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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). The volume is a beautiful testimony to the work of late Shamnad Basheer, who co-edited the first edition.

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In a Unanimous Decision, TTAB Dismisses SPLIT DECISION Opposition: Billy Stott Failed to Prove Ownership of the Band Name

The TTABlog

There, a singing group began performing for nominal amounts of money in the Boston area under the name New Edition. "An Streetwise contended that New Edition was a "'concept group,' like The Monkees or Menudo, whose performers are cast to fill roles created by entities that conceived both the concept and name."

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Trademark Prosecution in Bangladesh

Selvam & Selvam Blog

The Bangladesh trademark office follows the 10th edition of the NICE Classification and has a list of accepted goods and services. You can file a trademark application in classes 1-34 for goods or classes 35-45 for services. However, the trademark office only accepts single class applications.

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Shutterstock: What License Allows Third – Party Transfer?

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Shutterstock is a global provider of licensed images, videos, audio and editing tools, that has revolutionized the way visual content can be accessed and used. Premier License [5] : The Premier License represents Shutterstock’s most premium and custom-made offering, catering to the specific needs of enterprises.

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Welcome Back to TM Incapability and Merely Informational USPTO Refusals

DuetsBlog

Welcome back to another edition of Merely Informational and Incapable Marks. In this case, the applied-for mark is a commonplace term, message, or expression widely used by a variety of sources that merely conveys an ordinary, familiar, well-recognized concept or sentiment.

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Protection of Trademarks in Cambodia

IP and Legal Filings

Cambodian trademark law defines a “mark” as any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods (trademark) or services (service mark) of an enterprise. Cambodia adopts the International Classification of Goods and Services under the Nice Agreement (8th Edition.

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Precedential No. 17: TTAB Rules that Retail Offering of One's Own Goods Qualifies as a "Service" Under the Trademark Act

The TTABlog

The question, then, was "whether, as a matter of law, online retail store or mail order activities featuring only a party’s own goods are 'services' as contemplated in the Trademark Act." The Trademark Act defines "service mark" but does not define "services." citing Giant Food Inc. Rosso and Mastracco, Inc. ,