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...
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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...
イギリス Distinctiveness character of mark
In making that assessment, account should be taken, in particular, of the inherent characteristics of the mark, includin...
WIPO WIPO Domain Name Decisions – L’Oréal v. Schleich Thomas
The disputed domain name "lloreal.com" incorporates the mark "L'Oreal" nearly in full, changing only by omitting the apo...
インド Opposition
If the trademark is opposed by any third party after the publication, the same needs to be disposed of as per rules afte...
ニュージーランド Broadening of the specification
The widening of a specification to add goods or services not encompassed by the trade mark application as filed is not p...
EUIPO Oxymorons can be descriptive too
As regards the arguments based on the registration of the sign applied for in the United Kingdom and the United States, ...
香港 Single letters
Although the distinctive character of single letter marks should be assessed by reference to the goods or services appli...