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UDRP-consolidatie biedt merkhouders een strategisch middel om geschillen over domeinnamen in één procedure te bundelen. Dit kan kosten verlagen, efficiëntie verhogen en grootschalige cybersquatting beter aanpakken.

Does European law preclude the cancellation of a trademark bearing a creator's name when used by the assignee in such a way as to effectively create the impression that the creator is still involved...

In November 2009, the UK Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the Belgian Court of First Instance of Antwerp each referred questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") concerning the legal position of goods in transit through an EU Member State in which these goods infringe intellectual property rights (See, this Newsletter, Volume 2009, No. 11, p. 6).

From a trademark advisory perspective, e-commerce platform marketplaces, most notably Amazon, have added a distinct operational dimension to trademark registration.

On 27 April 2017, the President of the Dutch-language Commercial Court of Brussels decided a case concerning the repackaging of parallel imported pharmaceuticals, in which it applied the so-called...

This counterclaim was withdrawn when the Spanish Competition Authority began an investigation into Schweppes's behaviour.

The European Commission presented on 27 March 2013 a range of proposed measures with the avowed aim to make access to the trade mark system easier and the resulting protection afforded to trade marks more effective.

The EUIPO then moved on to analyse the evidence put forward by McDonald's to prove genuine use.

The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e-newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering

The ECJ now largely follows AG Mengozzi's views.

This ruling is an important victory for Adidas in its long-running dispute with SB.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered a landmark judgment addressing whether political parody and freedom of expression can justify the unauthorized use of a famous trade mark. When Belgian political party Vlaams Belang appropriated IKEA's distinctive branding to promote its immigration reform programme, the resulting legal battle forced European courts to balance fundamental rights: the trade mark owner's property rights against the political actor's freedom of expression.

The Food Standards and Information Focus Group (FSIFG) has prepared draft guidance on how plant-based dairy companies should describe their products...

In this article, we discuss an interesting EU case that brings together trade marks and politics. What more could we ask for?

In its judgment of 16 September 2013, the General Court (the "GC") overturned the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office of Harmonisation for the Internal Market (the "Board of Appeal").

On 16 June 2015, the EU General Court (the "Court") delivered a judgment on invalidity proceedings between Best-Lock (Europe) Ltd and Lego Juris A/S (Case T-396/14, Best-Lock (Europe) Ltd v OHIM – Lego Juris A/S).

With the growing number of online trademark infringements, rights holders are increasingly faced with cases involving multiple disputed domain names.

The Supreme Court recently handed down two judgments on the repackaging of parallel imported pharmaceuticals.