Taylor Wessing | European Union | 26 Sep 2023
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
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
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
A French lawmaker has asked the EU General Court to overturn the Data Privacy Framework.
Lexology PRO | European Union | 8 Sep 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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…