The Italian Patent and Trademark Office issued a Decree providing for a stay of all official deadlines falling within 9 March and 3 April 2020....more
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For those with European Union Trademarks (EUTMs), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, Spain remains open although all staff are now working from home and it has extended all...more
3/16/2020
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By any standard, EU Trademarks (EUTMs) are excellent value costing around € 850 to register in one class (plus 50 € for the second class and 150€ for each additional class) covering all 28 member states of the EU. However,...more
Following the UK government’s notice on trade marks and designs if there is no Brexit deal (the “Notice”) and the increasing likelihood of the UK leaving the EU with no deal as to the future trading arrangements with the...more
The General Court has once again upheld adidas’ oppositions against two copycat applications for two stripes positioned on a shoe. The two decisions issued on 1 March 2018 (in Cases T-629/16 and T-85/16) come as part of the...more
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
1/29/2018
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(Judgments of 23 October 2017 in Cases T-404/16 and T-418/16 – Galletas Gullón SA (Gullón) v EUIPO) -
The General Court has recently overturned two EUIPO Board of Appeal decisions which deemed Gullón’s marks as used to be...more