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Intellectual Property Law Law Trademark 
SpicyIP
MAY 14, 2022
Shamnad Basheer’s 46th birth anniversary today, we at SpicyIP are proud to announce the third edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law. The past two years saw the competition being open to current law students. A master with the pen, Shamnad was a prolific writer.
Erik K Pelton
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Pelton & Associates (EMP&A) is a boutique firm focusing on intellectual property 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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IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Are trademark rights in the Metaverse as intangible as the world itself, or are they as real as in the ‘real’ world? In other words, the Metaverse may be a virtual world, but European intellectual property regulation is very real, and the Metaverse cannot escape it.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today officially withdrew its controversial proposed rule on terminal disclaimer practice.
IP and Legal Filings
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Introduction Registration of a trademark is an important step toward building a brand on solid ground. Lack of distinctiveness to incorrect classification are among the common errors that can bring derailment upon your trademark registration.
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JD Supra Law
MARCH 4, 2025
With the rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), many are wondering how it will affect intellectual property law. While much has been written on the subject of copyright law and the numerous gray areas that will need to be addressed by the U.S.
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IP Watchdog
APRIL 24, 2025
Patent and Trademark Director Andrei Iancu delivered a keynote address to open the Intellectual Property Awareness Summit (IPAS) 2025 being held at Dolby Labs in San Francisco, CA. Today, former U.S. Iancus comments excoriated recent calls to weaken U.S.
IP and Legal Filings
AUGUST 4, 2022
Intellectual property rights are statutory rights given to creators, inventors, and artists. The purpose of Intellectual Property Rights is to ensure that sufficient recognition is given to the creator’s work and skills, subsequently stimulating innovation and creativity in the country. Trademarks in the Tourism Industry.
Kashishipr
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Intellectual Property Protection over an API. There has been a long-standing debate about the different modes of safeguarding an API through the laws on patents, copyright, and trade secrets. It was regarded as being fair and permissible by the court of law. We shall now examine each of them separately. Patents and APIs.
Erik K Pelton
JULY 5, 2022
The following is an edited transcript of my video The Trademark Scam Decision Tree. Past listeners and viewers of my videos and podcasts will know that from time to time I provide an update and more information about trademark scams, and the time has come once again. Patent and Trademark Office and their logos.
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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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SpicyIP
APRIL 8, 2025
in Intellectual Property and Competition Law at Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) are now open! From Law to Leadership: How the MIPLC LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Competition Law isnt just about gaining legal knowledge. Patent Law , European and U.S.
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IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 8, 2024
In 2007, I began attending sessions of the World Intellectual Property Organizations (WIPOs) Standing Committee on Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and Geographical Indications (SCT) in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the development of the Design Law Treaty.
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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. Our intern will have an interest in Intellectual Property law; solid research and writing skills; and attention to detail and deadlines.
Patently-O
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Patent and Trademark Office faces unprecedented challenges as recent executive directives force dramatic changes to its operations. A joint letter from the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) to Congress highlights that the patent application backlog is at a high point.
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Best Patent Book Terrell on the Law of Patents, 20th edition Sweet & Maxwell by Andrew Waugh KC, Douglas Campbell KC, Tim Austen, Tom Hinchliffe KC, Tom Mitcheson KC (reviewed by The IPKat here ) Best Copyright Book The Routledge Companion to Copyright and Creativity in the 21st Century Routledge eds.
Olartemoure Blog
AUGUST 23, 2024
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved a new Intellectual Property Law, which will replace the Trademarks and Other Distinctive Signs Law and the 1993 Intellectual Property Law. The law will enter into force six months after its publication in the Official Gazette.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 16, 2023
NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS AND TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT: WHERE DOES THE LAW STAND? StockX, LLC, Nike filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against StockX, LLC, an online resale sneaker retailer, in February 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. By: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
This book review of “ Transboundary Heritage and Intellectual Property Law: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage ”, by Patricia Covarrubia (Editor), is kindly provided by Katfriend Felicia Caponigri (Founder of Fashion by Felicia and Visiting Scholar at Chicago-Kent College of Law).
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
This book review of Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice by Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) and Ifeoluwa Olubiyi (Afe Babaloloa University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria) is kindly provided by Kasim Waziri , Professor of Law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.
JD Supra Law
JULY 15, 2021
Yeezy, LLC and Kanye West have a history with Walmart in the world of intellectual property and trademark rights. By: Caldwell Intellectual Property Law Most recently, Yeezy sued Walmart and third-party sellers for unfair competition for selling copycats of Yeezy’s famed Foam Runner Shoes.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 10, 2025
IPWatchdog has learned that Farheena Rasheed has been asked by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to serve as one of the Acting Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Rasheed will immediately move to the PTAB.
IIPRD
MAY 9, 2024
Overview on Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law Indian IP law is primarily designed to encourage innovation and creativity by providing inventors with exclusive rights to their creations for a specified period of time. In the landmark case law titled Monsanto Holdings Pvt.
IPilogue
JANUARY 26, 2023
Areeb Daimee is a 2L JD candidate at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law. With the rise of significant non-fungible token (“NFT”) trademark disputes taking place in the United States, Canada is looking towards the outcomes of those cases in order to interpret Canadian trademark law in relation to NFTs.
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JD Supra Law
JANUARY 19, 2024
Video games are the ultimate interactive experience in intellectual property (“IP”), combining overlapping layers of copyrights, trademarks, licenses, “work made for hire” contracts, and publicity rights, all of which require careful consideration by a game developer to avoid legal issues and prepare the game for distribution.
IPilogue
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
IP Osgoode and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 edition of Canada’s IP Writing Challenge. In the Law Student category, Pasha Kulinich won for his entry, “Shortcomings of the Trademarks Act in the Frontline against Counterfeit Goods”.
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IP Watchdog
MARCH 15, 2024
Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C., The ideal candidate will also have recent experience providing IP clients with trademark, trade secret and copyrights guidance as well as drafting transactional and licensing agreements. This is a hybrid position with flexible hours.
Intepat
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Introduction Trademarks serve as identifiers of the source of goods or services, traditionally encompassing logos, names, and slogans. However, as markets grow increasingly innovative, non-traditional marks have emerged, referred to as unconventional trademarks. The concept of unconventional trademarks has a relatively short history.
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JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 4, 2022
When lawyers talk about “intellectual property law” they usually mean the world of trademarks (names or symbols that identify the source of a product), copyrights (creative works, like paintings, songs, books), or patents (inventions).
Kashishipr
MAY 11, 2022
A trademark refers to a recognizable expression, design, or sign uniquely identifying the products or services of a specific source and differentiating them from those of others. A trademark may be located on the packaging, voucher, label, or the product itself. Law on Color Trademarks in India.
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JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. Copyright Office issued a Federal Register Notice (Notice) announcing the offices’ joint study of intellectual property (IP) issues related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs). On November 23, 2022, the U.S. By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
IP and Legal Filings
DECEMBER 16, 2024
INTRODUCTION Trade dress protection is an important aspect of intellectual property, whereby the special visual aspect of products or packaging will identify the origin of products to consumers. For instance, red soles for Christian Louboutin became a trademark of luxury shoes, while the colour per se was not unique.
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SpicyIP
OCTOBER 27, 2024
Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Volume IX, Issue I [Submit by January 10, 2025] National Law University, Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for its upcoming issue (Volume IX, Issue I). Zahoor Hussain Bhat v.
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Erik K Pelton
JANUARY 12, 2022
The USPTO recently announced, via notice in the Federal Register , that it intends to issue electronic trademark registration certificates, and only will print physical certificates upon request and with a small fee ($25 per copy). EMP&A is a boutique trademark law firm located in Falls Church, Virginia. 238 at page 71249.
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IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Luxury fashion brand Hermès won their trademark lawsuit against Mason Rothschild, the creator of the non-fungible tokens (NFT) MetaBirkins, on Wednesday. The trial was the first legal case that tested the bounds of artistic expression in NFTs against the country’s intellectual property laws.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The Chicago attorney who runs a small intellectual property law practice called Seven Eleven Law Group made good on her promise this week to fight the trademark infringement allegations that convenience store giant 7-Eleven sued her for last month, rejecting the company's claims that her firm is creating consumer confusion and profiting from 7-Eleven's (..)
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 4, 2021
Civil processes and procedures in the Brazilian Courts have been increasingly expedited due to the digitalization of case files and the assignment of courts specialized in specific matters (for instance, in corporate and intellectual property law).
JD Supra Law
JUNE 3, 2024
Kilpatrick partner Ted Davis spoke recently at the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s spring meeting and at the International Trademark Association’s annual meeting on recent developments in United States trademark and unfair competition law over the trailing twelve months. By: Kilpatrick
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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The IPKat
MAY 7, 2024
Kat (re-)unification Should the EU unify the copyright laws of its Member States and introduce, over thirty years after the start of the harmonization process, a unitary copyright title? A Dietz, ‘The protection of intellectual property in the information age - the draft E.U. The short answer is: yes.
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IIPRD
OCTOBER 16, 2024
IPR in Gaming Industry The creative and innovative ideas of the game developers need to be protected and here intellectual property Rights (IPR) plays a vital role in safeguarding innovation and encouraging fair competition within the sector. Video games are not covered by any specific area of IPR law in India.
IP and Legal Filings
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Abstract In the changing landscape of intellectual property law, Trademarks have gone beyond the traditionally used symbols, names, logos to enhance the non-traditional identifiers.
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Intellectual Property Law Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a live meeting for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series. On September 22, 2022, the U.S.
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The IPKat
DECEMBER 22, 2024
If you are looking for some last-minute Christmas gifts, we have some ideas for you: Call for papers The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law, a student-run journal of NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, calls for papers for its 15th volume. The submission deadline is 31 March 2025. Well, you are in luck.
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