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On June 25, 2025 the General Court of the European Union delivered its highly anticipated ruling in the «NERO CHAMPAGNE» case (T‑239/23)....
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By the Trade Marks Group at Bird & Bird
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The EU Trade Mark Court of Alicante has held that an advertisement containing third-party trade marks, in the context of keyword...
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This case involved the question of whether the well known UMBRO logo (the “668 Mark” below left) owned by Iconix was infringed under...
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In its recent decision in the case Coty v Easycosmetic, the District Court The Hague shed some further light on the EU system of trade...
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Background Lifestyle Equities, owner of the BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB marks, made headlines last year with their battle against the Royal...
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In a recent decision involving anonymised parties, the Court of Appeal of L’Aquila dealt with unregistered trade marks and recalled the...
Supreme Court judgments in IP cases are normally few and far between, but we’ve been spoiled recently with decisions on targeting,...
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For most business owners, building a strong brand reputation would be desirable. One may even be tempted into thinking that brand...
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In Case T-1163/23 Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH v EUIPO (11 December 2024), the EU General Court upheld a refusal to register an EU trade...
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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...
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The main objective of the Empowering Consumers Directive and the Directive Proposal on Green Claims [1] is to provide transparency and...
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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...
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In the world of funeral services, the recent Taffo family trade mark dispute in Italy has drawn significant attention. The Court of Rome...
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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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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...
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The European Parliament approved new rules aimed at protecting geographical indications (“GI”) for craft and industrial products, in...