THE INTELLECTUAL Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said it is adopting the European Union’s (EU) goods and services trademark classification system to improve the business trademark application process in the Philippines.
情報源: IPOPHL adopts EU goods and services trademark classification system – BusinessWorld
情報源: IPOPHL adopts EU trademark database, ensuring certainty and ease in application | IPOPHL
1.Lanham Act 75th anniversary celebration, 51:14
Trademark Applications(1)The number of trademark filings from domestic applicants hit a new record high.There were 46,379 case-based trademark applications filed, and 59,814 class-based applications filed, representing an increase of 7% on last year over the same period. While filings from both domestic and foreign applicants both increased, the number of filings from domestic applicants reached a total of 35,048.(2)The class with the most domestic applications made was class 35; the class with the most foreign applications was class 9.Domestic applicants filed 6,919 applications (with a growth of 16%) in class 35 for “advertising, business management, retail and wholesale services.” Foreign applicants filed 2,115 applications in class 9 for “computer and technology products.” Among the foreign origins with the most trademark applicants for this period, China took first place.
情報源: Taiwan’s First Semi-Annual Statistical Report in 2021 for Patent and Trademark Filings – Lexology
智慧局公布110年上半年智慧財產權趨勢
情報源: 經濟部智慧財產局-最新消息-新聞稿-智慧局公布110年上半年智慧財產權趨勢
A potentially important product design trademark case is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court involving those chocolate covered bready-sticks. Ezaki Glico Kabushiki Kaisha v. Lotte International America Corp., Docket No. 20-1817 (Supreme Court 2021).
情報源: Trademark on Product Design: Are these biscuit sticks functional | Patently-O
Ezaki Gliko Kabushiki Kaisha v. Lotte International America Co, No. 19-3010 (3d Cir. 2021)
ポッキー「いつかさそおう、を今日さそおう。」篇 有村架純、0:30 
ペペロ(韓国のポッキー) CM集 【EXO】【KARA】 KOREAN EATING COMMERCIAL, 3:23
(added 2021.8.5) Biscuit sticks functional issue
On July 29, several IP organizations and one global snack conglomerate filed amicus briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court asking the nation’s highest court to grant a petition for writ of certiorari to take up Ezaki Glico Kabushiki Kaisha v. Lotte International America Corp.
商標登録insideNews: Lindt wins German gold bunny trademark case | www.rte.ie
マツダが、2021年6月3日に新たなロゴの商標を出願していたことが分かりました。出願された商標は、アルファベットの「R」をモチーフとしたロゴとなっています。
情報源: マツダが「R」の商標を出願！ロータリーかレーシングか…高性能モデル登場に期待 (2021年7月28日) – エキサイトニュース
出願番号：商願2021-68373
出願日：令和3(2021)年 6月 3日
出願人：マツダ株式会社
住所又は居所：広島県安芸郡府中町
【商品及び役務の区分並びに指定商品又は指定役務】9,10,12,14,16,18,21,25,27,28
The golden shade of the wrapping used by Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli for its bunnies has trademark protection, a top German court has ruled.The company had earlier taken a German chocolate maker, Heilemann, to court after it also started selling bunnies in gold wrapping in 2018.
情報源: Lindt wins German gold bunny trademark case
Lindt GOLD BUNNY TV Ad 2021、0:20
The trademark complaint that Nike filed against Customs By Ilene, Inc., dba Drip Creationz is not the only customization-centric lawsuit that it filed this week. Also on Monday, Nike named Jeffrey Waskowiak and KickRich LLC in a similar – but unrelated – suit, accusing them of trademark infringement and dilution in connection with their alleged practice of “reselling Nike and Converse products that have been materially altered in ways that the brands have never approved or authorized,” and thereby, robbing Nike and Nike-owned Converse of their ability to “carefully manage which brands to collaborate with and thoughtfully select where, when, and how often their marks are used to guide the public perception for their iconic brands.”
「当店は選手村なので堂々とお酒を提供します―IOC（いつもおいシー）」。 こんな飲食店の掲示が今月、ツイッターで話題になった。通販サイトでは開催中止を求めるパロディーTシャツが売られるなど、こうした「五輪風刺」の商品や広告を目にすることがあるが、著作権や商標権の侵害には当たらないのだろうか。
情報源: 
「当店は選手村」法的にNG？ 風刺と便乗商法、境目どこに 東京五輪（時事通信） – Yahoo!ニュース
五輪もすべてがオリンピックという訳ではありません。最近はテレビで見かけることも少ないので若い方はご存じないかもですが…
五輪真弓「恋人よ」/Mayumi Itsuwa「MY ONLY LOVE」、4:23
商標登録insideNews: 類似ドメイン、五輪延期で急増 「Ｔｏｋｙｏ２０２１」、転売目的か―高額出品も：時事ドットコム
I sometimes see products and advertisements of “Olympic satire”, but I wonder if it is infringement of copyright or trademark right.
Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an amendment to a federal law reserving the use of the Russian term for champagne – Шампанское (shampanskoye) – to sparkling wines produced in Russia.Putin’s move has caused a stir with French producers, as it will require them to use the generic term “sparkling wine” on the back of their bottles sold in Russia.“Sovietskoïé shampanskoye” is the Russian word established under Stalin rule in the 1920s that describes a cheap and low quality sparkling wine available in Russia. Its production method is different from the one used in France.
情報源: Brut force: how Putin’s champagne label law could spark a trademark dispute with France
French group fumes over new Russian champagne law, 1:31
