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…
Not many cases make it to the Grand Board of Appeal of the EUIPO. The ICELAND cases did, including the first oral hearing ever before the Grand Board attracting lots of attention. There…
Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter here.
Cape Verde implements Harare, Banjul Protocols
On 14 October 2022, the Harare Protocol and the Banjul Protocol came into effect in…
genuine use of an EU trademark within the EU for services provided outside the EU
a summary of decision T‑768/20 of the General Court of the EU
The background of this decision was an…
A judgment of the General Court demonstrates the controversial and problematic nature of retail services marks.
The ALDI/ALDIANO Case
The case concerns Aldi, the discount chain. An Aldi…
As expected, frankly wished for, and previously reported on this blog (see here), the EUIPO appealed the General Court’s Ape Tees decision (T-281/21) to the Court of Justice. The Court allowed this…
Recently we published an article regarding the decision from the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court on blocking of domain names and websites containing trademark infringing material in the matter…
A preliminary injunction did not vacate an earlier arbitration award in a long-running dispute over the trademarked family name.
In a dispute between real estate businesses over the name “Singh” and…
EUTM 17981629 in the name of Pest Control Office Limited
In May 2021, the Cancellation Division of the EUIPO declared the registration of Banksy’s Monkey image invalid on grounds of bad…
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Vintage marks – marks that only live on in people’s memories, but…
