Burning hot August day in the picturesque bay of Lindos (Rhodos/Greece)
A recent decision of the Higher Regional Court Vienna (OLG Vienna), second - and often last – instance in cancellation and…
With its long-awaited BASMATI judgment of 20 June 2024, the CJEU dismissed EUIPO’s appeal.
According to the CJEU, the GC was right to uphold Indo’s action. The cease of effect of the earlier right…
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…
UEFA, governing body of European football (a role that came into spotlight in the recent Super League case, not an IP case, see C-333/21), is slowly turning their attention to Germany, where the…
The Prague High Court as an appellate court issued its judgment in the case of Chanel S.A.S. against Notino s.r.o. (3 Cmo 107/2022-384 dated 28 November 2023) after an almost six-year legal battle…
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court decided that the customisation of branded items on behalf of the watch-owner does not violate trademark law
In its Judgement of 19 January 2024, the Swiss Federal…
On 18 January 2024, in case C-367/21 (still no English version) the CJEU ruled again on the exhaustion of EU trade mark rights (following its five rulings of 17 November 2022 including C-175/21…
Will the CJEU take a deep dive into the right of possession?
The European Court of Justice will have to deal with this question following a reference from the German Federal Supreme Court (Decision…
For some time, brand owners and practitioners in Turkey have been waiting for three things to be moved forward before TÜRKPATENT, namely (1) administrative non-use cancellation proceedings, (2) an…
