Teva’s headache over slogan trade marks
We’ve been seeing a lot more interest from life sciences companies in applying for slogans recently. After all, advertising campaigns are increasingly a fierce battlefield for IP litigation. However, slogan…
We’ve been seeing a lot more interest from life sciences companies in applying for slogans recently. After all, advertising campaigns are increasingly a fierce battlefield for IP litigation. However, slogan…
…1 July 2021. View the complete statement to parliament here for further information on this topic: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/michael-gove-statement-on-eu-exit-preparations-13-july-2020 It seems as though the UK government is preparing for a no-deal exit….
…Russia, Belgian company Soremartec S.A., filed with Rospatent an application to consider the designation “Raffaello” as a well-known trademark for sweets (30 class of Nice classification). The company provided Rospatent…
Registering and using a trade mark representing an animal is a common practice in the clothing industry. Consequently, proprietors often oppose younger signs which show the same animal. We can…
…artistic value and does not lead to significant price differences compared with similar products. Also the mere fact that the practical square shape form was emphasized in Ritter Sport’s advertising…
…a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) by the Belgian Company Court, within copyright infringement proceedings brought by SI (founder of Brompton) and Brompton…
…a reputation, earlier marks with a reputation within the meaning of Article 6 bits of the Paris convention, company or trade name, domain names, geographical indications, names of public entities,…
…cannot do so when deciding a motion for summary judgment. A district court’s summary judgment order ruling that a vacation tour company violated the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and directing…
…saw this differently: Back in 2011, the EUIPO granted the EUTM n. 9171695 PLOMBIR for ‘Compotes, eggs, milk, and milk products’ in class 29 and ‘Ices, coffee, cocoa’ in class…
Yesterday, 2 July 2020, the European Commission announced that it will refer Romania to the CJEU for not implementing the Trade Mark Directive (Directive (EU) 2015/2436) – see here. While…