Tag: General Court

Brothers in arms. The EUIPO defends its Board of Appeals’ jurisdiction (and its own) and the CJEU allows an(other) appeal to proceed. – Kluwer...

PatentsOctober 6, 2023

To which extent can the General Court review decisions by the EUIPO Boards of Appeal (BoA) is an issue never properly addressed, and one...

Latin or Greek letters? The LΛΛVΛ case

PatentsSeptember 25, 2023

European Union Legal updates: case law analysis and intelligence The General Court found that the relevant public could not be expected to...

Is the CJEU back in the game? After some years of somnolence, the CJEU takes another case on trademarks – Kluwer Trademark Blog

PatentsAugust 3, 2023

Since the introduction on 2019 of the filtering mechanism according to which the CJEU has to decide whether or not allow an appeal to...

General Court provides insights on how to prove genuine use

PatentsJuly 21, 2023

European Union Legal updates: case law analysis and intelligence Notably, the decision highlights that use of a mark in connection with the...

Legal Updates you may have missed: when the EUIPO Board of Appeal makes mistakes

PatentsJuly 14, 2023

We complete our series highlighting recent Legal Updates that you may have missed by looking at cases where the EU General Court criticised the...

Amazon contests ‘very large’ qualification

EcommerceJuly 12, 2023

Following Zalando, Amazon has also lodged a legal objection against its classification as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) in Europe. “Amazon does not...

Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus” [even Homer nods]. So why shouldn’t the GC? – Kluwer Trademark Blog

PatentsJuly 4, 2023

It is understandable why (most) trademarks owners do not like the five-year dependency period of an international registration since in case of “central attack”...

Batman won a trademark dispute in the EU

PatentsJune 12, 2023

The General Court of the European Union has ruled in the case T-735/21 – Aprile and Commerciale Italiana v EUIPO, DC Comics, which...

No trademark protection for “Emmentaler” – General Court (European Union) – Kluwer Trademark Blog

PatentsJune 1, 2023

Trademarks can evoke ideas and provide information about the quality of goods and services. The same is true for geographical indications, which are designations...

General Court finds no risk of confusion between pharma marks containing ‘brez’/‘breez’ element

PatentsApril 3, 2023

European Union Legal updates: case law analysis and intelligence The General Court underlined the particularly high level of attention of the relevant...