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IPアタッシェ(IP Attachés)の紹介
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is swimming in new applications, with the biggest rate of increase coming from China.
情報源: China is flooding the U.S. with trademark applications and no one is sure why | Fortune
記事によると、2010年には、中国を拠点とする出願人からのものの数字は1%未満でしたが、2021年のすべての商標出願の29%は中国を拠点とする出願人からのものでした。指摘されている大きな問題の1つは、中国の地方自治体が米国の商標を登録するために企業や個人に支払いをしているということで、中国の地方自治体が自国の企業に世界中の知的財産に投資し、グローバルブランドを所有することを望んでいることに拠る様です。
The American Apparel & Footwear Association welcomed the reintroduction of the SHOP SAFE Act today. The bipartisan bill establishes trademark liability for online marketplace platforms when a third-party sells a counterfeit that poses a risk to consumer health or safety (and when that platform does not follow certain best practices).
情報源: SHOP SAFE Act Reintroduction Welcomed by Apparel and Footwear Industry
米国 SHOP SAFE Act 法案は議会通過前の状態ですが、商標法(ラナム法)の改正(Section 32 に追加条文)を予定しています。法案では、第三者が消費者の健康や安全にリスクをもたらす偽造品を販売した場合(およびそのプラットフォームが特定の実務手法に従わない場合)、E-Commerceプラットフォームの商標上の責任を確立します。また、E-Commerceプラットフォームのにインセンティブを与えて、正当性を確保するための売り手の審査、偽造品のリストの削除、偽造品を繰り返し販売する売り手の削除などの実務手法を確立することも目的としています。
Trademarks are one of the major underpinnings of entrepreneurship. Without these legal protections, entrepreneurs wouldn’t be able to distinguish their brand from others or prevent others from infringing on its usage. We would live in a world of copycats, and consumers would be playing a game of cha
情報源: Trademark Cost 2021: Federal And State Registration Fees – Forbes Advisor
尚、記事は米国内の人や企業を対象としています。米国から見ての外国人や外国企業(日本企業を含む)は、米国の弁護士を出願やその他の手続に際して雇う必要があります。
As restaurants have changed or grown their goods and services since early 2020, their trademark portfolios have also expanded into new trademark registration classes.When inside dining closed across the United States, the existing trend towards food delivery accelerated. While an already high 58% of adults said that they ordered takeout or delivery for dinner during the last week of February 2020, a remarkable 66% of adults said that they ordered takeout or delivery for dinner in a given week in November 2020, with takeout or delivery lunch up from 37% to 47%.
情報源: Restaurant Industry Insight–The Evolving Trademark Portfolios of Restaurants – Lexology
In a 419-page filing submitted to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), Alibaba Group Holding Limited has opposed the registration of the “ALI,” mark by Muhammad Ali Enterprises LLC (MAE). The opposition explains that MAE’s proposed mark will confuse consumers because they will mistakenly identify it with the Chinese e-commerce giant.
情報源: Alibaba Opposes Muhammad Ali Enterprises Trademark Registration – Tech
Alibaba Group Holding Limited v Muhammad Ali Enterprises LLC, Case No. 91269471
As North America brings its intellectual property laws in line with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the way trademarks are handled in Mexico and Canada has recently changed. While Mexico now requires a business to use its mark to obtain a Mexican trademark registration, Canada no longer requires the use of a mark in order to obtain a Canadian trademark registration.
経験豊富な出願人向けの商標見本
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “TTAB”) recently published a precedential decision regarding the treatment of trademarks for wine and spirits and their potential for being “deceptively misdescriptive” pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a). Section 2(a) has three provisions, all of which are relevant to the alcoholic beverage industry. In this new precedential decision, the TTAB held that “[t]erms that are not specifically place names, but which may have ‘geographical association,’ may provide bases for claims under the general deceptiveness provision of Section 2(a).”