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How Do People End Up Losing Their Trademark Rights?

Kashishipr

Your Trademark Application gets approved, and you receive your registration certificate. Don’t let that Trademark Registration certificate fool you. The inconvenient truth in this scenario is that owning a trademark is not like owning a home; instead, it is more like renting.

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Getting your Trademark Registration in Bahrain

IP and Legal Filings

A trademark application is submitted to the Trademark Office at the Industrial Property Directorate by the applicant if he is a national or resident in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Foreign applicants who are not resident in the Kingdom must apply through IP Registration Agents or law firms authorised by the Industrial Property Directorate.

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Celebrity Names and Trademark Claims: Insights from the Hobbs Winery Case

Patently-O

The Lanham Act provides for cancellation of registered trademarks by petitioners who believe they are damaged by the registration. 1064 allows cancellations by “any person who believes that he is or will be damaged” by the registered mark.

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An Explorative Study on the Liability of Domain Name Registrars with reference to Trademark Infringement.

IP and Legal Filings

Thus, there is an unmistakable similarity between domain names and trademarks, which is why domain names have been granted trademark recognition and protection. Reliance is also a registered trademark, and as such, it is protected from trademark infringement.

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Be Aware as Trademark Email Scams Get More Sophisticated

IP Intelligence

Trademark owners should be wary of official-looking email solicitations from attorneys or law firms that claim to specialize in trademarks and are masquerading as Good Samaritans who wish to aid in protecting the company’s brand against another company that has contracted that firm to register the same mark.

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CAFC Affirms TTAB Dismissal of Consolidated Cancellations Due to Lack of Entitlement to a Statutory Cause of Action

The TTABlog

The CAFC affirmed the Board's dismissal of two petitions for cancellation on the ground of lack of entitlement to a statutory cause of action under Section 1064 of the Trademark Act. registrations are cancelled, not marks - ed. ]. And "there can be no doubt that Appellant’s injury would be redressed by a favorable decision."

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Safeguarding Personal Names

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Many companies exploit renowned person identities without obtaining proper consent, leading intellectual property experts to advocate for the safeguarding of image rights through registration under Intellectual Property laws.