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Earlier this month, EUIPO’s Board of Appeal ruled on an opposition between German drink brand Jägermeister and French company Les Bordes over ownership of a stylised Hubertus stag.

La Cour constitutionnelle fédérale allemande a ouvert la voie pour que l'Allemagne mette enfin en œuvre l’accord sur la Juridiction Unifiée en matière de Brevets (JUB). De ce fait, le brevet unitaire ...

International registration systems are an important route for the protection of designs. Anne-Catherine Schihin introduces a new tool to protect design rights in the countries of the former USSR.

By removing the need for prior approval by ANVISA, the patent process for pharmaceutical and biotechnology products has been shortened and associated costs reduced.

Owners of registered EU rights benefited from the automatic cloning of those rights onto the UK register at the end of the Brexit transition period, but pending rights were not similarly converted. Lu...

Last month, the General Court of the European Union achieved a new milestone when it handed down its first-ever judgement on a sound mark registration, presented as an MP3 file. Koen de Winder sets ou...

Les similitudes d'emballage entre la bière Howler's stout et le lait chocolaté MILO® de Nestlé ont fait l'objet d'un procès en Australie le mois dernier, l'affaire illustrant la nécessité de protéger ...

Unlike trademark registration systems, which are national or regional by nature, the internet offers a global and potentially limitless market. Businesses with the same or confusingly similar company ...

Pressure on hospitality and a spike in counterfeits are just some of the pressures facing the drinks industry. Drinks companies have diversified their products and ranges, and implemented new strategi...

The estate of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren successfully established last year that a German version of the song ‘Hey, Pippi Longstocking’ infringed its copyright. To mark the launch of the new offic...

The UKIPO recently upheld an opposition by Cambridge University to a trademark application by Chadlington Brewery Limited, for the mark ‘Cambridge Blue’, claiming beers in Class 32. The decision offer...

The European patent system provides companies with an efficient structure for protecting inventions in Europe. However, there are a number of crucial points to consider if they are to make the best us...

Assumptions that the shape mark is dead may have been overturned this month, after the General Court of the EU found the shape of a lipstick suitable for trademark protection. While it is not easy to ...

A recent report by EUIPO on the risks and damages posed by IP infringement in Europe has identified that nearly one in 10 European consumers believe they have been tricked into buying counterfeit good...

Finally, some good news for the Unitary Patent. Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has rejected the two applications for a preliminary injunction against the German Act of Approval to the Unified ...

L'arrêt "Musée des illusions" rappelle que l'appréciation du risque de confusion doit être envisagée de manière globale et ne peut résulter d'une application mécanique des principes, comme l'explique ...

As much as we would like to live in a world with no trademark infringement, unfortunately, it is a reality for many businesses. And while you may not be able to prevent trademark infringement complete...

Koen de Winder examines ‘image rights’ in the context of a Dutch model’s attempt to register her portrait as a trademark.

On 21 July 2021, we gathered a panel of Novagraaf and industry experts to discuss the IP trends and challenges facing the spirits, wine and beer sectors.

Gucci a devancé Rolex à la place indésirable de "marque de luxe la plus contrefaite sur TikTok" dans une étude de 24 heures portant sur 40 marques populaires sur l'application publiée ce mois-ci. Cett...