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Unboxing Tetra Pak: General Court declares iconic carton shape invalid

A twist too functional: General Court rejects hand-grip corkscrew trade mark

AG Biondi: extending patent rights through trade marks is not bad faith per se (but the “line is blurry”)

EUIPO’s Board of Appeal: Motion mark for an opening window lacks distinctiveness and only shows a technical process

New CJEU referral on interplay between bad faith and trade mark functionality

General Court maintains the validity of Lego minifigures as EUTMs

3D bottle trade mark distinctive but rejected on functionality grounds