UPDATE: October 2024 – Intellectual Property (IP) Crime in Europe, joint report by EUIPO and EUROPOL

Beitragsdatum: 
18. November 2024
Categories: 
EUIPO, Product Piracy, IP Rights, Intellectual Property Law, Counterfeiting, Intellectual Property
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#EUIPO, #EUROPOL, #IP Crime, #Counterfeiting

Christmas is only a few weeks away! Now is the time for including gifts for your loved ones to your shopping lists. But as you browse through busy stores or infinite lists of products online looking for bargains, do not let the sweet vapours of mulled wine dull your senses. As the EUIPO and EUROPOL recently highlighted in a joint report published on 23 October 2024 on the ecosystem of Intellectual Property (IP) crime, counterfeit goods keep finding their way to our shelves and represent a staggering 5.8% of EU trade. The report sheds light on how much IP crime remains a threat to European consumers, how it is enabled, and how its impact could be mitigated.

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How to protect the combination of two colors? European General Court denies Red Bull trademark protection.

Beitragsdatum: 
18. Dezember 2017
Categories: 
Decisions, European General Court, Trademarks
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30 November 2017, CJEU, color combination trademark, European General Court, Red Bull

On 30 November 2017, the European General Court (EGC) upheld the previous decision of the Board of Appeal of the EUIPO in the joined cases T-101/15 and T-102/15, Red Bull v EUIPO. The EGC confirmed that the registered trademark consisting of two colors allowed several different combinations as the application did not display the requirements of precision and uniformity set out by Article 4 of Regulation No 207/2009. Now, the case continues to the next instance and so the highest court in the EU, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), will have the last word, whether the color combination will further benefit from legal protection.

                       

    EU trademark No. 002534774                                  EU trademark No. 009417668

IP Rights after Brexit? The European brand owner association expresses its concerns

Beitragsdatum: 
01. Dezember 2017
Categories: 
Design Law, Geographical Indications, IP Rights, Trademarks
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Brexit, IP Rights, Marques, position paper, 20 November 2017

On 20 November 2017 the European brand owner association (MARQUES) published a Brexit position paper where it sets out its position about the upcoming Brexit and the concerns towards the so far not drawn consequences for EU harmonised IP rights. 

 

Source: Pixabay

1 December 2017: Madrid Monitor takes its place as the one and only tool for tracking international trademarks

Beitragsdatum: 
07. November 2017
Categories: 
Intellectual Property Law, Trademarks, WIPO
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WIPO, Madrid Monitor, Trademarks, 1 December 2017

As of December 2017, ROMARIN, Mardid e-Alert and Madrid Realtime Status will take the back seat as Madrid Monitor becomes WIPO´s only tool for tracking international trademark registrations.

Source: http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/

 

António Campinos will be the new EPO President from June 2018

Beitragsdatum: 
02. November 2017
Categories: 
EPO - European Patent Office, Intellectual Property, Patents
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European Patent Office, EPO President, 2018

Benoît Battistelli, the current President of the European Patent Office (EPO) will be ending his 5-year term as the EPO President in the end of May 2018. The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation has elected Portuguese António Campinos to fulfill his position as the EPO President.

  

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Ritter Sport´s 3D trademark remains registered in Germany

Beitragsdatum: 
24. Oktober 2017
Categories: 
Decisions, German Federal Court, German Trademarks, Intellectual Property Law, Three-dimensional trademarks, Trademarks
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2017, 3-D-Mark, German Trademarks, German Federal Court

In its recent decision of 18 October 2017, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) held square-shaped chocolate packaging eligible for protection as three-dimensional trademarks and annulled two previous rulings of the German Federal Patent Court (BPatG). Consequently, the cases are remitted back to the German Federal Patent Court.

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IP Rights after Brexit: The European Commission lists five general principles in its position paper

Beitragsdatum: 
10. Oktober 2017
Categories: 
Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Law, IP Rights
Tags: 
Brexit, 2017, IP law

On 6 September 2017 the European Commission published its position paper on issues regarding IP rights after the withdrawal date of the UK. It lays down the main principles to be taken into account in the negotiations under the Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon with the UK.

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October 01, 2017: Next wave of changes brought by the EU Trademark Regulation

Beitragsdatum: 
29. September 2017
Categories: 
Intellectual Property Law, Trademark Law, Trademarks
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European Union Trademark, New EU Trademark Law, 01. October 2017

As posted earlier in our post from 10 April 2017 , the second part of changes regarding the new EU Trademark Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2015/2424) will come into force on 1 October 2017, as the changes had to be made through secondary legislation.

Geographical Indications: IP Protection for Wines, Foodstuffs and Agricultural Products

Beitragsdatum: 
16. August 2017
Categories: 
Geographical Indications, IP Rights
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2017, GI, Geographical Indications

Geographical Indications, also known as GIs, are forms of intellectual property protection designed to protect indications associated with a location. GIs provide consumers accurate information regarding the origin of a product, as well as promote local production and enhance competitiveness. With its nearly 3,400 registered geographical indications, the European Union has been traditionally the forerunner in the field. Germany is well-known for its beers, but what else comes from Germany? In the map below is elaborated well-known GIs of Germany based on their origin.​

 

Source: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture website.

 

140 years of industrial property protection in Germany: Traveling through time with German Patent and Trademark Office

Beitragsdatum: 
31. Juli 2017
Categories: 
German Patent and Trademark Office, Intellectual Property, IP Rights
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2017, DPMA, German Patent and Trademark Office

This year, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) celebrates its 140th anniversary as an authority. During its long journey it has adapted to many changes and through its constant evolvement it has gained its place as number one of the national IP offices in the Europe.

 

(Source:DPMA website) 

 

Publication: WIPO´s Third Edition of Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions is Released

Beitragsdatum: 
18. Juli 2017
Categories: 
Domains, WIPO
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2017, Domain, Cybersquatting

The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, better known as UDRP, offers a sustainable alternative for litigation by means of standardized dispute resolution for cybersquatting cases. In order to enhance predictability and legal security, in May 2017 WIPO released its “WIPO Jurisprudential Overview 3.0” to give an insight into WPO´s Panel consensual views.