tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post939403945029417218..comments2024-03-28T13:45:42.289+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Hours and minutes: the Advocate General speaksVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-34094613340613135852011-04-01T10:25:03.875+01:002011-04-01T10:25:03.875+01:00I would translate as follow:
"In the curren...I would translate as follow:<br /> <br />"In the current sate of the Union law, section 27 of the Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of the Concil (or Board) of December 20th, 1993, on the community (trade) mark, excludes that it be taken into account, beyond the date of filing of the community (trade) mark, also the hour and the minute of said filing."<br /> <br />Please note that the French text, like most legal text, even English ones, lack clarity by the formal incised structure used.<br /><br /><br />Louis Malette l_malette@hotmail.comLouis Malettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-407293649081210142011-03-31T12:40:35.732+01:002011-03-31T12:40:35.732+01:00Thanks so much, Chris, for this explanation.
My f...Thanks so much, Chris, for this explanation.<br /><br />My feeling is that, even if the current law does not take it into account, we live in a digital era in which hours, minutes and seconds can be comfortably and reliably recorded by mechanical means and where priority can be fine-tuned without any inconvenience. <br /><br />Am I alone in this preference?Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-79814286406546966692011-03-31T12:35:05.132+01:002011-03-31T12:35:05.132+01:00The issue appears to be that Genesis opposed a Spa...The issue appears to be that Genesis opposed a Spanish application filed by the predecessor in title of Boys Toys, the opposition being based on two CTM applications which were filed on the same day as the Spanish application, but which were filed some five hours earlier. The oppositions were rejected because the applications were all deemed to have been filed at the same time, so the Genesis CTM applications were not earlier than the Spanish application.<br /><br />The evocatively-named Tribunal Supremo had asked the General Court to clarify whether the hour and minute at which an application was filed could be taken into account when considering priority.<br /><br />Fortunately for those of us who would prefer not to have to start filing applications at 00:01, the Advocate General says no. Here's hoping that the Court endorses this opinion.Chris McLeodnoreply@blogger.com