Know"

The TTABlog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and if the trademark they want is “available” some nice person at the USPTO will “grant” it to them. It certainly is not the way you “get” a trademark. trademark law that trademark ownership arises from using a chosen mark in offering and providing goods or services to the public.

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Your domain name, your identity: the risks of not protecting it for your brand image

Garrigues Blog

There are three requirements that the claimant must prove: The domain name is identical or similar to the point of being able to confuse it with a previous right owned by the applicant; The domain owner has no legitimate rights or interests over the domain name; and, The domain name has been registered or is being used in bad faith.

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Inter American Convention allows claims that Lanham Act makes dubious after Abitron; but what about Article III?

43(B)log

Industria has never had a registration for Ranchera; its application was opposed by an unrelated third party and has been suspended; a prior registration for Zenú was cancelled and Industria never sold any Zenú or Ranchera products in the United States when it owned that registered trademark.

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Customs Intervention for IP in the Indian Sub-Continent

Kashishipr

A Unique Temporary Registration Number (UTRN) is generated on filing the online application. After approval of the application for recordation by the Commissioner of Customs, the UTRN will be converted to UPRN (Unique Permanent Registration Number), and the said UPRN would be issued, which confirms the recordation.

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