IPilogue

APRIL 29, 2022

Founded in 1984, the Intellectual Property Journal (IPJ) covers matters relating to all aspects of Intellectual Property such as patents, trademarks, copyright, designs, trade secrets, and related areas such as privacy. The focus of the journal is on Canadian material with a mix of comparative and international law content.

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IPilogue

MAY 20, 2022

Founded in 1984, the Intellectual Property Journal (IPJ) covers matters relating to all aspects of Intellectual Property such as patents, trademarks, copyright, designs, trade secrets, and related areas such as privacy. The focus of the journal is on Canadian material with a mix of comparative and international law content.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The fashion industry sector extends beyond simple trademarks, such as logos or brand names, but rather includes characteristics, including colour palettes, product forms, or even the structure of physical store spaces. 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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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Some of these unconventional forms of trade mark registrations are explained below: Olfactory/Smell Trademarks An olfactory trade mark is an instance wherein, the scent/smell of a product is usually registered. Exploring the world of Unconventional Trademarks first appeared on IPLF. 1 (01), Dec 2020, pp. January 18, 2023.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 26, 2022

The word trademark is a culmination of two words, i.e., ‘trade’ and ‘mark’. Thus, to simply put, when the two words are read together, the meaning of ‘trademark’ comes out as- a sign or symbol used in the course of business by a person. As per the statute trademark means-. “ STEP 1: Trademark Search.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 5, 2022

3: PresenceLearning Ordered to Pay Super Duper $3.25M in Copyright and Trademark Infringement Suit. Finally today, Kristal Kuykendall at THE Journal reports that a federal judge has approved a judgment against PresenceLearning, ordering it to pay some $3.25 Neither Kanye nor the plaintiff had any comment on the lawsuit.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 20, 2022

Subsequently, it is important to know what kind of activities should you undertake and the kind of rules that you should follow while getting your trademark registered. There are many types of trademarks such as product mark, shape mark, service mark, certification mark, sound mark, collective mark, pattern mark, etc.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 11, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of my video Data Demonstrates the Value of a Trademark Attorney. Published by INTA in their journal The INTA Reporter , you can find it for free online. I was pleased to see the following empirical data that working with a trademark attorney improves the odds of success for a trademark application.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JULY 9, 2021

were recognized as 2021 Women of Influence in Law by the San Diego Business Journal. Southern California Principal Megan Chacon and Associate Crystal Culhane, Ph.D. The list honors the top women attorneys in the San Diego area who have made an impact for their clients, their profession, and their community.

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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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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. The Court noted the expiration of the license and the respondents’ registered trademark rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 11, 2024

INTRODUCTION Trademarks are vital part of modern day commerce because they act as distinctive and unique symbols that enable consumers to recognise and distinguish goods and services offered by different providers. Image Sources: Shutterstock] The primary legislative basis for smell trademark regulation in the US is the Lanham Act.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Frank Schechter which says that a common (Generic) name can be registered by anyone, but no one has the exclusive right to that trademark, For instance, the renowned brand Apple has its trademark registered under various classes but the word ‘apple’ diluted under class 29 of the food category.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2023

VIP Products LLC last week, I was reminded of an article I penned years ago for Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal exploring the boundaries of parodies when up against allegations of trademark infringement and dilution. That article observed: "Many of the trademark parody cases do not spend time analyzing what a parody is.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The process for registering a trademark in India begins with the filing of an application with the Intellectual Property India (IPI), the national trademark office. The application must include the details of the applicant, the class of goods or services for which the trademark will be used, and a representation of the trademark.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

SpicyIP Tidbit: The Evergreen Conundrum: DHC Grants Interim Injunction to Evergreen Sweet House in a Trademark Dispute In a recent trademark dispute between Evergreen Sweet House v. the original plaintiff) filed a suit to protect four registered Kirloskar trademarks against alleged infringers. Kirloskar Brothers Ltd.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

The proliferation of deepfake technology has posed significant challenges to the protection of individual identity and reputation and the recent incidents of INDIA TV and Medanta hospitals trademark infringement and deepfaked potrayals have once again re-surfaced this issue. 10] Ibid. [11] 11] Ibid. [12] 15] Ibid. [16] 16] Ibid.

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Personality Rights Privacy Journalism Copyright 84

Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

New Patently-O Law Journal article by Colleen V. In the accompanying PatentlyO Bar Journal article, The AIA at Ten – How Much Does the Pre-AIA Prior Art Regime Still Matter? Patent System Through November 2020 , 2021 PatentlyO Law Journal 27 (2021) ( Shine.2021.COVID-19Impact). Below they summarize their findings.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 9, 2022

Trademark, and design are two very crucial kinds of IPRs which provide a certain extent of protection at their levels. Trademark and design are two of the most important and popular IPRs which can sometimes be confused as the line between their differences may perhaps seem blurry.

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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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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. When a trademark is registered in a specific colour or colour scheme, its protection is limited to that scheme. [ This post is authored by SpicyIP Intern Samridhi Chugh.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In the Law Student category, Pasha Kulinich won for his entry, “Shortcomings of the Trademarks Act in the Frontline against Counterfeit Goods”. 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.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JULY 14, 2022

Principals Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto and Bailey Benedict have been named recipients of the 2022 “Women Worth Watching in STEM” award by Profiles in Diversity Journal. district courts, with a particular focus on patent, trade secret, and trademark litigation. View Del Dotto’s “Women Worth Watching in STEM” profile here.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

Other Posts Call for Submissions: Indian Journal of Law and Technology [Volume 21] and IJLT Blog (Submissions on Rolling Basis) NLSIUs Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) is inviting submissions for Volume 21 of the Journal and the IJLT Blog, on a rolling basis. Read the post for more details.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 11, 2023

Introduction Trademarks are no longer confined to words, numbers, or devices. 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] 7] Is Braille a ‘Mark’ ?

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

New Patently-O Law Journal article by Colleen V. In the accompanying PatentlyO Bar Journal article, The AIA at Ten – How Much Does the Pre-AIA Prior Art Regime Still Matter? Patent System Through November 2020 , 2021 PatentlyO Law Journal 27 (2021) ( Shine.2021.COVID-19Impact). Below they summarize their findings.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

In contemporary times, businesses in different fields such as the gaming industry, music industry, journalism, etc., AI AND TRADEMARK Trademarks give brand owners exclusive rights by identifying the source of goods or services. Now, all it takes to replicate the diligent effort of a trademark owner is a few AI commands.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summaries of the posts on Delhi HCs ruling on Celebrity Rights and the Powers of Regional Directors under Companies Act vis a vis Trademark Similarity. The journal encourages paper submissions focusing on the amalgamation of any area of technology and law.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

However, what would happen if business houses wanted to trademark the name of the god they worshipped? As a result, the rise of hypersensitivity to religion, religious texts, and religious symbols determines the jurisprudence around the utilisation of such marks under Indian trademark law, even if they are not strictly prohibited.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We encourage a broad range of perspectives, and topics can be from within the various categories of intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, industrial design and copyright. Our goal is to further enhance thoughtful and well-researched intellectual property public policy scholarship and discussion. BCL, and LL.L BCL, and LL.L

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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. For further information please click here.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 23, 2021

and Nicole Williams have been named recipients of the 2021 “Women Worth Watching in STEM” award by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Profiles in Diversity Journal is dedicated to promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion in the corporate, government, nonprofit, higher education, and military sectors. Flanagan, Ph.D. King, Ph.D. ,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2022

Read more in The Licensing Journal. However, when unrelated third-party licensees are involved, courts may apply a fact-inten­sive analysis to determine if the patentee made reasonable efforts to comply with the marking requirement.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Samridhi Chugh and Manya Gupta write about this order, explaining how the Court appears to have convoluted the issues surrounding the interplay between trademarks, disparagement, and free speech, rather than clarifying them. It involved the plaintiff’s registered trademark, “SUPREME”. The defendant did not appear in the suit.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 22, 2022

In India, the Trademarks Act of 1999 (referred to as ‘Act’ further in this article) forms the legal basis for Trademark Registration , protection, and enforcement. Any individual or entity can file an opposition against the proposed trademark published in the trademark journal.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Kilpatrick’s Chris Bussert, a senior counsel with more than 30 years of experience in helping clients protect and defend their most important assets and brands, recently wrote the article “The Presumption of Irreparable Harm After the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020: Have All Issues Been Resolved?” for The Franchise Law Journal.

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