IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

What began as a (relatively) simple claim by Sky for trademark infringement of various SKY trademarks (the "SKY Marks") by SkyKick, ultimately resulted in four High Court judgments, a referral to the CJEU, a Court of Appeal ruling and ended in a significant Supreme Court decision.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

After the brand is registered, the user then registers various intellectual properties including trademarks, copyrights and patents, The form does ask if the property is registered or not and, if it is, requires that the user provide the registration number and location.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2025

The International Trademark Association (INTA) announced today that it has filed an amicus brief in a referral to the Grand Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that asks for clarification on registering human faces as trademarks.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

IP Osgoode and the  Intellectual Property Institute of Canada  (IPIC) are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 edition of  Canada’s IP Writing Challenge. In the Law Student category, Pasha Kulinich won for his entry, “Shortcomings of the Trademarks Act in the Frontline against Counterfeit Goods”.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Today, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators Report, providing a snapshot of IP filing activities across the globe during 2023.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The post Blockchain’s Very Big (and Very Bad) IP Day appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Yesterday, two major rulings came out that impact Bitcoin and other blockchain-based technologies. Here's what happened.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Kat friend Iana Kazeeva provides an enlightening discussion on steps taken by the Russian government and courts with respect to IP following the invasion of Ukraine. The common denominator is the use of changes to the IP law as a political instrument towards states taking “unfriendly” actions against Russia.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) updated subject matter eligibility guidance was October 16, and the Office received 24 total submissions. The deadline for comments on the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2025

On April 11, 2025, Twitter (now X) co-founder Jack Dorsey tweeted, Delete All IP Laws. Commentators have already called the exchange destructive, especially in light of an all-of-government call to reduce anticompetitive regulations (of which, some consider those pesky IP rights to be one).

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 7, 2025

All of these bring a new dynamism with them and, inevitably, challenges–and opportunities–in the field of intellectual property, most particularly trademarks. A trademark would be the asset that holds together a brand identity for a business, ensuring that its goods or services remain differentiated from others in the marketplace.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 1, 2025

Yesterday, we heard what our readers would like to see happen in their wildest IP dreams this year, but some wishes are more likely than others to come true. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in the previous year, and more.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the lack of participation by academics in court proceedings, Patent Controller’s order on patent of addition, and Delhi High Court’s decision on latching and passing off. Whither Indian IP Academics’ Engagement with the Judiciary?:

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

INTRODUCTION For a long time, logos, names, and jingles have been the mainstays of trademark law. A recent trend in branding, however, is the use of non-traditional trademarks such as haptic markings. In 2003, the firm’s trademark in Germany was protected due to its distinctive design. are two examples.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2025

Chamber of Commerces Global Innovation Policy Center published the 2025 International IP Index, the Chambers annual assessment of legal frameworks for intellectual property (IP) protections in countries across the globe. were among the key findings driving changes to this years report.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While none of these cases induced large numbers of amici to ask the Court to grant cert, they do represent several current issues in IP law that remain unaddressed.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

(This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Aditi Agrawal and Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan) Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summary of the posts on taking stock of ANI vs OpenAI copyright litigation (Part I and II), and Machine Unlearning and the ANI vs OpenAI case. Kirloskar Brothers Ltd.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

In India, the protection of architectural designs falls under three main categories of the Indian IP regime, namely copyrights, designs and trademarks. This poses a serious challenge for architects to secure IP protections for their designs. Trademarking of a building s design is a significant step in branding and marketing.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

Just like every lock has its matching key, each type of IP serves a specific purpose. With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? For that, first let us understand what are IP and IPR. of their work for a fixed period.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A new intellectual property (IP) organization launched today will be headed by former vice president of U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), Frank Cullen, and features a Board of Directors comprised of bipartisan frontrunners in the IP realm. policy at the U.S. The Board includes former U.S.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2025

Patent and Trademark Director Andrei Iancu delivered a keynote address to open the Intellectual Property Awareness Summit (IPAS) 2025 being held at Dolby Labs in San Francisco, CA. Today, former U.S. Iancus comments excoriated recent calls to weaken U.S.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

If you own IP in Colombia or abroad and are seeking financing and cash for your projects or company, this article is for you. Intellectual property (IP) is an increasingly important asset for businesses in today’s knowledge-based economy. This is where IP finance comes in.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Worldwide IP filings increased by 3.6% decrease in filings and a 1% increase in trademark filings. Trademark applications grew at a much faster rate than patent applications, with a 5.5% in trademark filing activity. The biggest increase in patent filings was in Asia, where 67.6% The United States saw a 1.2%

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 21, 2023

The tool also provides basic information on patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyright. At the U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 10, 2025

The tech giant flashed in the news again in the trademark dispute with Gurugram-based fraudulent call centre company Retnec Private Limited. The Indian Constitution’s Article 19(1)(g) grants Indian people the freedom to engage in trade or business. lakhs in Indian currency.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

The proliferation of deepfake technology has posed significant challenges to the protection of individual identity and reputation and the recent incidents of INDIA TV and Medanta hospitals trademark infringement and deepfaked potrayals have once again re-surfaced this issue.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 17, 2023

This week in Washington IP news, following the federal holiday to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Congress is not in session, but there are still some interesting events to put on your calendar, including the all-day listening session on United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)-U.S.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Supreme Court filed on behalf of her company, Jump Rope Systems, LLC, on Tuesday that her case against Rogue Fitness is justiciable and the company has standing despite the cancellation of her patent claims by the U.S. Metz and Jump Rope Systems originally sued Rogue Fitness in 2018.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 11, 2025

Pepperdine University, in an emergency motion filed one week before the shows release, asked the court to block the release due to trademark violations occurring within the series. The court denied the motion, and the series is now the number one TV show on Netflix as of this writing.

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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

If you own IP in Colombia or abroad and are seeking financing and cash for your projects or company, this article is for you. Intellectual property (IP) is an increasingly important asset for businesses in today’s knowledge-based economy. This is where IP finance comes in.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2025

This week in Barks & Bites: American pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson announces $55 billion in U.S. by BOE Technology. This week in Barks & Bites: American pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson announces $55 billion in U.S. by BOE Technology.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) under newly appointed Director, Kathi Vidal, and some exciting precedents set in the rapidly evolving area of inventions and art created by artificial intelligence machines, among other developments. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, a flurry of activity from the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This case will undoubtedly impact the ability of third parties to use a brand’s trademark in artistic endeavors or the ability of brands to restrict the use of their trademarks by third parties, or both. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 18, 2023

Mac Mok is an IP Innovation Clinic Senior Fellow and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This article was written as a requirement for Prof. Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive Program. This semester, I participated in Osgoode’s Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Technology Intensive program (IP Intensive).

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2022

We are pleased to bring our readers a guest post by Abhijay Srekanth and Vivek Basanagoudar on interaction of trademarks with free speech. Abhijay Srekanth is an LLM candidate at the Queen Mary University of London specialising in IP, and a recent graduate of Jindal Global Law School. The views expressed in the piece are personal.

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Introduction Trademark law is mainly governed by two key principles: “first to file” and “first to use.” ” While countries like China focus on the “first to file” rule, India gives more importance to those who first use a trademark in the market. trademark law. Banff, Ltd.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2025

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) will once again chair the House IP Subcommittee during the 119th Congress; the Ninth Circuit holds that advertising shares and selling equity cannot constitute trademark infringement; a Federal Circuit panel majority reverses the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) while Circuit (..)

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The IPKat

MAY 11, 2024

Why does the patent use a different name from the registered trademark? These denominations cannot be registered as trademarks - for example, under Article 7.1(m) Unlike PVR law, however, trademark law imposes no obligations to maintain a direct link between a name and a plant.

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