In a final rule issued October 13, 2022, the USPTO has delayed the effective dates of these changes. The change to three months for responses to office actions will now go into effect on December 3, 2022 – a two-day delay. The change in the response period for examination of post-registration filings will now go into effect on October 7, 2023 – an approximate ten-month delay.
Toyota filed trademark applications for “LFR” and “Lexus LFR” in Europe. The company submitted the paperwork on October 14, 2022. Because that’s the same date this story posts, the European Union Intellectual Property Office is still processing the request. This procedure generally takes a few months before the agency decides whether to grant the trademark.
The United States Supreme Court has a new opportunity to look at whether a U.S. trademark owner can recover damages for infringing uses of the owner’s mark occurring outside the United States. … The district court jury returned a verdict to the tune of $90 million, finding that Abitron had willfully infringed the Hetronic mark— even though 97% of the infringing sales were made in Europe. The district court entered a final judgment in line with the jury’s verdict as well as a worldwide permanent injunction.
In August 2018, the comedy duo “NON STYLE” Mr. Akira Ishida tweeted about this product, which is the origin and representative work of the brand Kochi.
Word Mark TOYOTA CROWN SIGNIA
Goods and Services IC 012. G & S: automobiles and structural parts thereof
Standard Characters Claimed
Serial Number 97610200
Filing Date September 28, 2022
Current Basis 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA