Resolution No. 2005-2014/TPI-INDECOPI (July 25, 2014)
Peru’s Administrative Court of Appeals recently affirmed a decision by the Peruvian Trademark Office refusing Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.’s application for NP300 covering, inter alia, cars, trucks, recreational vehicles, wagons, and parts thereof in Class 12.More
Deckmyn v. Vandersteen and Others (Case C-201/13)
With respect to EU copyright law, Article 5(3) of Directive 2001/29 (“the Directive”) states that “Member States may provide for exceptions or limitations to the rights provided for in Articles 2 and 3 in the following cases… (k) use for the purpose of caricature,More
Hauck v Stokke et al (Case C-205/13, September 18, 2014)
A recent Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) ruling provides clarity on when to register three-dimensional product shapes as trademarks in the EU. Hauck v Stokkeet al (Case C-205/13,More
Coors Brewing Company v. Anheuser-Busch LLC, 2014 FC 716, July 18, 2014
Canada currently requires that a trademark application specify a basis, which can be one or more of the following:
Gerry Weber International A.G. v. Guccio Gucci S.p.A., A/12/04709 (Commercial Court of Brussels, November 22, 2013)
The Commercial Court of Brussels recently ruled that Gucci’s two International Registrations for a version of the Italian fashion house’s overlapping “GG” mark, which were originally registered in the 1970s and 1980s,More
Nationstar Mortgage LLC v. Ahmad, Opp. No. 91177036, — U.S.P.Q.2d — (T.T.A.B. 2014)
In a precedential decision released September 30, 2014, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB” or the “Board”) sustained a fraud claim for the first time since 2009.More
American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2498 (2014)
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued its opinion in the long-running Aereo litigation, holding that the tech start-up violated the Copyright Act of 1976 by retransmitting broadcast programming via the Internet. More
