A trademark as a sign enabling to distinguish the goods and services of one company from the goods and services of another company plays a very important role in free market economy. It does not...
10
Feb
What names can be registered as trademarks? A handful of the most essential tips
The process of choosing the name for one’s brand does not seem to be easy. The market of today is full of thousands of products and it is becoming more and more difficult to invent...
03
Dec
A bunch of Italian entrepreneurs are still trying to register a trademark with the symbol of cannabis – do such marks really incite consumers to use illegal substances?
In my previous publications on IP Blog I have already discussed the problems encountered by applicants in connection with registration of trademarks having some reference to hemp and cannabis (The symbol of cannabis is contrary...
03
Nov
Surname, first name, pseudonym, personal image – can they be regisrtered as a trademark in the Polish Patent Office or EUIPO?
On 24 March 2016 a Spanish company, Gaudí BCN Projects S.L., filed in EUIPO a trademark application no. 015270077 having the following representation:
The above mark was applied for services in class 35 (among others for...
27
May
Using a trademark in different form than registered and proofs of genuine use – part 2
The First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) presented its standpoint on the use of a trademark in different form than registered and the proofs of such use.
In a...
05
May
Using a trademark in different form than registered and proofs of genuine use – part 1
The First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) presented its standpoint on the use of a trademark in different form than registered and the proofs of such use.
In a...
14
Apr
What a trademark is like everyone can see… but, is it so obvious indeed? – Theory and practice in the light of EUIPO jurisprudence. Marks as the sound.
Our articles on various kinds of trademarks published systematically in a series under the title “What a trademark is like everyone can see… but is it so obvious indeed?” discussed among others sound marks as a...
17
Feb
A trademark cannot contain the symbol of cannabis. But is it always so sure?
A trademark cannot contain the symbol of cannabis. Such was the decision of the General Court of the European Union issued on 16 December 2019, which we broadly commented in one of our previous IP...
27
Jan
What a trademark is like everyone can see… but, is it so obvious indeed? – theory and practice in EUIPO’s judicial decisions
In our series of articles on various kinds of trademarks titled “What a trademark is like everyone can see…but, is it so obvious indeed?”, motion trademarks were mentioned among others as a category of marks...
02
Dec
Can XOXO be a trademark? The Court of the European Union says NO!
Can XOXO be registered as a trademark? The Court of the European Union decided that it cannot. Is it a further step of getting the practice stricter and stricter in the scope of assessing registrability...