The names of the twin pandas at Ueno Zoological Park in Tokyo have been decided as “Xiao Xiao” and “Reirei”, and they will be open to the public in January 2022.
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.
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.
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).
Ezaki Gliko Kabushiki Kaisha v. Lotte International America Co, No. 19-3010 (3d Cir. 2021)
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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.
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.