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TRADEMARK THOUGHT OF THE WEEK
“Products are created in the factory, but brands are created in the minds”- Walter Lander
TRADEMARK STATS FROM THE INDIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE
Particulars
Last week
This week
Change in %
Total Trademark applications examined by Trademark Office
2085
6411
An increase of 67.4%
Total applications disposed through show cause hearings
152
593
An increase of…
SCENARIO IN THE UNITED STATES REGARDING PROTECTION OF MOVIE TITLE
The interests of the American motion picture, television industries and home videos are safeguarded by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Since its inception in 1922, it has been playing an important part in protecting the commercial interest of the movie makers both in the US and internationally. Registering a film title with the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO) is available with respect to movie titles; however,…
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TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The Ideal trademark is one that is pushed to its utmost limits in terms of abstraction and ambiguity, yet is still readable. Trademarks are usually metaphors of one kind or another. And are, in a certain sense, thinking made visible"
---Saul Bass
Trademark Stats…
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TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Your brand is what other people say about you when you are not in the room - Jeff Bezos.
Trademark Stats from the Indian Trademark office
The Trademark Office has been a little slow this week considering there has been an overall decrease in the number of applications that…
Akar v. Akash, Hyderabadi Biryani Geographical Indication (GI), Kit Kat chocolate shape mark, Parallel Imports and Trademark Infringement, Disney merchandize, Trademark tips and more, presented by the Trademark attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Trademark quote of the week
"Representations that do not make sense are the best Trade Marks." Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Renowned IP Attorney, Author and Professor.
Trademark Status from the Indian Trademark office (8th March 2017 to 15th March 2017)
Total…
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Trademark quote of the week
“A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stories and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer’s decision to choose one product or service over another” – Seth Godin
Trademark Stats from the Indian Trademark office (22nd February 2017 to 28th February 2017)
Total Trademark applications examined by the Trademark Office: 18916
Total applications disposed through show cause…
The Rio Olympics, 2016 are in full swing and this news might serve as a warning to large number of brands throughout the globe. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) have warned both the athletes and the businesses who are not official sponsors of the Olympics, against using the Olympic trademarks in their marketing campaigns or on any other kind of forums, particularly social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
This might be understood…