“To grant trade-dress protection for Pocket Plus,” the court said, “would be to hand it a monopoly over the ‘best’ portable-pouch design,” which trademark law precludes.
In a trade-dress infringement…
A district court was too hasty in rejecting the safe distance rule.
A federal district court in Detroit must reconsider its decision to allow the Indian maker of an off-road vehicle to release a…
Most often, my blogs here relate to Canadian trademark practice - always changing and often of interest to trademark owners and practionners. This time however, I’m writing about mid-career…
19/10/2022 T-275/21, DEVICE OF A CHEQUERBOARD PATTERN (fig.), EU:T:2022:654
The French designer’s iconic fabric, one that is no stranger to catwalks and maison de couture around the world, has…
The district court erred in considering the failure to produce evidence of actual confusion at this preliminary stage, but the error did not affect the outcome.
The U.S. District Court for the…
In a recent decision (T-726/21), the General Court (“GC”) confirmed that Rolex SA (“Rolex”) could not prevent the Danish fashion brand “Junk de Luxe” (owned by the company PWT A/S) from registering a…
There has been a new positive development for the world-famous Rubik's Cube in proceedings in France against a former distributor.
In a decision of 19 November 2022, the Paris Court of Appeal…
The EUTM Appellate Court of Alicante has confirmed the pan- European injunction preventing the manufacture and commercialization of unauthorized versions of Ferrari’s one-off models by 3D printing…
The decision in question, made by the General Court of the EU – Standard International Management LLC v EUIPO – has clarified that use of EU trade marks in advertisements and offers for sale…
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Last month the Regional Court Munich I (Germany) had to decide on a trademark dispute between Audi (the Plaintiff) and the Chinese car…
