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[Guest post] Turin Court of Appeal upholds protection of Juventus FC’s unregistered colour combination trade mark for ‘Be the stripes’ jersey

The IPKat

Then, the Turin court clarified that the owner of the combination colour trade mark is undoubtedly Juventus and not Adidas, as the former publicly used the shirt (which also bears Juventuss word mark along with the Scudetto won in the previous season) in its home games throughout the 2019/20 season.

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Printed Publication: Documents Made Available only to Customers

Patently-O

The court relied upon additional facts not found in the question presented–noting that the document in question was distributed to hundreds of customers over a span of years and without any confidentiality restrictions; and that product advertisements were designed to attract persons of skill in the art. 102(a)(1).

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CAFC Affirms TTAB in Genericness Refusal of MODULAR GABION SYSTEMS for. Guess What?

The TTABlog

In its genericness analysis the Board relied on dictionary definitions, on third-party usage, and on Shepherd's own use of the proposed mark to refer to a type of product rather than a source. Its finding that the public used the proposed mark generically was supported by substantial evidence. Contrary to C.E.

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maintaining ex-employees' voicemail/email doesn't violate Lanham Act or right of publicity

43(B)log

Lanham Act false advertising: Failing to delete email and voicemail accounts is not “commercial advertising or promotion.” Omissions and inactions of this sort do not constitute either ordinary advertising or “a systematic communicative endeavor to persuade possible customers to buy the seller’s product.”

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Getting your Industrial Design Registration in Oman

IP and Legal Filings

b) an industrial design that is contrary to public order or morality. (b) c) illicitly affixes on products, advertisements, trademarks, containers or other object indications that may lead to believe that the object is a registered industrial design.

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Haldiram India Pvt. Ltd. V. Berachah Sales Corporation And Ors., 2024: A Case Study On “Well-Known Trademarks

IP and Legal Filings

Whether the defendants can be restrained from using such marks by converting the ex-parte ad-interim injunction into a permanent injunction? 3500 crores were the advertisement expenses and Rs. Whether the said marks are eligible to be given the ‘well-known mark’ status? Plaintiff’s Contentions The plaintiff mentioned that Rs.

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My Word! Design Patents on a Typeface

LexBlog IP

A company can use a unique typeface to convey pretty much anything on any of its products, its advertising, its website, and any other place a company would publicly use the written word. A basic typeface is a set of characters and numerals, e.g., each of the 26 letters and the numerals 1 through 10.