These include design rights, copyright and
trade mark registrations.
We have particular expertise in copyright licensing, enforcement and valuation (including disputes before the Copyright Tribunal) and also specialise in brand protection (including
trade mark registrations in the UK, EU and internationally and «passing off» cases).
Dealing with any third party trade mark disputes (e.g. trade mark oppositions / cancellation actions) and the renewal of
trade mark registrations and other maintenance issues
It serves to clear out trade mark specifications for
trade mark registrations, so that the register is easily understood — what remains is what is in use.
Trade Mark registrations are made covering up to 45 different classes of goods and services.
All Rights Reserved By JFA © 2017, DFB The FA is an official trade mark of The Football Association Limited and is subject to extensive
trade mark registrations worldwide.
The number of new
trade mark registrations for beer brands has risen by 19 % in the UK over the last year, fueled by the popularity of craft beer.
The application which was made by the author's estate in respect of
the trade mark registration described the yell as «consisting of five distinct phases, namely sustain, followed by ululation, followed by sustain, but at a higher frequency, followed by ululation, followed by sustain and the starting frequency».
Maggie Ramage's role in the IP team at Edwin Coe is to support and work in
the trade mark registration practice.
regarding all New Zealand trade mark matters, including trade mark clearance,
trade mark registration and portfolio maintenance and management and its subsidiary Hill's Pet Nutrition
Principal advisor to a leading pharmaceutical company for its UK trade mark portfolio, advising on a broad spectrum of trade mark services including
trade mark registration, management and enforcement.
Highlights included acting for Nissan Motor in a trade mark validity matter, and representing Les Laboratoires Servier in its bid to invalidate Bravadin, an international
trade mark registration in the pharmaceutical sector.
Trade mark registration, patenting, development of and legal support for licensing and other agreements, legal assistance in fighting counterfeits
The firm also maintains a substantial IP practice, acting for a wide range of clients on
trade mark registration and IP litigation.
Not exact matches
Morgan Creek Capital Management is also registered as a
trade mark in the United Kingdom (
registration number UK00003088978).
Saxo Bank and / or any third - party Information Provider (s) reserve all rights to proprietary information (including, but not limited to, all intellectual property rights such as; patents,
trade marks, service
marks, copyrights, database rights, topography rights, industrial design, know - how,
trade secrets,
trade names, logos, designs, symbols, emblems, insignia, slogans, drawings, plans and other identifying materials, in all forms whether or not registered or capable of
registration and any other rights relating to intellectual property in accordance with the applicable laws,) subsisting in or relating to the Services.
The cancellation of the
registration of a
trade -
mark does not deprive the registrant of such common law rights in the
mark as he may have previously acquired.
The finding of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that the
registration by plaintiff's predecessor of the
trade -
mark had been fraudulently obtained, was based on the fact that in the application for
registration, it was stated that applicant's use of the name «Tabasco» had been exclusive, whereas the testimony showed that several other manufacturers, during the preceding ten years, had, to its knowledge, used the word in connection with pepper sauce.
As to the effect of that decree, the Court of Appeals in the Gaidry case held that the cancellation of McIlhenny's
trade -
mark could not affect his rights, if he, in fact, had acquired, at that time, a common law technical
trade -
mark; that a
trade -
mark, if it exists, exists independently of
registration, and that cancellation does not extinguish a right which the
registration did not confer, citing Edison v. Thot.
In a case similar to the Gaidry case, New Iberia Extract Co. v. McIlhenny Sons, the New Iberia Company had recently recovered damages against McIlhenny Sons in the Supreme Court of Louisiana, on a similar cause of action, New Iberia Extract Co. v. E. McIlhenny, 182 La. 150 [8 T. M. Rep. 189], the decision having been based largely on the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, cancelling the Mcllhenny Company
registration of «Tabasco» as its
trade -
mark.
Such evidence should include Canadian
trade -
mark registrations or evidence of use in Canada of common law
marks along with a connection to Canada enough to establish the Canadian Presences Requirements under the rules.
Sound signs were not by nature incapable of distinguishing the goods and services of one undertaking from those of another undertaking and therefore Art 2 does not preclude the
registration of sounds or
trade marks, and European member states can not preclude
registration as a matter of principle.
Upon receipt of such a notice the registered owner has 3 months to provide an affidavit or statutory declaration showing, with respect to each of the wares or services specified in the
registration, whether the
trade -
mark was in use during Canada at any time in the previous three years and, if not, the date when it was last used and the reason why it has not been used since.
Dart owns Canadian
trade -
mark registration No.
Further, a US
trade -
mark owner must file an affidavit of use between the fifth and sixth anniversary of the date of
registration.
In Canada, evidence that a
trade -
mark has been used is not required to register a
trade -
mark application or renew a
trade -
mark registration.
A Canadian
trade -
mark registration can be obtained, giving the applicant the exclusive national right to use the
mark across Canada, even if the applicant has used the
mark in only one Canadian province / territory.
US
trade -
mark applications can be filed claiming wares and / or services on one or more of: (a) intent to use the
mark (ITU); (b) prior use of the
mark in the US; or (c) an existing foreign
registration.
As well as understanding practical issues, local franchisees will be able to advise how much recognition the brand already has in the market — helping to avoid mistakes such as applying to cancel or revoke a bad faith
registration of the same or similar
trade mark without providing enough evidence of the
mark being «well - known» in the particular territory.
In Canada, only federal (as opposed to provincial)
trade -
mark registrations are available.
Canadian
trade -
mark registrations are valid for 15 years from
registration / renewal, while US
trade -
mark registrations run for 10 years from
registration / renewal.
Hamish advises on the identification, development, protection,
registration, use, commercialisation, enforcement and management of intellectual property rights and portfolios, including
trade marks, registered designs, copyright, patents and domain names.
Burges Salmon is now responsible for all UK and EU
trade mark applications and
registrations for the BBC and BBC Worldwide.
For example, the Abritration Center for International Disputes (ADR.EU) «helps brand and
trade mark owners, domain name registrants and
registration companies all over the world to resolve conflicts in a fast, efficient and cost - effective fashion.»
Upon
registration, a
trade mark proprietor must show use of their
mark to maintain that
registration, and that use must be demonstrated upon renewal — I do not see a problem with this.
This led to clutter on the register, and more uncertainty and cost for
trade mark owners, who would have difficulty in clearing
marks for use and
registration in 28 states, only to have to face expensive litigation against prior
marks, where use of those
marks in the relevant fields was questionable.
Under Art 8 of reg 40/94 (opposition to the
registration of a trademark by the proprietor of an earlier
trade mark), the risk that the public might believe that the goods or services in question come from the same undertaking or from economically - linked undertakings, constitutes a likelihood of confusion.
Domain name
registration, renewal and recovery: Our
trade mark attorneys coordinate the
registration and renewal of domain names, often in conjunction with
trade mark protection.
Identification,
registration, protection and licensing of
trade and service
marks and internet domain names;
A case which proves that even the largest international brands can have difficulty managing their portfolio of
trade marks, Apple has lost a trademark fight in the Chinese courts over the
registration of «iPhone» in relation of leather goods including mobile phone and tablet cases.
The
registration and use of trademarks in Canada is governed by the
Trade -
marks Act, RSC 1985, c T - 13.
Existing EUTM
registrations being entered onto the UK
trade mark register (with the same
registration date and, where applicable, priority and seniority) by way of a simple application by the owner.
Specifically, the firm took issue with
Trade Mark Direct's website claiming that it was the «UK's No. 1 Trade Mark Service», «the UK's leading trade mark advice and registration company» and «the no. 1 firm in the UK», as well as a statement on the site which stated: «We file and register more UK trade mark applications than any other firm as we have done in each of the last 3 y
Trade Mark Direct's website claiming that it was the «UK's No. 1 Trade Mark Service», «the UK's leading trade mark advice and registration company» and «the no. 1 firm in the UK», as well as a statement on the site which stated: «We file and register more UK trade mark applications than any other firm as we have done in each of the last 3 ye
Mark Direct's website claiming that it was the «UK's No. 1
Trade Mark Service», «the UK's leading trade mark advice and registration company» and «the no. 1 firm in the UK», as well as a statement on the site which stated: «We file and register more UK trade mark applications than any other firm as we have done in each of the last 3 y
Trade Mark Service», «the UK's leading trade mark advice and registration company» and «the no. 1 firm in the UK», as well as a statement on the site which stated: «We file and register more UK trade mark applications than any other firm as we have done in each of the last 3 ye
Mark Service», «the UK's leading
trade mark advice and registration company» and «the no. 1 firm in the UK», as well as a statement on the site which stated: «We file and register more UK trade mark applications than any other firm as we have done in each of the last 3 y
trade mark advice and registration company» and «the no. 1 firm in the UK», as well as a statement on the site which stated: «We file and register more UK trade mark applications than any other firm as we have done in each of the last 3 ye
mark advice and
registration company» and «the no. 1 firm in the UK», as well as a statement on the site which stated: «We file and register more UK
trade mark applications than any other firm as we have done in each of the last 3 y
trade mark applications than any other firm as we have done in each of the last 3 ye
mark applications than any other firm as we have done in each of the last 3 years.
Management and Enforcement (protecting copyright and
trade -
marks, enforcing intellectual property rights, preparing and drafting applications for copyright and trademark
registrations, copyright and trademark searches and legal opinions, litigating, overseeing and managing copyright intellectual property infringement matters in Federal Court)
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Ariel also routinely counsels clients on design patent, trademark (including
mark selection,
registration, and enforcement), copyright (including open source compliance), and
trade secret matters.
Clearance, ownership and protection of intellectual property rights — including
trade mark and design rights, intellectual property audits,
registrations and management of national and international portfolios.
This is known as «European exhaustion»; Article 7 (2) which provides an exception to European exhaustion of rights where there are legitimate reasons for the owner to oppose further commercialisation of the goods, especially where the condition of the goods is changed or impaired after they have been put onto the market, and Article 8 (2) which entitles a
trade mark owner to invoke its
trade mark rights against a licensee who contravenes any provision in his licensing contract with regard to its duration, the form covered by the
registration in which the
trade mark can be used, the scope of the goods or services for which the licence is granted, the territory in which the
trade mark may be affixed, or the quality of the goods manufactured or of the services provided by the licensee.
The
Trade - marks Act provides that a trade mark may be declared to be invalid, pursuant to s. 18, if it was not registrable at the date of registration, or if the trade mark is not distinctive at the time proceedings bringing the validity of the registration into question are comme
Trade -
marks Act provides that a
trade mark may be declared to be invalid, pursuant to s. 18, if it was not registrable at the date of registration, or if the trade mark is not distinctive at the time proceedings bringing the validity of the registration into question are comme
trade mark may be declared to be invalid, pursuant to s. 18, if it was not registrable at the date of
registration, or if the
trade mark is not distinctive at the time proceedings bringing the validity of the registration into question are comme
trade mark is not distinctive at the time proceedings bringing the validity of the
registration into question are commenced.
The Australian
Trade Marks Office upheld Noonan's opposition, denying the
registration.