Mark Regulation News Today

We provide a rundown of Managing IP’s news and analysis from the week, and review what’s been happening elsewhere in IP

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) announced today that it has for the first time referred questions of legal interpretation of the EU Trade Mark Regulation (EUTMR) to the enlarged Board of Appeal.

Rockstar Games owner Take-Two has filed a trademark dispute against Remedy Entertainment due to the similarity of their logos.

Dear readers, Last month again saw some interesting decisions, which we have compiled for you in the current issue of TRADEMARK INSIGHT. Below you will find our summaries of decisions...

We are used to decisions about non-traditional trade marks not deserving protection in the European Union. Non-traditional trade marks can be difficult to register. Recent EU General Court McCain decision seems to go into opposite direction.

In summer 2022, we blogged on the Advocate General's opinion in the Louboutin v Amazon joined cases (C-148/20 and C-184/21) - Backward step for Louboutin in complaint against Amazon, who advised that online intermediaries (such as the world's largest online retailer, Amazon), should not be held directly liable for third party trade mark infringement on their platforms (subject to certain conditions).

The Grand Board of Appeal of the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has upheld a decision to cancel UK supermarket Iceland Food Ltd’s EU-wide trade mark for the word ‘Iceland’, in rulings that will make it more challenging to register the name of a country as an EU trade mark, an expert has said.

European Commission adopted proposals for revised Regulation and Directive on industrial designs. The proposals, that are now sent to European Parliament and Council for adoption, are aimed at modernizing EU design system and the harmonized national design protection laws.

On 28 November 2022, the European Commission adopted proposals for a revised Regulation and Directive on industrial designs. The proposals, that are…

The Higher Regional Court of Hamburg found in a recent trade mark dispute in preliminary injunction that the application and use of a T consisting of five dots in combination with various Telefónica company symbols constitute an infringement.