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Taylor Wessing | European Union | 26 Sep 2023
General Court in Wajos rules that container shape not registrable: EUIPO can raise additional absolute grounds objections any time before registration
The EU General Court has upheld a ruling partially refusing the registration of an amphora-like 3D container shape (depicted below)…
Lexology PRO | Belgium, European Union | 20 Sep 2023
EU secures much-needed win in Belgian tax case
The EU’s General Court has ordered Belgium to claw back €700 million in unpaid taxes from 55 companies, four years after first striking out the European Commission’s original state aid decision.
Taylor Wessing | European Union, Germany | 11 Sep 2023
Judgment of the General Court of 11th January 2023 - Hecht Pharma GmbH v EUIPO (Gufic)
The General Court (EU) held that the proof of a pharmacological effect of a “medicinal product” is not decisive for the classification of the product…
Lexology PRO | European Union, France | 8 Sep 2023
French MP opens second front against EU-US adequacy
A French lawmaker has asked the EU General Court to overturn the Data Privacy Framework.
Lexology PRO | European Union | 8 Sep 2023
EDPS action against Europol regulation fails
The EU General Court has dismissed European Data Protection Supervisor litigation seeking to annul new provisions of the Europol regulation.
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | European Union | 14 Aug 2023
EU General Court Upholds Refusal of 3D Bottle Shape Trade Mark
Contrary to the recent decision of the EUIPO Fifth Board of Appeal in holding that the shape of an Absolut vodka bottle is sufficiently distinctive…
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | European Union, Germany | 21 Jul 2023
No Love for Emojis to Act as Trade Marks
The Second Board of Appeal of the EUIPO has recently held that as a general rule, emojis are not perceived as an indication of origin and are…
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | European Union | 20 Jul 2023
The Expiry of Copyright of Well-Known Characters
In the aftermath of the release of a horror movie featuring a version of Winnie the Pooh that has fallen into the public domain, there has been much…
Bugnion SpA | European Union, USA | 10 Jul 2023
“Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus” [even Homer nods]. So why shouldn’t the GC?
It is understandable why (most) trademarks owners do not like the five-year dependency period of an international registration since in case of…
Mayer Brown | European Union | 10 Jul 2023
Key takeaways from the EU General Court’s judgment in TIB Chemicals AG (Case T-639/20)
On 5 July 2023, the General Court rendered its judgment in case T-639/20 TIB Chemicals AG. The action was dismissed but the judgment contains highly…
