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Austria

  • DLA Nordic
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  • Austria
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  • April 23 2013

The latest statistics for 2011 on the seizure of counterfeit goods, published by the Austrian customs authorities, show that the number of incidents

Short sports broadcast clips

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Austria, European Union
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  • November 28 2011

On 10 September, the European Official Journal published a notice of a case brought in June 2011 to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) concerning whether the provision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS Directive) that makes short news clips virtually free violates fundamental property rights

ECJ ruling means cup half full for drinks retailer

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Austria, European Union
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  • March 10 2010

The ECJ has made a preliminary ruling that PAGO International GmbH’s Community trade mark can benefit from the protection afforded by Article 9(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 4094 as the trade mark is known by a significant part of the relevant public in a substantial part of the EU

ECJ rules that reputation in one EU member state may constitute “reputation in the Community”

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Austria, European Union
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  • December 31 2009

In a reference from the Austrian Supreme Court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that for the purposes of Article 9(1)(c) of the Community Trademark Regulation (4094EC), reputation in a single member state of the European Community may be considered to constitute a substantial part of the territory of the Community

Austria is a ‘substantial part’ of the EC for CTM infringement

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Austria, European Union
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  • December 16 2009

The ECJ has made a preliminary ruling that PAGO International GmbH’s Community trade mark can benefit from the protection afforded by Article 9(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 4094 as the trade mark is known by a significant part of the relevant public in a substantial part of the EU

EU countries not allowed to make bilateral arrangements on the protection of geographical indications

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Austria, European Union
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  • November 11 2009

On 8 September 2009, in Budejovický Budvar (C- 47807), the ECJ answered preliminary questions of an Austrian court with respect to the protection in a Member State of a geographical indication of provenance of another Member State (in this case the designation ‘Bud’

Decision ECJ Community Trademark

  • NautaDutilh
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  • Austria, European Union
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  • October 12 2009

In a case between the Austrian companies Pago International GmbH and Tirolmilch registrierte Genossenschaft mbH, the ECJ recently held that Austria may, under the circumstances of that case, be regarded as a "substantial part" of the European Community for the purposes of establishing whether the CTM in question has a "reputation in the Community" within the meaning of Article 9(1)(c) of the Community Trademark Regulation ("CTM Regulation"

ECJ: Austria is a substantial part of the European Community

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Austria, European Union
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  • October 6 2009

Today, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") rendered its judgment in the case PAGOTirol Milch

Bad-faith bunnies: Case C-52907 Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG v Franz Hauswirth GmbH (11 June 2009)

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Austria, European Union
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  • September 14 2009

This was a referral to the ECJ arising from a dispute about chocolate Easter bunnies

Tactical trade marks and bad faith bunnies?

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • Austria, European Union, United Kingdom
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  • August 27 2009

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) had provided guidance to the national Austrian court as to the factors to be considered when determining whether a registration applied for in the knowledge that other very similar marks were being used in the Community is to be considered as having been made in bad faith