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The EU General Court has dismissed an opposition against the Community trademark KICKTIPP by the owner of the KICKERS mark.
09 March 2016
Following a long-running dispute, the IP Court in Taiwan has rendered a decision for a cancellation action initiated by local company Zong Hwa Industrial Co Ltd against Kyarra Inspires Incorporated due to possible confusion.
23 February 2016
Earlier this month, a dawn raid on a notorious counterfeit market sparked a riot that left 12 Thai law enforcement agents injured. The raid was masterminded by a low-profile consortium of high-profile trademark owners; its chairman tells World Trademark Review that the violent reaction proves it is doing real damage to counterfeiters’ businesses.
22 February 2016
The Chinese government has stepped up efforts to combat parallel imports of luxury goods in recent months. However, some reports suggest that customs scrutiny is hampering the efforts of foreign brands to directly sell authentic goods in China through online channels. That is good news for the traders known in Chinese as daigou and their Rmb43 billion business in grey-market luxury goods
17 February 2016
The Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market has declared the Community trademark ALEXANDER WANG to be invalid in its entirety due to the existence of bad faith when the trademark application was filed.
17 February 2016
In a recent decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, a luxury fashion sportswear company obtained the transfer of 50 domain names incorporating its trademark, which were being used to point to websites either offering counterfeit products for sale or containing pay-per-click links to competitors’ websites.
16 February 2016
An anti-counterfeiting raid on behalf of French brand owners left 12 Thai police injured as hundreds of angry traders protested against the seizure of goods from an infamous border market. Despite the unfortunate turn of events, the operation indicates that Thai authorities are paying increased attention to the country’s border with Cambodia - a major conduit for fake goods originating from China.
05 February 2016
My Other Bag, Inc has successfully invoked the parody defence in a claim for federal dilution, federal and state trademark infringement and copyright infringement brought against it by Louis Vuitton. The court concluded that in some cases it is better to accept the implied compliment in a parody and to smile or laugh than it is to sue.
05 February 2016
The La Coruña Court of Appeal has upheld a first-instance decision sentencing the owner of around 10,000 items of clothing bearing well-known trademarks, used without the holders' consent, which had been seized in its warehouse. The first-instance decision included a prison sentence, a fine and – with respect to civil liability – the payment of damages to the holders of the infringed trademarks.
02 February 2016
The General Court has confirmed a likelihood of confusion between the word mark KERASHOT and the earlier mark K KERASOL. While the court’s judgment was reasonably orthodox as regards its assessment of the existence of a likelihood of confusion, it is notable for its two-pronged approach to the conceptual, aural and visual analysis of the signs.
26 January 2016
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