Acquired Distinctiveness

The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court (hereinafter “the Court”) decided, on 8 January 2025, to refer international trademark registration MP 1408424 for   for confectionery in Class 30 …

Deutsche Telekom’s Benelux trademark registration for a magenta colour mark was invalidated by the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) because it was unable to prove acquired…

19/10/2022 T-275/21, DEVICE OF A CHEQUERBOARD PATTERN (fig.), EU:T:2022:654   The French designer’s iconic fabric, one that is no stranger to catwalks and maison de couture around the world, has…

The General Court of the European Union (“GCEU”), annulling the Board of Appeal (“BOA”) decision, found that L’Oreal’s K K WATER mark is not confusingly similar to Heinze’s earlier K mark. It was not…

No doubt that it is difficult to come by a registration to a single colour – especially in Denmark. Only two existing registrations for a single colour are in effect currently. One owned by Grundfos…

Dispute and Facts Munich SL owns an EU registration of 2004 for the following figurative mark:   This representation means that the crossed stripes are placed on the side of a shoe. The registration…

The Israeli Deputy Registrar, in a recent decision, overturned a rejection made by the examiner, and allowed the registration of a trademark for the Hebrew transliteration of "Chef Line" in classes…

So, a million years in the future, an  alien lands on the moon and sees this footprint. The alien quickly accesses the GWW (Galaxy Wide Web) and discovers that it was left by one astronaut of the…

Summary Tefal applied to register “a plain red dot affixed centrally to the bottom of a cooking receptacle (such as a pan, saucepan)” (below). The goods covered were “frying pans, saucepans,…