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High Court rejects appeal to register Jaguar Land Rover shape marks
In Jaguar Land Rover v Ineos Industries Holdings (Ineos), the High Court of England & Wales has concluded that Jaguar Land Rover’s trade mark applications for the shape of certain models of its Defender range were not valid. This case demonstrates the difficulties in obtaining trade mark protection for shapes… -
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Your Brexit design and trade mark questions answered
It is the final quarter of 2020 and the end of the Brexit transition period is fast approaching. The UK’s exit from the EU will have significant implications for EU trade marks, design rights and also domain names. Now is the time to review trade mark portfolios, filing strategies, licensing… -
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EUIPO trade mark focus: trends from 2010 to 2019
In this article we summarise key points from the recently published “EUIPO Trade Mark Focus – 2010 to 2019 Evolution” report, which focuses on the successful progress of EUTMs over the last decade. -
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First Grade International v KO-CO Foods: indirect confusion
In this case, the UKIPO held that there was no likelihood of direct confusion between the figurative KO-CO application and the earlier koko and KOKO DESIRE marks, but that there was a likelihood of indirect confusion. -
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Logitechs 3D shape mark: EUIPO drops the mic
In case R 2630/2019-4, the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) dismissed Logitech’s appeal against the refusal to register its 3D mark for the shape of a microphone. The Board of Appeal agreed with the examiner’s assessment that the mark lacked distinctive character under… -
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(In)Divisibility of the grounds of invalidity & the need for reasoned statement
Does Art. 25(1)(b) of the Community Design Regulation (CDR) require the EUIPO to assess whether all requirements under Art. 4-9 CDR are met? If the answer is no, when is there a need for a reasoned statement? -
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Remote hearings in the UK courts is this the virtual road ahead?
Over a few short weeks during March and April 2020, the English court system was forced to reform and modernise the way that court services are delivered, in particular by embracing the use of video technology. Up to that point, fully remote video hearings in the civil courts had only… -
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UK High Court: Merck Sharpe & Dohme v Wyeth
Common general knowledge is instrumental in the UK High Court’s revocation of Wyeth’s UK vaccine formulation patent, whilst narrow claim construction leads to finding of non-infringement. -
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UK High Court rejects AI inventors
Readers may be aware of the increased interest in the question of whether an artificial intelligence can be named as an inventor of a patent application. The UK High Court has now issued a decision on the appeal raised by Dr Thaler regarding whether his AI named “DABUS” can be… -
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EPO oral proceedings by video conference: what to expect and how to prepare
Facing up to the challenges that social distancing and travel restriction bring the European Patent Office (EPO), like many organisations and businesses in 2020, has introduced video conferencing (ViCo) as an important means to facilitate communication.
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