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
Tags: 
#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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HOT - Registration of laudatory signs as trade marks

Beitragsdatum: 
23. September 2015
Categories: 
Decisions
Tags: 
Decision, Distinctiveness, European General Court, Intellectual Property, Trademarks
The European General Court (EGC) rules that a word with laudatory connotations may be registered as a trade mark if it does not specifically describe the goods and services and not all of its meanings are exclusively laudatory. (Judgement: T-611/13 of 15 July 2015)
Background of the Case and Subject Matter

BMW’s trade mark rights infringed by spare parts business

Beitragsdatum: 
18. September 2015
Categories: 
Decisions
Tags: 
Decision, German Federal Court, German Trademarks, Intellectual Property, Likelihood of confusion
The German Federal Court of Justice ruled on two aspects of trade mark law in its recent decision. The conclusion of the Court was, firstly, that a mark which is registered in black and white is not identical with a mark in colour unless the difference is insignificant. Secondly, the production of plaques consisting merely of a car producer’s trade mark falls within the monopoly granted by the exclusivity right of the trade mark proprietor.    (Judgement: I Z 153/14 of 12 March 2015)

Counterfeiting Report 2015

Beitragsdatum: 
19. Juli 2015
Categories: 
Intellectual Property
Tags: 
Counterfeiting, Counterfeiting Report 2015, Product Piracy
The Situation Report on Counterfeiting in the European Union (EU), prepared by Europol and OHIM through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights is a first try to capture the complex reality of counterfeiting in the EU in 2015. 1. Introduction

LEGO S/A successfully defends its mini-figures

Beitragsdatum: 
17. Juli 2015
Categories: 
Brand
Tags: 
Best-Lock, Lego, three-dimensional trademarks
The European General Court (EGC) upholds the registrations of the shape of the Lego mini-figures as Community Trademarks (CTMs) (Judgments dated 16 June 2015; Cases T-395/14 and T-396/14). Background of the Case and Subject Matter

International work exchange through the Student Trainee Exchange Programme

Beitragsdatum: 
16. Juli 2015
Categories: 
Uncategorized
This year LexDellmeier is for the first time a part of the European Law Students’ Association’s Student Trainee Exchange Programme.

EGC: SWATCH vs. SWATCHBALL

Beitragsdatum: 
23. Juni 2015
Categories: 
Brand
Tags: 
European General Court, Likelihood of confusion, SWATCH, SWATCHBALL
The European General Court (EGC) dissmissed the appeal of the Swatch AG against the Community Trademark (CTM) application “SWATCHBALL“ by Panvision Europe Ltd (Judgment dated 19 May 2015; Case No.: T‑71/14). Background of the Case and Subject Matter

EGC: Pink Lady vs. English Pink

Beitragsdatum: 
17. Juni 2015
Categories: 
Brand
Tags: 
English Pink, European General Court, Likelihood of confusion, Pink Lady
The European General Court (EGC) decided that the decision of the BoA has to be annulled, but not altered   because it did not mention an earlier decision of a Community Trademark (CTM) court (Judgment dated 25 March 2015; Case No.: T‑378/13). Background of the Case and Subject Matter

Louis Vuitton loses its EU trademark protection for the chequerboard pattern

Beitragsdatum: 
18. Mai 2015
Categories: 
Uncategorized
The European General Court (EGC) decided that the chequerboard pattern device mark of Louis Vuitton is not distinctibe and therefore has to be declared null and void  (Judgment dated 21 April 2015; Case No.: T‑360/12). Background of the Case and Subject Matter

Trademarks: “SKY” and “Skype” confusingly similar

Beitragsdatum: 
13. Mai 2015
Categories: 
Uncategorized
The EGC decided that a likelihood of confusion between the word device/mark “Skype” and the word mark “SKY” exists (Judgment dated 5 May 2015; Case No.: T‑184/13). Background of the Case and Subject Matter

ECJ: No Discrimination by Language Selection

Beitragsdatum: 
11. Mai 2015
Categories: 
Uncategorized
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that the language selection of the European Patent Court is no discrimination (Judgment dated 05 May 2015; Case No.: C-147/13). Background of the Case and Subject Matter