Nov 27, 2024 These ‘Dupes’ aren’t made for walking: the Paris Court of Appeal strengthens brand protection for luxury goods By Audrey Naturel Summary On October 16, 2024, the Paris Court of Appeal upheld a decision from the Paris Commercial Court which ruled against JONAK for...
Nov 25, 2024 It takes all kinds – the Federal Court of Australia issues decision on coffee jar trade mark dispute By Shehana Wijesena Sanya Bhatnagar Jonathan Wong In a country where coffee culture reigns supreme, it comes as no surprise that coffee products are often the subject of litigation in...
Nov 13, 2024 Long Awaited UK Supreme Court Decision in SkyKick v Sky By Peter Brownlow Tristan Sherliker Should you be able to register a trade mark for wide descriptions of goods and services or should you only be able to register it for...
Nov 12, 2024 Greenwashing Directives: The future of eco-labelling in the Spanish market By Maria Gutierrez The main objective of the Empowering Consumers Directive and the Directive Proposal on Green Claims [1] is to provide transparency and...
Nov 11, 2024 When evidence fails, ICE trade mark melts away By Martina Fossati A new wake-up call regarding the importance of genuine use for trade mark owners On September 2, 2024, the EUIPO Board of Appeal (the...
Oct 28, 2024 UK High Court Rules on Trade Mark Infringement in Athleta v Sports Group Denmark Case By Charlotte Peacock Karen Ayodele The High Court’s ruling on Athleta (ITM) Inc. v Sports Group Denmark A/S and another (2024) has once again underscored key issues on...
Oct 24, 2024 Don't Dig Your Own Grave with Bad Faith: A Trade mark Battle in Funeral Services By Andrea Vantini In the world of funeral services, the recent Taffo family trade mark dispute in Italy has drawn significant attention. The Court of Rome...
Oct 15, 2024 Ceci n’est pas a case about GI evocation (but about unfair competition!) By Rachele Macor Court of Venice ascertains that use of the words “Balsamico di…” and “Ristretto di Balsamico…”, alone or together with “aceto”, for...
Oct 07, 2024 EU and Global Geographical Indications (GIs) Developments: Key Updates for 2023-2024 By Rita Tardiolo Alessandro Sciarra Cristiana Andreotta Camilla Medioli Jane Owen Shariqa Mestroni +3 more... Show less Overview of Recent GI Developments in the EU The past year has been a particularly significant and fruitful one in terms of the...
Oct 01, 2024 UK High Court determines AI app 'BUILDER' is not distinctive for software-related goods and services By Manuel Kröller UNITED KINGDOM Legal updates: case law analysis and intelligence UK-based AI software developer opposed the use of “App BUILDER”,...
May 05, 2024 International Comparative Legal Guide – Trade Marks 2024 now published! By Nick Aries Nick Aries and Dan Breen take a look at what’s ahead with the end of EU law supremacy and the impact it will have on UK trade mark law...
Sep 25, 2023 EU’s New Rules for Protecting Geographical Indications Beyond Agriculture By Romain Meys Niklas Fels The European Parliament approved new rules aimed at protecting geographical indications (“GI”) for craft and industrial products, in...
Jun 19, 2023 Challenges in protecting and enforcing Intellectual Property in the African continent By Daniel Anti A previous article looked at the growing importance of intellectual property (IP) in Africa (see here). In this article we consider some...
May 09, 2023 The Importance of Intellectual Property for the African Continent & why Brands should be Paying Attention By Daniel Anti There’s no doubt that Intellectual Property (IP) is a key driver in the promotion and creation of innovation, economic growth and, some...
Mar 10, 2023 IP Australia rejects India’s trade mark application for the word ‘Basmati’ By Aaron Mathew Rebecca Currey The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), a part of the Indian Government’s Ministry of Commerce...
Jul 04, 2022 Geographical indication protection: Proposed Change to regulation from the EC By Sorin Vilceanu On the 13th of April 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on geographical indication protection for craft...