To which extent can the General Court review decisions by the EUIPO Boards of Appeal (BoA) is an issue never properly addressed, and one that the CJEU has found to be “significant with respect to the…
Registrability of Works of Art as Trademarks
Recently, the European Union Intellectual Property Office ("EUIPO") and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office ("HIPO") have been asked in several…
Since the introduction on 2019 of the filtering mechanism according to which the CJEU has to decide whether or not allow an appeal to proceed in cases that have already been considered twice (such…
This is about how generative AI could affect our writing:
It seems that generative AI is good at creating clear and plain language, it can put difficult matters into simple terms. This ability…
Another high-profile Louboutin case, although this time it’s less about the protection of the red sole as such than the liability of online retail platforms. The Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down…
genuine use of an EU trademark within the EU for services provided outside the EU
a summary of decision T‑768/20 of the General Court of the EU
The background of this decision was an application…
A judgment of the General Court demonstrates the controversial and problematic nature of retail services marks.
The ALDI/ALDIANO Case
The case concerns Aldi, the discount chain. An Aldi entity (in…
So you finally got your trademark registration and now you can go ahead and use it, and get back some good revenues out of your hard work. But what if you put your trademark on a product…
On 13 October 2022 the Court of Justice (CJ) issued a preliminary ruling on corrective measures under the Enforcement Directive 2004/48. In this case (Case C-355/21), Procter & Gamble filed a…
