Similarity of marks

Part I examined how The Economist Newspaper Limited was recognized as an “interested person” despite having no trademark protection in Kazakhstan. Part II considers two further issues raised by the…

Two previous posts on this blog examined how Kazakh courts protect famous foreign brands from different perspectives. One showed that worldwide reputation alone was insufficient where ETRO lacked…

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…

As of September 14, 2022, disputes concerning domain names with  the ccTLD for Türkiye – “.tr” –  are resolved under the TRABİS (“TR Domain Name Information System”) framework by accredited Dispute…

In the first part of this series, we examined how geopolitical factors have contributed to a rise in trademark squatting, focusing on Russian companies taking advantage of foreign brands’ market…

  The judgment of the General Court (GC) concerns a textbook case and addresses the typical arguments in trademark conflicts in the cosmetics sector. Facts The Applicant, Azalee Cosmetics, applied…

In October 2023, the Danish Supreme Court ruled in a trademark case concerning the trademark “TREK”.  In recent years the Danish Supreme Court has rarely dealt with trademark disputes (due to the…

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…

Intellectual property law is designed to confer exclusive protections to intangible assets, to be used in compliance with honest commercial practices. In the absence of a statutory definition of what…