A new trademark has surfaced in Korea for something called the “Armor Frame” that is expected to be used on the coming folding smartphones. It’s unclear if both of the folding models will have the new frame or if the frame might only be used on one of the devices. It certainly also possible that Armor Frame will be used on neither of the rumored folding phones.Samsung filed for the trademark on April 13, 2021. That same day, a trademark for Armor Frame was also filed with the European Union Intellectual Property Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Organization. The name would seemingly indicate the frame is designed to be extra strong and rig
On January 27, 2021 the new German wine law came into force. It introduces a new kind of hierarchy for German wines based on its geographic origin. In a way it can be seen as a remodelling of the system that previously existed with the aim to improve the overall quality of German wine as well as to fit better with the EU system. The four primary geographic “levels” for a German quality wine (Qualitätswein) are now Area, Region, Village, and Vineyard.
Video-sharing social network TikTok infringed the trademarks of a video editing company when it released a new editing feature, according to a new lawsuit filed at a US federal court.London-based Stitch Editing filed the complaint at the US District Court for the District of California on Monday 12 April against the social media platform and its Chinese subsidiary, ByteDance.
What happens if two applicants file similar trademark applications on the same day? Who gets priority? How does the IP office deal with this situation? Article 31 of China Trademark Law lays out the provisions for same-day applications as such: “Where two or more applicants apply to register identical or similar trademarks for use on the same kind of goods or similar goods, the trademark office shall first conduct examination of, give approval to and announce the trademark whose registration is applied for earlier than the rest. Where the applications are filed on the same day, the trademark office shall first examine, give approval to and announce the trademark which is used earlier that the rest, and it shall reject the applications for registration of the other trademarks and shall not announce them.”
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Aeon applied for a trademark for Jusco in March of this year. When the application information was made public, there was an uproar on social media among super tour enthusiasts, with comments such as “It’s nostalgic” and “Is it the return of Jusco?”