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IPEC insights: fruitful litigation, pear-shaped counterclaims
MOUNTAIN PEAR and YU LU FRAGRANT PEAR registrations survive genericism, descriptiveness and non-distinctiveness attacks.
IPEC insights: Dryrobe v D-Robe - why policing your trade mark matters
The decision of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) in Dryrobe v D-Robe considers issues of genericism in trade mark…
Limits on using “milk” in product names, brand names and slogans: Supreme Court rules Oatly’s trade mark invalid
In short, the use of dairy terms such as “milk” is prohibited within trade marks for plant-based food and drink…
Design meets copyright: Mio & Konektra reshapes EU protection for works of applied art
On 04 December 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the joined cases of Mio and…
When being the perfect secretary is not enough: no title protection for Miss Moneypenny
In a dispute over whether “Miss Moneypenny” or simply “Moneypenny” can be protected as a work title, the Bundesgerichtshof (German…
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