商標登録insideNews: Restaurant Industry Insight–The Evolving Trademark Portfolios of Restaurants | Lexology

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

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商標登録insideNews: Alibaba Opposes Muhammad Ali Enterprises Trademark Registration | lawstreetmedia.com

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

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商標登録insideNews: United States Trademark Use: ABCD Test | natlawreview.com

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.

情報源: United States Trademark Use: ABCD Test

商標登録insideNews: Wine and Spirit Companies Trademark Alert: Check your Trademarks to Ensure they are not “Deceptive” | Hodgson Russ LLP – JDSupra

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).”

情報源: Wine and Spirit Companies Trademark Alert: Check your Trademarks to Ensure they are not “Deceptive” | Hodgson Russ LLP – JDSupra

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NFLの第55回スーパーボウルは、2021年2月7日にフロリダ州のタンパベイで行われ、ペイトリオッツから移籍したバッカニアーズのトムブレィディQBらの活躍で、マホームQBを中心とするチーフスに対して快勝(31-9)しています。バッカニアーズのディフェンスがチーフスのオフェンスラインを圧倒した面がありました。その裏方としてICE/HSI(Homeland Security Investigation)のOperationがあります。
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商標登録insideNews: Trademarks in the 2020 IP Law Year in Review | www.natlawreview.com

2020 was a year like no other, so you’d be forgiven if the year’s biggest headlines in trademark law didn’t quite catch your attention. In 2020, the US Supreme Court shaped trademark jurisprudence through a trio of notable decisions. A pandemic and shelter-in-place orders pushed more consumers to virtual marketplaces, forcing brand owners, and the courts, to take a renewed look at counterfeiting and online enforcement.

情報源: Trademarks in the 2020 IP Law Year in Review

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商標登録insideNews: Founder of Utah’s Evermore fantasy park sues Taylor Swift for trademark infringement | KUTV

A Utah man is suing one of the world’s biggest music stars, Taylor Swift, for trademark infringement. Caption: KUTV: Jim Spiewak reports Ken Bretschneider, the founder and CEO of Evermore Park, claims Swift is using a brand he’s spent millions building on her new album. Evermore Park started about three years ago as an experience and event park in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Ken Bretschneider, the founder and CEO of Evermore Park, in a 2News interview in 2018. (Photo: KUTV File)

情報源: Founder of Utah’s Evermore fantasy park sues Taylor Swift for trademark infringement | KUTV

テイラー・スウィフトが、2020年12月にアルバム『エヴァーモア』をリリースした際、米ユタ州のテーマパーク【エヴァーモア・パーク】が商標を侵害したとしてテイラー側を訴えたことがわかった。 

情報源: テイラー・スウィフト、最新ALのタイトルを巡り米ユタ州のテーマパークに訴えられる(Billboard JAPAN) – Yahoo!ニュース

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米国商標出願における法人格の選択または名称の翻訳についての解説

米国商標 法人名 日本国内では法人には登記の際に定めた名称があり、法人としての活動にはその名称が使用されます。法人の名称には、その法人格を示す「株式会社」や「合同会社」などの文字も使用されます。日本企業や日本の社団が米国 …