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Trading with counterfeit plant protection products is not only a negative economic phenomenon, but also it is a major threat to human life and health and to the environment. The use of illegal pesticides of unknown composition, often manufactured under substandard...

By the judgment dated October 5, 2022 (ref. T-168/21), the Court of Justice of the European Union  (CJEU) ruled on the distinctive character of a trademark representing the individual color blue (light blue: RAL 5012). The registration of an individual color has been...

Probably every Polish person knows the songs KOMBI  band - not only those who were brought up in their heyday (70s-80s of XX c.). Few, however, realize that there are currently two bands on the Polish music scene: Kombi and Kombii. They sing the same songs and use a...

The judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 13 July 2022. In the Rimini Street, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office  (Case T 634/21) is a good illustration of what the trade mark descriptiveness ground for refusal is all about. An IT support...

An important issue for litigants is the question of the litigation economy. It concerns not only the amounts awarded for damages but also the reimbursement of costs to a successful party by a losing party. In this respect, a large, and perhaps the largest, part of the...

On October 27, 2016, the Polish company SFD S.A., engaged in the trade of nutrients, dietary supplements, and dietary foods, filed an application for registration of an EU trade mark with the European Union Intellectual Property Office. Registration as a mark was...

In March 2021, The Court of Justice of the EU issued an important preliminary ruling in the field of trademark law. It confirms the necessity to respect the principles of EU law before the rules of national law, also in terms of the burden of proof. The case concerned...

The war in Ukraine is an unimaginable tragedy for our Ukrainian neighbors. Intellectual property issues are certainly receding into the distant background. Nevertheless, in light of the numerous publications on this topic, we would like to organize and present the key...

In January, the Opposition Division of the European Union Intellectual Property Office ("EUIPO") reached a surprising decision on an opposition filed by Louis Vuitton. The fashion house had sought to block the registration of a trademark that it claimed was too...