🔸 Apple and Swatch have often clashed one another over their trademark applications, from I-Watch’ to I-Swatch, ‘Think different’ to ‘Tick Different’ and now “One more thing” which Steve Jobs would often say at the end of many Apple Inc. keynote, giving his cue for announcing a surprise
Date: August 25, 2021 (page 1 of 2)
🔸 Coca-Cola was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton and since then it had quickly climbed the charts as the most popular soda in the world. But do you know Coca-Cola has never patented their recipe after the first original patent in 1893? The recipe for Coca-Cola had changed after the 1893 patent
🔸 IP Theft or Intellectual Property theft is the act of robbing people or organisations of their ideas, inventions, creative products and other types of IP. According to the 2017 US IP Commission Report, IP theft has costed the United States over USD 225 billion to 600 billion a year. This is why
🔸 In April 2015, “ZARA”, a well-known fashion brand owned by Inditex Group sued an Indian tapas restaurant in Chennai, ”Zara Tapas Bar” for trademark infringement. Delhi High Court ruled in favour of the fashion brand ordering the tapas restaurant to change its name. The court held that
🔸 The answer is YES! In 2018, Rouge G de Guerlain (“the Applicant”) applied to register a 3D sign represented above for “lipsticks” in Class 3. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”) refused the application on the ground that the design lack of distinctiveness and
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