India: Company Name Approval Process

For the incorporation of a private limited company or a limited liability partnership, the first step to be undertaken is getting approval for your proposed company name. An application for company name approval can be made online. For this, the general process is as follows:

An application in the prescribed manner and on payment of applicable fees is to be submitted with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
After reviewing the application for availability of […]

By | February 15th, 2018 ||

Canada: Trademark Assignments: “Inexcusable Activity” Will Cost You

In a recent Federal Court decision, Justice Barnes issued a harsh rebuke to parties who had deliberately misled the Registrar of Trademarks into recording a trademark assignment, by omitting relevant parts of the underlying agreement and the dispute between the parties about the agreement.

In 2012, Red Cat and Dayton Enterprises entered into a poorly drafted asset acquisition agreement filled with prospective language, such as “will acquire”, “will provide”, and “will be granted”. As part of […]

By | February 5th, 2018 ||

Ecuador: Crocs Inc Successfully Enforces 3D Marks In Biggest Ever Anti-Counterfeiting Operation

The Ecuadorian IP Office recently seized more than 37,000 items during operations carried out simultaneously at seven stores and a warehouse in three different cities – Guayaquil, Manta and Portoviejo.

The action came about as the result of a request by Crocs Inc, through an administrative infringement action, for an injunction against the ontinued infringement of its rights in three-dimensional (3D) marks registered in Ecuador.

The infringer was selling goods identical to those already prevented from […]

By | January 26th, 2018 ||