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CJEU provides clarity on the sending and receiving of data
- Wragge & Co LLP
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- European Union
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- October 24 2012
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has provided guidance on whether website use of the content of a database protected by the sui generis database right amounts to 'extraction' or 're-utilisation' for the purpose of assessing infringement. It has also confirmed where that use is to be regarded as having taken place
Special things made simple: a summary of the evaluation of trade mark distinctiveness for advertising slogans
- Wragge & Co LLP
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- European Union
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- July 19 2012
In the case of Smart Technologies ULC v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market the Court of Justice of the European Union summarised the approach to be taken when assessing the distinctiveness of trade marks - particularly, advertising slogans
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
Big boost for brands
- Wragge & Co LLP
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- European Union, United Kingdom
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- June 18 2009
In a dispute concerning downmarket fragrances intended to be smell-a-likes for several of L'Oreal's famous perfumes, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has provided guidance to the UK Court of Appeal which will be welcomed by many brand owners
Software patents in Europe
- Wragge & Co LLP
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- European Union
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- April 28 2009
Alison Brimelow, President of the European Patent Office (EPO), has entered the fray on the vexed subject of the patentability of software and has referred various questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
European Court gives boost to selective distribution strategies for luxury trade mark owners
- Wragge & Co LLP
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- European Union
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- April 24 2009
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has provided guidance, which strengthens the ability of luxury trade mark owners to maintain and enforce a selective distribution network for branded goods
Questions on supplementary protection certificates referred to the European Court of Justice
- Wragge & Co LLP
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- European Union, United Kingdom
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- April 16 2009
The English High Court has referred questions to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) concerning the meaning of several provisions of the Supplementary Protection Certificate Regulation (176892
Sofia, so good? First IP reference to the ECJ from Bulgaria clarifies the scope of protection for databases
- Wragge & Co LLP
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- Bulgaria, European Union
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- March 18 2009
The right to prohibit extraction and re-utilisation of a substantial part of a protected database was established more than a decade ago by Directive 969EC (the Database Directive
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- Jurisdiction - European Union
- Workarea - Intellectual Property
- Author - Gordon Harris