This rose further to request for an advisory opinion of the EFTA Court pursuant to Article 34 of Agreement between EFTA states on the establishment of surveillance authority and a court of Justice, and concerned interpretation of Trademark Directive. All these issues were at stake in a case that the EFTA Court [...]
Well the answer seems to be in negative if the use has not been preventively authorized by The Holy See. In a statement recently, the Secretariat of state, warned against unauthorized use of and misuse of image of Pope Francis: “The Secretariat of state includes among its responsibilities the protection of image of Holy [...]
DC comics and Marvels, jointly owned the trademark word “superhero”, by joint trademark ownership, they are referring to two separate entities owning one single mark in same geographical region over same kind of product and services. In this article, it was expected to discuss the split between these two entities; instead we would discuss [...]
On the heel of reports that forever 21 is offering lookalike version of Rihanna Fenty’s for Puma, the German sport wear giant had slapped the copyright retailer with a design patent, trade dress, copyright infringement lawsuits. According to Pumas suit which was filed in district US court for the central district of California, the [...]
With effect from 6th march 2017 the new trademark rules came into existence. The intention is to simplfy the whole trademark registration process and makes it quick. E-filling and addition of email as an important part of address can be seen as an effort to further promote digitization.it would in turn is expected to [...]
You worked hard to brainstorm and design a name and logo to establish your branding, so how can you prevent other companies from using it?Well it can be a bit tricky. Trademark law can confuse even the savviest business owners. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has provided a number of tutorials, [...]
