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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. The entirety of the evidence of record indicates that there are several third-party uses of the phrase on various goods that do not appear to be associated with Applicant, thereby suggesting that the broader class of consumers would perceive only the common meaning of the phrase.

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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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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. Lack of Bona Fide Intent: Precedential No.

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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.

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The Interplay between Religious Sensitiveness and Trademark Law in India

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction A mark represents the institution or company to which it belongs and serves as a means of differentiating goods or services among individuals. Marks can be of various types i.e., word marks, service marks, logos, symbols, series marks, etc [1]. link] [2] Goldammer, K. 1999, July 26).

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Get 2 Go Sued for Alleged Trademark Infringement of getGo®

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

After acquiring the Fort Wayne Rickers stores, Plaintiffs apparently became aware of Defendants’, Get 2 Go , Virk Brothers, LLC, and Charanjit Singh, use of the name and trademarks GET 2 GO in connection with three retail convenience stores in Fort Wayne (the “Infringing Marks”). Service Mark Registrations, Nos.

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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. Century Life of Am.,