6/27/2025 8:59:51 AM Trade marks and GIs: an important decision from the General Court of the European Union By Giovanni Galimberti Cristiana Andreotta Rita Tardiolo Rachele Macor Alessandro Sciarra +2 more... Show less On June 25, 2025 the General Court of the European Union delivered its highly anticipated ruling in the «NERO CHAMPAGNE» case (T‑239/23)....
6/26/2025 10:14:02 AM The A3 Case: the EU Trade Mark Court of Alicante finds infringement of EU trade marks in online referencing services By David Fuentes The EU Trade Mark Court of Alicante has held that an advertisement containing third-party trade marks, in the context of keyword...
6/24/2025 9:24:02 AM Dream Pairs in Dream Land: post-sale confusion can be a basis for infringement….but not on the facts of this case By Ewan Grist Louise Sargeant This case involved the question of whether the well known UMBRO logo (the “668 Mark” below left) owned by Iconix was infringed under...
6/16/2025 9:25:06 AM Parallel trade: who bears the burden of proof? By Nina Dorenbosch 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...
5/22/2025 1:25:55 PM Another Trade Mark Chukka for Beverly Hills Polo Club By April Parker Background Lifestyle Equities, owner of the BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB marks, made headlines last year with their battle against the Royal...
5/7/2025 8:00:01 AM The relevance of unregistered trade marks and the requirements of prior use: the Italian Courts reaffirm the basic principles By Pietro Dettori In a recent decision involving anonymised parties, the Court of Appeal of L’Aquila dealt with unregistered trade marks and recalled the...
3/4/2025 10:26:12 AM Supreme Court to rule on post-sale confusion in trade mark infringement cases By Ewan Grist Supreme Court judgments in IP cases are normally few and far between, but we’ve been spoiled recently with decisions on targeting,...
2/24/2025 12:28:37 PM When a mark’s reputation precedes it: considerations for owners of reputable brands By Zyan Yang For most business owners, building a strong brand reputation would be desirable. One may even be tempted into thinking that brand...
2/17/2025 8:30:00 AM Virtually the same? Trade marks for virtual goods and services can be assessed like their ‘real’ equivalents (EU General Court) By Naji Tilley 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...
11/13/2024 11:43:48 AM 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...
11/12/2024 1:49:55 PM 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...
11/11/2024 11:05:36 AM 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...
10/24/2024 3:04:31 PM 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...
8/30/2024 11:44:18 AM Takedown procedures in anticipation of a court decision: Proceed at your own risk! By Pava Vrhovac Case references – Paris Judicial Court, 3rd chamber, 2nd section, March 18th, 2022, n. 20/03727 ; Paris Court of Appeal, 5th division,...
5/5/2024 1:11:00 PM 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...
9/25/2023 2:09:00 PM 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...