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Can A Single Colour Mark Acquire Registration In India?

IP and Legal Filings

He was unmistakably aware of the nuances regarding colours in trademark law. Broadly speaking, trademarks are of two types: traditional and non-traditional. [1] 2] However, the quintessential reason for such distinction is due to a slightly elevated standard for the registration of non-traditional marks.

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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

It was in October 2020 when SSPL came to know about NTC’s use of a similar label and trade dress for its set of soya bean edible oil products. It further added that an individual could either own a registered trademark or copyright but not both. In May 2007, the label mark ‘SOYA DROP’ was registered.

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Scent As A Signature: Examining the Role Of Smell In Trademark Recognition

IP and Legal Filings

Although scents are implicitly included in the Act’s protection of trademarks, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has stringent procedures for scent trademark registration. The objective of these requirements is to guarantee the legitimacy of graphical representations of smell trademarks.

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Your Intellectual Property Attorney Can be Located in a Different State

LexBlog IP

For most intellectual property questions, your attorney can be located anywhere in the United States. This is because most of the relevant intellectual property laws involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets are federal laws, which apply uniformly throughout the United States.

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Can Braille Be Registered As a Trademark?

IP and Legal Filings

This is primarily because of the clash between the traditional concept of trademarks and the ever-growing need to find newer ways to differentiate one’s product and services from competitors. [1] 4] Second, the qualification for registering a trademark, both traditional and non-traditional, essentially remains the same.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

Most significantly, “the development of blockchain technology” has been accepted as a legal business activity by the Indonesian standard industrial business categorization code, which was published in 2020. 5 of 2020, dated November 16, 2020, regarding ESP in the Private Sector, as amended by MOCI Regulation No.

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EMP&A comments on Trade Regulation Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses

Erik K Pelton

As a trademark law firm, we represent a wide array of clients but predominantly focus on helping small business owners protect their intellectual property. In recent years, trademark scams have proliferated and become increasingly problematic, particularly for small business owners. About Erik M.