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IP protection at the Mobile World Congress 2016

8 June, 2017
by bomweb1

For the second year running, the Barcelona IP Courts have approved a Protocol to guarantee a fast-track procedure to deal with IP infringement conflicts that could arise during the Mobile World Congress. The MWC will be held in Barcelona from 22 to 25 February 2016,...

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29 January 2016: Latest News regarding CTM Renewals

8 June, 2017
by bomweb1

OHIM has released Communication 2/2016 of the President clarifying that the new fee regime will apply to all CTMs (then EUTMs) that expire on or after 23 March 2016 – even where renewal is requested before that date. All CTMs expiring before that date are subject...

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CP3 in practice: descriptive terms are difficult to register solely on account of stylization

8 June, 2017
by bomweb1

In two judgments rendered on 14 January 2016, the General Court confirmed OHIM’s refusal of stylized marks whose verbal elements were descriptive or non-distinctive. It is a coincidence that both decisions are only available in Spanish and French and both marks were in classes 9, 28,...

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General Court of the European Union – new Rules of Procedure*)

8 June, 2017
by bomweb1

On 1 July 2015, new Rules of Procedure of the General Court (formerly: Court of First Instance) entered into force. These can be found here. The General Court hears all applications against decisions of the Boards of Appeal of OHIM issuing over 200 judgments per year...

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Specifications of goods and services in EU trademarks

8 June, 2017
by bomweb1

How the EU trademark law reform affects these We have previously provided an overview of the Trademark Law Reform in the EU affecting Community and national trademarks (here). This is a follow-up to inform in more detail about the expected impact on the specification of goods...

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Banking and real estate services dissimilar

8 June, 2017
by bomweb1

General Court, 10 June 2015, Case T-514/13, AgriCapital Corp. v. OHIM The General Court has found once again that banking and financial services on the one hand, and real estate services on the other, are dissimilar. Even in the event of almost identical marks an opposition...

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Ex officio examination of priority claims in opposition proceedings

8 June, 2017
by bomweb1

General Court, 25 June 2015, Case T-186/12, Copernikus-Trademarks Ltd. v. OHIM The General Court upheld the rejection by OHIM’s Board of Appeal of an opposition because the “earlier mark” on which the opposition had been based was not really earlier. It was filed after the opposed...

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Victory for adidas – a new milestone in the battle against 2 stripes on shoes

8 June, 2017
by bomweb1

General Court, judgment of 21 May 2015, T-145/14, adidas AG v. OHIM / Shoe Branding Europe BVBA*) Shoe Branding had filed an application for the following Community trademark: adidas opposed this based on numerous earlier trademark rights, all protecting its famous 3-Stripe mark, and including its CTM...

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SPAIN: Reform of the Criminal Code. The latest progress in combating the digital piracy

8 June, 2017
by bomweb1

On 30 May the Organic Law 7/2015 reforming the Spanish Criminal Code is to be passed introducing important novelties in the regulation of intellectual property crimes. The reform coming into force on 1 July 2015 removes the legal uncertainty in the definition of the crime from...

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CJEU, 19 March 2051, Mega Brands International vs. OHIM (C-182/14 P)

8 June, 2017
by bomweb1

·  Opposition against CTM application MAGNEXT based on Spanish mark MAGNET 4, both for toys. · Appeal by CTM applicant successful. The General Court had found that there was a likelihood of confusion between MAGNET 4 and MAGNEXT. The Court of Justice agreed with the CTM applicant Mega...

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