| OHIM: Board of Appeal taking it to LEVEL 3 |
| Tags: OHIM, Board of Appeal, BoA, distinctiveness, descriptiveness, absolute grounds, level, level 3, precedents, OHIM practice |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 27/02/2014 @ 15.34 |
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| Portugal: Court of Appeal grants trade mark protection to ‘Day-to-Day-Kitchen’ |
| Tags: Portugal, INPI, Intellectual Property Court, Lisbon Appeal Court, relative grounds, distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Pedro Malaquias |
| Posted on 15/02/2014 @ 18.18 |
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| Greece: What two smartly displayed letters can do for a trademark application |
| Tags: Greece, Greek TM Office, trendy watch, absolute grounds, descriptiveness, distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 20/01/2014 @ 12.19 |
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| Portugal: 360º is devoid of distinctiveness (in relation to electric toothbrushes) |
| Tags: Portugal, INPI, Lisbon Appeal Court, absolute grounds, distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Pedro Malaquias |
| Posted on 13/01/2014 @ 21.03 |
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| Greece: Consumers know their Italian when it comes to wine and spirits |
| Tags: Greece, TM Office, absolute grounds, wine, spirits, vino, vino rosso, vino bianco, vino rosato, distinctiveness, foreign language, italian, spanish, descriptiveness |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 13/01/2014 @ 13.43 |
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| German Federal Patent Court: Annette von Droste zu Hülshoff Stiftung |
| Tags: Well-known person, German Federal Patent Court, cultural heritage, distinctiveness, descriptiveness |
| Posted By: Birgit Clark |
| Posted on 08/09/2013 @ 19.47 |
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| German Federal Patent Court: LandLust |
| Tags: distinctiveness, survey, German Federal Patent Court |
| Posted By: Birgit Clark |
| Posted on 19/06/2013 @ 18.37 |
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| Germany: BGH decides on registrability of the sign "Kaleido" |
| Tags: BGH, distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Birgit Clark |
| Posted on 29/05/2013 @ 10.29 |
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| German Federal Patent Court: "Abgef*ckt" |
| Tags: Bundespatentgericht, Germany, Distinctiveness, Morality |
| Posted By: Birgit Clark |
| Posted on 01/03/2013 @ 10.17 |
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| Real home-made ice cream -- easier to eat than to register! |
| Tags: Poland, registrability, distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Blog Administrator |
| Posted on 07/01/2013 @ 19.11 |
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