Are you using your black and white trademarks correctly?
…Common Practise CP4. This Common Practise is not applicable in e.g. Denmark, as Denmark, Sweden and Norway have opted out of the implementation of the common practise due to legal…
…Common Practise CP4. This Common Practise is not applicable in e.g. Denmark, as Denmark, Sweden and Norway have opted out of the implementation of the common practise due to legal…
On January 1, 2017, the new Swissness legislation will come into force. A last minute attempt to stop the new legislation – which some consider overly complex – has recently…
…the Swedish insurance company Länsförsäkringar AB (“LF”) who claimed that the Estonian construction company Matek A/S (“Matek”) infringed LF’s CTM through its use of a similar trademark . The CTM…
…scope of protection is limited to the overall composition. This is all explained in greater length and illustrated in the Common Communication of 2 October 2015 (here). Since discussions on…
…For example, if a company sells shoes and selects as keyword not only the generic words (i.e. shoes, footwear…) but also the competitor’s registered trade mark. Can advertisers be prevented…
Florida businessman Steven S. West was liable for over $913,000 in damages for infringing a service mark held by Omaha-based construction and mining company Kiewit Sons’, Inc., the U.S. Court…
…the disgruntled owner from using the complex’s service mark in domain names and on complaint websites because the websites were not commercial in nature and no consumer would be confused…
The IP offices of the European Trade Mark and Design Network, including the Danish Patent and Trademark Office have agreed on a Common Practice in relation to when a figurative…
…domain name miniworks.com to BMW (BMW of North America, LLC v. Barreira, December 15, 2015, per curiam). A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law….
…vehicles, also the General Court agreed that the mark was not distinctive, applying the regular criteria: “the mere fact that [a] shape is a ‘variant’ of a common shape of…