Of Sea Lions and SEAT Leons: Swiss Court Weighs in on Automobile TrademarksHow different do “animal trademarks” need to be to coexist in the Swiss market? A recent decision from the Swiss Federal…
Following the strategic cancellation attempts seen in the Ericsson and Sanyo cases, another trademark dispute has reached a Kazakhstani court, this time involving a Ukrainian trademark holder and a…
In a recent judgement passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Bombay, the social media giant- TikTok was denied recognition as a “well-known” trademark. TikTok filed an application under Rule 124 of the…
A Texas pawn shop operator had prior common law rights for similar marks and overlapping pawn services, making Dollar Financial’s MONEY MART marks likely to cause confusion.The U.S. Court of Appeals…
In today’s e-commerce-driven world, the liability of online marketplace like Amazon or eBay for trademark infringement is and remains a hot legal topic. The issue has become increasingly complex as…
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) correctly found opposer’s mark highly descriptive, unsupported by sufficient evidence of acquired distinctiveness and ineligible for protection.
The U.S…
In a previous post titled Trademark Squatting in Kazakhstan: From Russia with Love, we explored how Swedish telecom giant Ericsson successfully defended its trademarks against a Russian company's…
As of September 14, 2022, disputes concerning domain names with the ccTLD for Türkiye – “.tr” – are resolved under the TRABİS (“TR Domain Name Information System”) framework by accredited Dispute…
The Eleventh Circuit let stand an injunction barring the use of "KRANK3D" for supplements, in a case brought by the holder of a "KRANKED" mark.
An Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a…
