When is a certification mark a certification mark? By Marcel Pemsel at Saturday, September 26, 2026 certification marks German Patent Court GGN Marcel Pemsel trade marks +
Neuschwansteiner – When a fairy-tale castle casts its spell on trade mark law By Marcel Pemsel at Monday, April 20, 2026 descriptiveness distinctivness geographical indications of origin German Patent Court Marcel Pemsel Neuschwanstein trade marks +
Glaxo’s colour trade mark for inhalers invalidated By Marcel Pemsel at Tuesday, May 20, 2025 acquired distinctiveness colour marks distinctiveness German Patent Court inhalers Marcel Pemsel trade marks +
Is ‘Sophienwald’ a geographical indication? Yes says the General Court, no the German Patent Court By Marcel Pemsel at Tuesday, March 04, 2025 26 W (pat) 30/21 descriptiveness General Court geographical indication German Patent Court Marcel Pemsel Sophienwald T-597/22 trade marks +
Is Ferrari’s Testarossa trade mark up for grabs? The interplay between bad faith and a trade mark with a reputation By Marcel Pemsel at Monday, February 17, 2025 bad faith German Patent Court Marcel Pemsel SIMCA Testa Rossa Testarossa trade marks +
GTI v GTA: Too short to be confusingly similar? Not according to the German Patent Court By Marcel Pemsel at Tuesday, February 11, 2025 descriptive elements German Patent Court GTA GTI likelihood of confusion Marcel Pemsel trade marks +
Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week! By Asude Sena Moya at Tuesday, October 22, 2024 #NeverTooLate Asude Sena Moya Board of Appeal Book review copyright EUIPO events German Patent Court infringement IP News IP rights opportunities patents trade marks +
Monster Mash By Marcel Pemsel at Monday, October 21, 2024 30 W (pat) 78/21 alteration of distinctive character genuine use German Patent Court Marcel Pemsel monster energy trade marks +
A picture is worth a thousand words – and therefore non-distinctive By Marcel Pemsel at Monday, June 03, 2024 29 W (pat) 509/21 distinctivness figurative mark German Patent Court Marcel Pemsel photographs Sprung in die Freiheit trade marks +
COCO CHANEL’s independent distinctive role By Marcel Pemsel at Monday, January 15, 2024 Chanel COCO German Patent Court HiCoco independent distinctive role Marcel Pemsel opposition Thomson Life trade marks +
The difficulty of protecting olfactory marks By Marcel Pemsel at Monday, November 13, 2023 German Patent Court Marcel Pemsel olfactory marks representation trade marks +
The Birkenstock pattern mark saga continues By Marcel Pemsel at Monday, October 23, 2023 Birkenstock distinctiveness German Patent Court Marcel Pemsel trade marks +
How to prove disclosure of earlier designs? By Marcel Pemsel at Wednesday, April 26, 2023 amazon BPatG designs Disclosure EUIPO General Court German Patent Court Marcel Pemsel +