Organisation: EUIPO

The EUIPO’s Cancellation Division found that the relevant consumers were likely to establish a mental ‘link’ between the contested sign and the French fashion house’s earlier LV mark.

07 June 2024

In our latest round-up, we look at Matter Labs abandoning the ZK trademark after a crypto backlash, Abion acquiring Lane IP, and much more.

07 June 2024

The decision confirms that the quality of being “decorative” does not presuppose a lack of distinctiveness. 

06 June 2024

The decision confirms that simple advertising messages or promotional references on the front of t-shirts are typically not registrable.

04 June 2024

Despite the challenges presented by huge international events, potential political turbulence and contentious changes at one IP office in particular, practitioners from this year’s Global Leaders are confident that the trademark world will remain strong in the face of difficulty.

03 June 2024

The Board of Appeal found that the mark, filed by US footwear company Skechers, did not depict the goods for which protection was sought.

03 June 2024

Trademark filings fell across five of six major registers in 2023, a new report by Clarivate reveals, but the results are more positive than they seem. 

30 May 2024

The decision, which involved a mark consisting of a band with a knot, ribbons and metal pendants, applied to the upper part of a shoe, provides guiding principles on the registrability of position marks.

28 May 2024

The relevant EU consumer is likely to establish a sufficiently clear and direct link between DUTCH GENQUILA, used for wine, and the spirit drink protected by the PGI ‘Tequila’.

20 May 2024

WTR’s latest IP Office Innovation Ranking reveals the trademark agencies that are breaking boundaries in non-core tools and services.

16 May 2024