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Overview of Recent GI Developments in the EU The past year has been a particularly significant and fruitful one in terms of the...
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By the Trade Marks Group at Bird & Bird
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On 19 June 2024, the UK High Court delivered its judgment in Case No [2024] EWHC 1430 (IPEC) concerning Engineer.ai Global Limited’s...
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Is the HALLOUMI trade mark distinctive? The UK High Court very recently looked at this question. It emphasised the importance of...
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If I took those words away, how would you make the examiner understand, and show her that your non-traditional mark is real? ...
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Case references – Paris Judicial Court, 3rd chamber, 2nd section, March 18th, 2022, n. 20/03727 ; Paris Court of Appeal, 5th division,...
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A hard-fought battle over the right to use the “FANATICS” mark in Australia for clothing and retail services has been won at first...
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On July 10, 2024, the District Court of The Hague invalidated nine trade marks of the EasyGroup in a case brought against Dutch neobank...
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Canada Goose sought to register a figurative mark comprising 16 representations of geese for Class 25 goodsThe EUIPO examiner rejected...
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If a company registers an identical or similar company name in the UK with Companies House, submitting a complaint with the Company Names...
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How strict are the requirements for proving acquired distinctiveness throughout the EU? This question has been bothering trade mark...
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Case reference – Italian Supreme Court, Giovanni Acanfora + alter vs Legea S.r.l., decision n. 10637/24, 19 April 2024 Summary In a...
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By PI order of December 27, 2023, the IP Specialized Division of the Court of Rome provided some interesting remarks regarding the...
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Non-English words are increasingly used by Australian companies to market goods and services. In February, Justice Charlesworth of the...
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A challenge by 7-Eleven has seen Seven lose its Australian registered trade mark for “7NOW” for the vast majority of goods and services...
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rthurOn December 15, 2023, the Court of Appeal dismissed Samsung’s appeal of a High Court decision which held the tech giant liable for...
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To what extent can product packaging be an illicit look-alike of a competitor’s product packaging? A ruling by the Court of Turin...