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…35 and 44. At the time of media interest the application was under examination at the UKIPO and the comment was that that this was a shortened version of the…
…35 and 44. At the time of media interest the application was under examination at the UKIPO and the comment was that that this was a shortened version of the…
In a trademark infringement suit between two packing companies over rights in the name “PAKSTER,” the federal district court in Waterloo, Iowa, lacked jurisdiction to cancel two federal trademark registrations…
…to make commercial use of her own name as a stand-alone brand or in combination with other elements for goods and services in Classes 18, 25 and 35. This means…
…faith (GC decision of July 05, 2016, T-167/15).” 3) The EU Commission publishes its guidelines on counterfeit goods in transit by Bartosz Krakowiak “On July 5, 2016 the EU Commission…
…Polo Lauren LP, Lancôme Parfums, and others (“L’Oréal”) sued the company Websales Ibérica, S.L. (“Websales”) for trademark infringement and unfair competition before the EUTM Court in Alicante. Websales relied on…
…reputation it is sufficient that a commercially significant part of the public is familiar with the mark, an intensive use and level of recognition of the mark only in other…
…appealed by the tobacco products sold under the identical IR. The holder of the IR would therefore, without paying any economic compensation, take advantage of the commercial efforts made by…
…injunction relief due to an infringement of a company name by another company name has to be determined according to the general principles of forfeiture of claims under German law,…
…registration invalid. The combination of the colour claim, image and the description did not limit the trade mark clearly and unambiguously to just one sign. This was perhaps not surprising…
…at commercial or touristic places. In particular, the trademark did not constitute an advertising medium or a slogan; rather it enabled the relevant public to distinguish commercial origin, at the…