Brexit: Approaching escape velocity (part i)
…property rights in all existing registered EU trade marks and registered Community designs will continue to be protected and to be enforceable in the UK by providing an equivalent trade…
…property rights in all existing registered EU trade marks and registered Community designs will continue to be protected and to be enforceable in the UK by providing an equivalent trade…
…to be maintained in the UK by conversion into UK national rights. The position for pending applications for registered rights is a little more complicated. Any applicant with a pending…
…combination of non-distinctive components not differing from other amphora-like containers available on the market and consequently it was not eligible for registration. Wajos filed an appeal and the General Court…
The issue of whether domain registrars shall be liable for online infringements has been actively debated in Russia for the recent 3 years. Starting from a remarkable MMK vs. REG.RU…
…cannabis marks. Particularly in this early stage of legalization, strict branding rules impede the ability of new companies to easily distinguish themselves from their competitors. To help marketers and companies…
I. Facts The Italian fashion house Furla SpA has obtained a recent victory in an opposition in China against a local competitor. Furla SpA was opposing the Chinese trademark “芙拉帝诺”(FU…
In a recent decision from 1 October 2018 (B-2740-17) the Danish Eastern High Court affirmed a decision of the Danish Commercial Court from December 2017 (V-8-17) in which the court…
…intention to achieve a commercial advantage, by introducing in the market a cheaper product with a name “which already enjoys a certain degree of preference and commercial penetration with the…
…mainly known for their product TØYEN COLA. Tøyen is a reference to a multi-cultural part of Oslo. The mark JALLASPRITE is supposedly a mark composed in a similar vein; although…
…between the laws of Member States, which may impede the free movement of goods and supply of services and distort competition within the common market. It has been repeatedly…