The first instance court of Barcelona held that that the trade mark device of a dinosaur on a biscuit must remain in the public domain, ruling against the claimant in a trade mark and unfair…
Many trademark functions of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (‘CIPO’) have been seriously delayed largely as a result of the pandemic. As practitioners became adjusted to the new reality, so…
In the wake of the UK High Court’s earlier ruling on the long-running SkyKick saga (following the CJEU’s decision), Lord Justice Arnold has, in his latest ruling, considered which party should bear…
How many times in the course of a trademark clearance have you discovered that clearly, descriptive trademarks - usually registered because of some tiny stylization or unremarkable imagery – have…
A permanent injunction preventing an ex-band member from touring as "The Commodores featuring Thomas McClary" extended extrajudicially to European performances.
In a long-running dispute in which…
The existence of a contractual relationship between the two parties was not a prerequisite to the power of the district court to adjudicate the breach of contract claim.
Whether the assignment of a…
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. …
The Swiss Federal Administrative Court (BVGer) had to decide the likelihood of confusion between CRUNCH, a trademark of the Société des produits Nestlé SA and TIFFANY CRUNCH N CREAM, a trademark of…
It has been several months since our last publication on Brexit and the world is very different since then due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As for BREXIT, this could be another pandemic for several…
Seller’s appeal of district court’s judgment against it was frivolous because its arguments had virtually no likelihood of success, and the appeal seemingly was pursued for purposes of delay.
In a…
