Arctic times for trademarks infringers (2) – But for CTM infringers only?
…a necessary condition for the licensee to be able to bring an infringement action based on a CTM. In our last post (here) we commented the opinion of Advocate General…
…a necessary condition for the licensee to be able to bring an infringement action based on a CTM. In our last post (here) we commented the opinion of Advocate General…
…of the Community trademarks “NEEDforSEAT” and “MAXNOMIC” for gaming chairs. It does not sell its products via amazon.de and wanted to stop Amazon from showing competitors’ products when entering Maxnomic…
…the common use of these terms by other parties in Sweden. The case concerns the Swedish trademark registrations BERGLÖFSLÅDAN and BERGLÖFSLÅDAN ORIGINAL (in English the “BERGLOF BOX”), applied for in…
…welcome the ability to maintain EU wide rights with geographically limited use. Larger companies with operations throughout the Community will perhaps be frustrated by the ability of smaller competitors to…
…(GC), following an appeal filed by “El Corte Inglés” (the famous Spanish department store). Background: In 2010 the company The English Cut filed a CTM application for the word mark…
OHIM has released Communication 2/2016 of the President clarifying that the new fee regime will apply to all CTMs (then EUTMs) that expire on or after 23 March 2016 –…
…at the very beginning, which subsequently reduces the opponent’s willingness to make compromises. As a result, the Czech and Slovak Offices are unnecessarily burdened by a number of straightforward opposition…
…“….converge the practice regarding non-distinctive/weak components of marks for the purpose of assessing likelihood of confusion assuming that the goods and/or services are identical” (see the Common Communication here). So…
…this in the first place was the question of reliance, and it does not seem that this question has been answered. This commentator would imagine another reference will have to…
…prevails recordal of the license is not a compulsory requirement for the licensee to bring an infringement action. In Germany, this is in line with the legal tradition relating to…