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Now in its sixth year, Class 46 is dedicated to European trade mark law and practice. This weblog is written by a team of enthusiasts who want to spread the word and share their thoughts with others.


	FRIDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2008 Bosnia-Herzegovina signs up for Madrid Protocol By Madrid (Marks) Notification No. 182 WIPO informs us of the deposit by the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 27 October 2008 of its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol. The Protocol will enter into force, with respect to Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 27 January 2009. Only last month Bosnia, which is preparing for closer ties with the European Union, also signed up for the Hague Agreement on industrial design registration. Posted by: Jeremy Phillips @ 08.17 Tags: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Madrid Protocol,

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Coming up this week in the European Court of Justice

Spain - The Princess and the Trade Mark Office.

Recent Community trade mark decisions from the CFI

European trade marks in a virtual world

Breaking news: ECJ ruling in Intel v CPM

Poland: TOKAJI as Hungarian GI can not be monopolized as trade mark

Wooden lexical inventions

Poland: trade mark in design

ECOBLUE appeal fails

Poland: and the winners are...

Quantum of product placement

Turkish court confirms status of bad faith as a ground of invalidity

Davidoff's Cool Water Testers and Exhaustion

AFRI-COLA part descriptive, part deceptive, part registrable

Poland: VIAGRA vs VIAGREEN has to wait because of VIA' GREEN

Genuine use and free distribution of goods

Spain – A sparkling Judgment: a Spanish Court enforces the French Geographical Indication “Champagne”.

Contempt of court: the risks of false testimony in trade mark infringement proceedings

Bang & Olufsen 3D trade mark: a substantial value in the shape

Polar bear cub trade marks in Germany: a definitive analysis

German Federal Supreme Court: "afilias.de"

RAUTARUUKKI fails to satisfy acquired distinctiveness criterion

Alicante News - issue 11/08

Spain – VIAGRA found to be a “well-known” trade mark.

No First Aid for Dutch EHBO in Summary Proceedings

Tasty new PGIs on the register

Upside down mark with a dot is unlikely to cause confusion

20 November -- a busy day?

Poland: principles of merchant's honesty in trade mark cases

OHIM fees: Charlie McCreevy speaks

German Federal Supreme Court: "SIERRA ANTIGUO"

Poland: how to build billboards

Dilution in Europe: Rapid Response Seminar

German Federal Supreme Court: Marlene Dietrich Image ("Marlene-Dietrich-Bildnis")

24-colour Munsell system colour mark refused as CTM

Lego: another brick in the wall

German Federal Supreme Court: 'Pantohexal'

Who Picked My Puck?.. Pardon, Cheese

GI amendment applications

Many European countries represented in the Country Brand Index

Italians seek PDO for PAGNOTTA DEL DITTAINO

89/104 is dead -- long live 2008/95

Adobe loses FLEX appeal

Spain - An old glory is being auctioned.

Do you use the trade mark bits on the UK IPO website?

OHIM: Amendments to the 'Manual of Trade Mark Practice'

Poland: VOGUE partially invalidated

Bosnia-Herzegovina signs up for Madrid Protocol

No restitutio in integrum for Neurim, says CFI

German Federal Supreme Court: Hansen-Bau

Henkel to reduce its trade mark portfolio

Refreshment Guidelines Refusal Trademarks on Absolute Grounds From Benelux Office for Intellectual Property

More time given for revalidation of Serbian IP rights

No grey or black suits for Dutch skaters!

First Bunnies Giving Back

Poland: Lindt's problems with Polish bunnies

More GI news

Ukraine: trade marks database to be accessible free of charge

Shoe motifs' scope of protection

Spain - Goverment to publish a "Manual of Best Practices in the Prosecution of Infringing Activities"

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