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3. June 2024

What is the public allowed to know?

BGH, default judgment of February 22, 2024 - I ZR 217/22 It is now a matter of course that lawyers must represent their clients' interests in the media as well as in law. In trademark law, Section 19c of the German Trademark Act (MarkenG) plays an important role in the representation of interests because this

Category iconTrademark Law

Medikament orale Verabreichung

7. March 2022

BPatG: Patent claim of cancer drug on active substance as salt

European patent 2 305 255 was provisionally declared invalid to the extent of patent claim 12 with effect for Germany. It concerns a cancer drug with a patent claim to the active substance sorafenib tosylate, i.e. to the salt of the active substance sorfenib for oral administration.

Category iconHealthcare & Lifesciences

Euro - KMU Fonds 2022

4. March 2022

Grant for European IP Protection: SME Fund 2022

On the initiative of the EU Commission, the EUIPO will continue to offer financial support for SMEs for IP protection applications in 2022. The new edition of the SME Fund programme promotes the European protection of trade marks, designs and patents.

Category iconDesign Law,  International Intellectual Property,  Patent Law,  Trademark Law

Marke im Bereich Getränke

25. February 2022

CODE-X vs. Cody’s: Likelihood of confusion in drinks?

A case on likelihood of confusion of trade marks for beverages was decided before the CFI: CODE-X v. Cody's. A relevant aspect was the question of whether phonetic similarity is particularly significant in the beverage sector. Not in the present case, the CFI ruled.

Category iconTrademark Law

EOS Markenanmeldung

24. February 2022

EOS lip balm no 3D trademark – appeal before ECJ not admissible

The EOS lip balm is an eye-catcher - yet its registration as a European 3D trademark was refused, most recently before the CFI. Now, the ECJ has ruled in this matter: plaintiff EOS (Luxembourg) failed in its appeal against the CFI ruling - and therefore in its registration as a 3D trade mark.

Category iconTrademark Law

Europa

22. February 2022

PAP is in force: UPC possible in 2022

It has been expected for years, and now the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is probably coming in 2022: The last phase of the construction of the UPC, the so-called PAP, came into force on 19 January 2022. So to say, the UPC is "born", now it has to become grown up.

Category iconPatent Law

Kürbiskernöl

21. February 2022

CFI: Pumpkin seed oil + PGI symbol

In the dispute concerning the registration of the EU figurative mark 'Steirisches Kürbiskernöl g. g. A.', the question before the CFI was whether a figurative mark containing figurative elements and, inter alia, the PGI symbol 'g.g.A.' was rightly regarded by the Board of Appeal as misleading with regard to protection

Category iconTrademark Law

China tritt Haager Abkommen bei

17. February 2022

China joins the Hague Agreement

WIPO announced China's accession to the Hague Agreement. From 5 May 2022, international design applications in and from China will therefore be quick and easy.

Category iconDesign Law

SPOTIFY v POTIFY

15. February 2022

SPOTIFY v POTIFY – a ‘pot’ app

The music streaming service Spotify won a trademark dispute in the USA over the app name POTIFY - an app for medicial Marijuana. Spotify successfully claimed that its own brand SPOTIFY was diluted by the app name POTIFY - which was allegedly inspired by Shopify and ''pot".

Category iconTrademark Law

NFT Hermés - NFT Kunst

14. February 2022

Crypto trading: NFT for luxury and art

Crypto trades with NFT promise proportional participation in luxury brands and works of art; for this year's Valentine's Day, for example, the sale of NTFs on Klimt's "Kiss". But there are also legal disputes in the digital crypto world: Hermès as well as Sotherby's are in litigation over NFT, as is Quentin Tarantino.

Category iconProduct- and Trademark piracy

Käpt'n Iglo - maritime Werbung

11. February 2022

Shipwreck for Iglo: lawsuit over figure Käpt’n Iglo

Iglo sued Appel Feinkost for misleading advertising of fish products, but failed before the Munich Regional Court in 2020.  On 10 February, the OLG Munich heard the case: Iglo probably failed again in the dispute over likelihood of confusion for the advertising figure Käpt'n Iglo.

Category iconProduct- and Trademark piracy

Schuhe MADE IN ITALY

10. February 2022

CFI: Shoes MADE IN ITALY

An interesting case concerning shoes MADE IN ITALY was decided before the CFI. Was there a likelihood of confusion between the signs MAIMAI MADE IN ITALY and YAMAMAY? The analogy between the letters Y and I was also discussed, as was the distinctiveness of the element MADE IN ITALY - for shoes.

Category iconTrademark Law

value in dispute

8. February 2022

Germany: Value in dispute and costs in proceedings

In general, in court proceedings the unsuccessful party must bear the costs. And the corresponding value in dispute is determined by the court "at its discretion" in Germany. The BPatG has ruled on such a question, on a value in dispute in patent invalidity proceedings with expiry of the patent in suit.

Category iconPatent Law

Wortfolgen mit Sport - Marke für Sporttrikot

7. February 2022

POWER YOUR SPORT – slogans as German trademark

Is it possible to protect slogans that have proven themselves to customers or in company advertising, for example, as a trademark? This often fails. The current decision of the German BPatG is all the more interesting: POWER YOUR SPORT as trademark for sports jerseys?

Category iconTrademark Law

Grillschale Design

4. February 2022

Grill bowl design: patent drawings against design

In the legal dispute about two grill bowl designs before the CFI, the contested GRILL BOWL Community design was challenged in its individual character because of an older national grill bowl design - submitted as a patent specification. May the patent claims be used in the comparison of the overall impression?

Category iconDesign Law

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