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21 March 2023
Trademark Insight. With this format, we will be informing you at regular intervals about current trademark law decisions of the EUIPO, European Union Courts, and the German courts. Each...
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10 February 2023
Trademark Insight. With this format, we will be informing you at regular intervals about current trademark law decisions of German courts, the EUIPO and the European Union Courts. Each...
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21 December 2022
Trademark Insight. With this format, we will be informing you at regular intervals about current trademark law decisions of German courts, the EUIPO and the European Union Courts. Each...
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29 August 2022
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 ...
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25 July 2022
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...
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19 November 2021
The possibility to protect geographical indications as collective or individual trademarks exists, in principle, independently of the system for the protection of geographical indications...
Insights and Analysis
Registered Content
20 July 2021
According to the GC, color designations are not descriptive if the designation - in this case SIENNA - is not commonly used in the relevant industry and the public is therefore not aware of ...
Insights and Analysis
Registered Content
21 June 2021
The GC confirms the rejection of the word/figurative mark "El Clasico" of the Spanish professional soccer league "LaLiga". The sign is in the opinion of the court merely ...
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Registered Content
16 June 2021
A legal dispute lasting almost 10 years concerning the invalidity of a figurative sign in the name of Pirelli Tyre SpA, which depicts the groove of a tire, has now come to an end as a...
