The May 2014 issue of the European Trade Mark Reports (ETMR), 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.  

*Leidesplein Beheer BV, Hendrikus De Vries v Red Bull GmbH, Red Bull Nederland BV, this being the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling on the extent to which the extension of earlier use of a mark similar to a subsequently-registered well-known mark constituted "due cause".

 

* Lifestyle Supplies VoF v Ultimate Nutrition  Inc, in which the Grand Board of Appeal, OHIM, had to consider the assessment of likelihood of confusion of marks in each of which the dominant element was descriptive.