IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

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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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 12, 2022

Introduction - On December 27, 2020, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) became law after it passed Congress and was signed by the President as part of the year-end Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2021. With the issuance of implementing regulations for the TMA by the U.S.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

By adopting the unique narrative structure of its books and using the specific phrase “Choose Your Own Adventure Book,” Chooseco accused Netflix of willfully infringing its trademark and ultimately tarnishing the series’ child-friendly reputation. Photo retrieved from Tubefilter.

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IPilogue

JULY 27, 2021

Section 3 of Part II of the TRIPS Agreement , entitled “Geographical Indications”, and Article 20 , which prohibits states from introducing special requirements that would “unjustifiably encumber” the use of affected trademarks, both may apply in this scenario.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 2, 2022

Slade and yours truly, The TTABlogger , will present a webinar entitled "What Non-US Practitioners Need to Know About US Trademark Law and the Recent Trademark Modernization Act ("TMA")," on March 10th from Noon to 1 PM EST , sponsored by Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. Admission" is free. Register here.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Slade and yours truly, The TTABlogger , will present a webinar entitled "What Non-US Practitioners Need to Know About US Trademark Law and the Recent Trademark Modernization Act ("TMA")," on March 10th from Noon to 1 PM EST , sponsored by Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. Admission" is free. Register here.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 7, 2021

[viii] This massive dichotomy in prices forces fans to choose between the Scylla of paying hundreds of dollars for a jersey to support their favorite team because of sports licensing monopolies, and the Charybdis of perpetuating trademark infringement by knowingly or unknowingly patronizing these shady, unregulated vendors. (ii)

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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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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

The history of the federal trademark law is almost as old as the Constitution. On July 8, 1870, the Federal Trademark was enacted as the first US Federal law to protect the trademarks. In its place, a trademark law on March 3, 1881, was enacted that targeted the trademarks used in interstate commerce.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We know that brands try to make their trademarks as unique and distinctive as possible to attain the highest level of protection under the Trademark Law. ’ Common or generic terms are usually not protected under trademark law. ’ How are then these common words registered as a trademark?

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JD Supra Law

MAY 19, 2022

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The TMA amended the federal trademark law (known as the Lanham Act) to provide new tools to address abuses of the US trademark registration process. By: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

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SpicyIP

APRIL 4, 2022

Hamdard the manufacturer of Rooh Afza , a well-known syrup/sharbat, alleged that Sadar Labs had infringed its well-known trademark in ‘Rooh Afza’ and was passing off its products as those of the plaintiff’s by using the mark ‘Dil Afza’, with the meaning of the words ‘Rooh’ and ‘Dil’ being similar.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Regulations implementing the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) went into effect on December 18, 2021. The new rules and procedures are multifaceted and address several aspects of trademark law, both with respect to litigation and USPTO practice. By: SmithAmundsen LLC

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 5, 2022

As we wrote in January 2021, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) brought significant changes to trademark law and practice.

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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. & Ors (CS(COMM) 443/2020) Written By Vijayalakshmi R The Plaintiffs LifeStyle Equities C.V. and its affiliates, Cloudtail India Pvt.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Rebecca Tushnet , a professor at Harvard Law School and author of a brief opposing Jack Daniel’s 2020 Supreme Court bid , highlights that trademark law exists to protect consumers from fraudulent products rather than clear humorous uses of existing trademarks and trade dress.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Single Judge Bench (SB) consisting of Justice Sanjeev Narula made some intriguing observations regarding the trademarkability of the mark “Aashiqui” as a movie franchise and restraining its use by other entities. Ameya Vinod Khopkar Entertainment (2020) over “De Dhakka”. A Lot is a Name!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Going forward, my advice to parodists who don’t want to be found to infringe trademarks: make sure your parody slaps everyone right in the face. This is not just a new standard in trademark law, but a new standard for this ancient and important literary form. App’x 16 (2d Cir. trades in on the goodwill of Dr. Seuss.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 22, 2022

As those involved in the world of trademark law likely know, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) publishes an immensely helpful Manual covering the practices and procedures of prosecuting or registering trademarks in front of the USPTO.

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IP Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

While this line by Juliet looks beyond the hateful nature of Romeo's family name, the summer of 2020 has been marked with social unrest leading many businesses and entertainers to reconsider the nature of their names and any connection they have to past atrocities.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Erik Pelton® has been making trademarks bloom since 1999 ® as the founder of Erik M. Pelton & Associates ®, a boutique trademark law firm in Falls Church, Virginia. trademarks for clients and has represented hundreds of parties in trademark disputes. Past issues of Top Trademark Trends: 2021: [link].

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

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. On the other hand, the Trademark Law allows two or more registered owners or concurrent users of similar marks. In May 2007, the label mark ‘SOYA DROP’ was registered.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 11, 2024

The objective of these requirements is to guarantee the legitimacy of graphical representations of smell trademarks. CHALLENGES Olfactory markings have certain particular challenges under Indian trademark law. New Challenge on Intellectual Property: Smell Trademark. Atlantis Press. Odintsov, S., Trubina, M. Klingberg, R.,

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

However, the same process does not include any examination or verification to determine whether the domain name is distinctive or capable of distinguishing itself from the competition, i.e., existing domain names that are clearly in violation of trademark law. Schechter, The Rational Basis of Trademark Protection, 40 HARV.

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IPilogue

JULY 22, 2021

The decision was an impressive win for Greenpeace as the Federal Court found that all but 3 of Greenpeace’s uses of AGL’s logo failed to amount to trademark and copyright infringement. One of the key uses of AGL’s trademark and copyright was Greenpeace’s tagline, “Australia’s Greatest Liability”. From 2019 to 2020, AGL produced 42.2

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IPilogue

MARCH 20, 2023

The motion court first hearing the case misapplied the fundamental principles of trademark law. because they were the first to file a trademark application for “Bombay Frankies” despite not having yet used the mark. The motion court granted the injunction to 2788610 Ontario Inc. 2788610 Ontario Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 27, 2021

billion in 2020. Based on its popularity, most would say, “Who cares whether hard seltzer is beer, just give me one.” In 2013, Constellation acquired perpetual, irrevocable, and exclusive license rights in the Corona marks, which gave Constellation the right to sell products under the Corona trademark. But what is a hard seltzer?

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 26, 2024

A similar notice sent to GitHub in 2020 took content down using the DMCA. In other parts of the notice, takedowns were requested under trademark law. At this point, it’s worth highlighting something that all of these notices have in common: not a single one targets pirated copies of Nintendo games.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 27, 2023

References [i] Trademark Non-Use Cancellation, available at [link] last seen on 05/05/2020 S.47, Kluwer Law International. iv] [link] of-non-use/, last seen on 05/05/2020. 7 Trademark Non-Use Cancellation, available at [link] last seen on 05/05/2020 S.47, iv] [link] of-non-use/, last seen on 05/05/2020.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Firstly, in footnote 1 the author, Phoebe Li, lets us know that all online resources were last accessed on 30 May 2020. Part III: "Rethinking Copyright and Trademark Law" Part III provides four chapters, three from a copyright perspective and one addressing trade mark.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 2, 2021

European trademark law requires genuine use of a trademark to maintain registration. Lack of use may cancel a trademark’s registration; as well, any oppositions based on a trademark without genuine use may not withstand a non-usage defense. . Photo Credits: BP Miller ( Unsplash).

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 14, 2023

2,000 Crores in Financial Year 2020-21. 700 crores in 2020-2021. 33 crores in the year 2020-21 in respect of the said marks. The Plaintiff also cited several cases wherein it had initiated action against the infringement of its trademark. The Plaintiff claimed its sales promotion to the tune of Rs.33

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The IPKat

APRIL 5, 2022

JI 2020) was a minor one with only one change to the JI 2007, i.e., replacing one of the legislation’s grounds from the General Principles of the Civil Law to the Civil Code of China (See the IPKat post on the Civil Code of China here ). There was no JI on the AUCL until 2007. The subsequent JI (i.e.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2018 a district court judge ruled that the toy infringed Jack Daniel’s trademarks. The Ninth Circuit overturned that decision in 2020 on the ground that the toy was an “expressive work” protected by the First Amendment. The dispute dates back to 2014 when Jack Daniel’s sent a series of cease and desist letters to the toy company.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2022

For example, according to the complaint: On August 19, 2020, Plaintiff searched for “Royal Silk” under all departments on Amazon.com, yielding 60 product listings, including “Sponsored” product listings—ads paid for by the seller.

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Above the Fold

JULY 22, 2022

As those involved in the world of trademark law likely know, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) publishes an immensely helpful Manual covering the practices and procedures of prosecuting or registering trademarks in front of the USPTO.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

In Trademark law, it is important to determine if the mark is being used to offer goods and services similar to the ones for which it is registered. Shri Sharma (2020), the DHC had said that only a natural person can rely upon Sec. Macrotech Developers similarly, he argues, has filed the suit to protect their brand.

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