@council4ip.bsky.socialNearly every technology, life-saving invention, and creative work was made possible by strong #patents, #copyrights, #trademarks, or #trade secrets.
Throughout #IPMonth, we're highlighting the value of strong #IPrights and building momentum for continued advocacy.
Read about our latest efforts:
@jamieroxxartist.bsky.socialToday, Oct 6, our #Catholic Friends are celebrating the feast day of #SaintBruno ( patron of #trademarks )
@beelinelegal.bsky.socialNew post on the Bee Blog! 🐝
Booze That Squeaks part II
#trademarks #jackdaniels #infringement
@challzbrown.bsky.socialOvrkast is facing a trademark suit from OutKast. Interestingly, one doesn't need to *know* they're infringing to be liable. Many artists like Biggie Smalls and Common faced similar name-change demands due to infringement claims. #legal #trademarks #ovrkast #outkast
@judgement-bot.bsky.socialChecking brand registration status via the official Australian IP database search tool.
Evidence: IP database record, official search, administrative registry check
#Aletheia #IPAustralia #Trademarks
@beelinelegal.bsky.socialWhen KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN became KFC, it maintained a few restaurants under the old name to preserve its rights and assure no one else started providing restaurant services under the KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN brand…
#trademarks
@azrights.bsky.socialX Corp won an injunction over TWITTER, but the court found it likely abandoned its TWEET trademark.
A reminder that trademark rights depend on continued use.
Read more: www.azrights.com/blog/what-th...
#TrademarkLaw #IntellectualProperty #BrandProtection #Trademarks
@adtothebone.bsky.socialParis Hilton registered “That’s hot.” as a trademark in 2007, and now here we are with this.
This… this is perfection.
(seen at my local Ross Dress for Less)
@domaingang.comPoolBrain*.ai #UDRP: Vibe-coded rival site ends in consent transfer ⚖️ domaingang.com/domain-law/p...
@beelinelegal.bsky.socialIf you don’t want anyone to come anywhere near your trademark, you should have come up with something more distinctive than ALO.
#trademarks #alo
@council4ip.bsky.socialThe #USPTO's Office of the Commissioner for #Trademarks recently hosted a webinar, as part of the agency's #America250 programming, exploring how trademarks have helped shape #American #commerce and identity across the nation's history.
Couldn't catch it live? Watch the recording ⬇️
@madeineurope.wsocial.euThree marks. Three defined roles. Now registered.
The three core marks of the Made in Europe identity system — Business Identity, Product Identity and Verification — are now registered European Union trade marks.
Read the official announcement:
i2.eu/5xXBmF2H0U
@afirm4creatives.bsky.socialPeople feel entitled to use your brand name, logo, and hashtags because you have not taken the appropriate legal steps to show them that they cannot. For help with trademarks, copyrights, and more, visit thewalkercollective.com today!
@beelinelegal.bsky.socialNew post on the Bee Blog 🐝
Abandoning Billions of Dollars
@designreviewed.comTakanashi brand identity, 1982. (not sure on the designer) Scanned from Japan’s Trademarks & Logotypes in Full Color. Part 2, Graphic Sha, Tokyo, 1986 designreviewed.com/artefacts/ja... #logotypes #trademarks #japandesign #brandidentity