商標の使用

EUIPO

The ‘power on’ icon is a universally understood activation symbol and is used precisely in that functional sense – 2

The mark is displayed on the exterior of the packaging, serving as a visual identifier of the product’s commercial origi...
EUIPO

The ‘power on’ icon is a universally understood activation symbol and is used precisely in that functional sense – 1

Although the concept of genuine use excludes all minimal and insufficient use as the basis for a finding that a mark is ...
USPTO

TTAB Reverses Specimen Refusal, Finding Webpage Sufficient for Pet Food Products

To constitute a display associated with the goods, a specimen must show use of the mark directly associated with the goo...
EUIPO

The evidence does not establish bad faith

Even if the IR was filed shortly after the IR holder faced repeated challenges to prove genuine use of its earlier EUTMs...
USPTO

Ownership of Lapsed Registration No Justification for New Application for Same Mark and Goods/Services

Applicant focuses the majority of its briefing on its argument that it owned the Prior Registration covering the mark TO...
UKIPO

Evidence Unsufficiently demonstrate that such a market was preserved in the UK during the relevant periods – 2

Accordingly, the burden is on the Proprietor to prove that it has used its mark within the relevant period on the goods ...
USPTO

TTAB Upholds Refusal of LACONIA MOTORCYCLE WEEK for Clothing and Patches – Merely Ornamental and not a Source Indicator

The proposed mark, LACONIA MOTORCYCLE WEEK, will be understood by consumers as merely ornamental, rather than as a sourc...
USPTO

EVERWISE CREDIT UNION Registration to be Cancelled for Nonuse – 1

Expungement and reexamination proceedings are ex parte proceedings created by the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020. B...
ニュージーランド

No causal connection between the COVID-19 pandemic and the Mark not being used

Section 66(2) of the Act provides an avenue for defending against a claim of non-use of a trade mark where special circu...
USPTO

Trade Name Use is not Trademark Use, Says TTAB

The proposed mark, MAPLE LEAF CHEESE CO-OP, appears on the bottom line of the label and is immediately preceded by “Dist...