News & Analysis as of

Logos European Union

Hogan Lovells

EU Commission launches an infringement procedure against France on recycling labels

Hogan Lovells on

On 15 February 2023, the EU Commission launched an infringement procedure against France by sending it a formal notice regarding its labelling requirements for the recycling of household products. Indeed, subject to...more

Hogan Lovells

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

Hogan Lovells on

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

Hogan Lovells

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

Hogan Lovells on

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

Hogan Lovells

Europe – General Court: Bad faith’s link to likelihood of confusion

Hogan Lovells on

(Case analysis: T-687/16 – Koton Magazacilik Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret AS v EUIPO / Joaquín Nadal Esteban) - Successfully proving bad faith in a cancellation action can be a challenge....more

Hogan Lovells

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

Hogan Lovells on

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

Hogan Lovells

Starbucks rocks for first time in Luxembourg

Hogan Lovells on

Judgment of the General Court, 16 January 2018 in case T-398/16, Starbucks Corp. vs EUIPO* In 2014, Starbucks opposed the below EUTM application seeking protection for “services for providing drinks“, services for which...more

Hogan Lovells

Europe: Double victory for Coca-Cola – General Court stops free-riding from outside EU

Hogan Lovells on

Judgment of 7 December 2017 in Case T-61/16 – The Coca-Cola Company v. EUIPO / Modern Industrial & Trading Investment Co. Ltd (Mitico)) - The General Court confirms that actual commercial use of an EUTM application can...more

Hogan Lovells

Bringing some colour to colour marks: What to consider when protecting abstract colour

Hogan Lovells on

The colour of a product plays an important role in identifying its commercial origin. For this reason, seeking protection for abstract colour marks is a very valuable asset in trade. ...more

BCLP

EU Retail News - July 2017

BCLP on

On 18 July 2017, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA") published a new report which calls for an end to gender stereotyping in advertising. The report comes at the end of an investigation into this issue, during...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

European Community Trademarks – Why it Now Matters if They’re Black and White (or Grayscale)

Whether it’s black or white may not have mattered to Michael Jackson (at least that's how the song goes), but it does seem to matter now to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) and other trademark...more

JD Supra Perspectives

10 Popular Reads Covering Latest European Union Developments

JD Supra Perspectives on

Recap of popular updates covering latest developments in the European Union....more

Perkins Coie

"Color" Is the New "Black and White" for EU Trademarks

Perkins Coie on

Previously, a logo registered in black and white was considered sufficient to protect versions of the logo in any color, but this is not necessarily true for European Union (EU) Community Trade Marks (CTM). Under the new...more

12 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide