Jul 28, 2023
Published The Board of Appeal (BoA) has upheld the EUIPO examiner’s decision to reject EUTM Application No. 18622650 for the contested sign below due to a lack of distinctive character (Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR) for all the services applied for, namely, various...
Jul 28, 2023
Published Intellectual property encompasses a range of rights that safeguard intangible assets, providing creators with exclusive control over their creations for a specified period and includes trademarks, copyrights, patents, industrial designs, trade secrets, and...
Jul 27, 2023
Published A recent opinion by the US Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”), held that “when an alleged infringer uses a trademark as a designation of source for the infringer’s own goods, the Rogers test does not apply” and remanded the issue of trademark infringement back to the...
Jul 27, 2023
Published For over a century, the Fruit Union Suisse (“FUS”), one of the oldest fruit farmers organizations in Switzerland, has been representing Swiss fruit growers and advocating for their interests. The FUS displays a logo featuring a red apple adorned with a white...
Jul 20, 2023
The recent lawsuit filed by the National Music Publishers on behalf of 17 music publishers against Twitter for alleged copyright infringement should come as no surprise, as Twitter is the largest social media platform that has completely refused to enter into a...
