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Loeb Smith Attorneys | European Union, Global, United Kingdom, etc. | 16 Dec 2016
Recent years have seen an unprecedented rise of the FinTech industry, i.e. financial technology businesses. According to the World…
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Bugnion SpA | European Union | 28 Jul 2016
And not even by national EU Court decisions...
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Loyens & Loeff | European Union | 22 Jul 2016
On 5 July 2015, the General Court of the European Union rendered its judgment in Case T-518/13, ruling that the repute of McDonald's trade marks…
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Mayer Brown | European Union | 13 Jun 2016
The EU Trademark Regulation (2015/2424/EU) amending the Community Trademark Regulation (207/2009/EC) entered into force on 23 March 2016 (the "new…
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Baker & Hostetler LLP | European Union, USA | 31 May 2016
As of March 23, 2016, the “Community Trade Mark” (CTM) is going by a new name: the “European Union Trade Mark” (EUTM), reflecting the evolution of…
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Squire Patton Boggs | European Union | 26 May 2016
SPEZOOMIX held to be confusingly similar to SPEZI In BrandGroup GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) and Brauerei S Riegele…
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Roschier, Attorneys Ltd | European Union, Finland, Sweden | 23 May 2016
On 29 February 2016, the Finnish Market Court ("Market Court") imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on the Finnish Bakery Federation for unlawful price…
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FRKelly | European Union | 16 May 2016
In LG Developpement v OHIM, the EU General Court has upheld a finding by the OHIM Board of Appeal of a likelihood of confusion between the trademark…
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP | European Union | 14 Apr 2016
Change isn't always easy, but the EU is giving it a go. The European Community's trademark office, known as the Office for Harmonization in the…
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Mayer Brown | European Union | 7 Apr 2016
The EU Trademark Regulation (2015/2424/EU) amending the Community Trademark Regulation entered into force on 23 March 2016 (the "new Regulation")…