Taiwan KYEC Trademark Owner Reclaims His Rights From Bad Faith Trademark Squatter

Taiwan KYEC Trademark Owner Reclaims His Rights From Bad Faith Trademark Squatter

What is the worst nightmare if you are a trademark owner? When you suddenly wake up in the morning and realised that your customers have now turned into your adverse competitor, using and registering your trademark as their own! That’s unfortunately what happened to Kunyee Industrial Ltd. which had not any trademark registrations in Indonesia. Their…

Considering The Likelihood Of Confusion Before Filing A Trademark Application

Considering The Likelihood Of Confusion Before Filing A Trademark Application

Before filing a new trademark application, overcoming the likelihood of confusion between your proposed mark with similar earlier registered trademarks and currently pending trademark applications should be your first and main concern. If a brand owner has addressed the such issue from day one, he or she would have a better chance of success in…

5 Reasons Why Appointing an IP Consultant When Filing Trademark Application is Still Crucial Even for the Local Applicants?

5 Reasons Why Appointing an IP Consultant When Filing Trademark Application is Still Crucial Even for the Local Applicants?

If you file a trademark application in other countries as a foreign applicant, it is a no-brainer for you to understand that you would need a local trademark attorney or proxy or an IP Consultant to represent you in filing a trademark application to the local PTO on your behalf. Most jurisdictions require foreign applicants…

E-Certificates for Intellectual Property Registrations

E-Certificates for Intellectual Property Registrations

Intellectual Property Registration Certificates are very important for patents, trademarks, and industrial design owners. These official papers are the proofs of ownership for their particular intellectual properties registered in the Registrar’s Office. These days, however, e-certificates have been issued by many PTOs due to the increasing demands of IP owners. In a recent official notification on…

How to Successfully Register Slogan As A Trademark?

How to Successfully Register Slogan As A Trademark?

In some jurisdictions, as in Indonesia and some other countries, registering a slogan as a trademark can be as straightforward as filing a non-slogan trademark application so long as the word(s) used in the slogan is/are not similar or identical to that/those of other existing trademark applications or registrations and they could comply with the substantive and formal requirements.

Brand Owners, Rejoice! ShieldTag Help You Combat Counterfeit Products By Only Using Smartphones

Brand Owners, Rejoice! ShieldTag Help You Combat Counterfeit Products By Only Using Smartphones

The circulation of counterfeit products in the same market channel as the original ones has been seemingly a never-ending issue for brand owners, and to a certain degree for the consumers of branded products as well.  Counterfeit products are fakes or unauthorised imitations of the original products. Fake products are usually manufactured and sold with the…

Indonesian Supreme Court Dashes Hopes of Well-known Mark Infringer in the Case of SAULE, LLC v. JP for “100%” Brand  

Indonesian Supreme Court Dashes Hopes of Well-known Mark Infringer in the Case of SAULE, LLC v. JP for “100%” Brand  

In a recent case before the Indonesian Supreme Court, the Indonesian Supreme Court in its decision at the highest level confirmed Saule LLC’s (a US company) ownership of the “100%” mark – being a well-known mark in Indonesia. In May 2022, the Indonesian Supreme Court rejected the cassation petition (or appeal to the Supreme Court)…