Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Remember the Fifth Circuit case from 2018 holding that a real restaurant’s name could infringe trademark rights in the name of a fictional restaurant from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Krusty Krab? I predict a cease and desist letter”; “I WILL DEFINITELY BE CONTACTING NICKOLODEON TO ASK IF THIS GHETTO PLACE HAVE THE RIGHTS.”.

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Francis, located in Watsonville, CA, contracted with Morlos to be the exclusive provider of photography service for the school from June 2018 to May 2021. Morlos also provided large complimentary promotional posters for the school to advertise with. In December 2022, Morlos sent a cease-and-desist letter to St.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 11, 2022

The case started in October 2018, when the sponsor of the festival, in order to advertise that Golpes Bajos would be playing, decided to publish a poster on social media, which included the name and a photograph of the deceased lead singer of the band. The Supreme Court’s opinion. The exception set forth in article 8.1

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43(B)log

AUGUST 18, 2021

were valid and infringed, but the latter wasn’t counterfeited; SMRI’s dilution victory was vacated, but not its victories on deceptive trade practices, ACPA, false advertising, and unfair competition. It was thus barred from equitable relief for its trademark infringement, false advertising, and state deceptive trade practices claims.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 6, 2022

Few opponents prefer to jump straight into court action, with oppositions typically the preference when a cease and desist letter fails to get the right reaction. This included evidence that advertising campaigns for the defendant’s product led to increased sales of the claimant’s product.

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The TTABlog

JULY 29, 2021

In 2018, petitioner terminated its arrangement with respondent. Respondent, who then sent a cease-and-desist letter to petitioner, prompting the subject petition for cancellation. Here, there was no evidence of Nema's advertising or other expenditures, nor evidence of its sales or growth.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Regardless, it sent a cease and desist to the defendants in 2022 who have a shop in Jaipur with a similar name and have registered the word mark in 2013. Delhi High Court directs Registry to advertise KFC’s ‘Chicken Zinger’ trademark. The application was rejected by the Respondent for being descriptive under Section 9(1)(b).

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