eligible for trademark protection. Another key takeaway, according to Vu, is that intangible assets (IAs) should be at the centre of a company’s business strategy “While Unicorp has been established
Case T-178/22 In October 2020, FA World Entertainment applied to register the word “Fucking awesome” as a European trade mark (international registration designating the EU) based on two registratio...
On 24 May 2023, the General Court held in case T-2/21 that the term “Emmentaler” cannot be protected as an EU trade mark because it has descriptive character in accordance with Article 7 (1)(c) of R...
distinctive to be an EU trademark, it decided in favour of the French luxury house by allowing the registration of the trade mark consistingof the same numerical code, but with the crucial inclusion of the
The Patna High Court has taken noteworthy measures to expedite the trial process in a longstanding trademark infringement case involving Hero Cycle Limited and Hero Ecotech Limited. Recognizing the
In case R 1490/2022-5 On 7 May 2019, the Dutch company Chiever B.V. filed an application with the EUIPO to register as a multimedia trade mark a 22-second video consisting of an animation of Super Sim...
On January 13, 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration ("CNIPA") published the Draft Revision of the China Trademark Law ("Draft Revision"). Compared with previous revisions to
- understood as a stylised depiction of a female belly - was a descriptive element, and therefore could not be dominant. It pointed out that, although it is true that, according to the case-law
Jersey (where it is owned by a local restaurant, Gregory’s). Taco Bell filed a challenge with the US Patent and Trademark Office urging the office to cancel the trade mark so that it is "freely available
trademark must be distinctive but does not have to be coined or invented for it to be registered. It also stated that the composite mark does not exclusively contain the geographical name Abu Dhabi. The