EU appellate court confirms validity of Banksy trademarks and their anonymity
Banksy's trademark on his well-known image of an ape has been challenged for months. A European Union appeals court has overturned a...
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Synonymous wordmarks are deceptively similar and confusing for a purchaser: Delhi High Court
Case Title: Vinita Gupta v. Amit Arora In a recent order interpreting synonymy in a case involving two similar trademarks - APPLESTREE...
Lindt Chocolate bunnies are distinguishable trademark as Swiss Supreme Court bans Lidl bunnies
The court battle pitted two chocolate bunnies against each other, and only one seemed to survive. The chocolate bunny, wrapped in gold...
Bangalore Woman Entrepreneur successfully restrains Samsung in a trademark infringement lawsuit
Case Title : Dipali Sikand and ors v Samsung India Electronic Private Limited and anr A civil court in Bangalore on September13, 2022...
A small bakery run by two Women in India's Silicon Valley wins against Amazon in a trademark suit
Happy Belly Bakes, a neighbourhood bakery in Bangalore, has won a long-running trademark dispute with Amazon in India after a civil court...
Google faces trademark infringement lawsuit by analytics platform Visier
Visier Inc v. Google LLC, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Visier Inc, a provider of HR analytics software,...
Carlsberg gets ad interim Injunction against phonetically similar Indian beer brand 'Tensberg'
Case Title: CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S v. TENSBERG BREWERIES INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD.& ORS The Delhi High Court has issued an ad interim...
IndiaMART gets ex-parte Injunction in Trademark Infringement Case
Case Title: INDIAMART INTERMESH LIMITED v. MR SAMEER SAMIM KHAN & ORS In a trademark infringement lawsuit, the Delhi High Court (HC)...
Trademark dispute between Sky and SkyKick will finally be decided by the UK’s Supreme Court
In the United Kingdom, trademark applications must include not only the trademark itself, but also a detailed list of the goods and...
Iceland (The Country) versus Iceland (The Store): Trademark Fight
The Grand Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office ('EUIPO') held its first oral hearing on Friday, September...
Co-working café 'Social' restrains a Jamshedpur restaurant 'Social 75' for infringing its trademark
I mpresario Entertainment & Hospitality v. Social 75 Through Its Proprietor The Delhi High Court has granted an interim order in favour...
Prince's Estate gets favourable order in 'Purple Rain' Trademark opposition at TTAB
The estate of Prince has won a trademark judgement against an energy drink firm that was also attempting to register the word "Purple...
Section 12 provisions to be considered before rejecting a trademark application
CASE TITLE: KEI INDUSTRIES LIMITED Vs. THE REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Registrar of Trademarks...
A Pharma Trademark or Brand name derived from a chemical name can't be proprietary
Case Title: Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd v. Hetero Healthcare Ltd. & Anr Sun Pharma has filed an appeal with the Delhi High Court, alleging...
Domino's restrains small town Indian Pizza store for Trademark Imitation
Dominos IP Holder LLC & Anr v Ms Dominick Pizza & Anr A pizza shop in Ghaziabad has been prohibited from using the name Dominick's Pizza...
Gucci denied trademark opposition in Japan
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) dismissed an opposition brought by the Italian fashion house Gucci against Japan Trademark Registration No....
Descriptive word with a laudatory word in a Trademark
In re Super Salt, LLC, Application No. 88143498 (T.T.A.B. July 22, 2022) A mark made up of two words may conjure up a distinctive...
A Small Town UK educator faces Trademark bullying by Microsoft
Word Windows is a tool that Duston, Northampton (UK) native Kate McKenzie invented. She said that nine days before the product was...
Mars wins partial judgment against online sellers of Cannabis candy in Canada
Mars Canada Inc. v. John Doe #1 (King Tuts Cannabis), 2022 FC 1193 Multiple John Does were sued by Mars Canada Inc. for trademark...
Mariah Carey's "Queen of Christmas" Trademark application in Jeopardy
Only one of the competing Christmas queens will be able to don the crown or wreath. Mariah Carey filed the trademark "Queen of Christmas"...
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