4/15/2025 7:30:00 AM "Stocking" goods: Advocate General opinion dives into territorial and conceptual questions By Naji Tilley Advocate General Spielmann has provided guidance on the territorial and conceptual scope of the infringing act of "stocking" goods...
4/3/2025 1:21:42 PM Well colour me happy! Shade thrown on "pedantry" over colourful figurative marks (IPEC) By Naji Tilley On 11 March 2025, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) issued its decision in Babek International Ltd v Iceland Foods Ltd...
4/2/2025 8:30:02 AM Advocate General opinion builds on law of modular system designs and role of informed user By Naji Tilley Advocate General Szpunar has provided guidance on the scope of protection given to Registered Community Designs for modular systems,...
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...
12/4/2024 10:39:10 AM Computer-generated images and unicity of design: an important illustration (General Court) By Naji Tilley The EU General Court recently ruled that a Registered Community Design for a rectangular-shaped floor marking was invalid, as the...
11/19/2024 10:54:36 AM EUIPO decision on sauna designs shows more sweat required in gathering internet/social media evidence By Naji Tilley The EUIPO Board of Appeal has overturned an EUIPO decision that a Registered Community Design for an oval-shaped wooden sauna was...
10/20/2023 8:25:00 PM European Commission Consults on Payments for Recorded Music Played in the EU By Naji Tilley najiThe European Union (“EU”) has announced that it is consulting stakeholders in the recorded music industry on how best to apply the...
9/20/2023 3:46:00 PM 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...