Reber Holding GmbH & Co. KG v. OHIM, Case C-141/13 P, July 17, 2014
On July 17, 2014, the ECJ upheld an earlier finding by the General Court that Reber Holding GmbH & Co KG (“Reber”) had failed to prove genuine use of the German trademark WALZERTRAUM for chocolates.More
The Hut.com Ltd. v. Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Case T-330/12, June 24, 2014)
On June 24, 2014, the General Court (Second Chamber) affirmed the April 2012 decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM,More
Carolina Herrera Limited, Puig France SAS and Antonio Puig, SA v. Equivalenza Retail, SL and Cataleg de Serveis Integrals, S.L., Juzgado lo Mercantil No 1 de Alicante Commercial Court No 1 of Alicante, Spain) (Resolution No. 20/2014[e1] January 28, 2014)
On January 28, 2014 the Spanish Community Trademark Court Number 1 found two Defendants liable for trademark infringement and unfair competition in a case concerning the use of comparison lists using well-known trademarks to identify the scents of imitation perfumes. More
Backaldrin Osterreich The Kornspitz Company GmbH v Pfahnl Backmittel GmbH (Court of Justice of the European Union)(Case C-406/12, March 6, 2014)
In a recent decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) determined that a trademark can be revoked with respect to an end product even if it serves as a source identifier among intermediary sellers,More
A number of amendments to the trademark law came into force on February 11, 2014. Among other changes, the law introduced a definition of, and provisions for granting protection to, well-known marks. A trademark owner may file a request for well-known mark status with the Board of Appeals of the Kyrgyz Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”).More
by Emily Weiss
Specht v. Google Inc., No. 11-3317, 2014 WL 1330303 (7th Cir. Apr. 4, 2014)
The Seventh Circuit recently addressed the issue of trademark abandonment in Specht v. Google Inc., No.More
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC has once again been selected as the leading firm in the world for Trademarks work in the Who’s Who Legal Award.
The firm was named global Trademarks Law Firm of the Year 2012, the seventh time it has been selected for this honour.More
Fiat Group Marketing & Corporate Communications S.p.A. ___ U.S.P.Q.2d ___ (TTAB 2014)
The USPTO’s Trademark Trial and
Appeal Board (“TTAB”) has decided that an application filed in the U.S. that
recites the Class 35 class heading may not be amended to identify retail store
services,More
