tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3803779774948812108..comments2024-03-29T11:10:02.290+00:00Comments on The IPKat: A song of Ice and IceVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-25093665945089500002020-11-18T06:19:00.237+00:002020-11-18T06:19:00.237+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Suchitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754650136810101886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-2223186704642496422016-09-26T13:41:23.643+01:002016-09-26T13:41:23.643+01:00I think perhaps the author needs to rethink what w...I think perhaps the author needs to rethink what was put.<br /><br />Restrict OPPOSITIONS? Well given that you cannot rely upon absolute grounds in an opposition at the EUIPO, they have helped you out there. As for LIMITING an invalidation action - well I think you may be confusing the ability to apply to invalidate and upholding that application.<br /><br />It seems clear that the use made of the ICELAND trade mark by the store has not been deceptive to date. It is, however, an abstract right and it is possible that the trade mark could be used by another for the same goods and services as those of the registration and be deceptive. The test is not what has the current owner done with it (although that could of course lead to a further claim for revocation on the basis of Art.51.1.c)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-71353332819970588282016-09-26T09:39:26.174+01:002016-09-26T09:39:26.174+01:00Why is the author quoting the TM Directive instead...Why is the author quoting the TM Directive instead of EUTM Regulation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-81006476922405757902016-09-25T18:52:15.970+01:002016-09-25T18:52:15.970+01:00I seem to remember from my stamp-collecting days, ...I seem to remember from my stamp-collecting days, that, in their own language,the country name is spelled "Island".Ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-27658202678685862392016-09-25T16:11:32.775+01:002016-09-25T16:11:32.775+01:00I thought the whole business about the name "...I thought the whole business about the name "Iceland" was meant to be deceptive, it being more habitable than Greenland, as part of a Viking colonisation strategy.Kantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-53932833008639433882016-09-25T15:34:25.426+01:002016-09-25T15:34:25.426+01:00Why isn't it misleading as to the geographic n...Why isn't it misleading as to the geographic nature if it's not an Icelandic company and those who are using it in its geographic meaning are being opposed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com