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"A S LIVE FOREVER" Fails-to-Function as a Service Mark for Online Retail Store Services, Says TTAB

The TTABlog

See Mayweather , 2020 WL 6689736, at *3. Text Copyright John L. TTABlogger comment: The Board distinguished the "100% THAT B H" case, where "much of the evidence of third-party use specifically [sought] to associate the goods … with Lizzo." Here, the third-party evidence made no reference to the applicant. Welch 2024.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

Recently, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia have made a collective endeavor to move towards the formation of a regional system dealing with trade marks, service marks and appellations of origin of goods in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Marques provided an explanation of how it will work.

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Beyond the Big Screen: The Legal Odyssey of Film Titles in India

IP and Legal Filings

1] The Copyright Act protects certain types of works, which are included in Section 13. 13 (1) states that original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works as well as cinematograph films and sound recordings are protected by copyright. regarding the copyright for the film “De Dhakka.”

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Three Recent TTAB Oppositions Sustained on the Ground of Non-use

The TTABlog

Here are three recent TTAB rulings, each sustaining an opposition based upon non-use of the opposed service mark. For a service mark, the services must be rendered in order to qualify as "use in commerce" as defined in Section 45 of the Lanham Act. Don't try to register a use-less mark? Welch 2024.

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TTABlog Quarterly Index: October - December 2021

The TTABlog

33: "LOCH MOOSE MONSTER" Fends Off Monster Energy's Lack-of-Bona-Fide-Intent Summary Judgment Motion Nonuse/Specimen of Use: USPTO Issues Examination Guide 1-21: Expungement and Reexamination Proceedings Under the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 Precedential No. Text Copyright John L. Lack of Bona Fide Intent: Precedential No.

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Precedential No. 14: TTAB Affirms Two Expungement Decisions Based on Nonuse of SMARTLOCK for Evaporative Air Coolers

The TTABlog

Expungement proceedings, created by the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020, are ex parte proceedings in which the USPTO may cancel a registration, in whole or in part, if the registered mark has never been used in commerce in connection with some or all of the goods/services identified in the registration. Precedential?

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E-Commerce Platforms: Obligated to Offer Complete Seller Data to Combat Intellectual Property Right Infringement in India

Intepat

However, this transformation has significant challenges, such as counterfeiting, trademark infringement , and unauthorized use of copyright contents, faced by the rights holder and the creator, particularly in the domain of intellectual property rights (IPR). The Copyright Act, 1957: Under the said act, S. 51 and 52, along with S.