Prior to 1999, all the SCHWEPPES trademarks ("SCHWEPPES Marks") registered in the European Economic Area ("EEA"), including in the UK, were owned by Cadbury Schweppes.

This decision sheds light on how personal name marks should be treated under the Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents.

The ECJ concluded that the clause in Coty's selective distribution agreement is not in violation of governing competition law, assuming the clause meets several conditions.

In a precedential decision released February 28, 2014, the TTAB found that PRETZEL CRISPS was generic and could not be registered as a trademark.

Bayer did not oppose these applications.

The name for the ethical search engine duckduckgo.com derives from this children's game, rendering the brand name DUCKDUCKGO highly distinctive for search engine services.

On May 25, 2018, the European General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") went into effect.

The new Act on "unjustified threats" came into force in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2017 following a long vetting process and much public commentary by European practitioners.

The case is significant in that prior cases have tended to rule against celebrity plaintiffs in such merchandising cases.

It is important to bear in mind that the person who wields the pen is not necessarily the sole author of the work, and other elements of collaboration must be taken into consideration.

The Venezuelan Intellectual Property Office (SAPI) published a series of official decisions via an official communication on February 7, 2020, that introduced new procedures for trademark oppositions...

Significant recent changes to the local design laws in the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey, are discussed below.

While the Chinese government has been updating its intellectual property laws to target bad-faith trademark filings, in a recent matter before the Beijing High Court, Victoria's Secret was unable to meet the threshold ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled that Apple Inc.'s design for its flagship store is capable of protection as a three-dimensional trademark.

On July 1, 2020, the new Federal Law on the Protection of Industrial Property ("FLPIP") was published in the Mexican Official Gazette.

In July 2018, the Federal Circuit rejected the USPTO's argument that it was entitled to recover attorneys' fees, win or lose, when defending the PTAB's decisions under Section 145 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §145.

Although MTM watches are not sold on Amazon's website, if consumers search for MTM products on Amazon, they will receive a list of search results, including similar watches made by other manufacturers.

Brita GmbH v. Shanghai Kangdian Industrial Co., Ltd.,(2017) Hu 0012 Minchu No. 26614 (Shanghai Min Hang District Court)...

Online shopping has transformed the U.S. marketplace and there are a variety of digital marketplaces that allow consumers to make purchases online.

Trademark owners who use the Madrid System for the international registration of trademarks (or their representatives, collectively "Holders") face a range of challenges in meeting deadlines and communicating with...