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Getting your Industrial Design Registration in Oman

IP and Legal Filings

The protection of a registered drawing or pattern lasts for ten years from the date of submission of an application for its registration. For the industrial design registration, the following documents are required for the same: Summarized description of the design. b) an industrial design that is contrary to public order or morality.

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Use It or Lose It: How to Acquire and Protect your Trademarks

IPilogue

Trademarks are an excellent way to protect your brand. Unlike patents or copyrights which protect specific products or works, a trademark distinguishes your company from others. The important thing to remember with trademarks is that they must always function to identify your company as the source of the goods or services.

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Trademark Abandonment: Causes and Consequences

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Trademarks are valuable assets for businesses; they reflect the identity, reputation and goodwill that a company builds with its target consumer. However, filing for a trademark is one thing; maintaining its continued existence is equally essential. What is meant by trademark abandonment, then? In the U.S.,

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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REGARDING TRADEMARK PROTECTION IN COLOMBIA THAT WE RECEIVE FREQUENTLY

LexBlog IP

For this edition, we decided to make a compilation of answers to questions that we frequently receive from clients who intend to protect their trademarks in Colombia. “I have my trademark registered in the US, Mexico, and Perú, and my products are being sold in the Colombian market. ” No.

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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REGARDING TRADEMARK PROTECTION IN COLOMBIA THAT WE RECEIVE FREQUENTLY

LexBlog IP

For this edition, we decided to make a compilation of answers to questions that we frequently receive from clients who intend to protect their trademarks in Colombia. “I have my trademark registered in the US, Mexico, and Perú, and my products are being sold in the Colombian market. ” No.

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CRITERIA TO AVOID CANCELLATION FOR LACK OF USE OF A TRADEMARK IN COLOMBIA

LexBlog IP

Exclusive rights over a trademark in Colombia arise from registration. Also, when holding a trademark registration in Colombia, the obligation arises for its owner to use the trademark in commerce, beginning three (3) years from the date when registration was granted.

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Precedential No. 34: "IFG" Fails to Function as a Trademark For Live Plants Because It's a Varietal Name

The TTABlog

The CAFC explained that an entity that is the source of a varietal may use a particular term as a trademark for its specific varietal, but it must be clear that there is also a generic name for the varietal. This notion reflects the Board’s earlier decisions that if the term is used as a designation of source (i.e.,