IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It is easy for businesses to associate their products and services with religion since people are so deeply devoted to their faiths. However, what would happen if business houses wanted to trademark the name of the god they worshipped? Hence to regulate the same legislature has formulated the following law with regards to it.

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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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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Dollar Financial holds registered trademarks for MONEY MART – the name it uses for its payday and title loan venders as well as pawn shops and pawn brokerages. The company had been using the name for several years in the payday loan business, and in 2012 expanded into pawn shops and then filed for registration for that usage in 2013.

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Patently-O

MARCH 22, 2023

Of course, the leading justifications for TM law are tied to customer harm, and we only assign rights to the business unit because it quickly solves a collective action problem. .” Of course, this foreign anaphora omits a key domestic conclusion: the harm was directed to the USA and felt in the USA by the TM owner.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

To answer that and other questions about Halloween costumes, we have to step back and look at how copyright and trademark law apply to costumes. The other major part of the question is trademark. trademark protects names, slogans and other things that identify a specific business, product or service. Bottom Line.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

million in copyright damages against Skiplagged—but the website’s business model remains largely unaffected. While logos can be protected under both copyright and trademark law, it’s rare to see a plaintiff succeed on a copyright claim while failing to establish trademark infringement. million in disgorged profits.

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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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Above the Fold

JULY 7, 2023

Trademark law. Hetronic ) was the original case, a trademark dispute between plaintiff Hetronic, an American company, and Abitron, et. several European defendant companies who were accused of infringing on Hetronic’s trademarks. Plans for maximum protection of trademarks abroad will likely be necessary.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 1, 2024

But, when it comes to the law trademarks, everything’s complicated with a lot of variables, and there are ways to work around it. A book title cannot technically be protected under trademark law, unless it is the title for a series of multiple books.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Kilpatrick’s Dan Englander and James Trigg recently presented to clients and colleagues on the topic of “Using Generative AI in an IP-Driven Business: Practical Tips and Legal Risks” at the firm’s annual 2024 Advanced Trademark Law Seminar in New York City.

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43(B)log

JULY 25, 2024

Here, the marks in question were used at the top of Venkateswaran’s public profiles, directly proximate to his current business ventures. he remains associated with Plaintiffs and their business” plausibly alleged bad faith. he remains associated with Plaintiffs and their business” plausibly alleged bad faith.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As the renewable energy sector continues to experience significant growth and attract emerging companies, it becomes essential for entrepreneurs and business owners to understand the legal landscape surrounding trademarks and potential bankruptcy issues.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Timing Market Presence as a factor in Trademark Disputes Even though the plaintiff may have taken a planned business decision to make an announcement of its mark EZIO in late-September, 2024 despite having registered the same a year ago, the defendant was the first to use the ZEO/eZEO marks. sued Mahindra Electric Automobile Ltd.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

By attempting to register a trademark without counsel, a business may create more problems than it began with, may incur more expenses than it would have by hiring a professional from the start, and may increase its risk of litigation. How do you keep abreast of developments in the field of trademark law?

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 2, 2023

With more individuals and businesses entering the cannabis sector, there has been an increased interest in what kind of trademark protections a cannabis business can obtain. This article seeks to briefly cover what in the cannabis industry can and cannot be federally trademarked and where the laws are heading.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

While actions against infringement of copyright or trademark are welcome, the same should not be at the cost of choking a free market or the rights of small businessmen and entrepreneurs to carry on with their business ( Vasundhara Majithia ). E-Infringement Merely Academic Distinction?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Adidas, for example, is a brand that has achieved success in the sports business by introducing sports clothing and other related products. Amazon, for example, has registered its trademark as a shopping cart with a blue backdrop, allowing everyone to recognize it as Amazon. It takes years for them to get registration.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 11, 2023

Brand owners doing business in Canada should be aware of some of the most important cases and developments emerging within the last year. This overview highlights some recent notable trademark decisions that could impact your business. Please see full Newsletter below for more information. By: Dentons

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

One of the main areas of intellectual property law development is the link between artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights (IPRs). Growing AI-related business activity, early case law, and legislative and international policy activities are making it more and more relevant in practice.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

academics with expertise in trademark law. The SHOP SAFE Act represents one of the most significant proposed reforms of trademark law that Congress has contemplated in years, and it will likely reshape e-commerce in unwanted ways. The SHOP SAFE Act would do this by fundamentally changing trademark law.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Abhinandan was also given two businesses- Lodha Ventures and Lodha FinServ. The dispute between the two arises due to the FSA- and brings forth the question whether Abhinandan, under the FSA, allowed to use the name Lodha in his businesses? Lets assume that HoABL and Macrotech developers operate in distinct businesses.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

2024 has been a busy year in all intellectual property. It has been especially busy in trademark law. Here are the top seven cases in trademark law to date. By: Baker Donelson

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 9, 2024

Speakers: Kwan T Loh, Olivier Jean-Lévesque, Nora Labbancz, Reagan Seidler In this webinar, Smart & Biggar's Trademarks team will provide a roundup of Canadian IP law by highlighting some of the most important new laws, cases, and practice directions from 2023 that brand owners should be aware of when doing business in Canada.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

“You’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to law!” The post Gibson continues its IP-based business plan appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. ” Well, that’s what the song always sounded like to me. When you’re a hammer… (and I do try to be.

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IPilogue

MARCH 23, 2022

It is expected that the majority of the work done by students will relate to patent or trademark law. The remaining time would be spent working on other IP-related and start-up business related needs as they arise. IP Innovation Clinic Fellows (10 positions).

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to a $113 million verdict an Oklahoma maker of radio control systems won in a trademark fight against its former partners in Europe, a dispute that has the potential to change how brand owners use U.S. courts to enforce trademarks against foreign businesses, attorneys told Law360.

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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.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This is an interesting example of how intellectual property law can be utilized to smother the proliferation of harmful views. The context surrounding the litigation shows that protecting business interests is not trademark law’s sole function. . We will be following the outcome of this dispute as litigation continues.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Colour Marks : Specific colours, when used distinctively, can qualify as trademarks. ’s blue or the red soles of Christian Louboutin shoes have achieved recognition under trademark laws. where the court underscored that a feature (such as colour) must not serve a functional purpose to qualify for trademark protection.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Allowing businesses to train consumers to think of ornamental matter as marks: there’s a race to the bottom aspect in ways that many have explored, including Lemley/McKenna in TM Spaces. Ornamentality as opposite of utilitarian functionality, which sounds like it supports TM status. The former isn’t a problem for protection, the latter is.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Working with a trademark law firm that has systems in place to give you support makes it a lot easier on you so that you can focus on what your business does, and let the trademark lawyer handle the nuances of the trademark application.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 20, 2024

A core concept in trademark law that every startup founder should understand is “likelihood of confusion.” This legal standard plays a pivotal role in both trademark registration and enforcement. It’s essential for protecting your brand and ensuring that your trademark does not infringe on existing trademarks.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Most significantly, “the development of blockchain technology” has been accepted as a legal business activity by the Indonesian standard industrial business categorization code, which was published in 2020. Trademark: NFTs may also be protected as a trademark. MOCI Regulation No. electronic data deletion.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 30, 2022

A top Russian politician said Wednesday that the country is planning to give retailers and other businesses permission to import goods into the country outside the limits of trademark law.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 25, 2022

It is expected that the majority of the work done by students will relate to patent and/or trademark law. The remaining time would be spent working on other IP-related and start-up business related needs as they arise. Assisting with various steps in the patent prosecution process (i.e.:

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Sink your teeth into this Harvard Law Review note that strikes at the heart of trademark infringement doctrine: " Trademark Injury in Law and Fact: A Standing Defense to Modern Infringement ," 35 Harv. This note posits that trademark law and the law of standing have grown apart. 667 (December 2021).

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The IPKat

APRIL 5, 2022

For the purposes of this Law, “act of unfair competition” means that in its production or distribution activities, a business disrupts the order of market competition and causes damage to the lawful rights and interests of the other businesses or consumers, in violation of this Law.

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