Healthy things and Paris Bar – two new GC decisions on “weak marks”
by Verena von Bomhard – Published on 15 March, 2024 at Kluwer Trademark Blog On 13 March 2024, the General Court (3rd and 7th Chamber) issued two judgments dealing with weak marks in the sense the most trademark practitioners applaud, namely granting descriptive elements in trademarks...
BASMATI – or: Back into the Past?
by Verena von Bomhard – Published on 15 January 2024 at Kluwer Trademark Blog On AG Szpunar’s Opinion in Case C-801/22 P BASMATI was the first of the appeals to the CJEU in the three „Brexit cases“. The other two are APE TEES (EUIPO v Nowhere, C-337/22...
Brexit – Impact on EU trade marks
From 1 January 2021 (‘Exit Day’), the UK will no longer be covered by EUTMs. Here are some of the most significant practical consequences for trademark protection. A. Registered EUTMs • EUTMs registered on Exit Day will be converted automatically and at no cost into ‘comparable UK...