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Toto's pivot: not a flash in the pan
When a Japanese toilet maker becomes one of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom's most talked-about share-price winners, it is fair…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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