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  Winning Moves - MONOPOLY���s Monopoly on Opoly

  Posted on 06 January 2014
  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

  Posted on 06 January 2014
  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…
  

  Anna Reid

  Partner, Solicitor
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  Detriment to the Distinctive Character of a Trade Mark

  Posted on 06 January 2014
  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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  SFC���s AQUAFLOW: Defence of Acquiescence

  Posted on 06 January 2014
  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…
  

  Gemma Kirkland

  Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
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  Now Don���t Relax! The Ultimate Dangers of Figleaf Marks

  Posted on 06 January 2014
  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.
  

  Matthew Dick

  Partner, Solicitor
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  El Hogar v Wenf - An Open and Closed Case

  Posted on 06 January 2014
  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.
  

  Jackie Johnson

  Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
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  Facelook Takes a Snip at the Facebook Brand

  Posted on 06 January 2014
  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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  London Brand Domain - .London Sunrise Expected 2014

  Posted on 20 November 2013
  London is set to become one of the first cities in the world to have its very own top level domain (TLD) - .london. The new .london domain registry will be operated by Dot London Domains Limited, a subsidiary of London & Partners, who are the official promotional body for…
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  EUIPO (OHUM) Manual: Major Change to Classification

  Posted on 14 November 2013
  On 25 November 2013 the Community Trade Mark (CTM) Manual (which sets out the standard practice and guidelines followed by OHIM in the handling of CTMs) introduced a new standard practice for examination of classifications.
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  Merck & Co Inc (MCI) v Merck KGaA (MKG) ��� gTLD Decision

  Posted on 06 November 2013
  In two recent related decisions, which are amongst the first in which non-dictionary generic top-level domain (gTLD) terms have been challenged, a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Centre panel has rejected objections against gTLD applications to register .merck and .emerck.
  

  Richard Burton

  Partner, Trade Mark Attorney

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