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10 Jul 2019, 4:38 pm
On 2 July 2019, Advocate General (AG) Bobek delivered his opinion in Case C-240/18 P Constantin Film Produktion GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), advising that the EUIPO’s decision to reject the registration of the trade mark ‘Fack Ju Göhte’ because it was too offensive should be annulled. [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 10:00 pm
Other trademark filing hot spots are in Japan (+30.8%), the Russian Federation (+14.8%) and India (+8.3%), and the hot spots in industrial design filing activity are in the Russian Federation (+9.4%) and at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO; +6.5%). [read post]
9 May 2024, 6:10 am
By decision of 26 April 2024 (available only in the original version in Italian), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) refused to register a position trade mark for footwear having considered that a band with a knot and ribbons with metal pendants affixed to the template of the upper part of shoes is very common in the footwear sector. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 7:07 am
European Commission, European Union Intellectual Property Office (2021). [read post]
29 Sep 2019, 9:09 am
Hot off the press is a joint report by the European Patent Office (EPO) and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) entitled IPR-intensive industries and economic performance in the European Union. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 4:17 am
Eleonora Rosati (Of Counsel at Bird & Bird and Professor of IP Law at Stockholm University), Péter Lábody (Vice President of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office), Irene Calboli (Professor of Law at Texas A&M University School of Law), and Dr. [read post]
29 Feb 2024, 12:23 am
The GI Regulation introduces rigorous deadlines for every step, previously less detailed in the case of wines.Role of EUIPOThe role of European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in examining the GI applications was one of the most contentious points in the negotiations over the GI Regulation. [read post]
3 Sep 2023, 10:35 pm
Registrability of Works of Art as Trademarks Recently, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”) and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (“HIPO”) have been asked in several cases to examine whether a work of art, in particular a painting, can be registered as a trademark. [read post]
30 Sep 2023, 11:01 am
The conference is hosted by the The Boards of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual property Office (EUIPO), in cooperation with the EUIPO’s Academy. [read post]
8 Jan 2022, 11:21 am
Merpel and TechieKat Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo reported on a March 2021 decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal (R 1996/2020-5) of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that answers this question. [read post]
4 May 2023, 12:53 am
All of this is to be administered by the EUIPO, the European Union Intellectual Property Office. [read post]
30 Sep 2023, 8:04 am
In a recent decision (R 275/2023-4), which is particularly meaningful to anyone wondering about trade mark protection in virtual worlds, the Fourth Board of Appeal (the Board) of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) found that the figurative representation of a virtual firearm lacked the requisite distinctive character to be a registered as a trade mark.BackgroundColt CZ Group SE (Colt) is a Czech holding company which in 2021… [read post]
15 Dec 2024, 7:18 am
Not according to the Grand Board of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which held (R 2307/2020‑G) such an application to be contrary to ‘accepted principles of morality' under Article 7(1)(f) EUTMR.Let’s see what happened and how the Grand Board reasoned.BackgroundIn 2020, Turner Broadcasting System Europe filed an application to register the phrase ‘MARICON PERDIDO’, which – the… [read post]
20 Jul 2022, 9:49 am
Below is a recap of the latest news from the Kat-world to keep you fresh and cool:- Trade MarksThe European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has recently issued some guidance notes on its approach to classifying items relating to virtual and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). [read post]
7 Nov 2023, 2:15 am
Indeed, the history of EU copyright harmonization has progressed in steps, with several directives (and a couple of regulations) being adopted over a period of 30+ years.Despite the relatively limited legislative harmonization, over the past several years the copyright laws of individual EU Member States have nevertheless become more and more harmonized, also thanks to the pivotal role played by the Court of Justice of the European Union (which I examine here).Now –… [read post]
13 Feb 2019, 10:00 pm
Post By Nicholas Krob Last month, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) issued a surprise decision revoking fast food giant, McDonald’s, “BIG MAC” EU trademark registration in its entirety. [read post]
11 Sep 2022, 6:00 pm
The Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in its recent decision refused a trade mark application for the slogan “TAKE FIVE” in Class 32 (Case R 664/2022-1). [read post]
7 Jul 2022, 4:11 am
For instance, in Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings GmbH & Co KG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (T-668/19), EU: T:2021:420, the EU General Court considered that, the assessment of the distinctiveness of sound marks has to be made as to the ‘resonance’ of the mark and is not subject to a ‘significant departure of the norm’ test developed for, eg, shape marks.In the present case, the fact that shades… [read post]
21 Nov 2023, 10:20 am
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) accordingly allowed the Application. [read post]
10 Mar 2023, 2:38 am
Here’s what Henning writes:Critical review of recent design case law by the General Courtby Henning HartwigSince 1 May 2019, under Article 58a (1) Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), an appeal brought against a decision of the General Court concerning a decision of an independent Board of Appeal of European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is not to proceed unless the CJEU first decides… [read post]
