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Posted by: Ventsi Ventsi in wireless, WIPO, well-known marks, Well Known Marks India, Well Known Marks, Trademarks, Trademark use in India, trademark search, trademark registration, Trademark patent news, trademark, Trade Marks, Trade Mark, Maintenance Fees, Madrid Protocol USPTO Trademarks, licensing, Lawsuits, law on
Aug 19, 2010
The Finland Patent Office refused to register the mark NEW WAVE for Class 25 on the ground that this phrase is often used to describe something different from traditional, so that mark was descriptive of the type, quality and use of goods for which it relates.
The proprietor appealed that decision.
According to the Appeal Board the word WAVE is not used by the average consumer in respect of goods in class 25. Board believes that this phrase is used primarily in the music industry and politics but it has no any particular significance to the case of goods such as clothes and shoes. Therefore this trademark can be defined as suggestive and distinctive for goods in Class 25.
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Posted by: Ventsi Ventsi in WIPO, well-known marks, Well Known Marks India, Well Known Marks, United Kingdom, Trademarks, Trademark use in India, trademark search, trademark registration, Trademark patent news, trademark, Trade Marks, Trade Mark, maintenance of trademarks, Madrid Protocol USPTO Trademarks, law, IP litigation, IP day on
Apr 19, 2010
Guardian, reported the news that the name of the famous football coach JOSE MOURINHO is a registered trademark owned by Chelsea football club.
Currently José Mourinho is the coach of Inter Milan but in 2007 when he was working in Chelsea, gives written permission to the football club for two registration of marks for both his name and for his signature.
International marks can be found here and here.
Besides them, and Chelsea has two European marks for name and signature of José Mourinho, they can be found here and here.
Each mark is registered for various goods as jewelry, sportswear, cosmetics and so on. ............. Full text can be find here
Posted by: Arturo Reyes in Trademarks, trademark registration, trademark, Trade Marks, Trade Mark, Reyes Fenig, renewal of trademarks, prosecution, Mexico, maintenance of trademarks, law, faster, examination, enforceability, class, Application on
Mar 30, 2010
An amendment to the Industrial Property Statute published on January 2010, and to the guidelines of the Mexican Patent and Trademark Office (MPTO) for the filing of new trademark applications will make the trademark filing process less formal than it used to be. Mexican law was already quite liberal, when compared with most Latin American countries, regarding the formal requirements for power of attorney documents for trademark and patent filing, prosecution and maintenance. Mexican law does not demand notarization, consular legalization or Apostille on such documents. Now, the law is going a little further. The MPTO will no longer request a power of attorney document in most trademark filing cases. Instead, the MPTO will consider that the agent is authorized to file the trademark
Posted by: Ventsi Ventsi in WIPO, well-known marks, Well Known Marks India, Well Known Marks, trademark, Trade Marks, Trade Mark, Relatip, Registrar, maintenance of trademarks, Maintenance Fees, Madrid Protocol USPTO Trademarks, law, download, Domain names, domain name tasting, document delivery service, Dilution Trademarks United States, Design on
Mar 24, 2010
Canon will ask ICANN for its own top level domain. cannon. This is expected to happen this year, after ICANN has already decided that anyone who wants can register top level domains. However, this will be quite expensive pleasure, about 185 000 dollars. By Canon believes that this will ensure and protect better their positions in the Internet space and improve communication with online consumers.
Posted by: Ventsi Ventsi in Patent search, patent, MIcrosoft, law, IP litigation, Internet Patent, intellectual property, Decision, copyright, business, blogging on
Jan 14, 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a decision on the case between software giant Microsoft and the Canadian company i4i Inc.
This case concerning a claim by i4i Inc., that Microsoft infringed its patent for a software format XML.
According to the court decision Microsoft must stop selling Word and any other Office 2007 products, which contain the form XML. Moreover, U.S. giant must pay compensation amounting to 290 million dollars.
This means for Microsoft, in order to continue the sale of the Word in the future, should remove the options for storage in formats. XML,. DOCX, or. DOCM, which contain XML.
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Posted by: Ventsi Ventsi in Patent search, patent, MIcrosoft, law, IP litigation, Internet Patent, intellectual property, Decision, copyright, business, blogging on
Jan 14, 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a decision on the case between software giant Microsoft and the Canadian company i4i Inc.
This case concerning a claim by i4i Inc., that Microsoft infringed its patent for a software format XML.
According to the court decision Microsoft must stop selling Word and any other Office 2007 products, which contain the form XML. Moreover, U.S. giant must pay compensation amounting to 290 million dollars.
This means for Microsoft, in order to continue the sale of the Word in the future, should remove the options for storage in formats. XML,. DOCX, or. DOCM, which contain XML.
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Posted by: Arturo Reyes in Trademarks, trademark registration, trademark, Trade Marks, Trade Mark, Reyes Fenig, Mexico, licensing, Lawsuits, law, IP litigation, INTA, appeal on
Nov 06, 2009
The INTA Bulletin of July 209 (Vol. 64 No. 12) informed that the International Trademark Association (INTA) filed an amicus brief with the Specialized Chamber in Intellectual Property of the Federal Court of Tax and Administrative Affairs (FCTAA), in connection with an appeal filed against the Mexican Patent and Trademark Office (MPTO). According to the bulletin, the basic purpose of the amicus brief was to persuade the FCTAA to "reverse the decision rendered by IMPI (the Spanish acronym for the MPTO) and to interpret the law to provide Mexican trademark owners with the right to seek cancellation of a registration on the ground of bad faith, a right currently enjoyed by foreign trademark owners." Of course, as a Mexican lawyer, it was interesting to learn that INTA was involved in a Mexican
The Mexican statutes do not stipulate any provision regarding trademark coexistence agreements and letters of consent. Nevertheless, these instruments have been widely used to prevent or overcome objections from the Mexican Patent and Trademark Office (MPTO) associated to applications for trademarks identical or confusingly similar to earlier registered or applied ones, protecting the same or similar products or services. The Industrial Property Law provides that the MPTO will reject a trademark application when the trademark is identical or confusingly similar to an earlier registered or applied one, to cover the same or similar goods or services. Owners of existing registrations are allowed to apply for the registration of an identical trademark to protect goods/services similar to those
Posted by: Yen Thieu in Worldwide patent, Vietnam, prosecution, Pharmaceuticals, PCT national stage, Patents, Patent Prosecution, Patent filing, patent, novelty, law, intellectual property, examination, EPO, Drug patents, claims on
May 13, 2009
Patentability of medical use claims in Vietnam has been debated for long time. At certain points of time, a number of Vietnamese patents were granted with medical use claims (first use or second use) following the practice at EPO. However, with the advent of the Code of Intellectual Property 2005, which came into force on July 1, 2006, the question again became hotly arguing. In applying the Code of Intellectual Property 2005, medical use claims, just like any other use claims, are rejected in Vietnam for failure to be either products or processes, and hence subject to exclusion from patent protection in the country. Patent applicants, especially those in pharmaceutical industries, and their patent agents choose to either: (1) convert the second medical use claims (Swiss type, as named
Posted by: Arturo Reyes in trademark, Trade Mark, Reyes Fenig, Patents, patent, Mexico, Legistlation, Lawsuits, law, IP litigation, intellectual property on
Jan 29, 2009
On January 5, 2009, the Chamber specialized in intellectual property matters of the the Federal Court of Tax and Administrative Affairs (FCTAA) started working. The Mexican Patent and Trademark Office (MPTO) is the first instance in most IP matters (registration, administrative enforcement and validity of IP rights). For the second instance, the appellant has three alternatives available: (i) a petition for administrative review with a higher rank official of the MPTO itself (usually a waste of time); (ii) an amparo appeal with a Federal District Court; (iii) or an appeal with the FCTAA. The appeal with the FCTAA is the most usual. The tribunal colegiado de circuito or federal court of appeals will continue being the final instance. The FCTAA has jurisdiction to decide cases in a wide range
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