The LEHMAN BROTHERS mark has been used continuously in the course of winding up the affairs of at least one Lehman Brothers affiliated company. In a case involving competing applications…
…the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Haiti (SPIMCI) started using and accepting terms from the harmonised database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass with effect from 13 June…
…in Greece and complying with the relevant product specification. In the present Feta matter, Case C159/20, Commission v Denmark, the Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta delivered her Opinion on 17 March…
…the EU, opponents could no longer rely upon the rules governing common law actions of passing off in EU oppositions. In this case, Jungo Ye filed an EU trade mark…
…may, before the commencement of the infringement proceedings or in the course thereof until the conclusion of the trial in the first instance, summon the infringer to provide information on…
…Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has published a practice paper giving a comprehensive explanation about the principles to examine figurative marks that have descriptive or non-distinctive words. Read the…
…lit. c MSchG and unfair competition law) and were only brought into play via Puma’s counterclaim – the Court said, that the public understands such designations as a description of…
…entirely comprehensible against the background that the word “Prinz” shall be purely laudatory and not distinctive. In that case, even a sign component that is not directly descriptive, such as…
By Tamara Céline Winegust and Janice Bereskin. On June 17, 2022, it will be three years since the coming into force of major amendments to the Canadian Trademarks Act, and,…
…the expiry of the transition period [5 years]. [It is] difficult to comprehend why the […] earlier non-registered trade marks used in the course of trade in the United Kingdom…
