The December 2016 issue of the European Trade Mark Reports (ETMR) has now been published.

To remind readers, the ETMR is a series of law reports published monthly by Sweet & Maxwell, is now available. The ETMR contains English-language reports, together with informative headnotes, of recent decisions from national and EU courts and intellectual property offices.  The second was a challenge launched by Puma against the EUIPO, based on (among other things) an alleged breach of the obligation to state reasons for office decisions, Unusually, this was a challenge that succeeded.

This issue features just two decisions. The first relates to the unsuccessful bid of designer Karen Millen to regain control over the right to make commercial use of her own name

MARQUES members are again reminded that, if they have been involved in European trade mark litigation which is of significant interest, and if they can provide an English-language text of the full decision of the court, the ETMR will be delighted to consider it for publication.