A ruling in a lawsuit seeking the cancellation of the national geographical indication (GI) registration over the geographical indication (GI) protection system, which registers and protects the names of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and processed products that make use of integrated production methods and regional characteristics as intellectual property. On the 28th, it was at the Tokyo District Court.
Scotch Whisky as certification trademark The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has successfully registered ‘Scotch Whisky’ as a certification trademark in the US – the industry’s largest global market, worth almost £800m ($982m) a year.
Word Mark SCOTCH WHISKY
Goods and Services G & S: Whisky produced in Scotland according to specific standards. FIRST USE: 18950100. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 18950100
Standard Characters Claimed
Serial Number 90108702
Filing Date August 12, 2020
Current Basis 1A
Registration Number 6763223
Registration Date June 21, 2022
Owner (REGISTRANT) The Scotch Whisky Association Private company limited by guarantee without share capital UNITED KINGDOM Quartermile Two, 2 Lister Square Edinburgh UNITED KINGDOM EH39GL
Disclaimer NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE “WHISKY” APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN
Type of Mark CERTIFICATION MARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Other Data The certification mark, as used or intended to be used by persons authorized by the certifier, certifies or is intended to certify that the goods/services provided originate in Scotland and have met the Standards as set forth in The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 and The Scotch Whisky technical file.
A week after the release of her highly anticipated Rhode beauty brand, Hailey Bieber is being sued by L.A. fashion label Rhode over potential trademark infringement. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, the label founded in 2014 by Purna Khatau and Phoebe Vickers and carried by luxury retailers including Net-a-Porter,
The June 2022 update of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP) is now available on the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) webpage under “Practice and procedure.” The revision includes precedential citations to legal opinions from the TTAB and the Federal Circuit made between February 28, 2021, and March 4, 2022. The modification reflects changes due to the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020, including a new Chapter 1300 “Ex Parte Appeals from Expungement or Reexamination of Registration Proceedings.”
You can change some information in your trademark application after your examining attorney approves your trademark for publication and before your trademark is registered.
