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

Post date: 
November 18, 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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Geographical Indications (GIs) and the upcoming changes to the EU system starting in December 2025

Post date: 
February 13, 2024
Categories: 
EUIPO, European Intellectual Property Office, IP Rights, Intellectual Property Law, Geographical Indications

The protection system of geographical indications (GIs) in the European Union is set to undergo changes as two new specific EU regulations were recently adopted. The framework in place since 1992 to protect wines, spirit drinks and agricultural products will be modernised, while geographical indications for craft and industrial products will be eligible for protection at EU level for the first time in history.

15 Years LexDellmeier - 2024 New Year Wishes

Post date: 
January 07, 2024
Categories: 
Trademark Law, Trademarks, IP Rights
Tags: 
#LexDellmeier, #year2024, #iprights, #ralfgebhardtlandscapes

LexDellmeier, the creative trademark, design, copyright and licensing law experts from Munich, Germany, and its team members would like to extend to all clients, colleagues and IP friends from around the world a happy, healthy and successful New Year 2024!

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Slogan “IN PURSUIT OF ANSWERS“ and others not registrable as trademarks according to EUIPO

Post date: 
November 21, 2023
Categories: 
EUIPO, European Intellectual Property Office, European Union Trademark, Trademark Law, Trademarks

Protecting slogans as trademarks is becoming more difficult. The European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO’s) Board of Appeal (BoA) has dealt with the question of  registrability of slogans as trademarks in no less than three decisions recently. 

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All these small Gimmicks – Trademark Infringement?

Post date: 
September 05, 2023
Categories: 
Trademarks, Decisions, German Federal Court

All these small Gimmicks – Trademark Infringement?

Vacation time. Travelling time. Hamburg. Miniatur Wunderland - the world´s largest model railway. An amazing place to spend a whole day, discovering all the small gimmicks that the Wunderland crew has built and is still continuing to expand. Looking at all the trademarks used, one might wonder if this could be considered trademark infringement. Earlier this year, the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) had to decide about a similar question and we would like to share the decision.

(Source:  BGH, I ZR 86/22, Decision of 12 January 2023)

Fight against product piracy and counterfeits - EUIPO unveils “EBSI-ELSA” – a promising initiative for assuring product authenticity

Post date: 
July 17, 2023
Categories: 
EUIPO, European Intellectual Property Office, Product Piracy, Trademark Law, Trademarks, IP Rights, Counterfeiting

The EUIPO is establishing an important feature, a new initiative that they call “a ground-breaking step in global supply chain product authentication”: “EBSI-ELSA”.

Be honest - Have you ever bought counterfeit goods or illegally consumed digital content?

Post date: 
June 29, 2023
Categories: 
EUIPO, European Intellectual Property Office, Product Piracy, IP Rights, Counterfeiting

Be honest - Have you ever bought counterfeit goods or illegally consumed digital content?

On 12 June 2023, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published an interesting article on counterfeits and illegal electronic content. As an IP boutique specializing in non-technical intellectual property rights, we come across counterfeits all the time and we found the study very interesting and would like to share some of its main findings with you.

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Women IP Founders Interview 2023 - IP Stars / Managing IP - Alexandra Dellmeier - LexDellmeier IP Law Firm

Post date: 
May 21, 2023
Categories: 
Brand, IP Litigation, Trademark Law, Trademarks
Tags: 
#managingip, #LexDellmeier, #founder, #intellectualproperty, #womenfounders, #ipstrategy

Alexandra Dellmeier of LexDellmeier - Intellectual Property Law Firm Intellectual Property Office talks about her career in IP and running her own firm. In April 2023, Managing IP launched Women Founders list, a publication dedicated to highlighting the intellectual property firms that were founded or co-founded by women. The full interview in Managing IP can be found at: https://lnkd.in/eAkzqJkW and is also copied into the LexDellmeier Blog below.

INTERVIEW SERIES FOR THE WORLD IP DAY 2023, NO. 1: MEET DILA BALCI FROM HIVE EVENTS

Post date: 
April 26, 2023
Categories: 
IP Rights, Intellectual Property Law, Events, Intellectual Property
Tags: 
WorldIPDay, #ip

SAY “NO” TO FAKES & COUNTERFEITING

Post date: 
April 25, 2023
Categories: 
Trademark Law, Trademarks, Intellectual Property Law, Counterfeiting, Intellectual Property
Tags: 
Counterfeiting, IP, Product Piracy

The EU set its priorities for the next four years of combating severe and organized crime in May 2021. Within the framework of the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (“EMPACT”), a strategy plan has been developed and will be put into action between 2022 and 2025.

EUIPO DECISION ON WHEEL DESIGNS

Post date: 
April 11, 2023
Categories: 
EUIPO, IP Rights, Intellectual Property Law, Decisions, Design Law
Tags: 
Community Designs, EU Design Law

Rims and wheels have been under discussion regarding design protection for many years.