Organisation: European Union Intellectual Property Office

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In a major update, a representative from the LRPV reveals the innovative tools and services the agency has recently implemented, and those planned for the future. 

05 August 2024

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In a major update, representatives from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office exclusively reveal the agency’s innovative tools and services – and those planned for the future.

08 July 2024

In a “particularly severe” decision, the General Court confirmed that there was no likelihood of confusion between TOUR DE X and the earlier TOUR DE FRANCE marks.

27 June 2024

In this dispute between competing breweries Anheuser-Busch and Amstel, the court found that ‘ultra’ was a generic, laudatory term which was incapable of differentiating the commercial origin of the goods.

26 June 2024

An accumulation of items of evidence may allow the necessary facts to be established, even though each of those items, taken individually, would be insufficient to prove genuine use.

21 June 2024

The reputation acquired in the market by a word element in a trademark application may be relevant when assessing the likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark.

17 June 2024

The decision provides valuable guidance as to what constitutes evidence of genuine use in revocation actions before the EUIPO.

22 May 2024

The difference at the beginning of the marks was not sufficient to outweigh the visual similarity produced by the common group of letters ‘erla’ and would not preclude the relevant public from perceiving that common sequence. 

16 May 2024

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WTR reveals the world’s most advanced IP offices for digital and non-core activities in the sixth edition of our exclusive ranking.

16 May 2024

The fact that an opponent did not establish the market share held by the earlier mark does not necessarily mean that the reputation of that mark has not been demonstrated. 

09 May 2024