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Month: June 2021 (page 1 of 2)

✋ Alibaba opposes “ALI” trademark registration 📁

🗞️ Alibaba Group Holding Limited has opposed the registration of the “ALI” mark by Muhammad Ali Enterprises LLC at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in the United States (TTAB). Alibaba Group contended that the “ALI” mark would confuse consumers to believe the mark is affiliated to

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🇯🇵 Japanese Court ordered Line to pay ¥14 million over patent infringement 💸

⚖️ Tokyo District Court has ordered Line Corp. (messaging app provider) to pay approximately 14 million yen ($128,500) to a technology company, Future Eye Co. for patent infringement related to a feature that enabled users to quickly exchange account details.

💻 The system allows users to exchange

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🛡️ Protection for well-known marks 🌟

📁 The Court of Appeal in Y-Teq Auto Parts (M) Sdn Bhd v X1R Global Holding Sdn Bhd & Anor [2017] 2 MLJ 609 has recognised the value of the goodwill established by businesses and ought to be safeguarded. The law does not permit tortfeasors or genuine traders to ride on the fame and popularity

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😮 Reelz sues Instagram’s Reels 📱

📺 ReelzChannel, an established American TV network owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, sues Instagram/Facebook for using “REELS” on its platform, claiming that Reels is likely to confuse consumers who might mistakenly associate Instagram’s new feature with Reelz brand (after all, REELZ and REELS

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🤔 I like Coca-Cola’s font, can I use that in my mark and register it❓

📂 COCA-COLA is a registered trademark and also protects its “stylization”, a special font with the exaggerated capital “C” and extended tails of the “C”. This special stylization is known as the “Coca-Cola script” and has been in use since the 1880s.

⚖️ Recently, the Trademark

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