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Personal names as trade marks in the light of Barbara Becker v Harman International Industries, Inc., OHIM

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • June 29 2011

In Germany personal names are protected under 12 BGB (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch Civil Law Code

The endless bunny hunt: Court of Justice of the European Union rules on trademark protection for shape of chocolate bunnies

  • Jones Day
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  • Austria, European Union, Germany
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  • July 12 2012

With its recent Lindt & Sprüngli decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") confirmed its earlier decisions that tighten the threshold for the inherent distinctiveness of three-dimensional trademarks

A further German chapter to the AdWord saga - the German Federal Supreme Court publishes the grounds to the decision in Bananabay II

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • August 1 2011

Last week, the German Federal Supreme Court published the grounds of its third trade mark decision concerning Google AdWords

CJEU judgment regarding the modernisation of marks under German trademark law

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • March 25 2013

With a judgment of October 25, 2012 (file no. C-55311) the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") provided owners of trademark rights with

La CGUE sull'uso del marchio in forma diversa da quella in cui è stato registrato

  • Callegari & Martini Avvocati
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  • European Union, Germany, Italy
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  • January 10 2013

Con sentenza dello scorso 25 ottobre, la Corte di Giustizia dell'Unione Europea ("CGUE") si è pronunciata nella causa C-55311 tra i tedeschi

CMS brands review

  • CMS
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  • Belgium, European Union, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom
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  • November 12 2010

It has been well over a decade since the Trade Marks Directive came into force, approximating the law on trade marks across Europe

L’Oréal v. eBay: the Court of Justice of the European Union tightens liability of online marketplace operators the CJEU

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • European Union, France, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • August 11 2011

The long awaited decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in L’Oréal v. eBay was handed down last month

Use of modified marks new references from Germany and the UK to the Court of Justice

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • European Union, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • April 26 2012

The German Federal Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal of England & Wales have referred questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the use of trademarks in a modified form to that on the register

Another win for perfume brands before the CJEU

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • July 23 2010

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed that perfume testers that were marked "Not for Sale" were not put on the market in the European Economic Area (EEA) by the marks' proprietors or with its consent in accordance with Article 13(1) of the Community Trade Mark Regulation (EC) No 4094 (the Regulation)and Article 7(1) of the Trade Marks Directive (the Directive

Ferrero's strategy pays off in opposition against 'Kinder' mark

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, Germany, Italy
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  • July 26 2012

In Wohlfahrt v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) (Case T-58010, May 16 2012), the General Court has rejected Harald Wohlfahrt’s appeal against a decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM in which the latter had upheld an opposition by Ferrero

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