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Red Bull loses colour trademarks

The Court of Justice of the EU dealt the final blow to Red Bull’s trademark registration yesterday (29 July), after it agreed with the EU General Court’s 2017 decision that the colour combinations were not sufficiently ‘clear and precise’, and therefore not able to function as trademarks.

Red Bull loses colour trademarks
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New manufacturing waiver to Supplementary Protection Certificates adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union

Regulation (EU) 2019/933 on Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) entered into force on 1 July 2019. It amended Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 on SPCs by introducing a manufacturing waiver for generics and biosimilars within the EU.

By Eric Enderlin,
New manufacturing waiver to Supplementary Protection Certificates adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union