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Castelbajac Saga: Can the Misleading Use of a Patronymic Trademark by Its Assignee Be Sanctioned by Its Revocation for Deceptive...

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A new development in the Castelbajac case, which pits the designer with the eponymous name against the company PMJC, concerning the application for revocation of the trademarks assigned to the latter by the designer. In a...more

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UK Court of Appeal Diverges From EU Trademark Law

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The UK Court of Appeal has for the first time chosen to diverge from a decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU"), making use of the powers given to it following the UK's exit from the European Union....more

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Can EU Operators of Online Marketplaces be Held Liable for Trademark Infringement?

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In Short - The Situation: The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") recently ruled that operators of online marketplaces may be held directly liable for trademark infringement in a context where third-party...more

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Lidl v Tesco: UK supermarkets clash over bad faith

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In the latest instalment of trade mark litigation between UK supermarket competitors Lidl and Tesco, the Court of Appeal has reversed a High Court decision that had struck out Tesco's counterclaim on bad faith grounds. The...more

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MarkIt to Market® - December 2022: What We’re Watching in Europe…

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Continuing with news involving the color red, on December 23, 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a preliminary ruling finding that Amazon may be subject to liability for trademark infringement...more

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MarkIt to Market® - December 2022

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Thank you for reading the December 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year and a preliminary ruling in Europe regarding an online marketplace's...more

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CJEU: Interruption of the forfeiture period only in the case of serious legal action

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Trademark proceedings concerning the rights to the trade name and trademark "HEITEC" were brought before the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which in turn referred four questions to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling....more

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Alert: Brexit Readiness: Possible Key Impacts of the Conclusion of the Transition Period on 31 December 2020

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On 31 January 2020, the UK left the European Union and entered a transition period that is due to end at 11:00 pm GMT on 31 December 2020. At this point, it is still uncertain whether a new EU/UK deal will be reached. To...more

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Has Messi opened up a Pandora’s box before the European Courts?

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Messi is victorious not only on the football field, but also before the European Courts: the football player’s reputation creates a conceptual difference between MESSI and MASSI which counteracts the visual and phonetic...more

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Reputation and Likelihood of Confusion – It's All a Bit of a Messi…

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CJEU determines no likelihood of confusion between footballer’s “Messi” figurative mark and earlier MASSI mark. Whilst debate will continue to rage as to whether Messi or Ronaldo is the world’s best male football player, the...more

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Online Marketplace Liability: the CJEU’s ruling...in 60 Seconds

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Although the decision appears on its face to be a positive development for online marketplaces, it is does not definitively resolve questions of liability. On 2 April 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)...more

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Special Report - 2019 IP Law Year in Review – European Issues

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The last year of the 2010s has been prolific in terms of important new pieces of legislation and case law within the European Union, and in France and Germany in particular. Indeed, the European Parliament and the EU Council...more

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EU: Trade mark owners need not amend broad specifications following Sky v SkyKick

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Today, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in Sky v SkyKick (C-371/18) has declined to follow the Advocate General and held that trade mark specifications that cover broad terms such as “computer software” cannot be...more

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CJEU: Sweet victory for well-known trademark against registered design

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In its judgment C-693/17 earlier this year, the CJEU confirmed a decision of the GC in design invalidity proceedings, in which the proprietor of a trademark protecting the image of product packaging successfully took action...more

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EU: CJEU to shed light on colour per se

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During the ECTA annual conference in Edinburgh last week, Andreas Renck spoke about the ongoing battle in registering and defending colour per se marks, in particular the question of how to correctly represent the marks on...more

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CJEU on products evoking a designation of origin: Don Quixote only rides the plains of La Mancha!

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The use of figurative signs and words that evoke a geographical area which is associated with a protected designation of origin may constitute an unlawful evocation of the latter. This was the CJEU’s conclusion in its...more

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When appealing bears fruit: Pear Technologies v EUIPO – Apple

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Are apples different from pears? Or are they both just fruit? Or, as cockney rhyming slang would have it, are they stairs? These are the questions (excepting the last one) that the distinguished judges of the Court of Justice...more

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The Court Of Justice Of The European Union (CJEU) Rules That A Trademark For A Decorative Fabric Is Registrable And Enforceable

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In Textilis v. Svenkst Tenn AB, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) held that the 2015 amendments to the trademark regulation (Article 7(1)(e)(iii) of Regulation No 207/2009), which limited the right for trademark protection...more

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CJEU: Castles, candy, candlesticks – no happy end at Neuschwanstein?

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Court of Justice of the European Union, 6 September 2018, Case C-488/16 P BSGE v EUIPO/Freistaat Bayern - King Ludwig II. of Bavaria was without a doubt an architectural visionary. During his reign in the second half of...more

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The Louboutin Saga: Victory, for Now

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that a mark (or “sign,” in EU parlance) consisting of a color applied to the sole of a high-heeled shoe does not consist exclusively of a “shape” within the meaning of...more

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Europe: CJEU / GC roundup – H1 2018

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Over the first half year, we have covered a number of high profile cases heard before the General Court (GC) and the European Court of Justice (CJEU). Here’s a quick roundup of the cases with a takeaway summary for each...more

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The CJEU confirms that unitary evidence can show acquired distinctiveness throughout the whole of the European Union

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In the context of the KitKat shape mark saga, in Société des produits Nestlé SA v Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd and another (Joined Cases C-84/17 P, C-85/17 P and C-95/17 P), the CJEU provided significant guidance on...more

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CJEU Confirms that Louboutin's Red Outer Sole Can Be a Trademark

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The Situation: The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") rendered its ruling in the Louboutin case (C-163/16) on June 12, 2018. The Result: The CJEU has confirmed that Christian Louboutin's red outer sole can be...more

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Unitary but toothless? – Limitations to jurisdiction over online EUTM infringements

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German Federal Court of Justice rules on the scope of jurisdiction of national courts - In an online context, IP infringement frequently occurs simultaneously in more than one country and so the flexibility to take action...more

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EU IP rights enforcement: yet another jurisdiction conundrum heading to Luxembourg

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The CJEU has just been posed the following questions on the interpretation of Article 97(5) of the EU Trade Mark Regulation ((EC) No. 207/2009) by the English Court of Appeal....more

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