The most significant change at the Uganda Registration Service Bureau has been the shift from manual to online filing, which became inevitable due to the covid-19 pandemic.
In a victory for US company Corning, the manufacturer of the Gorilla Glass (which is used by many smartphone makers), a Riga court has held that Fashion One Television had acted in bad faith in applying to register the mark GORILLA.
In a case that sits at the intersection between the UDRP and national trademark law, the owner of several registered trademarks containing the term ‘mojo’, including MOJOCLOUD, has failed to obtain the transfer of ‘cloud-mojo.com’, among others.
The Federal Administrative Court held that a likelihood of indirect confusion could not be excluded, despite the increased level of attention of consumers when purchasing motorised vehicles.
Multinational corporation Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc successfully demonstrated that the import of PlayStation 2, 3 and 4 video game consoles and accessories infringed its trademark rights.
The key issues in these cancellation proceedings were the admissibility of the evidence submitted late to the EUIPO to demonstrate the genuine use of the mark HEITEC, and the probatory value of such evidence.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the refusal to register two trademark applications for .SUCKS filed by Vox Populi, the domain registry operator for the ‘.sucks’ generic top-level domain.
The CNIPA has announced the rejection of 429 bad-faith applications relating to the Beijing Winter Olympics. Crucially, 43 bad-faith registrations were also invalidated by the CNIPA ex officio.
The General Court agreed with the EUIPO that there was a likelihood of confusion for goods in Classes 3 and 16, at least when the reputation of the earlier mark for lip care products was taken into account.
The case highlights that experienced panels will take the time to thoroughly examine and reflect on both parties' contentions, rather than simply taking assertions at face value.
