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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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  Decision Tips on Lack of Distinctive Character

  Posted on 05 November 2013
  Obtaining registration for ‘unconventional trade marks’, such as colours, shapes, sounds or smells, is notoriously difficult; a common reason for refusal being that such marks lack distinctive character.
  

  Jennifer Heath

  Senior Associate, Trade Mark Attorney
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  Fast Track UK Trade Mark Opposition Procedure

  Posted on 05 November 2013
  On 01 October 2013, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) launched a new fast track trade mark opposition procedure. The new streamlined procedure, which will run alongside the standard opposition route, has been introduced with a view to making UK oppositions more appealing to prospective opponents, enabling them to be…
  

  Gemma Kirkland

  Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
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  BEST: New Methods Tagged Onto Definition of Advertising

  Posted on 05 November 2013
  Following a reference from the Belgian Cour de Cassation, in Belgian Electronic Sorting Technology NV v Bert Peelaers and anor. C-657/11, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) has ruled on the definition of ‘advertising’, within the meaning of the Comparative Advertising Directive 2006/114/EC (CAD). In particular, the…
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  Assos v ASOS - Cycle Clothing Conflict

  Posted on 05 November 2013
  The English High Court has held that the online fashion designer and retailer ASOS is not liable for infringing the registered trade mark of Assos of Switzerland, the specialist cycling clothing company.
  

  Matthew Dick

  Partner, Solicitor

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