IP-Fälle und Artikel
IPEC insights: Prosecco PDO Consortium v Prosecco International - court refuses to cork Prosecco claim
The IPEC has dismissed a strike-out bid by a British spirits company accused of misusing the protected Prosecco name, allowing…
Wikipedia won’t save you: why professionally drafted evidence is key
OpenAI, the developer behind the AI chatbot ChatGPT, has recently succeeded in its opposition to the application for the word…
No confusion in the curves: lessons from Puma v EUIPO Ningbo Gongfang Commercial Management
This judgment centres around visual similarity and confirms how the EU courts assess likelihood of confusion in cases involving purely…
Sky’s the limit? UKIPO finds “Sky” does not retain an independent distinctive role in “SkyDuck”
Sky Limited (Sky) was unsuccessful in its opposition against a UK trade mark application for the word mark “SkyDuck” in…
Going nowhere with a bathing ape: earlier rights in EUTM oppositions
A Bathing Ape (BAPE) is a famous, luxury, Japanese fashion brand. The eponymous BAPE is sometimes stern and sometimes very…
Small town, big bite: local restaurant shows genuine use doesn’t need a big footprint
A single steakhouse, social media buzz and cross-border visibility: the General Court clarifies how “local” use in one member state…
New gTLD program: 2026 round brand protection opportunities and challenges
In the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) latest initiative to expand the Domain Name System (DNS), eligible…
IPEC insights: Wang Zheng v Bing Bing Foods - unsuccessful attacks on fruit varietal trade marks
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…
Creative origin: can use of a fashion designer’s own name cause deception to consumers?
A French company, named after its founder, the fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, owned various trade marks for “JC de…
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