| Greece: Is EASY distinctive for coffee and tea? |
| Tags: Greece, Greek TM Office, EASY, relative grounds for refusal, likelihood of confusion, absolute grounds for refusal, distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 15/09/2016 @ 01.52 |
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| The battle of two online shops: Verkkokauppa.com v Veneilijanverkkokauppa |
| Tags: Finland, infringement, internet, distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Blog Administrator |
| Posted on 26/05/2016 @ 10.13 |
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| BGH decides in Bounty 3D trade mark enforcement case |
| Tags: 3D trade mark, acquried distinctiveness, survey |
| Posted By: Birgit Clark |
| Posted on 18/03/2016 @ 11.10 |
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| Germany: BGH confirms work title protection for smartphone-apps |
| Tags: work title, German trade marks, BGH, acquired distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Birgit Clark |
| Posted on 04/02/2016 @ 13.46 |
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| Nestlé loses KitKat appeal, but there may be more to come |
| Tags: KitKat, 3D shape, distinctiveness, registrability |
| Posted By: Blog Administrator |
| Posted on 20/01/2016 @ 15.16 |
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| General Court: LEGO mini-figures win |
| Tags: General Court, LEGO, shape marks, 3D marks, mini-figures, figurines, distinctiveness, technical function, technical result |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 18/06/2015 @ 09.19 |
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| AG Whathelet does not let KIT KAT |
| Tags: CEU, Advocate General, Whathelet, Nestle, KIT KAT, break, absolute grounds, distinctivenes, techincal function, technical result, shape of a product, shape mark, three dimensional mark, acquired distinctiveness, |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 12/06/2015 @ 11.09 |
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| PAINT PRO: is it distinctive in Finland? |
| Tags: Finland, international registration, distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Blog Administrator |
| Posted on 08/06/2015 @ 09.24 |
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| 'Smart' move!? General Court rejects Volkswagen's 'extra' word mark |
| Tags: Absolute ground, distinctiveness, laudatory formula, slogan, extra |
| Posted By: Christian Tenkhoff |
| Posted on 05/05/2015 @ 08.41 |
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| National costume distinctive as folklore though not as trade mark for local sweets |
| Tags: Benelux, BOIP, opposition, confusion, distinctiveness, sweets |
| Posted By: Gino Van Roeyen |
| Posted on 24/02/2015 @ 07.58 |
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