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An imaginative sign for smart houses qualifies for EU trade mark registration

Mercedes’s off-road vehicle illustration insufficiently distinctive for EU trade mark registration

Tangfastic news! EUIPO rules on distinctiveness of gummy bears (R 872/2023-4)

EUIPO shoots down application to register virtual firearm as a trade mark

A slogan that consists only of a promotional formula? Not for an EU trade mark!

How long is too long? The James Bond theme

'XOXO' word mark cannot be registered as a trade mark, says EU General Court

EU General Court reiterates that low distinctiveness cannot be offset by specialised public in Balmain cases

“AGING BACKWARDS” for fitness-related goods and services? Insufficiently distinctive, says EUIPO Fourth Board of Appeal

Guitar headstock not distinctive for … guitars, says EUIPO Board of Appeal

EU General Court proves it can be a real heartbreaker when it comes to trade mark applications

EUIPO Fourth Board of Appeal allows registration of Bacardi bottle as an EUTM