IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 12, 2024

INTRODUCTION According to the Partnership Act of 1932, a partnership is a connection involving two or more people who decide to split the earnings made from operating a business. For private firms, the act of registering a business is seen to be the establishment of the business. In a partnership business, this is not necessary.

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Intepat

APRIL 10, 2022

Additionally, trademark registrations for MSMEs are relatively cost-effective. Trademarks help your business to stand out from the crowd where there are so many look-alike products. Let us look into how trademark registration can act as an added advantage to a company registered as MSME. Registration fee.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Steven Bartlett points out that the absence of a patent or IP protection is holding Chakow back. For this reason, the IPO always recommends seeking advice from an IP professional beforehand. The two seek 75K for 1% of their business. The bowl is licked clean and its on to business. Could Chakow be the pioneers?

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 27, 2022

For maintaining a competitive edge in the market, businesses need to keep innovating. It applies to different aspects of a business, such as finance, corporate transactions, negotiations, employment agreements, technologies, to name a few. In the present era, working business environments have become significantly dynamic.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 16, 2025

From mystery football shirts on your doorstep to Italian pizza in pubs, the second episode of series 22 was full to the brim with keen entrepreneurs ready to pitch their business to the Dragons. The panel of business moguls were, as always, full of questions to keep them on their toes. He shoots, he scores?

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As Episode 6 of Dragons Den swept onto our screen, I was eager to see how Intellectual Property (IP) would sizzle into the episode. As the Dragon enquired about how weather-proof their protection was, the entrepreneurs shared that they had protected their product as a registered design (registration number 6302755 ).

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Here are the latest IP reports and opportunities to find out about. A Kat reading a new IP report Publication WIPO’s 2024 World Intellectual Property Indicators WIPO has published the 2024 edition of its World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI). This annual survey analyzes IP activity around the globe. programmes: - LL.M.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 10, 2023

My comments touched on numerous topics, but focused in large part on the impact that USPTO trademark filing fee increases will have on small businesses, as well as the USPTO’s IT expenditures. Small businesses make up a huge portion of the American economy. Below are the remarks Erik presented at the hearing last week.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 11, 2022

The Commission is soliciting written comment, data, and arguments concerning the need for such a rulemaking to prevent persons, entities, and organizations from impersonating government agencies or staff and businesses or their agents.” trademarks for clients who are overwhelmingly small businesses. Comments of Erik M.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The recent shift in the technology conglomerate’s brand identity has introduced a great opportunity to discuss the intellectual property implications of rebranding a business. The exclusivity of use granted to a mark-owner under the Act makes registration essential to a successful rebrand.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 27, 2022

Business companies across the globe understand the utmost importance of the internet and different social media platforms and are therefore enhancing their logo with unique visual effects and animation. Without any second thought, the acceptance of motion marks as trademarks is opening up new doors for brands and businesses.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 6, 2022

Under the Indian Trade Marks Act of 1999 , if a sound is or has become a distinctive or unique symbol associated with one undertaking, it will be eligible for obtaining Trademark Registration. This article shall discuss the foundations of sound trademark registrations in India while giving examples of widely known sounds trademarks.

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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Any business owner looking to distinguish himself from others in the market would be wise to safeguard the elements that make his business unique. Domain Name Search – A domain name is the face of every business and getting a.com extension of your brand is crucial. Are the businesses similar? Post Clearance Search.

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 6, 2022

Summer is around the corner, which means we are seeking law student(s) for a paid IP/Trademark internship from May/June – July/August 2022. Intern duties will include: Assisting associates with all aspects of trademark clearance, registration, and counsel; Drafting responses Office Actions at the U.S.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 21, 2021

According to that directive, from 1 January 2022, the CNIPA will only provide an electronic version of trade mark registration certificates. As strange as it may sound in today’s world of electronic formality, ‘paper’ is a big deal for the registration process in China. 1574) was launched.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 8, 2022

Moreover, the free trade agreement with the United States has eliminated tariff barriers on all consumer and industrial products, and also provided strong protections for foreign businesses investing in Oman. For the industrial design registration, the following documents are required for the same: Summarized description of the design.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 8, 2022

In this blog we will talk about the process of registration and what type of protection is provided under the designs act. The design created for your brand brings enormous value to the business. ADVANTAGES OF DESIGN REGISTRATION. Several benefits come along with the registration of a design in India. Website Designs.

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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. However, it can be challenging to secure trademark registration over the design of a building.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2024

Copyright Office issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register today offering a new group registration option for frequently updated news websites.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The Afro-IP blog informed on a trade mark infringement case, which was decided by the High Court of South Africa. Each business had a figurative mark containing ‘iCollege’ in them. The IP Helpdesk presented the main changes in trade mark registration practice in Chile following its adherence to the Madrid Protocol.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

The dramatic rise in e-commerce in the last two decades saw many brand and business owners struggling to safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) assets in cyberspace, starting from domain names and then going onto social media handles. IP Challenges in the Metaverse. Taking a Step Ahead: Points of Consideration.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2024

Copyright Office issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register today offering a new group registration option for frequently updated news websites.

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azrights

MAY 3, 2022

Though many important decisions people make when creating a new brand identity are intellectual property decisions, IP lawyers are rarely involved in the naming and brand creation process. . Yet, addressing brand and branding correctly when a business starts up can be one of the most important ways to transform their fortunes. .

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 8, 2022

Moreover, the free trade agreement with the United States has eliminated tariff barriers on all consumer and industrial products, and also provided strong protections for foreign businesses investing in Oman. The registration of a trademark provides protection for 10 years, after which time the registration may be renewed.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Wheeling their way into the future, are Hornit - an innovative and creative British business that produces a wide range of cycling products. We spoke to their CEO Tom de Pelet about how Hornit has grown and how intellectual property rights have strengthened his business. Find out how to protect your IP using our guidance pages.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2025

An Insight into the Nexus between Customs and Trademark Laws Trademark laws protect the identity of brands through exclusive rights granted to the owners of registrations. The process involves:- Submitting trademark details and evidence of registration. Information about an individual suspected of counterfeiting or trading routes.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On October 12, 2021, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held its third part of the series “Closing the Gender Gap in IP,” titled “Looking at Good Practices.” IP was initially not accessible in Oman.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Understanding the extent of a company’s IP holdings usually starts with what’s known to the company, such as all registered copyrights, trademarks, or patents, domestic and foreign. After compiling a list of those IP assets, the next step would be to review what the company is using and compare that to the list of registered or pending IP.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2024

However, unconventional trademarks challenge traditional concepts of visual representation, leading to significant complexities in their registration, protection, and enforcement. registration of NBC’s chimes. For example, the roaring lion of MGM Studios is an instantly recognizable sound mark. A landmark case was the U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 7, 2025

A world increasingly defined by convergent technology – digital-physical hybrid goods and services – is providing the very framework through which businesses operate, innovate, and connect with their consumers. Trademarks used to be a little blacker and whiter. Brandless Hybrids: The Significance.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Instead, it is they may not own the exclusive rights to the Intellectual Property (IP) assets that such technologies are built upon usually. The fundamental issue is that the power base of the manufacturers is built upon the traditional business models and ideas, which are at extreme risk of becoming outdated and diminished with time.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 28, 2024

trademark registrations and have been involved in dozens of disputes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”). In addition to representing myriad small business trademark owners, EMP&A itself is a small business and the owner of more than a dozen U.S. trademark registrations. 3] The Lanham Act (15 U.S.C.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The conference includes insights from government officials, academics, brand owners, and IP practitioners and is completely free-to-attend! The conference will include expert insights from government officials, academics, brand owner and IP practitioners on brand protection and brand building!

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Pelton & Associates (EMP&A) is a boutique firm focusing on trademark protection for businesses and brands, including trademark and copyright applications, trademark disputes, matters with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, trademark clearance searches, and other matters.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2024

anywhere where they’re reliant on services operated by businesses that already comply with the law and are more likely to take action. On the other, they can also be used to support IP-infringing activities. One key to success for rightsholders is to exploit pirates where they’re most vulnerable, i.e

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 15, 2024

There are more small businesses, more lawyers and trademark practitioners, and more trademark stories and disputes in the news than ever before. It means that trademarks are becoming a bigger part of our lives, and businesses are paying more attention to protecting them. I’m seeing this even in big businesses.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2023 – the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, it’s about the trade marks. Katpost on the decision here.

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