IPilogue

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Hall Law School. . On September 28, 2021 , The Hershey Co. The design of Hershey’s cone-shaped small chocolate “Kisses” has been a registered trademark with the United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) since 1996. Cookie Department”) for copying Hershey’s famous Kisses shape.

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IPilogue

MARCH 20, 2023

Anita Gogia is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On November 2, 2022, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that goodwill does not exist when the registered trademark has not been used. The motion court first hearing the case misapplied the fundamental principles of trademark law.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2022

This article seeks to examine how trademark law interacts with the freedom of expression of artists to choose the subject matters they wish to engage with, using the dispute between Hermès, a fashion industry giant and Mason Rothschild, a digital artist, as a contextual backdrop. The Hermès-Rothschild Dispute. Ltd vs Google India Pvt.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 8, 2022

TTAB Cancellation Actions: Terminating an Infringing Trademark Registration. One option is to institute a cancellation action with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “TTAB”) to challenge the registration of the mark. If you win, the TTAB “cancels” the registration of the trademark at issue.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 6, 2021

There are three requirements that the claimant must prove: The domain name is identical or similar to the point of being able to confuse it with a previous right owned by the applicant; The domain owner has no legitimate rights or interests over the domain name; and, The domain name has been registered or is being used in bad faith.

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Accordingly, DONCIC was left with no choice other than to seek cancellation of his mother’s trademark to clear the path for the other applications. In his petition to cancel the previously registered trademark, Doncic explained that he has a “desire to consolidate his business interests and take control of his name and identity.”

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

.” The dispute highlights that multi-jurisdictional trademark owners and users must carefully consider whether any infringement issues may arise in relation to any generic meaning of the mark in the specific jurisdiction where use (or even trademark protection) is sought. However, on 7 May 2021, the U.S. Background.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. This case involved Sun Pharmaceuticals allegedly infringing Cipla’s copyright and registered trademark. c) Top 10 Other IP Developments.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Can “honest concurrent use” be used as a defense against a trademark infringement claim? Lokesh, highlighting its history, argues that honest concurrent use is a principle of trademark law and is not limited to a provision. Delhi High Court Imposes Costs worth INR 2 Cr. on Triveni Interchem Pvt. Case: Alphavector India Pvt.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

(I am unaware of any reported comparison, but I did find the latter compared to a toilet flushing and have seen the former’s trademark suffer indignities at times too ). ”; see also ILN Today, July 15, 2021. .” ”; see also ILN Today, July 15, 2021. ” Ardagh at par. Some wonder what that all means.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It can also mean as the proxy or substitute holder of rights here on earth because no spiritual being will receive a copyright certificate, trademark registrations, or letters patent. registered trademarks: Elohim—4. But that “provision only restricts registration of the mark. Jehovah–8.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2023

§ 1052(c) on registering marks concerning a living person without permission; this case has the possibility of altering trademark law significantly and allowing current events to be treated similarly to historic events from a trademark perspective. But one can expect, now that cert. ” Id. (at at 1165-66).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On January 13, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) circulated a draft amendment to the PRC Trademark Law for public comment (“TML Draft Amendment”). The CNIPA Draft Amendment is comprised of a total of 101 articles in 10 chapters (as opposed to 73 articles in 8 chapters in the current law).

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Indeed, the PTO has increased its focus on whether the use an applicant is making is trademark use, as opposed to ornamental or informational use, in its registration decisions. Professor Alexandra Roberts has written an excellent recent article on this, Trademark Failure to Function.

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