Glenfiddich owner William Grant & Sons tried to block his attempts to trademark an Indian businessman’s Glenfield Scotch whisky,, saying it uses the same green and gold colours and stag on its packaging.
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Ohga Shoten (Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture) has filed a trademark application with the Patent Office for “Reiwamai” rice produced in Sukagawa, which includes the characters for the new era name “Reiwa”.
Chanel has successfully prevented a Vietnamese company from registering CocoGoodsCo as a trademark in the UK, according to a report published by the World Intellectual Property Review. The UK Intellectual Property Office agreed with the French luxury brand that Luong Quoi Coconut’s mark infringed Chanel’s ‘Coco’ trademark in class 3, covering soaps, shampoo, deodorant and […]
Former Vice President of the Patent Attorneys Association Charged with Tax Evasion April 16th, 11:26am A Tokyo patent attorney who served as the Vice President of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association has made over 100 million yen by ordering fictitious translation work to overseas shell companies. He was accused of tax evasion by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau for concealing income of over 50 million yen.
Several members of the Supreme Court expressed skepticism Monday over the breadth of a federal law that forbids the registration for “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks.
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Kagoshima United FC announced on the 9th that it will change the name of the futsal court that will open in Kagoshima City on April 28th. The originally planned “United Park” will be changed to “Kagoshima United Zone”.
Costa Rican Trademarks Added to the Global Brand DatabaseMarch 22, 2019The Global Brand Database now includes the collection of Costa Rica with over 237,000 records
Can a licensee sue for trademark infringement under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act? On April 1, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit issued its decision in Kroma Makeup EU, LLC v. Boldface Licensing + Branding, Inc. et al., and held that the answer to this question depends on the language of the licensing agreement. In Kroma Makeup EU’s case, it had contracted away any right to enforce the KROMA trademark.