Organisation: General Court (EU)

Legal Updates you may have missed: when the EUIPO Board of Appeal gets it wrong

In the final instalment of our series highlighting recent Legal Updates that you may have missed, we take a closer look at the times the EUIPO Board of Appeal has erred in its judgment.

17 July 2024

Famous sports personalities before EU courts: some you win, some you lose

Featured in WTR Special Report Q2 2024: Training your defence: the sports brand playbook

15 July 2024

Blow for Google as General Court confirms likelihood of confusion between GPAY and EPAY

The court dismissed Google’s argument that the initial letter ‘G’ in its GPAY mark played a significant distinctive – and potentially dominant – role in that mark.

01 July 2024

Battle between Nike and Puma over FOOTWARE: General Court issues its decision

The court has confirmed that FOOTWARE refers to the ‘intended purpose’ of the relevant goods and services, which is a characteristic expressly listed in Article 7(1)(c).

28 June 2024

Blow for Société du Tour de France in TOUR DE X opposition

In a “particularly severe” decision, the General Court confirmed that there was no likelihood of confusion between TOUR DE X and the earlier TOUR DE FRANCE marks.

27 June 2024

"We don't have all the answers": EUIPO leaders, General Court judges and in-house experts reflect on the future of IP case law

The EUIPO's João Negrão, EU General Court and Board of Appeal judges, and in-house experts from Nestlé and Assa Abloy share their thoughts on the challenges that lie ahead for European trademark, copyright and design law, at the EUIPO's fifth IP Case Law Conference.

04 May 2024