Well-Known Marks: To Declare or Not to Declare?
Ordinarily, trademark protection is strongest in relation to the identical or similar goods or services for which a mark is registered. Some marks, however, acquire such a strong r...
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Ordinarily, trademark protection is strongest in relation to the identical or similar goods or services for which a mark is registered. Some marks, however, acquire such a strong r...
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
The manual of trade marks practice sets out guidance on the Intellectual Property Office work practices.
Four opinions issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board this year show that names are only registrable as trademarks when they point to the applicant and to nobody else, says...
The Delhi High Court’s ZARA v. ZORA ruling settles one question while leaving another lurking beneath it. A formal declaration, the Court holds, is not necessary to invoke Section...
RiseandShine Corp. urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject what it called the Second Circuit's outlier rule allowing judges to decide the strength of a trademark, arguing...
Registering your trademark isn’t the finish line. Here’s what you have to do afterward, correct use, policing for conflicts, and USPTO maintenance deadlines, to keep it enforceable...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's recent decision in Nike v. Blue Ribbon Team illustrates how the Lanham Act's requirement for bona fide intent works in practice, and provides...
Use this form to request to restore a trade mark within 6 months of the date that it was removed from the register.
The intellectual property landscape in Europe is dynamic and requires constant adaptation. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter, the “EUIPO”) keeps its rule...
At first glance, Jyothy Labs v. Dabur looks like a fairly straightforward trademark dispute over the use of “NEEM” on toothpaste packaging. But beneath the favourable factual matri...
By Ben Lobel on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Helene Whelbourn and Alastair Rawlence of intellectual property specialist NOVAGRAAF provide t...
An Italian winery has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a trademark infringement ruling it won in New York federal court that was later overturned by the Second Circuit, sayi...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has ruled for the first time that tribal sovereign immunity cannot block challenges to federal trademark registrations, rejecting Sycuan Tribal...
Trademark scams start before you file and continue after. Here’s how to vet filing services and attorneys, spot scam letters, and what to do if you’ve been hit. The post Trademark...
Following the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's recent holding in Philip Morris v. IP Services International that tribal sovereign immunity does not bar trademark cancellation pro...
Buy the domain before you file the trademark application or announce the beverage brand. Otherwise, your competitor might acquire it, redirect visitors to its own website, and answ...
DBRANLU Sonepat is organising a National Conference on Emerging Trends in Trademark Protection in India on October 31, 2026. Submit abstracts by October 21.
An unsettled copyright theory over competition from artificial intelligence-generated works and a trademark clash between Texas and an association representing descendants of those...
Beating the Monday blues after a long weekend, here we are with the first Weekly Review of October, featuring a post on Section 124, case summaries of orders passed by different Hi...
Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a B...
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