IP Intelligence

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

If you are contemplating registering a service mark that primarily benefits your company and not others, don’t bother; it will be refused registration. This issue was recently addressed by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in In re California Highway Patrol, SN 88796327 (TTAB Nov. 4, 2021) [not precedential] ( CHiP ).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

These rules were introduced in the 2021 amendment to Article 1360 of the Civil Code. Before the 2021 amendment, such use was allowed only for reasons of public defense and security. The latter unsuccessfully contested this governmental order before the Supreme Court in May 2021. Is anything here on the list?

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

.” General Court of the European Union PRESS RELEASE No 120/21 Luxembourg, 7 July 2021 entitled “The Court gives a ruling for the first time on the registration of a sound mark submitted in audio format.”; ”; see also ILN Today, July 15, 2021. 3137680), the lightsaber sound from Star Wars (as Reg.

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