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FT: Do we have to sell the trademarks with the company?
In the Financial Times' Business Questions the owner of a London-based graphic design agency queries whether its trade marks must be sold along with the company, should it be purchased by a larger, international firm. -
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EU Customs Regulation: EU Law Tackles Counterfeit Goods
As of 01 January 2014, a new regulation concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights is in force across the European Union (EU). -
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Winning Moves - MONOPOLYs Monopoly on Opoly
This recent case from the appointed person in the United Kingdom centered on whether Hasbro, the owner of the MONOPOLY trade mark, was entitled to prevent the registration of an application for GALATOPOLY for games. -
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Gucci GG: Evidence of Proof of Genuine Use
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has recently revoked Guccio Gucci S.p.A.’s (Gucci) UK trade mark registration 1082541 for a wide range of goods in classes 3, 14, 18 and 25 including watches, necklaces, handbags, pocket wallets, scarves and textile belts. The trade mark is now registered only in respect… -
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Detriment to the Distinctive Character of a Trade Mark
In our July 2012 trade mark newsletter (edition 63) we reported on a decision from the General Court (GC) in the case of Société Elmar Wolf’s opposition to Environmental Manufacturing LLP’s CTM for a wolf device based on their earlier WOLF word and device marks registered as international and French… -
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SFCs AQUAFLOW: Defence of Acquiescence
Nine years after SFC Jardibric (SFC) obtained a Community Trade Mark (CTM) registration for AQUA FLOW, Aqua Center Europe, SA (Aqua) applied for partial invalidity of the registration based on its earlier Spanish registration for VAQUA FLOW . SFC alleged that Aqua had acquiesced to the use of the AQUA… -
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Now Dont Relax! The Ultimate Dangers of Figleaf Marks
Two recent Board of Appeal decisions have highlighted the risk of seeking to enforce or rely upon trade marks that are likely to have secured registration due to the addition of figurative elements to an otherwise non-distinctive word mark. -
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El Hogar v Wenf - An Open and Closed Case
This case concerns an appeal to the General Court (GC) in relation to invalidity proceedings that had been filed against a registered Community design (RCD). El Hogar Perfecto del Siglo XXI, SL (El Hogar) had registered the design to be applied to corkscrews. -
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Facelook Takes a Snip at the Facebook Brand
Adopting satire or forms of parody for new trading names might be intended to be humorous, but this may be no laughing matter to brand owners of the original well known trade marks. -
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Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) Pilot
A new Global Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot (GPPH) will launch on 6 January 2014. This new GPPH pilot arrangement replaces a number of the previous bilateral agreements between various IP offices, and will simplify the previous arrangements for applicants by using a single set of qualifying requirements.
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