Of Sea Lions and SEAT Leons: Swiss Court Weighs in on Automobile TrademarksHow different do “animal trademarks” need to be to coexist in the Swiss market? A recent decision from the Swiss Federal…
On 10 April 2025, Advocate General (AG) Cápeta delivered her opinion in the matter EUIPO v Nowhere, C-337/22 P, also referred to as APE TEES. The opinion is both surprising and concerning. If the…
The Opposition Division has partially upheld an opposition filed by Jaguar Land Rover (“Jaguar”) against EUTM application no.16778672 for the figurative mark, , applied for by luxury fashion…
We all know that highly famous marks enjoy a kind of “universal” protection for (almost) any goods and services. However, for only “average” well-known marks”, the threshold of necessary…
The LEHMAN BROTHERS mark has been used continuously in the course of winding up the affairs of at least one Lehman Brothers affiliated company.
In a case involving competing applications to register…
The prince and his prince house – where he lived happily ever after
The Swiss Federal Administrative Court, as the appeal authority in opposition proceedings, supported the decision of the FIIP and…
The UK finally said bye-bye to the EU, but for how long will UK-based rights still matter in deciding EUTM-related controversies? This is the subject of two recent decisions by the General Court, i.e…
On 2 March 2021 the Polish Supreme Court finally decided that the famous Polish boxer Dariusz Michalczewski had won his case against FoodCare sp. z o.o. for the "Tiger" trademark for popular energy…
The question of how far descriptive or non-distinctive trademarks which somehow managed to be registered may be enforced is of particular relevance in jurisdictions like Germany which acknowledge…
