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The French Supreme Court confirms the use of a competitor’s trademark as keyword

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • March 11 2013

This particular case involved two competitors, Cobrason and Solutions, which both sell video and hi-fi products online. Cobrason noticed that when an

OEM products may not infringe trademarks in China - Shanghai High Court 3rd Civil Tribunal (IP) Final No.65 (2009), decision of 2 November 2009, Shanghai Shenda Audio Electronics v. Jiulide Electronics (Shanghai)

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • China
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  • October 15 2010

The Shanghai Higher People's Court upheld a lower court's decision that OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) products do not infringe a registered trademark in China if they are manufactured and exported to the order of a different owner of the same trademark abroad

Imprint of former Eastern Cloc symbols on clothes does not constitute use as a trademark - Federal Court of Justice, Decisions of 14 January 2010, I ZR 8208 ("CCCR") and I ZR 9208 ("DDR")

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Germany
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  • October 14 2010

The Federal Court of Justice decided in two cases that the use of Eastern Bloc symbols as imprints on clothes does not constitute use as a trademark as the relevant public does not perceive them as indications of commercial origin

Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the context of the opening to competition of online gambling in France

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • October 14 2010

As online gambling in France is opening to competition, sports associations, corporations and organizations are seeking to secure their intellectual property rights protecting their names and the names of the competitions they organize and redouble their efforts against bookmakers who are using the names

Grohe's trademarks infringed by domain name grohekranenshop.nl - District Court of The Hague, Decisions of 2 Ceptember 2010

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Netherlands
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  • October 14 2010

The provisions judge of the District Court of The Hague ruled that the domain name grohekranenshop.nl held by R&M Company (R&M) infringed Grohe AG's trade name and trademarks

Court of Justice confirms rejection of Calvin Klein's opposition to a Community trademark application starting with "CK"

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Spain
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  • October 14 2010

The Spanish company Zafra Marroquineros SL (Zafra) applied for the registration of "CK CREACIONES KENNYA" as a Community trademark for goods in classes 18 and 25

A decision in favor of a tobacco manufacturer: a trademark cannot be cancelled on the basis of a prior trademark not genuinely used for five years

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • October 14 2010

Next Retail Ltd. (Next Retail), an English company operating in the clothing sector, is the owner of two French nominative trademarks "Next"

Civil proceedings against parallel imports into Russia: grounds for optimism - Higher Arbitrazh Court, decision of 5 August 2010

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Russia
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  • October 14 2010

Since its introduction into Russian trademark law in 2002, the principle of exhaustion of trademark rights has not been given as much attention by the legal community as it has in 2009 and 2010

Long slogans lack distinctiveness in general

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Germany
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  • October 14 2010

The Federal Court of Justice decided on the distinctiveness of long slogans and held that, in general, the relevant public did not perceive long slogans as an indication of origin

Use of mark in sale of medical devices solely for testing prior to FDA approval is bona fide and therefore constitutes "use in commerce" for establishing priority

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • USA
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  • October 14 2010

In a precedential decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, opposer AutoMedx Inc. (AutoMedx), represented by Hogan Lovells, was granted protection for its SAVe mark on portable ventilators after establishing its priority of use over the mark SAVE for similar goods sought to be registered by Applicant ArtiVent Corporation