Posts Tagged: INTA
House Hearing Highlights China, E-Commerce Contributions to Cluttering of U.S. Trademark Register
At a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet this morning, titled Counterfeits and Cluttering: Emerging Threats to the …
Protect Your Rights Online: Understanding ICANN’s New gTLDs and RPMs
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the California-based nonprofit public-benefit organization with authority over the global Internet’s system of unique identifiers, e.…
INTA Annual Meeting Highlights: Gen Z, Fan Fiction, and AI
Much has been made in the last week or two of the International Trademark Association’s (INTA’s) study, Gen Z Insights: Brands and Counterfeit Products, which …
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 17: Trump Bans Huawei, Alibaba Shows Improved Brand Protection and China Revises Copyright Law
This week in Other Barks & Bites: Chinese state political advisors suggest changes to the country’s copyright law, including stronger punitive measures for infringement; President Donald Trump …
Brunetti Briefs: Section 2(a) Bar on Immoral or Scandalous Marks Fails Constitutional Test
On April 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Iancu v. Brunetti, a case the International Trademark Association (INTA) has remarked raises a critical issue for …
Mission Product Oral Argument Promises Certainty on Long Unresolved Question
Mission Product Holdings v. Tempnology was argued last week at the Supreme Court and seeks to solve a circuit split regarding the effects of bankruptcy proceedings on …
SCOTUS to Hear ‘The Most Significant Unresolved Legal Issue in Trademark Licensing’ in Mission Product Holdings Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC
On February 20, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Mission Product Holdings Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC on appeal from the Court of Appeals for the First …
INTA Brief to WTO Revives Plain Packaging Debate
Australia’s Tobacco Plain Packaging Act (TPPA) was enacted in 2011 and prohibits all use of trademarks (other than word marks) on tobacco product packaging. The law seemingly …
Trademark Enforcement Implications of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The WHOIS database provides technical information about the date of creation and expiration of a domain, as well as contact information for the registrant of a website, …
Senators Discuss Counterfeits at GIPC, INTA Forum for World IP Day
On Thursday, April 24th, I attended a Sports Industry briefing and cocktail reception in honor of World IP day. The program was sponsored by the U.S. …
Craft Beer vs. Big Beer Trademark Suit May Test 9th Circuit’s ‘Irreparable Harm’ Standard
A resounding en garde was declared by California craft beer brand Stone to MillerCoors, the second largest beer company in the United States, over the alleged taking …
Challenges for Trademarks in a Digital World: A Review of INTA 2017
Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have provided the opportunity for brands to interact with mass audiences quickly and effectively, but this interaction is …
INTA Keynote: ‘We want to raise an anti-piracy generation’
Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Spain’s Minister of Education, Culture and Sport began by explaining talent must always have a price and that it should be …
The shocking dangers of buying fakes
The latest estimate from the International Trademark Association (INTA) notes the global impact of piracy and counterfeiting will hit $4.2 trillion (USD) by 2022... While buying a “knockoff” product …
Brand Owners Watch as Smoke Clears on Plain Packaging Efforts
The major premise of plain packaging is that when stripped of producers’ logos, brand images and promotional matter, tobacco products simply aren’t as attractive to consumers. …
