[コメント]スリランカがマドリッド制度に加盟のための準備を始めたているとの記事になります。2018年加盟予定だそうです。現在９９か国ですので、１００か国目と予想されます。Sri Lanka has appointed an eminent legal personality and a time-honoured expert in Intellectual Property (IP) to lead the country’s historic accession to the international trademark system called the Madrid Protocol. And the accession is slated to be completed by August next year. “We thank you for your contribution to the development of our intellectual … Continue reading Madrid timeline: August 2018 →
商標登録insideNews: Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark | Ars Technica
Is the term “google” too generic and therefore unworthy of its trademark protection? That’s the question before the US Supreme Court. Words like teleprompter, thermos, hoover, aspirin, and videotape were once trademarked. They lost the status after their names became too generic and fell victim to what is known as “genericide.”
情報源: Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark | Ars Technica
[コメント] 日本では、検索するの意味の”ぐぐる”とGoogleは区別されていると思いますが、それが英語になると、動詞と社名の境界がぼやけてしまうということかも知れません。カリフォルニア州の9th Court of Appealでは、普通名称化（genericide）されていないと判断されましたが、今回は最高裁ですので、どうなるかというところです。最高裁は、certiorari(サーシオレイリイ)ですので、聞く聞かないの裁量について数カ月で判断されます。商標登録insideNews: Court affirms TTAB refusal to register ‘FIRST TUESDAY’ trademark for NC Lottery – IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law
[コメント］単に記述的な（merely descriptive）商標に過ぎないか否かが争われた事件で、TTAB（審判部）は月の初めの火曜日に新しいscratch-offs（ロトの１つの形式）が始まるに直ぎないと判断し、特に指定商品や指定役務についての格別性（distinctiveness）も主張していないことから、自他商品識別力がないと判断しています。Distinctiveness of a mark in context of explanatory text is case-specific, turning on evidence of the public’s understanding or perception of a mark.
米国移民関税執行局（ICE） 商標_動画 vol.1
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (米国移民関税執行局)
1.ICE Overview、2:12
ICE Overview
2．ICE at Super Bowl LI: Too Good To Be True、1:14
ICE at Super Bowl LI: Too Good To Be True
3．Holiday shopping tips: Don’t get fleeced by fakes!、0:47
Holiday shopping tips: Don't get fleeced by fakes!
ICEはU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement(米国移民関税執行局)の通称で、知的財産権侵害製品の差し押さえなどを業務としています。また、全米知的財産権調整センター（IPR Center: National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center）は、Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Federal Bureau of Investigation（FBI）などの機関との緊密な連携により、知的財産権犯罪を防止するように活動しています。
日本の税関のように知的財産犯罪に対してカスタム君で親しみ易さを出す方向性とは異なる視点となっています。
商標登録insideNews: Mercedes Trademark Suggests 8G Transmission On The Way
8 G-TRONIC Mark Filed
Mercedes Trademark Suggests 8G Transmission On The Way Auto Guide has learned that on August 10, 2017, the German car manufacturer made a patent application for the name ‘8 G-Tronic’ to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for use with “automobiles and parts thereof.”
情報源: Mercedes Trademark Suggests 8G Transmission On The Way
Word Mark 8 G-TRONIC
Goods and Services IC 012. US 019 021 023 031 035 044. G & S: Automobiles and parts thereof
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 87563935
Filing Date August 10, 2017
Current Basis 1B;44D
Original Filing Basis 1B;44D
Owner (APPLICANT) Daimler AG CORPORATION FED REP GERMANY Mercedesstrasse 137 Stuttgart FED REP GERMANY 70327
Attorney of Record V.T. GIORDANO
Priority Date February 28, 2017
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE
商標登録insideNews: Trademarks In Germany: Five Things You Need To Know – Germany | mondaq.com
(8 G-TRONIC Mark Filed)
商標登録insideNews: Lenovo Trademark May Reveal Name Of Upcoming VR Headset
German site Mobielkopen.net recently spotted a new trademark filed by the technology company for something called Lenovo Mirage. According to a USPTO listing, it’s related to “Virtual reality headsets, augmented reality headsets, mixed reality headsets”.
情報源: Lenovo Trademark May Reveal Name Of Upcoming VR Headset
Lenovo debuts VR that won’t break the bank at CES 2017、1:17
商標登録insideNews: Sega Files Trademark For What Could Be The Next PoPoLoCrois Game – Siliconera
Sega filed a trademark for what appears to be the title of the next PoPoLoCrois game, “Narcia’s Tears and the Fairy’s Flute” (“Narcia no Namida to Yousei no Fue “in Japanese).
情報源: Sega Files Trademark For What Could Be The Next PoPoLoCrois Game – Siliconera
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