Insights

On 8 December 2024, the EU Design Reform package finally entered into force. We explore what the changes mean for design owners in the EU.

EUIPO declared the trademark for Banksy's Monkey image invalid on the grounds of bad faith in 2021, but that Banksy trademark decision has now been overturned.

From producer to grape variety, vintage and alcohol level, wine labels include a range of information due to mandatory wine labelling requirements.

Find out how to keep patentable inventions confidential with contracts, whether you are filing a patent application or keeping a new invention secret.

Must a compound be shown to be suitable for each disease for first medical use claims to be sufficiently disclosed in applications for European patents, asks Matthieu Boulard.

Find out why deciding on your IP enforcement and protection strategy means keeping both the 'sword' and 'shield' functions of trademarks in mind.

A finding of invalidity against Puma provides a valuable warning of the dangers of accidental publication online before obtaining design registration.

A new edition of the Nice Classification system for international trademark registration will become available on 1 January 2023.

Find out why special care must be taken when using well-known characters, as an interesting UK case law development in copyright protection demonstrates.

Find out what hard seltzers are and why this popular drinks craze has fallen foul of global regulators.

What is the ‘normal use’ of an object under EU design law? A case concerning an EU design registration of a bike saddle set out to answer this question.

Find out why trademark enforcement based on "the marks only differ by one letter" rule can be damaging and costly, as the recent HOUSE OF ZANA v ZARA case shows.

Find out if the trademark owner should be held liable for a product defect, even if they did not manufacture the goods.

Find out how when it comes to tackling trademark infringement, IP registrations have been a vital cog in the success of the watch industry.

The countdown has begun to opt-out from the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court. We explain what can be opted out, by whom and how to manage opt-out declarations.

Caterpillar, Inc has successfully challenged the August 2020 European trademark application for ‘FLOWERCAT’ on the basis that the mark infringes its earlier rights to both the word and figurative (dev...

Les brevets destinés à protéger l'innovation ne sont demandés et détenus que par leur inventeur "humain", alors que se passe-t-il si une invention est réalisée entièrement et de manière autonome par u...

Lors de la diffusion d’un webinar par l’EUIPO le 10 mai dernier, il a été rappelé ce qui peut être déposé à titre de marque de l’Union européenne lorsque celle-ci fait référence aux drogues (termes et...

Lors d'un récent webinaire, Dr Kate McNamara de Novagraaf s'est joint à des experts de Questel pour discuter des nouvelles pratiques en matière de brevets européens.

Le Tribunal de l'Union européenne a rendu sa décision dans le litige de dix ans concernant la marque "Spinning", utilisée pour des produits et services liés à l'exercice physique, le 6 juillet 2022. A...