SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We are pleased to bring you a guest post from Payal Saraogi, on a recent decision of the Delhi High Court on Google’s use of trademarks as advertisement keywords. Payal has graduated from the School of Law, Christ University in 2020, and currently practices as a disputes lawyer. Google India Private Limited and others.

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If the title sounds familiar, you are part of the reason Booking.com successfully trademarked “Booking.com” while paving the way for owners of similar marks to receive trademark protection. The Decision. Justice Breyer disagreed with the majority’s decision, specifically (1) that placing “.com”

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The examiner rejected the application on 23 rd March 2020. The Board of Appeal dismissed the appeal ( R 1076/2020-5 ) on the ground that the mark applied for was devoid of any distinctive character within the meaning of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation no. The decision was appealed.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A trademark is typically a sign, logo, symbol, word, phrase, design, or combination of them, which identifies the product or service of a particular brand. To sell the product, using the brand name makes it a trademark. Trademark Registration provides the exclusive rights to the owner to pursue legal action in case of infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

After the brand is registered, the user then registers various intellectual properties including trademarks, copyrights and patents, The form does ask if the property is registered or not and, if it is, requires that the user provide the registration number and location. The system itself has not been very broadly advertised.

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IPilogue

MARCH 20, 2023

On November 2, 2022, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that goodwill does not exist when the registered trademark has not been used. v 2788610 Ontario Inc (“ Bhagwani ”) upheld trademark principles which state that an enforceable right does not exist on the mere filing of a trademark application absent use of the mark.

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DuetsBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hearty thanks to Colette Durst , Stephen Lee , and Susan Perera , for generously sharing their insights and perspectives about trademark nominative fair use. In case you missed it, here is my Trademark Nominative Fair Use of Another’s Logo post from March, leading up to the 2020 AIPLA Annual Spring Meeting.

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2023

On Jan 11th, the General Court in T-346/21 – Hecht Pharma v EUIPO – upheld a decision that a trademark was not to be revoked as the proprietor had proved genuine use. Hecht Pharma filed a revocation action in the EUIPO on the ground that the extent of trademark use had not been sufficiently demonstrated. Not a trademark?

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In an effort to connect with a younger, tech-savvy consumer base, more and more firms are deciding to debut their products and advertise them electronically through the Metaverse. This demonstrates the succinctness and simplicity of the Metaverse’s trademarking mechanism. What is the Metaverse?

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

, the executives at Peloton believe that the trademark SPIN is of great importance. Last month (February, 2021), Peloton filed petitions to cancel the trademarks SPIN and SPINNING for physical fitness instruction and for stationary exercise bicycles on the grounds that the marks are generic. This is commonly referred to as Genericide.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We’re very happy to bring our readers a guest post that uses a dataset of more than 300,000 trademark examination reports from the year 2019, as the basis for analysing the trademark registry’s examination process. A dataset was built by scraping the electronic register of the Indian Trademark Registry in 2020.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 8, 2023

When assessing whether a plaintiff in a trademark infringement suit is entitled to an interim injunction, the findings of courts on the 3 factors of prima facie case, balance of convenience and irreparable harm are typically uniform, either supporting the grant of an injunction or its refusal. Rahul is an attorney at Ira Law.]

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DuetsBlog

JUNE 15, 2020

Well, each of the three are called to mind in Rapala’s 2020 billboard ad campaign. Given the 2020 collection shown above, if you were Chuck Norris, WWCND ? Yes, it’s actually a registered trademark. The post Rapala Billboard Ad Collection for 2020 appeared first on DuetsBlog ®. That is, What Would Chuck Norris Do ?

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 17, 2022

Back in 2020, the famous Chinese brew company Tsingtao Beer filed an administrative complaint for trademark infringement against a smaller Chinese competitor for the use of recycled Tsingtao beer bottles. Is this however a case of trademark infringement? Trademark or Unfair Competition? And, why is this important?

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This case highlights the intersection of trademark law and e-commerce regulation, raising questions about the accountability of online marketplaces in protecting brand integrity. crore (USD 5 million) for the extra marketing and advertising costs that Plaintiffs incurred to repair its damaged reputation. crore (USD 33.78

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

In a complaint filed at a Seattle federal court last June, Bungie accused AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. According to Bungie, AimJunkies copied and distributed its copyrighted work, to develop and advertise its cheat software. Bungie Sued AimJunkies. Copyright Questions.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

22, 2021) This case should be of interest to people working on contextual advertising. Common sense tells us that this is not a simple advertisement.” “It It is a work of fashion journalism that, like every fashion magazine, happens to contain advertisements.” Champion v. Moda Operandi, Inc., 3d -, 2021 WL 4340670, No.

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IP Intelligence

MAY 9, 2024

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (Board) precedential decision to uphold a refusal to register a proposed color mark in In re Post Foods, LLC [1] highlights the strategic and technical aspects involved in registering a color trademark as applied to a product. puff rice balls and other shapes).

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Trademarks Registry declared “Croma” to be a well-known mark on 24 February 2020. Judgment The High Court, vide order dated 5 December 2022, granted temporary injunction against “offering for sale, advertising or in any manner dealing in goods / products under plaintiffs registered marks viz. com , www.croma-1.com

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Defendants allegedly copied key components of Trackman’s copyrighted software and falsely suggested, in promotions and advertisements, that defendants were authorized to use the well-known courses in their game. Although the court dismissed a contract claim, copyright and false advertising claims survived.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) becomes effective on December 27, 2021 and makes several important amendments to federal trademark law (the Lanham Act) intended to modernize trademark application examinations and clean house of trademark registrations for marks not used in commerce.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

Case Summaries Abbott Healthcare Private Limited vs Vinsac Pharma on 17 February, 2025 (Delhi High Court) Abbott Healthcare sued two defendants for trademark and copyright infringement, claiming they deceptively copied its well-known LIMCEE Vitamin C tablets by selling LIMEECEE with similar packaging. Read the post for more details.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 6, 2021

After many years and multiple attempts , the organizers of this spectacular funfair have finally trademarked the term “ Oktoberfest.”. The Uphill Battle of Trademarking the Term “Oktoberfest”. Since 2016, the City of Munich has put forward applications to trademark the term; and ever since 2016, their applications have been rejected.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In a recent judgment , the District Court of the Hague (the Court) found that Fruugo, an online marketplace, was not directly liable under trade mark law for the advertisement and sale, on its platform, of products which infringed the trade marks of Audi and Volswagen.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

OSD Audio then sued Outlaw under §512(f), and Outlaw counterclaimed for false advertising and unfair competition under the Lanham Act, copyright infringement, and trade libel. Lanham Act: The user manual did not constitute “commercial advertising or promotion.” But “[n]ot all commercial speech is promotional.” Prager Univ.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Unsurprisingly, the trademark claims survive a motion to dismiss, but associated false advertising claims don’t. VFB owns several trademark registrations including “Vampire,” specifically for wine and pre-mixed alcoholic beverages other than beer, and “Vampyre,” specifically for spirits.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

It however cancelled the trademark for those services of Class 35, which are related to trade of electrical and electronic goods and for their advertising. The trademark was remained valid in Classes 9 and 41, and in part of Class 35. The application for word mark “Black Friday” was filed by Black Friday GmbH in February 2020.

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Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation Blog

MAY 15, 2021

May 7, 2021), the Court granted Natera’s motion to exclude at trial the opinions of CareDx’s damages expert relating to “corrective advertising damages.” 1117(a)(2), a successful false advertising plaintiff can recover the costs of any completed advertising that actually and reasonably responds to the defendant’s offending ads.’” Id.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 27, 2024

PNC interface, L; Plaid connection interface with PNC logo, R sample Plaid bank selection workflow PNC alleged that Plaid infringed its trademarks by replicating the authentic PNC log-on screen to get them to provide private financial information, allowing Plaid to collect their data. I attempt to reconnect. Then the ‘Plaid’ screen appears.

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43(B)log

MARCH 14, 2023

Ah, how I wish courts would apply the same scrutiny to trademark harm stories. Its principal, Patton, allegedly promoted the business “by creating a fictionalized crisis between [FedEx] and its ISPs and TSPs as an advertisement for the purported need for Route Consultant’s consultancy and other services.” Route Consultant, Inc.,

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 18, 2023

15, 2023) Simpson sued its competitor MiTek for using Simpson part numbers for structural connectors/fasteners for use in the construction industry in its catalogs/other promotional material; the court here, after a nonjury trial before the magistrate judge, rather comprehensively rejects its false advertising, trademark, and copyright claims. (It

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 18, 2021

Wayne, Indiana – Phoenix Intangibles Holding Company apparently licenses the getGo® trademark to Giant Eagle, Inc. Per the Complaint, Plaintiffs have used the getGo® trademark since at least March 2013 and have sought and secured federal trademark registrations for various getGo® trademarks and logos as set forth below (the “getGo® Marks”).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 15, 2022

BASIC is a Missouri retailer that owns the trademark “love happens.” ” In February 2020, BASIC sued Zazzle for trademark infringement, alleging that Zazzle sold a shirt with a “love happens” logo to at least one Missouri resident and shipped the shirt to that resident in Missouri.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2022

Between September 2020 and January 2022, Microsoft made a number of test purchases including Office Professional Plus, Office Home & Student, and Windows 10 and 11 Professional. Once the keys were purchased, customers were given links to download the software either directly from Microsoft or from sites hosting counterfeit copies.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

for the fees incurred by them through August 19, 2020. The cause of action in the original suit was the alleged breach of a settlement with the plaintiff, caused by the defendant’s continued use of the plaintiff’s trademark in advertisements on the big search engine. Defendant sought attorney fees of $257,881.19 Motors Corp.,

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The first one’s the potential surprise, and raises evidentiary questions about hearsay that a court in a trademark case might have seen differently. J-B has used unqualified “Made in USA” claims in its advertising. This wasn’t comparative advertising (or a two-player market). Epoxy: In J-B Weld Co., Gorilla Glue Co.,

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 5, 2022

Dimarzio claimed use of the proposed mark since 1979, with millions of consumers observing its guitar pickups in videos, advertisements, and musical performances. Its advertising characterized the color cream as one of many colors available, and so there was nothing to lead consumers to perceive the color cream as a mark.

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