The #trademark WALDORF ASTORIA was maintained in Canada as Federal Court of Appeal confirms that "hotel services" can be provided in absence of actual hotel in Canada bit.ly/2Fe2NUY #intellectualproperty

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Decisions of the TTAB and the CAFC on Registrability Issues July 2019 to August 2020 thettablog.blogspot.com/2020/09/decisi…

BREAKING: CJEU dismisses EUIPO and MASSI's TM owner appeals and rules that GC didn't err in considering that Lionel Messi’s reputation constituted a relevant factor for the purposes of establishing a conceptual difference between the terms MESSI and MASSI drive.google.com/file/d/1kbOT7f…

Rocket launch from earth as seen by the International Space Station 😍

What to do about “zombie” trade marks (marks revoked for non-use, but which might still block later applications for registration) has just been considered by the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Right result, but roundabout reasoning to get there courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/S…

I think a lot about what Mr. Rogers said and did when he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Emmys:

Congratulations to Amanda Scardamaglia Amanda Scardamaglia Swinburne Law School for winning the 2020 Victorian Premier’s History Award for her book Printed on Stone: The Lithographs of Charles Troedel featuring the Melbourne Album and images from State Library Vic #VCHA2020

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The greatest of his time, if not all time. A genius on the pitch. #DiegoArmandoMaradona

New #trademark decisions for 2021 online from Intellectual Property Office UK. Appointed Person Mr Purvis QC overturns earlier finding, holding that Multibus not likely to be confused with earlier mark MULTIVAN: ipo.gov.uk/t-challenge-de…. Distinguishes from earlier reputed family of marks scenario.

haha is cordially inviting the ttab to "go ahead & look it up yourself in the search engine of your choice" normal

New from me in the UNSW Law Journal – Part 1 of a two part article on the under-explored concept of “substantial identity” in trade mark law, and our Federal Court’s recent wrong turn on this issue. unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/wp-content/upl…

“Trade mark law’s identity crisis, part 1” now on Austlii. Another insightful article from Michael Handler austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo…

Court of Appeal decision in Skykick: bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/…

The Fashion Law Under EU law, protection for a “metaverse-focused design” already exists. No need to distinguish between virtual/real product design (a design right for a purse, in general, also covers a purse shown in the metaverse) or use “display screen portion with user interface” 😉

Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Judge Cannon's order is completely baseless, but her heart is in the right place.

Our note on the unanimous decision of Australia's High Court holding that reputation is not relevant to the assessment of deceptive similarity under s120(1) of the Trade Marks Act. kwm.com/au/en/insights…

It is 30 April 2024 and the last decision from the Australian Trade Marks Office (IP Australia) published on AustLII dates back to 29 February 2024. This simply has to be improved. Why can these decisions not be published on austlii when they are handed down?