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copying competitor's website & reviews creates (c), TM, false advertising problems

43(B)log

Boston Suburban allegedly continued to use the “Logan Car Servicemark in online keyword advertising and in metatags, and continued to copy customer reviews from Boston Carriage’s website and publish them on online review platforms. This included a state-law dilution claim, since state law required only distinctiveness.

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Actual Use, Not Preparations For Use, Of A Service Mark Is Necessary For The USPTO To Register It

IP Intelligence

If you desire to register a service mark asserting use that is preparatory for the rendering of your services, your application will fail in the U.S. Instead, the services must be actually rendered in connection with the mark for a registration to be granted. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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Actual Use, Not Preparations For Use, Of A Service Mark Is Necessary For The USPTO To Register It

LexBlog IP

If you desire to register a service mark asserting use that is preparatory for the rendering of your services, your application will fail in the U.S. Instead, the services must be actually rendered in connection with the mark for a registration to be granted. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). ” Id.

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TTAB Denies Petition to Cancel "ONEPACKET" Registration: Failure to Prove Nonuse

The TTABlog

Respondent's rope-a-dope defense proved to be successful in this cancellation proceeding aimed at a registration for the mark ONEPACKET (standard form) for computer-related services. What if the registrant has no intent one way or the other? Then registrant wins. - Emphasis supplied.].

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What are well known trademarks?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

It means only the registered proprietor of Amul, i.e. Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers can register the word Amul for any class of goods or services. Marks that have achieved such status and reputation are known as well known trademarks.