Whether referred to as image rights, personality rights, right of publicity, portrait rights or simply likeness, having control over the use of your “image” can be an important right that – in one…
The parodist could not rely on First Amendment protection because it used the famous sneakers as a source identifier.
The maker of a sneaker that parodied a famous brand of skateboard-friendly kicks…
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A recent decision by the General Court deals with the weight of figurative elements in the overall impression of a sign.
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The applicant applied for the registration of the following sign as an…
All trademark news that you might have missed last month in one convenient overview. Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter.
Angola joins DESIGNclass and expands TMClass…
Many of us who have done a PhD, remember that time around the beginning of the second year when anxiety and insecurity start substituting the passion and enthusiasm. We all needed a safe space…
The marks are generic both as to “Carnival” and the geographic locations “St Thomas” and “Virgin Islands.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court decision denying the…
The Opposition Division has partially upheld an opposition filed by Jaguar Land Rover (“Jaguar”) against EUTM application no.16778672 for the figurative mark, , applied for by luxury fashion…
All trademark news that you might have missed last month in one convenient overview. Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter.
Benelux adopts measures to protect personal details…
The murals were merely hidden from public view, not modified or destroyed.
A law school that covered up two controversial murals with acoustic panels in order to hide them from public view did not…
