商標登録insideNews: Intellectual property after 1 January 2021 | GOV.UK

Key information for customers and users of IP about how the IP system and the Intellectual Property Office will operate after the end of the transition period.

情報源: Intellectual property after 1 January 2021 – GOV.UK

商標登録insideNews: Welcoming Iceland to the Madrid e-Filing Community | WIPO

Iceland moves for Madrid e-filing

Iceland becomes the first Nordic country to offer the Madrid e-Filing service to trademark users, following Bulgaria a few weeks beforehand.

情報源: Welcoming Iceland to the Madrid e-Filing Community

You can now file an international trademark application through Madrid e-Filing by the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) via the ISIPO. The electronic service is paperless, user friendly and safe. An international trademark application must be based on a national application that will be registered later, or on a pre-existing Icelandic registration. The application can be filed in four simple steps: 

情報源: Madrid e-Filing available via the ISIPO | Hugverkastofan

The number of IP Offices using this WIPO solution has rapidly risen from three in 2018 to ten today: the Benelux, Australia, Georgia, Austria, Lithuania, Estonia, Canada, the Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria, and now Iceland.

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Iceland moves for Madrid e-filing
Reykjavík, Iceland

商標登録insideNews: トヨタがついに商標を譲渡。オペルがやっと本名「コルサ」を名乗れる!(driver@web) | carview!

コルサ 商標譲渡

コルサ 商標譲渡

すでに2021年後半から日本市場への復帰がアナウンスされているオペル。導入する3車種のうち、Bセグメントハッチバックの「コルサ(CORSA)」は登録商標の関係で、再上陸時には別の車名になるとみられていた。だが、何と「コルサ」の名前で行くことが決まったようなのだ。

情報源: トヨタがついに商標を譲渡。オペルがやっと本名「コルサ」を名乗れる!(driver@web) | 自動車情報サイト【新車・中古車】 – carview!

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商標登録insideNews: U.S. Trademark Office Issues Guide on How It Will Apply the Supreme Court’s Booking.com Decision to Examination of Relevant Applications | Mintz – Trademark & Copyright Viewpoints – JDSupra

As we reported in our July 7, 2020 blog post on the USPTO v. Booking.com B.V decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a proposed mark consisting of the combination of a generic term and a generic top-level domain, like “.com,” is not automatically generic and can be protected as a trademark under certain circumstances. Now, the U.S. Trademark Office has issued an Examination Guide providing guidance on how it intends to apply that ruling to the examination of applications for these types of proposed trademarks.

情報源: U.S. Trademark Office Issues Guide on How It Will Apply the Supreme Court’s Booking.com Decision to Examination of Relevant Applications | Mintz – Trademark & Copyright Viewpoints – JDSupra

Examination Guide 3-20 Generic.com Terms after USPTO v. Booking.com October 2020

商標登録insideNews: Playboy Files Lawsuit Against Fashion Nova for Trademark Infringement | Odessa

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Fashion Nova, Inc. for infringing Playboy’s world-famous Playboy BUNNY COSTUME design (the “BUNNY COSTUME ® ”).

情報源: Playboy Files Lawsuit Against Fashion Nova for Trademark Infringement – Business – Odessa

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商標登録insideNews: Zoom Sued for Trademark Infringement Over ‘Zapp’ App Integration | bloomberglaw.com

Zoom Sued for TM Infringement Over Zapp

Zoom Sued for TM Infringement Over Zapp

Zoom Video Communications Inc.’s new “Zapps” function for integrating third-party apps infringes Zapier Inc.’s trademarks covering similar services, according to a complaint filed Monday in San Francisco federal court.

情報源: Zoom Sued for Trademark Infringement Over ‘Zapp’ App Integration

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商標登録insideNews: インターブランド「Best Global Brands 2020」レポート, グローバル・ブランドランキングTOP100を発表|株式会社インターブランドジャパン

株式会社インターブランドジャパンのプレスリリース(2020年10月20日 14時32分)インターブランド[Best Global Brands 2020]レポート[ブランド価値]によるグローバル・ブランドランキングTOP100を発表

情報源: インターブランド「Best Global Brands 2020」レポート「ブランド価値」によるグローバル・ブランドランキングTOP100を発表|株式会社インターブランドジャパンのプレスリリース

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商標登録insideNews: WhatsApp Opposes WhatsPay Trademark | lawstreetmedia.com

WhatsApp Inc. has filed an opposition to WhatsPay doing business as OmegaSoft Technology LLC’s proposed “WHATSPAY” trademark and accompanying design. After extending its deadline to file the opposition, WhatsApp contended that the filing before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) is timely.The opposition stated that OmegaSoft is a South Carolina company. It allegedly filed an application in January, seeking to use its WHATSPAY trademark for “downloadable computer software for use as an electronic wallet.”

情報源: WhatsApp Opposes WhatsPay Trademark – Tech

Opposition
Number: 91265489 Filing Date: 10/19/2020
Status: Pending Status Date: 10/19/2020
ESTTA Tracking number: ESTTA1089623

Grounds for Opposition
Priority and likelihood of confusion Trademark Act Section 2(d)
No use of mark in commerce before application or amendment to allege use was filed Trademark Act Sections 1(a) and (c)
False suggestion of a connection with persons,living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or brings them into contempt, or disrepute Trademark Act Section 2(a)

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