: Ford Denied Well-Known Trademark Protection in RussiaRussia’s Intellectual Property Court upheld a March decision by the country’s IP Office (Federal Service for Intellectual Property - Rospatent) to deny the Ford Motor Company's (FMC) application for well-known trademark protection for its company name and its iconic blue oval logo. [read post]

The challenge to secure registration is even greater because slogans are often treated merely as a form of advertisement rather than a source identifier (indeed, this might be the case even if the hashtag-based mark includes a well-known registered mark).Trade marks go socialPerhaps there is another way to view hashtag marks such as those above, based on the approach suggested by Judge Kozinski of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.In Plasticolor Molded Products v Ford… [read post]

‘obviousness-type’ double patenting practise (America-Israel Patent Law) Injunction by ORT Israel against World ORT using name in Israel overturned (The IP Factor) United Kingdom An epic tale of… erm, patents and trademarks – EWHC (Pat) decides Datacard v Eagle (IPKat) (EPLAW) EWHC (Ch): Play-Doah ruling goes Hasbro’s way: Hasbro v Nahrmittel (Class 46) (IPKat) Hargreaves and the SME litigants (Solo Independent IP Practitioners) The patent… [read post]