utworzone przez zgadmin | 20, 09 , 2024 | EN, News EN
Another unsuccessful application for a colour position trademark The difficulty of registering single colours and/or their combinations as trademarks is well known in the EU. However, it is easier to register a position mark, i.e. a mark the protection of which covers...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 13, 06 , 2024 | EN, News EN
In its judgment of 15 May 2024, in Case T-181/23, the CJEU dismissed the appeal against the decision of the EUIPO Board of Appeal and thus, the Court once again confirmed that the applicant’s mere knowledge of a third party’s earlier trade mark shall not be...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 4, 04 , 2024 | EN, News EN
Invalidation of trademark rights due to the reputation of the earlier mark Flegamina, which comes in the form of syrup as well as tablets, is a well-known medicine in Poland for upper respiratory tract infections. Advertisements of this pharmaceutical product have...
utworzone przez zgadmin | 28, 02 , 2024 | EN, News EN
The burden of proof in another case before the CJEU On 18 January 2024, the CJEU handed down its judgment in Case C-367/21 on request for a preliminary ruling from the Warsaw Regional Court. In its judgment, the Court indicated the possibility of reversing the burden...
utworzone przez Maja Balcerzak | 22, 02 , 2024 | EN, News EN
Decision on the figurative sign representing the Palace of Culture and Science On 6 February 2024, the Adjudicating Body of the Polish Patent Office handed down its decision on a motion to cancel the protection right for a figurative mark depicting the building of the...
