Guerlain, the luxury French perfume, cosmetics and skincare house, has emerged victorious in their three year-long attempt to obtain registration of a three-dimensional EU trade mark in respect of…
On 28 May 2020 the General Court rendered its most recent ruling regarding enhanced protection of trade marks with a reputation (T-677/18; available in French and Spanish). Two issues are of…
Traditionally, ‘gömböc’ has been the name of a kind of Hungarian food specialty, also called 'disznósajt' ('pork-cheese'), similar to the Scottish haggis: pig’s stomach filled with leftovers. In a…
Once again, the General Court has found a three-dimensional mark consisting of a product shape not sufficiently distinctive for registration. This time, the shape in question was that of a vehicle,…
While many commentators discussed the judgment of CJEU of 16 September 2015 in the case C-215/14. - Société des Produits Nestlé SA v Cadbury UK Ltd. – also known KIT KAT case, most of them debated on…
According to the Spanish Supreme Court, three-dimensional marks consisting of the shape of the product or its packaging are not considered to be genuinely used when used in conjunction with a highly…
