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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Heute, am 3. März 2021, hat die Kanzlei LexDellmeier ihr Webinar 2 zum Thema "Marken, Designs, Patente - Überblick" gehalten. Während des ca. 60 Minuten langen Webinars haben Alexandra Dellmeier, Karolin Schech und Andrea Breier eine Einführung in IP Recht gegeben. Hier können Sie sich die Folien runterladen.

At the end of 2020, the new GIview search database for all Geographical Indications (GIs) was officially launched at the online conference “Strengthening GIs”. This new tool has been developed by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and is constantly updated with official registered data from the European Commission (Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development).

Am 24. Februar 2021 findet von 17.00 - 18.30 Uhr unser erstes Webinar im Jahre 2021 statt. Wir wollen Ihnen zeigen, das wir mit der IP Management Software "IP Servant" seit 12 Jahren sehr erfolgreich bei LexDellmeier arbeiten. Wir freuen uns, wenn Sie sich anmelden unter folgendem Link bei eventbrite

 

To strengthen fair competition, the German Design Law was amended on 26 November 2020. Similar to EU law, it now contains a repair clause in new § 40a of the German Design Act stating that spare parts shall in certain circumstances be excluded from design protection. The implications remain to be seen – and this will still take a couple of years as the restriction is only applicable to designs applied for on or after 2 December 2020.

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The European Union Intellectual Property Organization (EUIPO) regularly publishes statistics on the European Union Trademark (EUTM), providing general information on the number of applications, registrations, oppositions and renewals in a given period of time. These statistics are broken down by country, type of mark, classes of goods and services. This article is limited to the figures relating to applications.

2020 was a slightly different year in general due to Covid-19, but there was not a reduction, but rather an increase in trademark applications

Lena Ertle is the latest addition to the LexDellmeier team. She is completing her legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Munich and will support the team at LexDellmeier during 2021 as a legal trainee. Even though Covid-19 is still continuing to challenge everyone, we believe it is really important to help, support and train young professionals. In the past almost 12 years at LexDellmeier we have trained in total 25 Erasmus, ELSA and other law students from Germany, EU member states and other countries around the world. LexDellmeier usually engages two (2) interns and trainees per year. Let Lena Ertle introduce herself, her tasks as a legal trainee at LexDellmeier, her goals and her interest in intellectual property.

While the United Kingdom left the European Union on 1 February 2020, regulations regarding intellectual property rights will only change at the end of this year. You would like to review which changes Brexit will bring with regard to trademarks and designs? We prepared slides (see download link below) and recorded our successful webinar on 9 December 2020 and published it on YouTube. In a nutshell, you will receive an overview about the most important changes.

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