Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 18, 2021

Because several of the getGo® Marks have been in use continuously since at least 2003, and Plaintiffs apparently complied with all further requirements, they are incontestable under 15 U.S.C. Further, Giant Eagle claims it has spent millions of dollars to advertise and promote its services using the getGo® Marks.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 19, 2024

Each party acknowledged in its brief that the word PERMIT or PERMITS, combined with the top-level domain.COM, "constitutes, at the very least, a descriptive and non-inherently distinctive term in connection with their services." Furthermore, petitioner's sales and advertising figures were not placed in industry context.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Board observed that, as made clear by the Trademark Act, the USPTO "is statutorily constrained to register matter on the Principal Register if and only if it functions as a mark." See , e.g. , In re Texas With Love, LLC , 2020 USPQ2d 11290, at *2 (TTAB 2020). In re Brunetti , 2022 USPQ3d 764, at *9.

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IP Whiteboard

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The first is a recent decision of the Australian Federal Court in Manly Warringah Cabs (Trading) Co-operative Limited v Sydney Taxis Pty Ltd, in the matter of Sydney Taxis Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] FCA 1336. In August 2020, a provisional liquidator was appointed to Sydney Taxis on the application of Manly Cabs.

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