Wednesday, 28 November 2012

New Accessions to the Madrid Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks

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Designation of the Philippines and Colombia became possible under the Madrid Protocol in the framework of the Madrid System for the Interna...
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Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Open Access to Scientific Research Information in the EU

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The European Commission has announced its plans to improve access to scientific information produced in Europe in order to increase innova...
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Tuesday, 17 July 2012

European patent owners’ scope for procedural action under Regulation (EC) 44/2001 strengthened

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We have learned from our good friend Aurelio López-Tarruella that in a judgment given on 12 July 2012, in reply to a request for a prel...
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012

European Parliament and Council at loggerheads over unitary European patent. Next chapter: September 2012

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On 10 July 2012 there was lively debate on the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament over the suggestion made by the Council ...
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Friday, 6 July 2012

Important Ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union directly affecting practice (IP TRANSLATOR)

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A recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the IP Translator case ( C-307/10 ) has held that where an applicant speci...
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Thursday, 12 April 2012

The selection and use of a reputed trademark as a keyword with “due cause” does not constitute infringement of the rights of the trademark holder. Judgment of the CJEU of 22 September 2011, Interflora (C-462/09).

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1.    Background.   Interflora, the famous network of independent florists with whom clients may place orders in person, on the telephone o...
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012

The surface appearance of the glass of a bottle may be registered as a Community trademark. Judgment of the CJEU of 20 October 2011, Freixenet (C-344/10 P & C-345/10 P).

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1.    Background.  The company Freixenet filed applications with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) for trademark ...
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