06 Dec, 2023 “Facing” the possibility of registering human faces as trade marks – EUIPO clears up the issue By Pietro Dettori It is well known that one of the main functions of a trade mark is to identify a person or trader’s products or services. In this way,...
20 Nov, 2023 Super Simon – a super trade mark? By Jan Bärenfänger Can a 22-second video be a trade mark? Perhaps a 22-second video featuring Super Simon can? That’s what an applicant wanted to know from...
20 Sep, 2023 Can emojis be trade marks? Thumbs down from EUIPO leaves applicant with sad face 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...
03 Apr, 2023 No monopoly on the Metaverse By Robert Milligan The EUIPO rejects two EUTM applications for METAVERSE FOOD and METAVERSE DRINK. Background On 11 February 2022, Oshee Polska Sp. z. o. o....
06 Mar, 2023 Sustainable trade marks: the rise in green filings By Thomas Hooper The current climate crisis and other environmental issues have spurred businesses on to consider their approach to sustainability....
24 Nov, 2022 Pre-Brexit use in the UK irrelevant in EU cancellation proceedings heard after Brexit By Callum Granger In an important decision (found here), the General Court has decided in favour of the EUIPO, holding that evidence of use of an earlier...
04 Aug, 2022 Protection in the Metaverse: the EUIPO issues practice tips for trade mark classification By Robert Milligan With the growth of the Metaverse and ever-increasing use of NFTs, brand owners have been faced with the problem of how best to protect...