USPTO TTAB Finds VITAWHEY Confusable with VITAWAYS for Dietary and Nutritional Supplements
In assessing the marks, we compare their “appearance, sound, connotation and commercial impression.” Refusal is appropri...
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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 ...
シンガポール Louis Vuitton Counterfeit Case: Singapore Court Decision – 3
Even if the claimant's material was used in the Offending Goods, it still does not change the fact that the Offending Go...
シンガポール Louis Vuitton Counterfeit Case: Singapore Court Decision – 2
About a month later, the claimant instructed its representative to make a trap purchase of 12 of the Offending Goods. Th...
シンガポール Louis Vuitton Counterfeit Case: Singapore Court Decision – 1
This judgment deals with the assessment of damages for trade mark infringement where the defendant has used a counterfei...
EUIPO Bad faith: No free-ride on association with renowned public figure
In the present case, to the extent that there are relevant and consistent indicia enabling the Board of Appeal to find t...
EUIPO BMV’ found to free-ride on BMW’s reputation
Visually, the signs are similar to an above-average degree. The signs coincide in the letters ‘BM’, placed in the same o...
EUIPO Ex officio refusal of protection – ONE PIECE
The relevant English-speaking consumer would understand the sign as having the following meaning: any single thing. The ...
香港 Single digit number
The distinctiveness of a mark consisting of single digit number is assessed by reference to the designated goods or serv...
EUIPO TOUR DE FRANCE: ‘Tour de’ is too weak to prevent registration of ‘TOUR DE X’
The risk that the public may believe that the goods or services in question come from the same undertaking or from econo...