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On the 31st of July 2014, a Polish company Browary Regionalne Jakubiak sp. z o.o. filed an application with the Polish Patent Office for a device trademark including word SMOK [EN dragon] for goods in class 32, i.e. beer, non-alcoholic beer. (R.275353, registered on...

  On the 23rd of October 2024, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation 2024/2822 amending Regulation 6/2002, which introduces a number of changes to the EU design protection system. On the 18th of November 2024, Directive (EU) 2024/2823 of the...

  In accordance with Article 1291(1)(12) of the Industrial Property Law and Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation 2017/1001, so-called deceptive signs, i.e. those that may confuse customers as to the nature, quality, or geographical origin of the goods, cannot be...

  The trademark protection system assumes that only those trademarks that are genuinely used are protected. If a trademark has not been used for a period of 5 years from the date of registration, any interested party has the right to file an application for...

On the 6th of March 2025, the CJEU issued a judgement regarding the transfer of related rights of performers. The case concerned a dispute between musicians employed under the administrative law statute by the Belgian National Orchestra and the Belgian state. This...

Unclear contractual provisions are becoming a growing source of legal battles over trademark applications filed in bad faith. Disputes over intellectual property often arise not only between competitors but also between former business partners, as seen in recent...

Great news for small and medium-sized enterprises based in the European Union! The SME Fund programme Ideas Powered for Business returns in 2025, offering financial support for the protection of intellectual property rights. This year, 18 million EUR has been provided...

December is a time for reflection and summaries, but also for intense efforts to conclude pending cases. We are proud to share our successes in two complex proceedings in which our  Clients reached satisfying settlement agreements in court mediation. Both cases...

In the judgment of the 27th of November 2024 in Case T-509/23, the General Court analysed the similarity between a graphic trade mark depicting a capital letter ‘V’ and the Giorgio Armani graphic trade mark depicting a stylised eagle with outspread wings. On the 29th...

The reprography fee is a fee imposed on entities providing access to devices that enable the reproduction of works under permitted private use in order to compensate for the use of works. Such devices are mainly photocopiers, scanners or cassettes, i.e. devices that...

In the judgment of the 13th of November 2024 in case T-524/23, the General Court dealt with a case concerning the invalidity of a 3D trade mark depicting an inhaler. The mark was applied for on the 16th of July 1999 by the German company Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma...