NGE On Demand: Trademark Updates Post Brexit with Andrea Fuelleman
Dear Readers, This issue of Trademark Insight once again summarizes a number of interesting decisions from the past few months, including the following key cases: As always, we also report on current case law on the...more
Dear Readers, We are pleased to introduce an innovation in this issue of TRADEMARK INSIGHT: In response to many suggestions, in each issue, after the usual summaries of German and European trademark case law, we will put a...more
Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, wir freuen uns, Ihnen mit dieser Ausgabe des TRADEMARK INSIGHT eine Neuerung vorzustellen: Auf vielfache Anregung werden wir künftig jeweils in einer neuen Rubrik (Country Focus) nach den...more
In this issue of TRADEMARK INSIGHT we have once again compiled some interesting decisions of the recent months. Below you will find our summaries of decisions of German courts, the EUIPO Boards of Appeal and the GC, which are...more
Dear readers, Last month again saw some interesting decisions, which we have compiled for you in the current issue of TRADEMARK INSIGHT. Below you will find our summaries of decisions of German courts, the EUIPO Boards of...more
Dear Readers, Last month again saw some interesting decisions, which we have compiled for you in the current issue of TRADEMARK INSIGHT. Below you will find our summaries of decisions of the BPatG, the EUIPO Boards of Appeal...more
Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, auch im letzten Monat gab es wieder interessante Entscheidungen, die wir Ihnen in der aktuellen Ausgabe des TRADEMARK INSIGHT zusammengestellt haben. Sie lesen nachfolgend unsere Zusammenfassungen...more
According to EUIPO, a historical trademark can still enjoy residual protection even if no (new) goods and services have been offered under it for a long time. If such a historical trademark is then newly applied for by a...more
Eine historische Marke kann laut EUIPO auch dann noch einen Restschutz genießen, wenn unter ihr bereits seit langer Zeit keine (Neu-)Waren und Dienstleistungen mehr angeboten werden. Wird eine solche historische Marke dann...more
With a “no-deal” scenario looking increasingly more likely, what should brand owners be doing to prepare for 31 October this year? EU trade marks in the UK - Once the UK leaves the EU, existing EU trade marks (EUTMs)...more
“Der Grüne Punkt” is a concept that presumably everyone in Germany is familiar with; recently, the financing symbol for participation in the dual collection and recovery systems was the subject matter of proceedings before...more
The General Court has recently decided an interesting case concerning the distinctiveness of a shape mark ....more
Since 2016, European trademark law has gone through its most substantial reform since the implementation of the (former) Community trademark system in 1996. ...more
Judgment of 17 January 2018 in Case T-68/16 Deichmann v EUIPO – Munich - The General Court (GC) upheld the Board of Appeal’s (BoA) finding that evidence showing minor differences in a cross device nevertheless clearly...more
(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
(Judgment of 11 October 2017 in Case C-501/15 P – EUIPO v Cactus) - The CJEU confirms that two cases which fundamentally changed the EUIPO approach to construing the scope of protection of EUTMs do not have retroactive...more
In EUIPO v Deluxe Laboratories (Case C-437/15 P), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) allowed an appeal against a General Court decision in which the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) was held to have...more
It is my pleasure to present the second issue of our bulletin this year, which contains interesting and important information on trademarks, unfair competition and, in this issue, personal data. There have been big changes in...more
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the latest bulletin from the field of trademarks. As in every quarter, we present the most interesting news in an engaging, easily understandable manner. In this issue, we focus on the...more