Author: Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India

Trademark Registration by a Layman

Trademark Registration by a Layman

Trademark can be a complex subject to understand, even to get anything trademarked may seem a little too intricate but it is not so. Anyone can apply for trademark it is not obligatory that a person must be a trademark lawyer for applying for a

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FORMATION OF A TRUST

FORMATION OF A TRUST

Trust is a financial vehicle which helps to transfer property from its owner to a third person usually called the beneficiary for a lawful purpose. It is a easy way to transfer than making a will. It is basically a confidence which is reposed in

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Uber wins ChefUber TM Opposition

Uber wins ChefUber TM Opposition

Uber wins against an individual wanting to get his Trademark ChefUber registered after The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) sided with Uber after the multinational transportation network company opposed a trademark that it said would be expected to cause confusion with its own. Tim Mackew wanted to register the

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TRADEMARK SUIT OVER SNOW BEER

TRADEMARK SUIT OVER SNOW BEER

Even after China based brewer of Snow beer created few obstacles, ‘Snow Globe’ is successfully registered as a trademark in the UK, by a Japanese beer company Asahi. The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) dismissed China Resources Snow Brewery’s opposition to ‘Snow Globe’ on Thursday, August

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Can You Register a Trademark which is Already in Use but not Registered

Can You Register a Trademark which is Already in Use but not Registered

It is an age-old concept that Prevention is better than cure. Thus, the registration of trademark is an added advantage to combat against any kind of trademark duplication. Duplication of trademark is a common phenomenon in the modern trade, especially in e-commerce platform. To protect

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WIPO empowering Women

WIPO empowering Women

On August 09th, which is apparently the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples the WIPO took an initiative to launch their first project which is based on training and mentoring program on Intellectual Property for women entrepreneurs from indigenous persons and local groups. WIPO

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Protected Music

Protected Music

The list of high-profile copyright battles is on an increase in the recent times in the musical industry. There was a lot of speculation around the katy Perry case, as to whether the beats of the song Dark Horse by Katy Perry and her team intentionally copied

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Chanel loses trademark dispute in China

Chanel loses trademark dispute in China

Recently Chanel Co. lost a trademark infringement case relating to its ‘Double C’ logo in China. In 2016, the representatives of Chanel along with Guangzhou Haizhu District Administration for Industry and Commerce (Haizhu AIC) carried out a detailed investigation into a local jewellery store operated by

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Huawei files for Trademark for mobile OS called Harmony

Huawei files for Trademark for mobile OS called Harmony

In June 2019 Huawei had filed a trademark application for its mobile operating system, HongMeng OS. A month later, Huawei has applied for trademark for another mobile operating system called Harmony. Huawei found itself in a spot after Google revoked its Android license following the

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Amazon sued over “Prime”

Amazon sued over “Prime”

A Missouri based trucking company, Prime Inc., has filed a suit against Amazon in the US Federal Court alleging Amazon’s Prime logo on tractor-trailers is “confusingly similar” to its own trademark. The Prime Inc. has built up “substantial value and goodwill” with its name and

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