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13 January 2022
IP Enforcement Portal is a single EU platform that assists IP right (IPR) owners to file and manage customs applications for action and to deal with related IPR enforcement matters. As of...
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30 April 2021
In the eagerly-awaited MONOPOLY judgment, the General Court (GC) confirmed that the MONOPOLY mark was filed in bad faith - to the extent it covered identical goods and services - because...
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28 September 2020
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 ...
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08 October 2018
In a case concerning completely dissimilar goods and different public, the General Court (GC) once again confirmed that the strength of brand’s reputation is one of the key factors to ...
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07 October 2018
In a case concerning completely dissimilar goods and different public, the General Court (GC) once again confirmed that the strength of brand’s reputation is one of the key factors to ...
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23 May 2018
Since its inception, the harmonised national EU trade mark legislation – and later the EUTM system – has opted for a flexible approach to non-traditional trade marks. In...
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22 May 2018
Since its inception, the harmonised national EU trade mark legislation – and later the EUTM system – has opted for a flexible approach to non-traditional trade marks. In...
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21 December 2017
The General Court confirms that actual commercial use of an EUTM application can demonstrate unfair advantage for the purposes of Article 8(5) EUTMR, even if such commercial use only...
