IP Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a final report on the audit of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) trademark registration process. The report ultimately found that the trademark registration process was ineffective in this respect.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2025

Introduction Customs law and trademark law operate at a crucial interface when it comes to protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) and against counterfeiting. The Trademarks Act, 1999, gives trademark protection to the identity of brands. Under Rule 2007 of IPR Rules, trademarks can be recorded with customs authorities.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summary of the post on the analysis of Cigma Events Private Limited v. Deepak Gupta & Ors and enforcing criminal remedies against IP infringement in India. Enforcing Criminal Remedies Against IP Infringement in India: A Long Road to Justice? Deepak Gupta.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 9, 2023

The EU IPO denied a trademark registration for the following symbol in various real estate-related classes: The trademark examiner determined that the symbol means “I love you” in American Sign Language (ASL). Indeed, many emoji-like symbols have been registered as trademarks in the US.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

After the brand is registered, the user then registers various intellectual properties including trademarks, copyrights and patents, The form does ask if the property is registered or not and, if it is, requires that the user provide the registration number and location.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 7, 2025

All of these bring a new dynamism with them and, inevitably, challenges–and opportunities–in the field of intellectual property, most particularly trademarks. A trademark would be the asset that holds together a brand identity for a business, ensuring that its goods or services remain differentiated from others in the marketplace.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 11, 2024

INTRODUCTION The time it can take to register a trademark can therefore take longer depending on several factors such as the jurisdiction to which it was processed, the materials that have been included in the application as well as whether there are opposing voices or objections prevailing over the trademark.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

Just like every lock has its matching key, each type of IP serves a specific purpose. With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? For that, first let us understand what are IP and IPR. of their work for a fixed period.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

However, in some rare instances there are some other peculiar forms of trade mark registrations as well. These are not the most conventional forms of registrations and are often accounted for a higher degree of proof due to their nature. There are numerous issues that may arise for the registration of smell mark.

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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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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the JioHotstar domain name dispute and DHC’s order on the Complan disparagement dispute. This and a lot more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Zahoor Hussain Bhat v.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 8, 2025

A story came to this Kat's attention at the end of last year , which highlights that developing a good trademark strategy sometimes requires good awareness of plant variety names. The examiner found no conflicting trademarks, so the word mark application was allowed. This included both a word mark and a figurative mark.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

According to Duff and Phelps, and CII’s joint report in 2019 on IP-backed financing, the proportion of tangible assets in the market value of Standard and Poor’s 500 firms has declined from over 80 percent to under 20 percent in the past three decades, thus signifying the rising contribution of intangible assets.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

IndiGo has also secured registration for the word mark 6E Link under multiple classes in 2015. Meanwhile, on November 25, 2024, Mahindra Electric filed a trademark application for BE 6e under Class 12 (vehicles), as part of its electric SUV portfolio.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Was your trademark application rejected again? It can be frustrating to receive a second refusal in your trademark application. Let’s explore smarter options when your trademark application is rejected again. Need to overcome a second trademark rejection? Trademark rejected again for being merely descriptive?

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Nevertheless, the legalization of hemp also provided a path for cannabis companies to one of the most important branding tools in the United States: a federal trademark registration. Regardless of the basis, this development suggests that a previously reliable IP strategy may now be unsettled. percent on a dry weight basis.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Recently, USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks David Gooder wrote on the USPTO Director’s Forum Blog that registrations for U.S. trademarks are up 63% from the same period in 2020. The USPTO received over 92,600 trademark applications in December 2020 alone. First Action Pendency (months) in Q1 of 2020 was 2.8

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Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

Are we talking about real or theoretical trademark confusion? What makes one trademark too similar to another? When you are thinking of a new product name to apply for, how do you avoid choosing a mark that might get rejected for being confusable with other trademarks? Need to apply for a trademark that avoids confusion?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 31, 2025

The company Licensing IP International S.a.r.l. is not particularly well known, but over a billion people are familiar with its trademarks. Just one of Aylo’s many subsidiaries, Licensing IP owns and controls many popular trademarks. federal court instead. federal court instead.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 6, 2023

Brands — legally protected as trademarks — have value. Registering brands as federal trademarks also provides significant legal benefits, such as the presumption of ownership, validity, and nationwide priority in the mark. We all understand that intuitively.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The Court of Appeal's decision had come as a relief to trademark applicants and owners whose registrations included broad specifications in the UK, but today’s decision revives uncertainty and has been dubbed a “shock” ruling by UK legal media.

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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. Strong candidates will have coursework or other experience in the field of trademarks and intellectual property. Applications will be accepted through January 24, 2022.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

From a user’s perspective, domain names are more easily remembered than IP addresses and remain the same despite IP address changes behind the scenes. That included those whose names appeared in public WHOIS databases as registrants or owners of domains.

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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. Unlike conventional trademarks that primarily use visual elements, non-conventional trademarks engage multiple senses to foster brand recognition.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 13, 2023

A trademark is used to set one trader’s products and services apart from another. Trademark means: A trademark is a right that is granted for a letter, number, word, phrase, sound, smell, shape, logo, picture and/or aspect of packaging. The more successful a business is the more valuable the trademark becomes.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 15, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of my video 5 Things I’ve Learned About Trademarks in 2023. I continue to learn new things about the world of trademarks – even after more than two decades in the field. Here are some of the highlights or recent things I’ve learned: The world of trademark continues to grow.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

(This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Aditi Agrawal and Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan) Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summary of the posts on taking stock of ANI vs OpenAI copyright litigation (Part I and II), and Machine Unlearning and the ANI vs OpenAI case. Kirloskar Brothers Ltd.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 15, 2023

Why Amazon Sellers Should Care Amazon Brand Registry In order to ensure a smoother application process for Amazon Brand Registry, the most important thing to do is to derisk your trademark application with the USPTO. Need a registered trademark to maximize full benefits of Amazon Brand Registry? Avoid do-it-yourself trademark filings.

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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. Trademarking of a building s design is a significant step in branding and marketing.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

What does trademark allowance rate mean? With so many options for trademark filing services, how do you compare one trademark service to another? One way to determine a trademark attorney’s track record is to look at the trademark allowance rate. How does my trademark track record compare to others?

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Trademark reexamination: A new way of attacking registrations Back in the old days, you had to file a TTAB cancellation in order to cancel a trademark registration for lack of use. What if you simply wanted to cancel a trademark registration based on nonuse without going through all the expense and effort of litigation?

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The year saw many trademark stories in the news as backlogs continued at the USPTO even while application filing numbers dropped from their all time highs during the two previous years. Here are the biggest trademark stories of 2022 that we have been following at EMP&A. IP Cases Abound at the Supreme Court. Last March, Ms.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 6, 2025

In Brazil, slogans are eligible for trademark registration, but their acceptance has historically been limited by strict requirements for distinctiveness and functionality. Slogans play a crucial role in branding, serving as memorable and important expressions of a companys identity.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

INTRODUCTION For a long time, logos, names, and jingles have been the mainstays of trademark law. A recent trend in branding, however, is the use of non-traditional trademarks such as haptic markings. In 2003, the firm’s trademark in Germany was protected due to its distinctive design. are two examples.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

We are pleased to bring to you this sponsored post by IP Press on the extension of the registration deadlines for their Comprehensive Course on Patents, in collaboration with S. The deadline for registration has now been extended to October 4. The IP Press presents the third cohort of the Comprehensive Course on Patents.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on Delhi High Court’s orders in the Pertuzumab patent dispute, order concerning personality rights of the Telugu movie star Vishnu Manchu, and Madras High Court’s decision on burden of proof in patent revocation cases. New Balance Athletics, Inc.

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