Understanding Trademark Law Through the Lens of Halloween: A Spooky Guide

Post date: 
October 30, 2024
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Brand, European Union Trademark, Trademark Law, Trademarks, IP Rights, Intellectual Property Law
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#halloween

Understanding Trademark Law Through the Lens of Halloween: A Spooky Guide

Halloween, with its pumpkins, costumes, and haunted houses, is one of the most exciting and creative times of the year. But behind the spooky masks and candy bowls lies a complex world of Intellectual Property Law, especially trademarks, which many businesses need to navigate carefully during the season.

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

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December 01, 2017
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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. 

 

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

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November 07, 2017
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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

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November 02, 2017
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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

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October 24, 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

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October 10, 2017
Categories: 
Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Law, IP Rights
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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

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September 29, 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

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August 16, 2017
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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

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July 31, 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

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July 18, 2017
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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.

 

 

The Global Innovation Index 2017: “Innovation Feeding the World”

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June 22, 2017
Categories: 
Global Innovation Index, Innovation
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Global Innovation Index, 2017

Innovation is one of the key factors driving economic growth and development.

This year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the well-known Global Innovation Index (GII), which gives a fresh view to the measuring of innovation worldwide.

 

 

 The GII ranks innovation capabilities and results of world economies. It was first introduced by INSEAD in 2007, and today it is co-published with Cornell University and the WIPO, in collaboration with the 2017 GII Knowledge Partners who, by means of analytics and case studies contribute to the elaboration of GII.