BrandWrites - By the Trade Marks Group at Bird & Bird

9/25/2023 2:09:00 PM

EU’s New Rules for Protecting Geographical Indications Beyond Agriculture

By Niklas Fels

The European Parliament approved new rules aimed at protecting geographical indications (“GI”) for craft and industrial products, in...

9/20/2023 3:46:00 PM

By Naji Tilley

In Case R 2305/2022 Käselow Holding GmbH (1 June 2023), the EUIPO Board of Appeal (BoA) rejected an appeal against the refusal to...

9/14/2023 2:11:00 PM

By Shehana Wijesena

As a result of the rapid increase in Australian trade mark applications claiming virtual goods, goods and services in the metaverse,...

9/13/2023 3:31:00 PM

By Julia Präger

Using a trade mark on miniature models does not take unfair advantage of the repute of the trade mark if the model is realistic and there...