USPTO Cognac Institute’s Opposition to COLOGNE & COGNAC ENTERTAINMENT
The stacked alliterative phrase, COLOGNE & COGNAC, appears prominently above the smaller and merely descriptive or gener...
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EUIPO Just saying ‘it’s B’ doesn’t make it the same B! – 1
Indeed, the descriptive, non-distinctive or weakly distinctive elements of a complex trade mark generally have less weig...
EUIPO How do weak distinctive elements sound together?
It is well-established case-law that the greater or lesser degree of distinctiveness of the elements common to the mark ...
EUIPO Proof of use: Colour added, but character unchanged
The use in colour of the mark registered in black and white does not alter the distinctive character of that mark, where...