The meaning of earlier trademarks

The meaning of earlier trademarks

NEWS The meaning of earlier trademarks In the opposition registration system the registrar (e.g. the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland or EUIPO) examines only absolute grounds of refusal. It is non-distinctiveness or descriptiveness of a designation that most...
CJEU on the effect of so called disclaimers

CJEU on the effect of so called disclaimers

AKTUALNOŚCI CJEU on the effect of so called disclaimers (Judgement of 12 June 2019, case no. C-705/17, Hansson)The CJEU, responding to the questions referred by the Court of Appeal in Stockholm about the legal effect of exemptions from protection of non-distinctive...
A confusing story about two little pigs

A confusing story about two little pigs

AKTUALNOŚCI A confusing story about two little pigs Judgement of the General Court of 21 March 2019, case no. T-777/17Most people in the EU probably know the children’s series Peppa Pig and the main character a little pig called Peppa. There is no doubt that the...