With perhaps more of a gentle fizz than a bang, the Brexit negotiations finally got underway towards the end of last month. One might be forgiven for having missed this development, given the…
On June 14, 2017, the Commission opened investigations against Nike, Universal Studios and Sanrio (“Hello Kitty”) for their distribution and licensing practices. The Commission suspects that…
On 17 May 2017, the Swedish Patent and Market Court (the “PMD”) decided a case whereby it held that Nestlé's expansion of its cat food brand "PURINA felix" into Sweden infringed the reputed Swedish…
The Spanish Supreme Court has concluded that it is not appropriate to waive the Court jurisdiction from the defendant's domicile (in this case Italy), which had ruled against the claimant, by…
After some 10 years, the Lambretta saga has finally come to an end, but it might not really matter that much… anymore.
LAMBRETTA is a famous vintage brand for scooters, which has been acquired…
In the latest judgement of the General Court (hereafter GC) on Geographical Indications (hereafter GIs or GI) T 510/15 TOSCORO (versus the GI TOSCANO) the mark applied for was declared partially…
To ensure you don’t miss out on interesting IP law developments reported on our other IP blogs, we will, on a regular basis, provide you with an overview of the top 3 most-read posts from each of our…
The Spanish Supreme Court has held that there is no risk of confusion between the word trade mark "Toro" (owned by Osborne Group, S.A., the notorious beverage company) and the word trade mark "…
This morning at roughly 09:30 am the UK’s Supreme Court handed down their decision relating to whether Theresa May, the British Prime Minster, is constitutionally authorised to trigger art. 50. At…
Kluwer has finally released the second edition of its “European Trademark and Design Law” commentary, edited by the eminent Charles Gielen (known to many British practitioners from his expert witness…
