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Vintage marks – marks that only live on in people’s memories, but not on…
On 12 October 2022, the General Court decided on the invalidity action by Shopify, Inc. against the EUTM
for a number of goods and services in classes 9, 35, and 38 (T‑222/21). The GC confirmed the…
In two parallel decisions of 19 October 2022, the General Court confirmed the cancellation of the figurative “Lío” marks as shown above registered in the name of a German individual (let’s call…
Readers might recall an earlier article (see here) discussing the positions of the General Court (GC) and the EUIPO’s Boards of Appeal (BoA) regarding (dis…
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…
As you may recall from our post on the 'Sony Vita' invalidation case, where a trade mark is registered for a product but only used for something viewed by consumers as a different product, the trade…
On 14 July 2021 the General Court (The Court) issued a decision in a matter between Cole Haan LLC (Cole Haan) and the Danish clothing company Samsøe and Samsøe Holding A/S (Samsøe and Samsøe) in the…
Can coffee be hell? Of course, bad coffee, we knew that. On the other hand, the General Court (GC) has recently confirmed that the sign “HELL” can be protected for coffee-related products as an EU…
Background
On 1st March 2021, an updated version of the EUIPO Guidelines for examination of EU Trade Marks entered into force. Changes can be seen in the ‘track changes’ version. This reveals…
