tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6448401039118316932..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Goodbye to “protective” trade marks: a change in SpainVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-10383581494943641012014-12-26T19:18:27.794+00:002014-12-26T19:18:27.794+00:00Does this position not render opposition and annul...Does this position not render opposition and annulment proceedings redundant ? <br /><br />Furthermore, this on the basis of the principle of coexistence of national trademarks and CTM, a holder of a prior CTM cannot institute infringement proceedings against a posterior valid national trademark without obtaining the annulment of the latter first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-75170274351670771632014-12-23T10:39:36.376+00:002014-12-23T10:39:36.376+00:00Peter: in our opinion, it should.
Anonymous: seri...Peter: in our opinion, it should.<br /><br />Anonymous: seriously? do you know if the decision was appealed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-6663134521330008412014-12-23T07:42:13.238+00:002014-12-23T07:42:13.238+00:00This reminds me about a patent case I heard about ...This reminds me about a patent case I heard about where the Spanish court found no infringement on the basis that the alleged infringing product was the subject of a later filed utility model.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-71301688864421553212014-12-22T16:53:17.528+00:002014-12-22T16:53:17.528+00:00Does this spell the end for section 11(1) of the U...Does this spell the end for <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/26/section/11" rel="nofollow">section 11(1)</a> of the UK Trade Marks Act 1994 ?Peter Smithnoreply@blogger.com