IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 11, 2024

Although scents are implicitly included in the Act’s protection of trademarks, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has stringent procedures for scent trademark registration. The objective of these requirements is to guarantee the legitimacy of graphical representations of smell trademarks.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Samridhi is a final-year student at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and a graduate in Journalism from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. With a passion for the dynamic intersection of law, media and technology, she is particularly interested in exploring intellectual property and tech policy.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 11, 2023

This is primarily because of the clash between the traditional concept of trademarks and the ever-growing need to find newer ways to differentiate one’s product and services from competitors. [1] 4] Second, the qualification for registering a trademark, both traditional and non-traditional, essentially remains the same.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Thou Shalt not Register Your Trade Union with a Name in the Likeness of My Trademark Reportedly, Samsung India is opposing the use of ‘Samsung’ in an application to register the trade union of it’s workers. Instead, the respondent has at the threshold itself refused to register the appellant’s trademark.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Court, noting the prior registration and extensive use of the petitioner’s mark, found that the respondent’s mark was deceptively similar, leading to consumer confusion and unfair advantage. Applying the Triple Identity Test (similar mark, services, and consumers), the Court held that the respondent’s mark violated trademark law.

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SpicyIP

MAY 14, 2022

This year, we will be accepting entries from not only current law students but also those who completed their first law degree in 2019 or later. programs can take part) across the world, as well as to those who have completed their first law degree in 2019 or later. A master with the pen, Shamnad was a prolific writer.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We are pleased to announce that registration for the free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship is currently open. Eligibility Anyone interested in learning about the intersection between Law and Entrepreneurship with a specific focus on IPR are eligible.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

To obtain trademark protection, a business must first adopt a graphically represented mark which is unique and distinguishable. Section 9(1) (c) of the Trademark Act, 1999 prohibits the registration of words used commonly. It takes years for them to get registration. This phenomenon is called acquired distinctiveness.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2022

Kayode & Co, a boutique IP law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Lara is a leader in Africa trademark law, and represents the interests of numerous international companies in counterfeit enforcement and brand protection matters. Why should international companies seek to register their trademarks in Nigeria?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2022

Kayode & Co, a boutique IP law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Lara is a leader in Africa trademark law, and represents the interests of numerous international companies in counterfeit enforcement and brand protection matters. Why should international companies seek to register their trademarks in Nigeria?

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As per Section 29(4), A registered trademark will get infringed and lead to dilution if- ( a ) The mark is identical or similar to the previously registered trademark ( b ) Use in relation to different types of goods and services than those of the registered trade mark. ( Court refused the registration for Philips Co.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

If you are a brand looking to establish a presence in India, your first step should be to secure your trademark and its associated rights. Indian trademark law has consistently protected international brands with cross-border popularity. The post Unlocking Success: Trademark Filings in India – Your Roadmap to Protection!

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Samridhi is a final-year student at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and a graduate in Journalism from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. With a passion for the dynamic intersection of law, media and technology, she is particularly interested in exploring intellectual property and tech policy.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 30, 2023

Whether you’re interested in trademark screening, searching, clearance, registration, or watching, refer to this glossary of key terms to help you in your day-to-day role. Absolute grounds for refusal of registration are factors within the individual trademark in isolation which hinder registration.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 10, 2025

The current statute provides protection of these celebrity rights under trademark law, copyright law as well as passing off action for infringing the said rights. under the trademark laws. Celebrity rights are in a way paradoxical in nature are they form a combination of publicity, personality and privacy rights.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

19 The distinctive character of a trade mark must be assessed by reference, first, to the goods or services in respect of which registration is sought and, second, to the perception of the relevant public (see judgment of 12 February 2004, Henkel, C‑218/01, EU:C:2004:88, paragraph 50 and the case-law cited). Duck Boat Tours, Inc.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Examination and Publication After submitting your application, the Trademark Examiner will review it to ensure compliance with Indian trademark laws. Once your trademark is accepted, it will be published in the Trademark Journal. For Consultation Visit: [link]

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It can also mean as the proxy or substitute holder of rights here on earth because no spiritual being will receive a copyright certificate, trademark registrations, or letters patent. courts have denied registration to religious marks as being offensive to other believers or to non-believers. ” But neither the PTO nor U.S.

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SpicyIP

JULY 17, 2024

Aditya Gupta is a lawyer by training and is presently working on issues that fall at the intersection of IP law, freedom of expression, and business strategy. His primary focus is on trademark law and the intersection of finance and social networks. Vijay V Venkitesh is a data scientist and Research Associate at IIMA.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. Trademark Law. Parody in Trademarks is No Joke.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This is a “serials crisis” i.e., a situation when rising subscription costs for scholarly journals exceed academic library budgets, hampering researchers’ access. I am not even wading into the Bogus Open Access Journals and The dark side of the scientific publishing industry ). One may ask – is open access a solution?

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

When it comes to a very noticeable trademark, you always believe that what you are buying is something from a certain company with specified standards. Trademark laws prohibit anybody else from using similar signs or symbols in which customers might get confused with other businesses.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Trademarks are governed by the Trademarks Act of 1999 and the Trademark Rules of 2017 in India which provides for registration and protection of Trademarks from fraudulent practice. 2] In recent times, many people are misusing the goodwill of others by “trademark squatting”. “The

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43(B)log

JANUARY 31, 2025

Jeanne Fromer (with Beebe and Stein), An Empirical Picture of Trademark Law We are running out of competitively effective word marks. Decline of reported journalism and expense of real journalism. What about images? Word marks dominate consistently over time, but numbers have increased in every category.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

2024 has been an explosive year for IP developments in India, with more IP divisions coming up in different High Courts, an increasing number of IP registrations and an overall higher degree of attention on IP issues in the country. to clarify that registration does not grant exclusive right in a part of the mark.

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