Wine-maker's opposition against EUTM of an elderly man's face found by EUIPO to be nothing more than sour grapes By Alessandro Cerri at Saturday, November 30, 2024 Alessandro Cerri enhanced distinctiveness EUIPO EUTM figurative marks marks with a reputation trademarks wine +
[Book review] Design law: Global Law and Practice By Kevin Bercimuelle-Chamot at Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Book review design law Kevin Bercimuelle-Chamot +
[Guest post] EUIPO Second Board of Appeal refers case to Grand Board of Appeal following earlier refusal to register a photograph of a man’s head/face as an EU trade mark By Eleonora Rosati at Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation Summit (& UPC Litigation Forum) returns to Amsterdam in January with 15% IPKat readers’ discount By Eleonora Rosati at Tuesday, November 26, 2024 biotech events IPKat readers patents pharma upc +
Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week! By Asude Sena Moya at Monday, November 25, 2024 #NeverTooLate Asude Sena Moya designs distinctiveness exhaustion figurative marks honest concurrent use infringement Plant Breeders' Rights plant varieties trade marks +
Does the sale of goods in Turkey lead to exhaustion of EU trade mark rights? By Marcel Pemsel at Monday, November 25, 2024 EEA exhaustion Marcel Pemsel TFEU trade marks Turkey +
Arusha Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants finally enters into force By Jocelyn Bosse at Sunday, November 24, 2024 Africa ARIPO Jocelyn Bosse Plant Breeders' Rights plant varieties +
[Guest post] EU General Court invalidates Chiquita trade mark for bananas as it considers it devoid of distinctive character By Eleonora Rosati at Sunday, November 24, 2024 bananas Chiquita distinctiveness figurative marks fruit Guest post Nedim Malovic T‑426/23 trade marks +
Hot n Cold ruling from Australian Federal Court partially overturns Katy Perry trade mark decision By Jocelyn Bosse at Saturday, November 23, 2024 Australia honest concurrent use infringement Jocelyn Bosse Katy Perry own name defence trade marks +
Design reform reaches its finale: it is now Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 and Directive (EU) 2024/2823 By Anastasiia Kyrylenko at Tuesday, November 19, 2024 3D printing Anastasiia Kyrylenko designs Directive (EU) 2024/2823 general visibility doctrine Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 spare parts +
Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week! By Söğüt Atilla-Aydın at Monday, November 18, 2024 #NeverTooLate designs IP News opportunities Söğüt Atilla-Aydın trade marks +
General Court on design law: Principle of unicity of design and no interpretation favourable to the holder By Marcel Pemsel at Monday, November 18, 2024 consistency designs General Court Marcel Pemsel principle of unicity registered community design T-25/23 +
Sunday Surprises By Kevin Bercimuelle-Chamot at Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Bercimuelle-Chamot scholarships Sunday Surprises WIPO +
UK Supreme Court finally issues ruling on "bad faith" trade mark applications in Sky v SkyKick By Jocelyn Bosse at Thursday, November 14, 2024 bad faith Brexit infringement intention to use Jocelyn Bosse sky SkyKick trade marks uk supreme court +