Taco Bell filed a petiton to cancel Taco Tuesday trademark
The taco chain filed a petition Tuesday (naturally) with the US Patent and Trademark office to cancel the trademark, owned by rival Taco John’s for 34 years, because Taco Bell claims the commonly used phrase “should be freely available to all who make, sell, eat and celebrate tacos.”
On February 14, 5th year of Reiwa, an event was held in Tokyo to raise awareness of Kyushu and Okinawa distilled spirits (GI (Iki, Kuma, Satsuma, Ryukyu)).
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is announcing the date, time, and place of a public hearing that will be held by the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) on the USPTO’s proposed setting or adjusting of trademark fees pursuant to the USPTO’s fee setting authority under section 10 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The USPTO will make its proposed trademark fees available—as set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice—before the TPAC hearing. The public is invited to testify at the hearing and submit written comments regarding proposed trademark fees.
Canon and Amazon jointly sue account holders in US
TOKYO, May 11, 2023—Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. together with Amazon.com, Inc., and Amazon.com Services LLC jointly filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against 29 selling accounts which sold camera batteries and chargers in the Amazon store in the U.S., alleging infringement of Canon’s trademark rights.
IPO’s mission is to nurture an Intellectual Property-Savvy society, moving towards achieving global competitiveness by fostering a knowledge-based economy in Trinidad and Tobago.
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“Regional collective trademarks” are registered as trademarks for local specialty products. More than 740 new regional brands are being registered one after another. What is regional revitalization using trademarks? That page will explain the efforts and challenges.
