World Intellectual Property Day and 50th anniversary of the WIPO Convention on 26 April 2020

February 18, 2020
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IP Rights, Intellectual Property Law, Intellectual Property, WIPO

World Intellectual Property Day and 50th anniversary of the WIPO Convention on 26 April 2020


The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) every April 26 with the aim to “learn about the role that Intellectual Property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity”. This year 2020, the WIPO Convention turns 50 on the same day. Two reasons for celebrating and for dedicating this day a very important topic: “Innovate for a Green Future”. 

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

February 22, 2019
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Brand
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Brands, Best Global Brands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQovQUga0VE

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

February 19, 2019
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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

February 13, 2019
Categories: 
Trademarks
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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

February 11, 2019
Categories: 
Intellectual Property, Likelihood of confusion, Trademarks
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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

January 23, 2019
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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

January 21, 2019
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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. 

 

Legal Trainee at LexDellmeier Intellectual Property Law Firm

January 10, 2019
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Uncategorized
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Trainee, Traineeship, Finnland

My name is Hanna Lahtela and I am a 25-year-old law student from Finland. I will be working as a Legal Trainee at LexDellmeier Intellectual Property Law Firm from January until the end of June 2019.

My interest in IP law started even before I was accepted to law school. One of our books for the admission test was about IP law and I received a strong basic knowledge already at that point. I am studying my fifth and final year at the University of Helsinki and my interest in IP law has just increased year by year. In 2016, I participated in the annual Nordic IP Moot Court Competition in a team of three persons. Currently I am working on my Master’s thesis regarding trademarks that are contrary to public order or morality.

European General Court: Distinctiveness of the Shape of an Amphora with a Bulge

January 07, 2019
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Community Trademark, European General Court, German Trademarks, Trademarks
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03 October 2018, European General Court, Amphora, 3D EUTM

The European General Court (GC) – quite surprisingly – overruled a decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Board of Appeal with its decision dated 3 October 2018 and ruled that the 3D mark showing the shape of a common amphora, but having a bulge, does not lack distinctiveness and is, therefore, registrable.

                                                              

                                      Applicant’s/claimant’s EUTM application no. 014886097 (3D mark)

LexDellmeier Holiday Greetings 2019 - Think outside the box

December 21, 2018
Categories: 
Brand, Christmas
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LexDellmeier, Holiday Greetings 2019, Think outside the box, Trademarks, Intellectual Property

WIPO: China again leads IP filings

December 17, 2018
Categories: 
Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Law, Ranking, WIPO
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3 December 2018, WIPO, WIPI, World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018, Ranking

On 3 December 2018, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its annual report on World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018 (WIPI). The report analyzes the IP activity around the world in the previous year 2017 and gives an insight on the overall number of filings, registrations and maintenance of trademarks, patents, utility models and designs.

                                                           

                                                                                                   Source: WIPI