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Trademark Registration Certification Marks

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Remember My Origin: Federal Circuit Establishes Standard for Certification Mark Fame

Trademarks are used to identify and distinguish an individual’s or entity’s goods or services from those manufactured or sold by others and to indicate the source of such goods or services. In contrast, and with respect to...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

What are the Types of Trademarks

Most people think of a “trademark” as a word or a logo. But, what is a “trademark?” can be a surprisingly complicated question and by far supersedes most people’s imagination....more

Willcox & Savage

United States: USPTO Grants Registration of SCOTCH WHISKEY as Certification Mark

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted the application of the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA or Association) to register SCOTCH WHISKY as a certification mark for “whisky produced in Scotland...more

Hogan Lovells

Benelux trademark law now in line with EU Trade Marks Directive

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Today, the amended Benelux-Convention on Intellectual Property (“BCIP”) will enter into force, bringing Benelux trademark law in line with the European Trade Marks Directive. We have summarized the most important changes...more

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Europe: Everything you always wanted to know about certification marks

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Certification marks are part of national trade mark law in a number of Member States and since the reform of European trade mark law, the EUTMR now covers them under articles 83 to 93. ...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

European Union Welcomes Certification Marks

Companies that attest to the quality of products or services under a “certification mark” – a type of trademark used to show consumers that particular goods or services (or their providers) have met certain standards – are...more

Jones Day

European Union Trademark Reform—Further Changes Have Arrived

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The Situation: Alterations to the European Union’s trademark laws came into force on October 1, 2017. ...more

Hogan Lovells

"Swiss" certification mark opposition - Hong Kong court finds actual use likely to confuse

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Hogan Lovells represented Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH (“Federation”) in a successful appeal against a decision of the Hong Kong Registrar of Trade Marks in an opposition involving the “Swiss” certification mark....more

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets

Making United States Consumer Safer For Tequila?

The United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) recently dismissed Luxco, Inc.’s (“Luxco”) opposition to registration of the mark TEQUILA (in standard character format) by an...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

When Theory and Practice Diverge

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.” Although this quote is attributed as a remark overheard at a computer science conference in Walter J. Savitch’s Pascal: An...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - November 2016

The November 2016 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® includes practical tips for registering certification marks, a look at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's latest revisions to the Rules of Practice-its most...more

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