Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The Trademark Laws of different nations prevent third parties and entities from using a Registered Trademark , which is undoubtedly crucial considering the amount of time, money, effort, and hard work that goes into building a widely recognized and viable brand name.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

A very common way of marketing a product is to have it advertised and endorsed by celebrities that the public holds in good opinion. Daler Mehendi, a known singer and the plaintiff in the present case, had a registered trademark over the letters “DM” and established a business called “D.M. Entertainment v. Entertainment Pvt.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Sunanda Bharti on the Michelin Stars and its interaction was trademark laws. Bharti is a Professor of Law at Delhi University, and her previous posts can be accessed here. Image from here Mischief, Manifestation, and the Michelin Trademark! As an IP enthusiast, the author perceives this as a trademark matter.

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Garrigues Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Trademarks displayed in audiovisual works can be a real headache if the associated legal aspects fail to be taken into account. Both Spanish and European trademark laws and case law have shed some light in this regard. However, there are still some grey areas clouding this issue. Supreme Court Judgment no.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 4, 2021

QR codes originated in the automotive industry and are now commonly used in advertising, payments, product tracing, and detection of counterfeits, etc. Can we Trademark QR Codes? A QR (shorthand for ‘Quick Response’) code is a machine-readable matrix barcode.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2023

Introduction The term “trademark dilution” refers to the unauthorised use of, and/or application for, a trademark that is likely to damage an established mark’s distinctiveness. Exceptions As the coin have both the side in the same way the doctrine of dilution of trademark also have some exceptions.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. It currently accounts for about 15% of the entire revenue spent on global advertising. Remember, posting content that contains someone else’s logo, product name, or trademark may infringe upon their IPRs.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

The trademark law firmly establishes that a trademark owner reserves the exclusive right to use the trademark and enforce the same. Section 142 of the Act categorizes threats as circulars, advertisements or other similar means served on the other party. However, in the case of Dolphin Laboratories Pvt.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Introduction: The concept of comparing and considering a trademark in its entirety is a well-established tenet in trademark law. When a trademark is registered, it provides protection to the mark as a whole, even if it is a composite trademark with numerous aspects in it. Vardhman Properties Ltd.,

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

Uberduck’s interface allows users to upload reference tracks or even convert text directly to speech. ” Michael Nash, April 26, 2023 It’s unclear who exactly Nash was referring to when he said that “we” have remedies including under trademark and right of publicity law.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2023

A fundamental principle of trademark law permits the owner of a well-known trademark to forbid third parties from using it in a manner that would lessen its distinctiveness. In accordance with a provision of trademark law known as trademark dilution, the owner of a brand may. What is Trademark Dilution?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Panel #2, TM, moderated by Vice Dean Felix Wu Jack Daniels says that use as a trademark is special: like copyright’s bête noire, confusion caused by trademark use is the central concern of trademark law. I’ve left out the parts specific to registered trademarks and the reference to treaties.

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Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Today, several generic terms that we use, such as ‘escalator,’ ‘xerox,’ ‘cellophane,’ sound common but were once protected as trademarks. Consumers stop referring to the trademark as a proper noun for the brand owner’s product but refer to it as a common noun to mean a product category.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Trademarks reduces the chance of confusion: Trademarks helps in preventing confusion in the minds of consumers by indicating the source and quality of the product, they are intending to use. Sections 9 and 11 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 address the notion of confusion. It takes years for them to get registration.

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SpicyIP

JULY 17, 2024

Aditya Gupta is a lawyer by training and is presently working on issues that fall at the intersection of IP law, freedom of expression, and business strategy. His primary focus is on trademark law and the intersection of finance and social networks. 4188451), which was already existing on the Register. 5285293, Class 30).

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We know that brands try to make their trademarks as unique and distinctive as possible to attain the highest level of protection under the Trademark Law. Yet, some proprietors seek to register common phrases or words for their products and services. Let us find out some of the ways of trademarking these terms.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 18, 2021

These intangible assets are often used in collaboration with other marks by the formation of a trademark portfolio, which consists of marks sharing a few characteristics and belonging to one entity. The issue of the distinctiveness of a family of trademarks was brought forth in the case of Pure & Simple Concepts, Inc.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Citing the agreement, the defendant requested the suit to be referred to an arbitration. The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. As for trademark claims, stray references to “12 O’Clock Boys” or “Twelve” as a potential title of the film (ultimately titled “Charm City Kings”) were insufficient.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Steel” (which is actually more a Godfather reference than a God one). Juliet Dee, Sweet baby Jesus, the band who must not be named, and friends U can’t trust: Disparaging, immoral and scandalous trademarks in the United States and the European Union, 53 First Amendment Studies 91, 93 (2019)]. ” Evans (2014) at 12.

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SpicyIP

JULY 10, 2024

The proprietors of the NBC logo allege not only infringement of the registered trademark, but surprisingly, also of their registered copyright in the logo. The ‘use’ of the registered trademark ‘in the course of trade’ is an essential prerequisite for a case of trademark infringement. & Ors.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I’m going to talk briefly about last term’s Jack Daniels case—a trademark infringement and dilution case—as well as Elster, argued last week, in which the Justices appeared inclined to reject a First Amendment challenge to the refusal to register the claimed mark “TRUMP TOO SMALL” for t-shirts. Trademark: In Jack Daniel’s v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Ramsey is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law. She writes and teaches in the trademark law area, and recently wrote a paper with Professor Christine Haight Farley that focuses on speech-protective doctrines in trademark infringement law.] By Guest Blogger Lisa P. Ramsey [Lisa P.

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