The TTABlog

JULY 2, 2021

Failure to Prove "Standing" and Priority Dooms Section 2(d) Cancellation of CHUBB TRAVEL SMART Registration for Mobile Apps Catch-all Thirteenth DuPont Factor Saves HANA BANCORP & Design from Section 2(d) Refusal Precedential No. TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? Precedential No. Guess What? Guess What?

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This case comes in when the Retrolympics applied for the word and the figurative mark Retroolympic at the German Patent and Trademark Office in 2012 (for Nice classes 28 (games and sporting goods); 35 (advertising) and 41 (sporting and cultural activities).

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The Court of Appeals affirmed the previous decision of the district court which found that Australian Leather had wilfully infringed Deckers’ “UGG” trademarks by selling less than 15 pairs of UGG branded boots in the U.S., Background.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

If that were the case, having a famous mark would entitle the owner to a right in gross, and that is against the principles of trademark law." The Board has long recognized that the 'Internet is such a pervasive medium that virtually everything is advertised and sold through the Internet.'"

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

In that case, Google was using the plaintiff’s (Bharatmatrimony) trademark for advertising the websites of other matrimonial sites. Since domain names have a worldwide outreach, its registration is done by an international organization called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN/UDRP System.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Trademark Law. Parody in Trademarks is No Joke. In Subway IP LLC v Budway, Cannabis & Wellness Store , the Federal Court reaffirmed that parody is not a defence against trademark violation. With damages amounting to $40,000, it is clear the courts are unamused by parody in trademarks. Copyright Law.

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SpicyIP

JULY 17, 2024

Aditya Gupta is a lawyer by training and is presently working on issues that fall at the intersection of IP law, freedom of expression, and business strategy. His primary focus is on trademark law and the intersection of finance and social networks. For example, in March 2019, when an objection under S. 4901606, Class 3).

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Durga Trading Corporation was clarified in this case. In Dhiraj Dewani v.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It can also mean as the proxy or substitute holder of rights here on earth because no spiritual being will receive a copyright certificate, trademark registrations, or letters patent. courts have denied registration to religious marks as being offensive to other believers or to non-believers. ” (at page 9 and 13).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2023

. § 1052(c) on registering marks concerning a living person without permission; this case has the possibility of altering trademark law significantly and allowing current events to be treated similarly to historic events from a trademark perspective. 2294 (2019), and even Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Ujoy Technology and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha vs Tech Square Engineering Pvt Ltd [Delhi High Court] This year the concept of transborder reputation in trademark law saw two important interpretations from the Delhi High Court. First, in Toyota v. The above understanding was relied upon by another Division Bench in Google LLC v.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

the Apex Court held that one of the inherent aspects of the right to privacy as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution is the right to prevent others from using the person’s name or likeness without his consent for advertising or non-advertising purposes. State of T.N., Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co., 2007, I, no.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

. § 1052(c) provides, in pertinent part, that the PTO must deny federal registration to a trademark if it “[c]onsists of or comprises a name, portrait, or signature identifying a particular individual except by his written consent….”

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