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In a judgment of 1 August 2025 in the case of Lunapark Scandinavia Oy Ltd vs. Hardeco Finland Oy (C-452/24), the Court of Justice of the European Union...

On 16 April 2015, the EU General Court (the "GC") handed down a judgment on the requirements for genuine use of a trade mark (Case T-258/13, Matratzen Concord v. OHMI-KBT (ARKTIS)).

On 31 January 2019, the General Court handed down its judgment in Case T-97/18, DeepMind Technologies Ltd. v. EUIPO, in which it denied the registration of the sign STREAMS as a trade mark for being descriptive ...

For LGBTQ individuals, organizations, businesses and their allies, .gay will serve as a virtual Pride flag and inclusive badge of honor.

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In a recent judgment, the General Court of the European Union decided to uphold the registration of the sign "BUD".

As a result, the General Court upheld the invalidation of Red Bull's silver and blue trade marks.

On 5 June 2014, the General Court of the European Union handed down a judgment in joined cases T-495/12 to T-497/12.

In een creatieve wereld zoals die van de mode ontstaan vaak geschillen over intellectuele eigendom.

These judgments provide a good opportunity to refresh the rules on the registration and protection of geographical names as trademarks in relation to fashion items.

You must have been living on Mars lately to not know that the metaverse is the next best thing. One can give several definitions to the metaverse, but – simply put...

This decision is still open to appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

The central question was whether a sign represented as a colour drawing (as above) can be registered as a colour mark.

On 25 October 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") issued a preliminary ruling on the ‘genuine use’ of a trade mark.

The ECJ offered guidance on whether the technical effects caused by a 2D mark as a 3D shape should be considered when assessing absolute grounds for refusal.

On 11 October 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") handed down a judgment in a case concerning the genuine use requirement for trade marks.

On 12 July 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") gave judgment in a case involving the liability of an operator of an Internet marketplace on account of trade mark infringements committed by its users (Case C-324/09, L’Oréal and others v. eBay and others).

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