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

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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).”

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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米国移民関税執行局 (ICE) vol.5 商標_動画 (embedded)

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米国移民関税執行局 動画

米国移民関税執行局 動画

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

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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

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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

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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 …

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商標登録insideNew: Seventh Circuit Sides with Plaintiffs in Parmesan Cheese Claims | National Law Review

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The Seventh Circuit recently reversed a district court’s dismissal of a class action false advertising complaint, holding that an ingredient list’s disclosure of components other than parmesan cheese did not foreclose the possibility of reasonable consumers being deceived by a “100% Grated Parmesan Cheese” front label claim.

情報源: Seventh Circuit Sides with Plaintiffs in Parmesan Cheese Claims

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商標登録insideNews: Major Changes To Trademark And Copyright Law Included In Massive Stimulus Package | Fox Rothschild LLP – JDSupra

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Signed into law on December 28, the voluminous Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 makes major changes to American intellectual property laws via its inclusion of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TM Act); the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act); and an amendment to Title 18 of the United States Code that adds Section 2319C titled “Illicit digital transmission services.”

情報源: Major Changes To Trademark And Copyright Law Included In Massive Stimulus Package | Fox Rothschild LLP – JDSupra

H. R. 2426（pdf）

Summary of H.R.2426 CASE ACT
Passed House (10/22/2019)
Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 or the CASE Act of 2019

This bill creates the Copyright Claims Board, a body within the U.S. Copyright Office, to decide copyright disputes. Damages awarded by the board are capped at $30,000.

Participation in board proceedings is voluntary with an opt-out procedure for defendants, and parties may choose instead to have a dispute heard in court. If the parties agree to have their dispute heard by the board, they shall forego the right to be heard before a court and the right to a jury trial. Board proceedings shall have no effect on class actions.

The board shall be authorized to hear copyright infringement claims, actions for a declaration of noninfringement, claims that a party knowingly sent false takedown notices, and related counterclaims.

The bill provides for various procedures, including with respect to requests for information from the other party and requests for the board to reconsider a decision.

The board may issue monetary awards based on actual or statutory damages.

The parties shall bear their own attorneys' fees and costs except where there is bad faith misconduct.

A board's final determination precludes relitigating the claims in court or at the board. Parties may challenge a board decision in federal district court only if (1) the decision was a result of fraud, corruption, or other misconduct; (2) the board exceeded its authority or failed to render a final determination; or (3) in a default ruling or failure to prosecute, the default or failure was excusable.

商標登録insideNews: Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 | Lathrop GPM – JDSupra