Japanese conglomerate Rakuten is facing a further setback in its plan to launch payments on its Viber messaging app under the “Viber Pay” brand after the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) accepted an application to have its trademark invalidated, AltFi can exclusively reveal. The application was made by UK fintech VibePay, whose CEO and founder Luke Massie is fighting to defend his trademark “VibePay” against confusion with Rakuten’s “Viber Pay”.
NEW YORK – Rakuten Medical, a cancer therapy developer, has escalated a trademark dispute by suing Illumina in US federal court. According to a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Northern California, Rakuten Medical seeks a declaration that its Illuminox platform will not infringe Illumina’s trademarks. Filings submitted by Illumina to the US Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) show that the sequencing firm has asked the agency to reject Rakuten Medical’s application for the Illuminox trademark.Rakuten Medical has also asked the court to award it attorneys’ fees associated with the suit.
Opposition (Illuminox v. Illumina)
Number: 91254560 Filing Date: 03/03/2020
Status: Pending Status Date: 03/10/2020
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