LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

Also, when holding a trademark registration in Colombia, the obligation arises for its owner to use the trademark in commerce, beginning three (3) years from the date when registration was granted.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Thus, when a purchaser asks for any of Applicant’s patented or PVP protected goods, it “has no other name to use but its designated name.” Applicant could have chosen a designation other than IFG to associate as a brand name and file for trademark protection. Pennington Seed , 80 USPQ2d at 1762. more than five years old - ed. ]

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IP Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

AI also cannot hold a USPTO account or independently access a practitioner’s account.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Genericness: The Board found that the word “sneaker(s)” is generic for retail services featuring sneakers because it is a term that the relevant public uses or understands to refer to a key aspect or subcategory of the genus, which Nike did dispute. In re Nike, Inc. Serial Nos.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

A novel design is entitled to a patent unless it is has been (1) described in a printed publication; (2) in public use; or (3) on sale more than one year prior to the date of the application of the patent. [9]. § 102(a); see also Pride Family Brands, Inc. ” [8]. Turner Heritage Homes Inc., GFI , 193 F.3d

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

A novel design is entitled to a patent unless it is has been (1) described in a printed publication; (2) in public use; or (3) on sale more than one year prior to the date of the application of the patent. [9]. 102(a); see also Pride Family Brands, Inc. The application process for a design patent is simple. GFI , 193 F.3d

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IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

Although the original Mickey Mouse’s copyright protection will expire at the end of 2023, Disney will still be able to protect the Mickey Mouse brand through trademark law. These intersections between trademark and copyright law may stop Mickey from strolling into public use for the coming years.

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IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

Although the original Mickey Mouse’s copyright protection will expire at the end of 2023, Disney will still be able to protect the Mickey Mouse brand through trademark law. These intersections between trademark and copyright law may stop Mickey from strolling into public use for the coming years.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

BI argues that FDA’s current interpretation “encourages, or at least permits, brand sponsors to use minor concentration changes as an anti-competitive tactic.” BI points to Humira ® (adalimumab) as an example. 9,643,997, which is directed to protein purification. A jury trial is scheduled for May 17, 2021.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 31, 2025

Jake Linford: Thinks of both Abercrombie and Seabrook as asking the same question of sending the consumer a signal of branding. Flowers have nothing semantically to do with apparel, but are used in fashion. Grynberg, The Paranoid Brand in American Politics Misinformation and trust. Can marketing tell us anything useful?

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