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George Orwell – trademark law cannot be used to recreate a perpetual monopoly once copyright protection has ended – 5

Cultural heritage is morally violated by trade mark registration if the public would find the registration offensive in ...
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George Orwell – trademark law cannot be used to recreate a perpetual monopoly once copyright protection has ended – 4

In light of the foregoing criteria, the Grand Board concludes that, for the relevant public, the sign ‘GEORGE ORWELL’ wi...
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George Orwell – trademark law cannot be used to recreate a perpetual monopoly once copyright protection has ended – 3

In particular, information included in dictionaries has been considered as being in the nature of well-known facts becau...
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George Orwell – trademark law cannot be used to recreate a perpetual monopoly once copyright protection has ended – 2

– Period for which the author has been known: if the author has been known for a long period of time, even if they are d...
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George Orwell – trademark law cannot be used to recreate a perpetual monopoly once copyright protection has ended – 1

The non-exhaustive and non-cumulative criteria that have been identified are the following:– Fame and recognition of the...
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Consumers focus on the verbal elements rather than on the representation of the ice cream itself on the packaging – 4

Visually, the coincidence in the representation of a round ice cream covered with chocolate and attached to a wooden sti...
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Consumers focus on the verbal elements rather than on the representation of the ice cream itself on the packaging – 3

According to case-law, the weakly / non-distinctive character of an element that is common to two signs reduces the rela...
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Consumers focus on the verbal elements rather than on the representation of the ice cream itself on the packaging – 2

Both signs contain the realistic depiction of a similar round-shaped, chocolate-coated ice cream on a stick, with an irr...
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Consumers focus on the verbal elements rather than on the representation of the ice cream itself on the packaging – 1

The assessment of the similarity between two marks means more than taking just one component of a composite trademark an...
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All the elements making up the contested sign do not depart from the norm or customs of the sector of laundry and cleaning products – 2

It should also be borne in mind that novelty or originality are not relevant criteria for assessing the distinctive char...