The IPKat

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Events ALAI 2025 Congress (Opatija, Croatia, 9-11 October 2025) The Association Litteraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI) has announced that its next Annual Congress will be taking place in Opatija, Croatia, between 9-11 October 2025. See details and the portal for feedback here. To submit a response click here.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

91272108 (February 20, 2025) [not precedential] (By the Board). Under Section 1 of the Trademark Act, only the owner of a mark is entitled to apply for registration. TTABlogger comment: I guess one could say that the applicant was "Baron" of trademark rights. Welch 2025. Grupo Bimbo, S.A. See Audioson Vertriebs GmbH v.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

The arbitral award dated February 28, 2025 , underscores the importance of accurate registrant information and reinforces that cybersquatting – even passive holding of infringing domains will not go unchecked. incorporates the trademark in its entirety, differing only by the top-level domain (.in).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

At issue in this case is whether Viral DRM obtains ownership or exclusive licensing rights to the third-party videos it syndicates. The court says that Viral DRM’s exclusive “management” rights is not the same as ownership or an exclusive license to the copyright. 2025 WL 660250 (N.D. Seven West Media Ltd.,

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

The arbitral award, dated March 7, 2025, brings clarity to the protections available to well-known brands in Indias domain name system and underlines the risks of cybersquatting. This domain, incorporating the entirety of Boses registered and well-known trademark, was being used for hosting a website that allegedly sold similar products.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

5 Proven Steps to Protect Your Intellectual Property in 2025 In a world where ideas are currency, protecting intellectual property (IP) has ne ver been more critical. Trademarks : Protect brand identifiers such as names, logos, slogans, and symbols that distinguish your products or services in the market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Invisible Narratives claims to own the copyrights and trademarks to the series. Next Level Apps Technology FZCO , 2025 WL 551866 (N.D. Barrett Financial * 512(f) Once Again Ensnared in an Employment Ownership DisputeShande v. Invisible Narratives posts the content to its YouTube channel entitled “ Dafuq!? Zoox * Surprise!

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The TTABlog

APRIL 1, 2024

1: TTAB Orders Cancellation of CAPTAIN CANNABIS Registration for Comic Books: Petitioner Proved Priority By Use Analogous to Trademark Use Section 2(e)(1) - Mere Descriptiveness: Precedential No. Goodyear, "Queer Trademarks." TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? Precedential No.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 13, 2025

In the second week of April we have a post looking closely at the Draft CRI Guidelines 2025 (deadline today for submitting comments!), Highlights of the Week Taking a closer look at the Draft CRI Guidelines 2025 Short on Time, Big on Impact: Draft CRI Guidelines close for comments on 15th April. Anything we are missing out on?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Chandran vs Manju the petitioner was seeking a permanent prohibitory injunction against the respondent from entering into two shops under the trademark Calluna. The respondent filed a counterclaim arguing that she was the owner of the Calluna trademark and therefore, sought an injunction against her husband from using it.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In particular, the court held that the patents were not invalid for obviousness-type double patenting because there was no common ownership with other Immunex patents, the patents-in-suit were assigned to Roche, and Immunex did not obtain “all substantial rights.” license and the ability to bring a biosimilar to market in March 2025.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summary of the posts on the Lodha trademark dispute, the scrapping of the UGC-Care list, and the escalation of the Nayanthara-Dhanush copyright battle. Yogesh Byadwal looks into this query of family names and trademark disputes in this post! Anything we are missing out on?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2025

2025 WL 961473 (W.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025) This case involves the service Joybuy, which listed items for sale in Walmart.coms marketplace. The contributory trademark infringement claim against Walmart goes the same. March 14, 2025) This is a lawsuit against an IAP for subscriber-caused copyright infringement.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Oliver Fairhurst reported on a recent judgment concerning distinctiveness in the context of a dispute between Abbott and Sinocare [2025] EWHC 206 (Ch). The case focuses on the attempt to use shape marks to protect against similar products. IP events and opportunities Alessandro Cerri informed the Readers of events and opportunities.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In a 55-page decision, the Board granted a petition for cancellation of registrations for the mark VIVACE for a "radio frequency microneedling device" on the ground of non-ownership. 92074719 (February 14, 2025) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cheryl S. Therefore, the Wrist-Rocket factors for determining ownership did not apply.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 21, 2025

The Board upheld two refusals to register the product configuration shown below as a trademark for "Food service equipment levelers of metal," finding the proposed mark to be de jure functional under Section 2(e)(5), and, alternatively, lacking in acquired distinctiveness. Welch 2025. In re Kason Industries, Inc. Casagrande).

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 10, 2025

Andrusieks actual trademark use on comic books did not begin until 2017, but from 2006 he used the term as the name of a character, which the Board accepted as use analogous to trademark use. TTABlogged here ].Attempting

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The TTABlog

JULY 2, 2024

11: TTAB Upholds 2(a) False Connection Refusal of LEATHERNECKS for Motorcycle Club Membership Section 2(c) - Consent of Living Individual Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of the Trademark Act’s “Names Clause” in Affirming Refusal to Register TRUMP TOO SMALL Section 2(d) - Likelihood of Confusion: TTABlog Test: Is HOLLYWOOD COFFEE CO.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 2, 2025

Trademark Cases TTAB Posts March 2025 Hearing Schedule Three Recent Inter Partes Proceedings: The Bigger They Are. TTAB Posts February 2025 Hearing Schedule TTAB Chief Judge Gerard F. Welch 2025. Yes] TTAB Finds "BRILLIANT ROSE" Generic for. Guess What? TTAB Finds MENTCHEES Generic for. Guess What?

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SpicyIP

APRIL 6, 2025

million new cancer incidences in India by 2025, public health priorities need to be realigned to ensure better access to treatment for all. on 2 April, 2025 (Delhi High Court) Image from here. Trademarks PUKHRAJ and EMERALD are registered trademarks of the plaintiff. Drop a comment below to let us know.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The case will proceed to trial, with potential implications for copyright ownership. Oliver Fairhurst covers the Jukic v BBC (2025) case, where a LiP claimed her TV show treatment was copied for Glow Up. Michelle Bogre and Nancy Wolff Best book on Trade Mark Law - Research Handbook on the History of Trademark Law, Edward Elgar, eds.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 2, 2025

2023 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review View the Recording CLE credit for this recording expires on January 30, 2025. Navigating the Intersection of Non-Compete Agreements and Employee Mobility View the Recording CLE for this recording expires on February 20, 2025.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2024

On January 1, 2025, the U.S. On January 1, 2025, a new crop of creative works from 1929 (along with sound recordings from 1924), will enter the public domain in the United States, unlocking countless possibilities for imaginative reinterpretation across a wide array of genres. Here’s what it all means.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Weve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so its a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Wishing everyone a prosperous and a healthy new year ahead and hoping that 2025 brings in spicier IP developments to the Indian IP regime, making it a more fair, balanced and effective one!

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