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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Counterfeiting in the EU - One Minute in the life of the EU Customs

Beitragsdatum: 
06. September 2013
Categories: 
Counterfeiting
Tags: 
EU Counterfeiting Report, Product Piracy
Did you know that every minute 219 counterfeit goods are detained in the EU? Fact is that the value of intercepted goods in 2012 was still extremely high, at nearly €1 billion. The EU Counterfeiting Report 2012 in detail gives statistics on the type, provenance and transport method of counterfeit products detained at the EU's external borders. According to the report, cigarettes accounted for a large number of interceptions (31%), miscellaneous goods (e.g. bottles, lamps, glue, batteries, washing powder) were the next largest category (12%), followed by packaging materials (10%). Postal and courier packages accounted for around 70% of customs interventions in 2012, with 23% of the detentions in postal traffic concerning medicines.  

German Innovation Prize - 250.000 EUR to be awarded

Beitragsdatum: 
05. September 2013
Categories: 
German Patent and Trademark Office
Tags: 
Deutscher Zukunftspreis, Innovation, Technik
For the 17th time the German Innovation Prize (in German: "Deutscher Zukunftspreis - Preis des Bundespräsidenten für Technik und Innovation") has been launched. The winners of this renown prize will be handed over by the German Federal President and will receive 250.000 EUR.

DEADLINE TO PARTICIPATE: 2 December 2013

The 2012 Annual Report 2012 of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office

Beitragsdatum: 
05. August 2013
Categories: 
German Patent and Trademark Office
Tags: 
Annual Report 2012, DPMA, German Patent and Trademark Office, GPTO
The world's fifth largest national patent and trade mark office (GPTO / DPMA) has now published its annual report 2012 English, which includes information and statistics all around patents, trademarks, utility models, designs etc. GPTO_Annual_Report_2012_Front_Page_Seite_1                    GPTO_Annual_Report_2012_Chart_Overview_Seite_2

How to surely kill innovation...

Beitragsdatum: 
10. Juli 2013
Categories: 
Innovation
Tags: 
Ideas, Innovation
Being active as IP attorneys and dealing with various large and small companies and helping them protect their intellectual property, we often see the internal struggles. The following cartoon by Tom Fishburne pinpoints and clearly visualizes the problems on how and why innovative ideas are abandoned.   110124_voodoo-400x293   We thank Tom Fishburne and his "marketoonists" for allowing the use on this blog.

Where US trademarks are headquartered - "The Corporate States of America" - a Piece of ART

Beitragsdatum: 
26. Juni 2013
Categories: 
Brand Value
Tags: 
Intellectual Property, Trademarks, USA
By chance we came across this piece of artwork called "The Corporate States of America". It is a graphic design developed by the writer, graphic artist and photographer Steve Lovelace. As trademark and design enthusiasts, we thought we must share this with you. Corporate_States_of_America_by_Steve_Lovelace (c) 2012 Steve Lovelace

Best Global Green Brands 2013

Beitragsdatum: 
24. Juni 2013
Categories: 
Intellectual Property
Tags: 
Best Global Green Brands, Trademarks

Interbrand just recently published its 3rd Annual Green Brands Report. Revealed below are the top ranked 50 "green" brands. Interbrand's reports - including sector overviews, articles and interviews etc. - can be viewed on the Interbrand website - Best Global Green Brands 2013.

 

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Top Community Trademark Applicants 2012

Beitragsdatum: 
17. Juni 2013
Categories: 
Community Trademark
Tags: 
Community Trademark, CTM Applicants
S.M.D. Markeur just recently published the top 20 applicants of Community Trademarks 2012: SMD_ctm_facts_2012_top_applicants   For more information please be referred to the source: Country Index of S.M.D. Markeur

Football Brands 2013 - Which one is the most valuable one in the world?

Beitragsdatum: 
06. Juni 2013
Categories: 
Brand Value
Tags: 
Bayern München, Most valuable football brand, Trademarks
Bayern München - meanwhile the no. 1 football brand in the world. Needless to say, as a Munich based IP an trademark law firm and enthusiastic football fans, it is an absolute "must" that we report that our city's team has climbed to the top of the most valuable football brands in the world. Bayern Munich just recently won the Champions League Final in London on May 25, 2013 - Europe's premier football tournament. For more information please see BrandFinance's just published report of May 2013 - which includes an executive summary, charts, brand value and much more.

14 June 2013: Munich Patent Law Conference - Calculating Damages in Patent Infringement Cases

Beitragsdatum: 
30. Mai 2013
Categories: 
Decisions
Tags: 
Calculating Patent Law Damages in Germany France UK Netherlands Japan USA, Munich Patent Law Conference 2013
This upcoming Munich Patent Law Conference on 14 June 2013 held in English will focus on:

"Calculating patent damages in six (6) countries, namely

Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Japan, and USA".

IP5 - the five largest IP Offices - receive nearly 2 million patent applications

Beitragsdatum: 
22. Mai 2013
Categories: 
Innovation
Tags: 
IP5, Patent Filings 2012, Patent Statistics

On 22 May 2013 the five largest IP Offices around the world known as "IP5" just published their data on the 2012 patent applications. Members of IP5 are:

1. the European Patent Office (EPO),

2. the Japan Patent Office (JPO),

3. the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)

4. the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO),

5. the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Almost 1.98 million patent applications were filed at the world's five largest patent offices in 2012 according to the preliminary statistics. Compared to 2011 that is an increase of 10.5%.