EUIPO Downloadable media and blockchain software differ despite being in the same class
The Board of appeal (BoA) confirms the Opposition Division’s conclusion that the contested goods, which are various type...
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USPTO Notice of publication
UPSTO > Trademarks processIf the examining attorney raises no objections to registration, or if you overcome all objecti...
USPTO Trademark rule requires foreign-domiciled applicants to have a U.S.-licensed attorney
A significant number of trademark offices around the world require foreign-domiciled applicants and registrants to obtai...
WIPO Substantive examination of your international trademark registration – IP Offices
The IP Office of each Madrid System Member where you seek overseas protection of your trademark performs substantive exa...
南アフリカ Must a Trade Mark be Registered?
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) > Register Trade MarkA trade mark can only be protected as such an...
米国 Enforce Your Intellectual Property Rights at the Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection > IPR > Best PracticesU.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) is the first line of...
EUIPO Justification of non-use
EUIPO > Trade mark guidelines > 2.11 Justification of non-use As an exception to the obligation of use, the concept of p...
ニュージーランド Disclaimers
New Zealand IP Office > Current Practice Guidelines > DisclaimersA disclaimer is an acknowledgement by the owner of a tr...
香港 Who may oppose to trademark registration
HKIPD > Trade Marks > Trade Marks Registry Work ManualSection 44 of the Trade Marks Ordinance provides that “any” person...
USPTO Parody Does Not Implicate First Amendment Concerns, But Only Implicates Likelihood of Confusion
US Supreme Court > Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, decided June 8, 2023We do not decide whether theR...