New Balance Athletics Inc. won $504,000 in statutory damages from Chinese shoe seller, USA New Bunren International Co.’s, willful trademark infringement
Banksy’s trademark may be at risk after the street artist lost a case that an EU panel said was brought in bad faith and was undermined by a gift shop he set up in London last year.
Banksy lost a trademark battle with a U.K.-based greeting card company and, in turn, the copyright for his famous work, “Flower Thrower,” in part because officials said his hidden identity prevents him from being classified as the “as the unquestionable owner.”
Trade marks consisting exclusively of a sound or a combination of sounds are rare. However, a recent EUIPO decision confirms that a four-note sequence for electronical and medical apparatus and sanitary installations may be distinctive.🔎R2821/2019-1 https://t.co/yrF2zvT1mKpic.twitter.com/SLlaY39or6
— European Union Intellectual Property Office (@EU_IPO) September 15, 2020
Trade mark number: 018063460
Filing date: 13/05/2019
Owner: B. Braun Melsungen AG
Appeal: R2821/2019-1 Trade mark 018063460
As of 14 September 2020, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) has enhanced its participation in TMclass and joined DesignClass.OAPI will now use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass as well as the list of terms from the harmonised database of product indications (HDBPI) in DesignClass. Following OAPI’s decision to use HDB and HDBPI there are now twelve (12) non-EU IP offices in TMclass and eleven (11) in DesignClass.
商標登録insideNews: ラグビー代表の「ONE TEAM」を商標登録へ | 日刊スポーツ
ONE TOKYO, founded by former Japan national team midfielder Keisuke Honda (Botafogo), announced on the 15th that it had decided to change its name.
Word Mark: TX500H
Goods and services: automobiles and structural parts thereof
Standard Characters Claimed
Serial Number: 90165511
Filing Date: September 8, 2020
Current Basis: 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TA TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION CORPORATION
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a new alert this week concerning fraudulent email messages which appear to be sent by the USPTO directly to trademark owners but are, in fact, sent by third parties for fraudulent purposes.