EUIPO The coinciding word element ‘Sushi’ is descriptive for the relevant goods and service – 2
While both signs feature a distinctive verbal element, namely ‘Sho’ (in the earlier mark) and ‘Jo’ (in the contested sig...
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USPTO Is BATTLE ROYALE GOLF Merely Descriptive of Golf Games?
However, if each component retains its merely descriptive significance in relation to the goods or services, the combina...
USPTO Apple’s REALITY COMPOSER and REALITY CONVERTER Not Merely Descriptive of Developer Software
Although the term “Reality” is likely descriptive of augmented reality software to the consumers to whom Apple advertise...
UKIPO Registering company names
Companies House is responsible for company registration in Great Britain.Company law is different from trade mark law. Y...
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 ...
香港 Single letters
Although the distinctive character of single letter marks should be assessed by reference to the goods or services appli...