[Guest post] 3D-printed spare parts: IP and sustainability By Eleonora Rosati on Saturday, October 10, 2026 3D printing Article L.111-4(3) of the French Consumer Code design law france Guest post Konstantin Voropaev repair right to repair spare parts +
[Guest Post] Out the Door, Back In Through the Grille: Warsaw Court Reverses Audi Advantage By Marcel Pemsel on Sunday, May 11, 2025 Audi C-334/22 CJEU due cause Luigi Manna spare parts trade marks +
Design reform reaches its finale: it is now Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 and Directive (EU) 2024/2823 By Anastasiia Kyrylenko on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 3D printing Anastasiia Kyrylenko designs Directive (EU) 2024/2823 general visibility doctrine Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 spare parts +
[Guest post] Asking ourselves ‘Y’ – Are shape marks shaping complex products’ aftermarkets? By Eleonora Rosati on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 debranding exhaustion Guest post Jozefien Vanherpe Manon Vanderhaeghe shape marks spare parts T-260/23 trade marks volvo +
Four rings on a car grille infringe Audi’s trade mark By Marcel Pemsel on Monday, February 05, 2024 Audi C-334/22 CJEU Marcel Pemsel mounting element repair clause spare parts trade marks +
Advocate General vs. German Supreme Court – Does the use of four rings on a car grille infringe Audi’s trademark? By Marcel Pemsel on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 AG Medina Audi C-334/22 CJEU Kühlergrill Marcel Pemsel origin function spare parts trade marks +
EUIPO Fifth Board of Appeal rules out that sale of spare parts for Ferrari’s Testarossa is genuine use of the trade mark By Nedim Malovic on Monday, September 25, 2023 CJEU EU Trade Mark Regulation 2017/1001 EUTM ferrari genuine use spare parts Testarossa trade marks +
The European Commission publishes the proposals for a revised Regulation and Directive on designs By Anastasiia Kyrylenko on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 3D printing Anastasiia Kyrylenko cumulation designs general visibility doctrine informed user metaverse spare parts +
Four Rings to Rule Them All – German Federal Court of Justice Finds Trademark Infringement in Radiator Grille with Audi-Logo-Shaped Mounting Fixture By Peter Ling on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 #IPKat Article 14 EUTMR Audi EU trade marks radiator grille spare parts +