by Vicky Colley | Feb 18, 2025 | Trademarks
Background In November 2023, Tom Grashof, a Dutch national, filed a BENELUX application for the trade mark “ART PENGUIN”, shown below, covering goods in class 2, for paints, primer coatings and pigments, and class 16, for paper, bookbinding material, artist supplies...
by David Eyre | Feb 11, 2025 | Trademarks
Article 7 of the EU Trade Mark Regulation (EUTMR) states absolute grounds for refusal of registration of a trade mark including that a sign shall not be registered when the sign consists “exclusively of […] the shape, or another characteristic, of goods which is...
by Vicky Colley | Nov 12, 2024 | Trademarks
UK Opposition Fontana filed applications for the marks “GRILLOUMI” and “GRILLOUMAKI” in the UK for services relating to providing food and drink, coffee shops and restaurants, as well as goods including food products, and condiments. These...
by Carolyn Haywood | Sep 27, 2024 | Trademarks
Background with respect to first instance proceedings On 21 April 2022, Guangzhou Ya Ti Ao Jia Cosmetics Co., Ltd ‘Guangzhou’ applied to register the figurative mark for various cosmetics in class 3. In May 2022, L’Oréal filed an opposition against the...
by Luke Pettit | Sep 2, 2024 | Trademarks
Background and First Instance Decisions In its recent judgment, the UK Supreme Court addressed allegations of trade mark infringement against Mr Ahmed and Ms. Ahmed, directors of Hornby Street Ltd. Hornby Street Ltd. had sold products under the “Santa Monica...
by Sean Hutchinson | Jul 30, 2024 | Trademarks
Background In 1999, Adidas obtained a registered trade mark for trousers having three stripes vertically arranged between the waistband and the hem. The trade mark was registered in black‑and‑white and thus did not specify any colours. Then, in 2022, Nike offered five...
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