(IP tango) ECJ sets aside partial refusal to grant CTM for ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ (progress through technology): Audi AG v OHIM (Class 46) (IPKat) (The IP Factor) ECJ: Davidoff criteria for exhaustion apply also if goods were first marketed within the EEA: Makro Zelfbedieningsgroothandel CV and others v Diesel SpA (JIPLP) Time for a general grumble - General Court decisions missing images, no English version: G-Star Raw Denim kft v OHIM, ESGW Holdings Ltd; and Goncharev v… [read post]

Porsche AG: (Class 46), WIPO: Yell Limited v Yell.travel: domain name yell.travel to be transferred to Yell Limited: (Class 46), Some see rise in non-traditional trade marks; national registries not yet: (Intellectual Property Watch)   Global - Patents Lower patentability standards – strategic responses: (IP Thinktank), IP Business Congress sees Finnish inventor become a millionaire: (IAM), Ron Slusky: Five prescriptions for effectively analysing an invention and then… [read post]