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…
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…
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…
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.
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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…
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)…
Intellectual property rights protection is crucial in creating and maintaining a healthy business competition climate, guaranteeing legal certainty for the advancement of the industry, trade, and investment in Indonesia.