Category: Trademark

Trademark Registration by a Layman

August 28, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 3:13 am

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

Uber wins ChefUber TM Opposition

August 16, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 2:20 pm

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

TRADEMARK SUIT OVER SNOW BEER

August 14, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 2:13 pm

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

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

August 14, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 9:58 am

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

Amazon sued over “Prime”

July 13, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 8:34 am

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

Girl Scouts of USA sues Boy Scouts over trademark

July 12, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 6:14 am

The Girl Scouts of USA, founded in 1912, has filed a suit for trademark infringement against the Boy Scouts of America. The suit was file dafter the latter decided to drop “Boy” from its namesake program and started welcoming older girls. The Boy Scouts accepts

Trademark Genericide and What Brands Can Do To Avoid It

July 5, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 1:09 pm

A trademark distinguishes the goods and services of one seller from that of another. A trademark exclusively identifies a product as belonging to a specific company and recognizes the company’s ownership of the brand. It serves as an identity for the product and can be extremely helpful

Intellectual Property Rights in the Era of Counterfeit Goods

May 31, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 11:56 am

Everybody loves a good bargain. There is an unexplainable satisfaction that one derives from the purchase of high quality branded goods at a modest price. It is this aspect of consumer behavior that the counterfeit product industry relies upon. All over the world markets are

The Importance of Service Marks and Trademarks and their Differences

May 27, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:39 pm

Trademarks are an important aspect of intellectual property. A trademark can be any word, symbol, logo, name, device, color combination or a variation in shape that is used in connection with a specific product or service. A trademark differentiates and distinguishes the goods and services

The Special K: Kellogg v. Thanasi Kokkinakis

April 1, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 8:58 am

Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis is facing a trade mark dispute against leading breakfast cereal manufacturer the Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s). Kokkinakis has registered his name ‘Special K’, for use in relation to sports clothing, racquets, and sporting events in lasses 25 (clothing), 28 (sporting goods)