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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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A trademark is a symbol or design or word or phrase that acts as an identifier for a business goods or services. A business may come up with a unique design to stand out from its competitors, to act as a differentiating symbol for the company. It serves as a means of identification via websites and online commercial activity.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

.” In other words, they sought to establish (using centuries-old chattel-based theft doctrines rather than trademark law) that a trademark owner has the unrestricted right to shut down anyone using their trademarks, even if no consumers are harmed. to see if it could find some soft spot in Georgia state law.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Selvam & Selvam Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This case highlights the intersection of trademark law and e-commerce regulation, raising questions about the accountability of online marketplaces in protecting brand integrity. The case also touches upon the question of Amazons business model, which actively promotes third-party sellers through its platform.

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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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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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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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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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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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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. ’ Common or generic terms are usually not protected under trademark law. ’ How are then these common words registered as a trademark? .’

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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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Above the Fold

SEPTEMBER 29, 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.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 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.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The law [of Georgia] protects its right to exclude others from trading on that name and its associated good will for profit. Google argues that any decision in Edible’s favor would be contrary to federal trademark law and be in violation of the free speech provision of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 21, 2023

Introduction The Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the regulations made thereunder regulate trademark laws in India. The Act outlines the procedures for registering, safeguarding, and upholding trademarks in India. The owner’s brand reputation and goodwill may be irreparably damaged by any unlawful use of a trademark.

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