Genuine Use of a Trademark – Always relevant, always worth a Reminder

Beitragsdatum: 
15. März 2024
Categories: 
Trademarks, European General Court, Decisions

In our series of blog articles, genuine use of a trademark has already been an issue. But since the topic is very important and can even lead to loss of trademark rights, awareness raising cannot be rated high enough. We therefore chose the “LUTAMAX” decision of the General Court of the European Union (Joined Cases T-221/22 and T-242/22) to bring the topic to your attention once again.

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At a glance: Higher Regional Court Frankfurt a.M. rules on international competence of German courts for adverts on the Internet (Decision 6 U 3/18 of 14 February 2019)

Beitragsdatum: 
05. April 2019
Categories: 
Procedural rules, Unfair Competition Law, Decisions

On 14 February 2019, the Higher Regional Court Frankfurt a.M. ruled that German courts have an international competence for adverts on the Internet in particular, if those adverts are provided on a “.de”-top-level-domain and if the web presence does not contain indications that the offer is not directed to German customers.

EUIPO/OECD Report: Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods

Beitragsdatum: 
03. April 2019
Categories: 
Brand, Product Piracy, Counterfeiting
Tags: 
EUIPO, OECD

In March 2019, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published a study estimating the total value of counterfeit and pirated goods traded both globally and on EU level. The new report updates the original analysis from 2016. According to the report, the intensity of counterfeiting and piracy is clearly on the rise.

 

                                                 

ECJ landmark case: Successful invalidity proceedings against an EU design based on an earlier trademark

Beitragsdatum: 
28. März 2019
Categories: 
ECJ - European Court of Justice, EUIPO, European Union Trademark, Likelihood of confusion, Three-dimensional trademarks, Decisions, Design Law

ECJ landmark case: Successful invalidity proceedings against an EU design based on an earlier trademark

With its decision dated 6 March 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed a decision of the European General Court (GC) concerning invalidity proceedings between Ferrero SpA (Ferrero) and BMB sp. z o.o. (BMB) regarding the following opposing IP rights.

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McDonald’s failed to prove genuine use regarding its EU Trademark ‘BIG MAC’

Beitragsdatum: 
07. März 2019
Categories: 
EUIPO, European Intellectual Property Office, European Union Trademark, Trademarks, Decisions
Tags: 
proof of genuine use, EUIPO

The Cancellation Division of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) surprisingly revoked the European Union Trademark ‘BIG MAC’ in its decision of 11 January 2019 (Cancellation No 14 788 C).

                                              

15 Top Brands - Interactive Brand Rating - Years 2000 - 2018

Beitragsdatum: 
22. Februar 2019
Categories: 
Brand
Tags: 
Brands, Best Global Brands

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Here’s to you, Tempo! – Germany’s probably most famous trademark turned 90.

Beitragsdatum: 
19. Februar 2019
Categories: 
Brand, German Patent and Trademark Office, German Trademarks, Intellectual Property, IP Rights, Trademarks

German trademark no. 407752 “Tempo” (word mark) was filed on 29 January 1929 and, hence, celebrates its 90th birthday this year. Even the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO) contributes to this fact and has recently published a laudatory article (https://www.dpma.de/english/our_office/publications/milestones/tempo90/i...) about the trademark and its different owners who have changed several times over the past decades. With the present blog article, we wish to congratulate the trademark Tempo to its impressive genesis but also highlight issues resulting from exorbitant fame of trademarks – which is both a blessing and a curse.

Trademarks: Division and Merging of International Registrations

Beitragsdatum: 
13. Februar 2019
Categories: 
Trademarks
Tags: 
international registrations, division, merging

On 1 February 2019, amendments to the Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol came into force. While it had already been possible to partially transfer an International Registration to a new owner, it is now also possible to request the division of an International Registration for only some of the goods and services in respect of a designated Contracting Party.

EUIPO Trademark Decision: OTTO vs. OTTOSUN

Beitragsdatum: 
11. Februar 2019
Categories: 
Intellectual Property, Likelihood of confusion, Trademarks
Tags: 
EU Trademarks, Likelihood of confusion, EUIPO, Board of Appeal

In its decision of 10 January 2019, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Board of Appeal found that there was a likelihood of confusion between the applied EU trademark (EUTM) “OTTOSUN” and the earlier EUTM “OTTO” for certain goods in classes 9 and 11.

Changes regarding the German Trademark Act as of 14 January 2019

Beitragsdatum: 
23. Januar 2019
Categories: 
German Patent and Trademark Office, German Trademarks, Intellectual Property Law, IP Rights, Trademark Law

On EU-level, the revised EU Trade Mark Directive 2015/2436 of 16 December 2015 (EUTMD) and the new EU Trade Mark Regulation (EUTMR) entered into force at the beginning of 2016. After comprehensive preparatory work done by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection combined with expert support by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO), the Trade Mark Law Modernisation Act (Markenrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz), and thus the amendment of the Trade Mark Act to implement the EUTMD, entered into force on 14 January 2019 with the goal to harmonize a significant number of optional provisions of the EUTMD into German law.

INTA Paralegal Roundtable in Munich on 14 February 2019

Beitragsdatum: 
21. Januar 2019
Categories: 
Events
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INTA, Intellectual Property, IP Paralegal Roundtable, Roundtable

The International Trademark Association (INTA) in conjunction with the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) will hold a Trademark Administrators Seminar in Munich, Germany, designed specifically for Trademark Administrators, Paralegals and other staff dealing with trademarks.