Not exact matches
This is the second, and separate item, infringement
of our
trademark by Riba Foods, Inc., who has intentionally ignored our request for an amicable settlement to discontinue
use of their confusingly
similar product name.
The
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use may violate copyright,
trademark and other
similar laws.
Any
of the
trademarks, service marks, collective marks, design rights, personality rights, or
similar rights that are mentioned,
used, or cited in a Stardew Valley Wiki article are the property
of their respective owners.
While «tour» is usually part
of denominations assigned to wagon models — Tourer and Touring are
used mostly in Europe — the «x» in the
trademark could mean that Buick is also considering an all - wheel - drive version
similar to the A4 Avant - based Audi Allroad.
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of privacy, stalking, harassment, abusive, tortuous, hateful, discriminatory based on race, ethnicity, gender, sex or disability, pornographic or obscene; (iv) interfere with or disrupt any services or equipment with the intent
of causing an excessive or disproportionate load on the Animal League or its licensors or suppliers» infrastructure; (v) involve knowingly distributing viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other
similar harmful or deleterious programming routines; (vi) involve the preparation and / or distribution
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of the Animal League's or other's officers or employees, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (x) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin
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The current registrations
of these
trademarks in the United States and foreign countries are effective for varying periods
of time and may be renewed periodically, provided that we, as the registered owner, or our licensees where applicable, comply with all applicable renewal requirements including, where necessary, the continued
use of the
trademarks in connection with
similar goods.
Yesterday it was discovered that King had filed a Notice
of Opposition when Stoic attempted to
trademark «The Banner Saga» because that phrase includes the word «Saga» — something King says would make Stoic's
trademark «confusingly and deceptively
similar to [our own] previously
used Saga [trade] marks».
Similar and in kinship to Buren's
trademark vertical stripes on fabric, in 1969 Krasinski decided to suspend any gestural quality
of his artwork through the
use of the «blue scotch - tape strip», which he pasted horizontally on walls, objects, and artworks at the height
of 130 centimeters.
Pictoplasma — White Noise presents current artistic strategies that make
use of mechanisms
similar to those
of commercial mascots, logos and
trademarks to engage in a critique
of the markets they have originated from, or to create a detached fetishized cult, with abstract mascots at its centre.
Polke Letter, 2010 — 11, a
trademark calligraphic abstraction on linen, continues Marden's ongoing «Letters» series, whereas the marble painting For Blinky, 2011, which
uses a
similar palette to some
of Palermo's work, reminds the viewer that these works, which might otherwise feel withdrawn from the present, are responses to his contemporaries, making them not only meditations on the relationship between paint and surface but also dialogues between Marden and his generation.
If your
use of a name is likely to confuse consumers about the source
of your product because (1) the name is
similar to a
trademarked name, and (2) the nature
of your product is one that consumers might reasonably believe could be offered by the owner
of the original
trademark, then you might lose a
trademark suit for your
use of the name.
Hersheys claims that the Dove wrapper infringes on its
trademarks because it is so
similar to the packaging Hersheys
uses for its Reese's line
of candies.
The term «
trademark» is often
used to refer to other types
of branding that are
similar to
trademarks but technically have their own terms.
You would certainly be wise to register some sort
of Intellectual Property if you plan to expand in the crowded European software market; once you register a
trademark or whatever, you can not only
use it yourself but prevent other comapnies from
using similar names or advertisements.
-- unauthorized
use of the TWILIGHT
trademark, and a cover confusingly or substantially
similar to that
of the authorized documentary, which has already and is likely to result in further confusion
In order to recover a domain name from another person, a complainant must show (1) the complainant owns
trademark rights which are confusingly
similar to the domain name in dispute; (2) the owner
of the disputed domain name registered it in bad faith, and (3) the owner has no legitimate interest in the
use of the domain name.
The
use of similar trademarks or IP owned by a party which leads to confusion can be grounds for infringement.
Finally, we see companies protecting their intellectual property through the
use of trademarks, such as coming up with unique brand or product name, logo and / or catch phrase to help identify and distinguish their product from other
similar types
of products in the marketplace.
That said, assuming for sake
of discussion that the mark is valid, there is indeed such a thing that is
similar to the copyright fair
use in
trademarks (in the U.S. at least).
As a U.S.
trademark owner, the Foundation may enforce its rights under a statute known as the Lanham Act, or common law, to protect against the
use of similar marks.
You may not, without Company's express written permission, (a) link to any part
of the Site through the
use of frames, inline links or any other
similar technology whereby the content will be displayed without leaving the linking web site, (b)
use any
trademark, logo or content as part
of a link, and / or (c) create any link implying, intentionally or unintentionally, that an endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation with Company exists when that is not the case.
In order to seek a domain name turnover, a
trademark holder needs to demonstrate the following: 1) the domain names are identical or confusingly
similar to the
trademark; 2) owner
of domain names has no rights or legitimate interest in the domain names; and 3) the domain names were registered and are being
used in bad faith.
Simonsen says it's important that CREA be allowed to tell the Tribunal how the Competition Bureau's demands would impact the industry as a whole, «considering the different provincial regimes across Canada and the different demand for and experience with VOWs and
similar services...» CREA says that as the
trademark owner for the MLS and Realtor, it has a direct interest in «ensuring that any
use on the Internet
of information sourced from a MLS System is subject to sufficient rules and policies that protect those standards.»
I am required by law to defend my
trademark, so if you are in doubt, check with an attorney or email me to ask about the
use of any
similar name.