8/19/2026 2:17:55 PM How grilles and giftcards brought (some?) clarity to referential use of trade marks By Petr Kalenský Article 14(1)(c) of Directive 2015/2436 provides a limitation to the rights of trade mark proprietors, allowing third parties to make use...
5/27/2026 12:06:13 PM When art meets brand: Court of Rome limits trade mark rights in favour of artistic freedom By Margherita Ripamonti Trade mark rights, even over a famous mark, do not extend to blocking an artist from using a brand name as the title of a creative work -...
2/19/2026 12:33:37 PM Nowhere to Go for UK Unregistered Rights Relied on in Pre-Brexit EU Oppositions By Robert Milligan The CJEU has confirmed that earlier UK unregistered rights relied on in EU oppositions filed prior to Brexit are no longer a valid basis...