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Insights and Analysis
18 May 2022
The EUIPO Grand Board partially deviates from its previous decision practice (21/01/2019, R 1720/2017-G, ICEBERG (fig.)/ICEBERG) and decides, that "non-alcoholic beverages" are at ...
Insights and Analysis
12 January 2021
The EU General Court (GC) agreed with previous instances and confirmed that Allergan’s JUVEDERM ULTRA EUTM is genuinely used for prefilled syringes with a pharmaceutical preparation...
Insights and Analysis
02 November 2020
We are creeping ever closer to the end of the Brexit Transition Period, which expires on 31 December 2020. After this point, whether the UK leaves with a deal or not, EUTMs will cease to...
Insights and Analysis
28 October 2020
While enjoying protection for abstract colour is a valuable asset in trade (see our earlier publication under Related Materials), there are various challenges when obtaining or maintaining...
News
11 September 2020
The “Economic Operators Registration and Identification number” (EORI number), basically an ID number for customs purposes that is assigned by a customs authority to any...
News
30 July 2020
The Hogan Lovells IP & Media Technology team is tracking the changes being made by intellectual property offices around the world in response to the coronavirus so we can keep you...
Insights and Analysis
27 July 2020
The European Court of Justice (CJEU), in a case concerning a trademark consisting in the transliteration ‘Plombir’ of the term “Пломбир” (a Russian word for...
Insights and Analysis
22 June 2020
In Gugler (C-736/18 P), the CJEU ruled that a likelihood of confusion or association between a company name and a trade mark will not necessarily bring about invalidity where there are or...
Insights and Analysis
19 May 2020
The CJEU issued a preliminary ruling that had been referred by the Kúria (Supreme Court in Hungary) concerning the 'Gömböc', a sphere-like object with special...
