UK Government launches consultation on exhaustion of IP rights
10 June 2021
In the European Economic Area (EEA), namely the member states of the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, IP…
Postponed G1/21 oral proceedings now set for 02 July 2021
10 June 2021
Having previously been scheduled for 28 May 2021, this important referral before the Enlarged Board of Appeal will now take…
Is this the end of ViCo before the EPO without consent of all parties?
01 June 2021
In the pending referral before the Enlarged Board of Appeal, G 1/21, there is posed an important question for all…
General Court deserves a grilling
26 May 2021
Grilloumi Food International AB is a subsidiary of Fontana, a Swedish food and beverage company. In 2009 the business was…
T 1952/18 – prior use and inventive step
13 May 2021
T1952/18 relates to an appeal against the decision to maintain European patent EP2512840 in its granted form. The appellant (opponent)…
T-515/19: Lego’s brick design remains valid
10 May 2021
The General Court recently had to consider (in case T-515/19) whether Lego could use the defence of Article 8(3) of…
Non-use revocation proceedings: German Federal Supreme Court questions relevance of no-challenge agreements
10 May 2021
In T-419/16 (Carrera Brands Ltd v the EUIPO, 16 November 2017) the General Court quashed the relevance of contractual non-challenge…
Kerrygold v Kerrymaid - is the element “kerry” distinctive in the EU?
10 May 2021
In this decision the General Court had to decide whether the potentially descriptive meaning of the element “KERRY” (referring to…
Happily eva after! Time to get re-aqua-ainted with global assessment
10 May 2021
In February 2019, EvaQua s.r.o. (EvaQua) applied to register the EUTM (below left) in class 32. Envasados Eva S.A. (Eva)…
Original Beauty Technology v G4K Fashion: “Passing off is not a tort of unfair competition”
10 May 2021
Original Beauty Technology (the claimants)s and G4K Fashion (the defendants) operate online businesses and design and sell “bodycon” and “bandage”…
Brexit and the UK design registration database – cloning process almost (but not yet fully) complete
05 May 2021
Following the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 concerning the departure of the United Kingdom from the…
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