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Revival of the Third-party Trademark as a Keyword Dispute

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We are pleased to bring you a guest post from Payal Saraogi, on a recent decision of the Delhi High Court on Google’s use of trademarks as advertisement keywords. Payal has graduated from the School of Law, Christ University in 2020, and currently practices as a disputes lawyer. Confusion caused by Google’s keyword policy.

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Smells like Luxury, Does it Cost a Trademark Battle?

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Recently, there has been an increase in the number of advertisements on social media for perfumes that offer the same fragrance as a luxury one at a reasonably affordable rate. Image from here Smells like Luxury, Does it cost a Trademark Battle? and still exude a luxurious aura at events.

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Winzo v Google- Missed Opportunity to Detail out Disparagement

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This results in common claims of ‘disparagement’ in trademark law. However, in an interesting turn of events, Winzo, that operates a gaming app, sued Google for displaying a disclaimer on their website when their app is downloaded by any user. Nor is there any advertising for any goods or services.

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Trade names as a protective tool in the event of subsequent trademark applications

Garrigues Blog

A trademark is a distinctive sign which identifies the goods and services of a company, and differentiates them from those of competitors, whereas a trade name identifies a company operating in trade and serves to distinguish it from other companies carrying out identical or similar activities. In particular, article 7.1

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Make Your Mark On History: Connecting Tradenames To Landmark Events, People & Places

LexBlog IP

.” But we interpret that phrase in our own way today—we wish to see what occurs when one literally makes a mark based on, or out of, history by adopting as a tradename a historic event, person, or place. We will look not only at the laws of the United States but at some other jurisdictions as well. .” Tam , 137 S.

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“Oktoberfest”: A Missed Celebration & a Hard Term to Trademark

IPilogue

The EUIPO allowed Munich to trademark Oktoberfest under twenty-two product classes including, most importantly, tourism advertising. The application to the EUIPO stated that Munich wished to trademark the term to prevent others from advertising and profiting off products associated with the event or events replicating the festival.

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Zara vs. Boungiorno and the possibility (or not) of using third-party trademarks

Garrigues Blog

regarding the use of the ZARA trademark. We will examine the impact of the ruling in cases involving the use of third-party trademarks. Buongiorno was an internet and mobile telephone network provider that, in 2010, launched an advertising campaign for a paid subscription to a messaging service for receiving content via SMS.