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. Understanding IPR law enables “legally aware entrepreneurs/techno-entrepreneurs” to navigate these complex transactions and negotiate favourably.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JULY 14, 2022

You will need to have proof of not only your registered trademark(s), but know important dates such as your first use in commerce of the trademark. Were you using your trademark before the alleged infringer? Has your trademark registration ever lapsed? How much do you spend on marketing related to your trademark?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

The plaintiff has a trademark registration for the “Nursing CE Central” mark for providing continuing education for nurses. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. This is a competitive keyword advertising lawsuit.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game. Relevant here are Arun C. I wonder, what’s next in this legal saga?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Can “honest concurrent use” be used as a defense against a trademark infringement claim? Lokesh, highlighting its history, argues that honest concurrent use is a principle of trademark law and is not limited to a provision. trademark trial over ‘MetaBirkin’ NFTs. lawsuit over infinity-logo trademark.

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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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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. The Supreme Court first looked to the section of the Lanham Act governing remedies for trademark violations, 15 U.S.C. But even if the Court put aside these issues, its own survey of the case law was less convincing than Fossil would have had the Court believe.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Indeed, the PTO has increased its focus on whether the use an applicant is making is trademark use, as opposed to ornamental or informational use, in its registration decisions. Professor Alexandra Roberts has written an excellent recent article on this, Trademark Failure to Function.

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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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2024

This is a review of the new book, Research Handbook on the History of Trademark Law , edited by Lionel Bently (University of Cambridge) and Robert G. The volume would fit nicely under a normal-sized Christmas tree Readers of this blog know that trade mark law is rife with new developments and heated debates.

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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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