NGE On Demand: Trademark Updates Post Brexit with Andrea Fuelleman
For EU and UK trademarks, there is a five-year grace period following the issuance of a registration, during which the trademark owner must use the mark in connection with the goods and/or services covered by the registration...more
In July, the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO declared the MONOPOLY trade mark invalid to the extent that the underlying application covered goods and services for which the trade mark was already registered. Such filings...more
(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