A Supreme Administrative Court decision has finally brought Polish practice for judging recognition of trademarks in line with EU standards by disassociating perceived product quality from brand recognition.
The forthcoming CJEU definition of the ‘visibility criterion’ by German courts could have significant implications for the relevance of characteristic design features not visible during normal/intended use in EU design infringement cases.
Protection of trademarks can hide some traps especially when companies want to use not so distinctive signs. Although in some cases such signs can be registered (for example in combination with fonts, graphics, etc.) this doesn’t mean automatically that the relevant trademark protection is completely solid. A good example of this is a lawsuit Case … Continue reading Nissan lost a trademark dispute associating with electric vehicles
Unregistered rights are protected by the law of passing off in the UK. In the recent decision of the IPEC in Stone v Wenman, the court reiterated and applied some key principles in the law of passing off. The Claimant in the case, a spiritual author and holistic therapist, applied for and registered the mark...
The US-based footwear company Skechers lost a case T‑598/20 before the General Court of the European Union. The dispute at hand concerns an application for a European trademark ARCHFIT in class 25 – Footwear. The EUIPO refused to register this sign based on absolute grounds Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation 2017/1001 – descriptiveness and lack … Continue reading Skechers lost a trademark dispute in the EU
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