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Fanatics’ year of expansion makes for an award-winning brand protection team

WTR’s Fashion and Apparel Team of the Year is in a strong position to contribute towards continued brand growth at Fanatics.

FIGHTER owner obtains ex parte injunction against FITTER

The decision underscores the significance of safeguarding established trademarks from potential infringement.

Unlawful use doctrine may (or may not) be a defence to trademark infringement in the Eleventh Circuit

The Federal Circuit found that the district court had misread the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in FN Herstal.

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EU loses €16 billion a year to fake clothing, cosmetics and toys, EUIPO report finds

Counterfeit clothing, toys and cosmetics cost the European Union roughly €16 billion and 200,000 jobs a year between 2018 and 2021, a new EUIPO report estimates.

18 January 2024

Legal Updates you may have missed: three fails - and one win - for non-traditional trademarks

Each quarter WTR runs a series of pieces highlighting recent Legal Updates that you may have missed. To kick off the latest series, we look at cases where rights holders in various industries have attempted to register or defend their non-traditional trademarks.

08 January 2024

General Court confirms validity of Lego’s 3D mark for toy figure

In a victory for Lego Juris A/S, the court confirmed that the absolute grounds for refusal under Articles 7(1)(e)(i) and (ii) of Regulation 2017/1001 did not apply in this case.

08 January 2024

Kosé and Shiseido: cosmetics giants with a similar strategy

Japanese cosmetics manufacturers Kosé and Shiseido may vary in their net sales, but data analysis reveals similar trademark filing strategies.

14 December 2023

EUIPO Board of Appeal invalidates 3D Rubik’s cube mark

The decision highlights the difficulties of successfully registering and defending 3D mark.

13 December 2023

JPO finds that MONO+ is not similar to MONO

A key finding was that the marks were dissimilar visually and phonetically due to the presence of the element ‘+’ in the mark applied for.

08 December 2023

Only one week left to nominate for the 2024 WTR Industry Awards

The trademark community has just one week left to nominate its leading in-house departments and leaders for the prestigious WTR Industry Awards 2024 and the forthcoming edition of the WTR 300.

01 December 2023

Exhaustion and relabelling: Supreme Court rules that prominent use of MySoda brand on certain labels was infringing

The Supreme Court has issued a final decision in the longstanding battle over the refilling and relabelling of SodaStream carbon dioxide bottles.

28 November 2023

Nivea saves its skin from risk of confusion

The assessment of the similarity between two marks cannot be limited to taking into consideration only one component of a composite mark and comparing it with another mark.

22 November 2023

Hitachi unsuccessful in HITASI opposition

The JPO found that it was unlikely that the relevant consumers would believe that goods bearing the mark HITASI originated from Hitachi Ltd, even though HITACHI is a famous trademark.

22 November 2023

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