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Forthcoming Euro-Attractions ...


is getting all excited i time again close the intellectual belongings cases coming upwards before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) as well as the Court of First Instance (CFI).

Tomorrow nosotros larn judgment inward Case C-286/04 P Eurocermex v Office for Harmonisation inward the Internal Market, inward which the IPKat firmly expects the ECJ to sack the noun grounds of appeal against the CFI's refusal to register equally a Community merchandise grade a ludicrous grade consisting of an opened upwards bottle of beer amongst a wedge of green-skinned lemon stuck into its spout.

On the same 24-hour interval nosotros larn judgment inward a illustration that has kind of come upwards up on the blind side without anyone noticing it: Case C-28/04 Tod's as well as Tod's France. This is a reference from the Tribunal de Grand Instance de Paris for a preliminary ruling on the compatitibility of Community constabulary amongst a provision of French constabulary that makes copyright protection champaign of written report to a distinguishing standard based on the province of source of the work.

On Thursday seven July, equally if this isn't enough, there's likewise judgment inward Case C-418/02 Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte, a High German reference on the registrability of service marks for retail sales equally merchandise marks.

 is getting all excited i time again close the intellectual belongings cases coming upwards bef FORTHCOMING EURO-ATTRACTIONS ...
On the same morn nosotros larn judgment Case C-353/03 Nestlé, a reference on whether the slogan HAVE Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 BREAK has acquired distinctiveness through use, when it has hitherto been extensively used equally business office of a larger slogan, HAVE Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 BREAK ... HAVE Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 KIT-KAT, which itself contains the famous KIT-KAT merchandise mark.

 is getting all excited i time again close the intellectual belongings cases coming upwards bef FORTHCOMING EURO-ATTRACTIONS ...
On Thursday fourteen July there's a hearing of Case C-361/04 P Ruiz-Picasso as well as Others v Office for Harmonisation inward the Internal Market, inward which the estate of the belatedly creative someone Pablo Picasso volition convey its final fling at stopping the registration of the discussion grade PICARO for motor vehicles, based on an alleged likelihood of confusion amongst its before registration of PICASSO for goods inward the same class.

On the same appointment the ECJ gives judgment inward Case C-192/04 Lagardère Active Broadcast, on payments of royalties inward abide by of broadcasting rights (the Advocate General's Opinion was non translated into English linguistic communication here, alas).
 is getting all excited i time again close the intellectual belongings cases coming upwards bef FORTHCOMING EURO-ATTRACTIONS ...

Finally, welcoming an former friend back, on Wednesday half dozen July there's a hearing on the appeal to the CFI of Case T-346/04 Sadas v OHIM - LTJ Diffusion (ARTHUR ET FELICIE), betwixt 2 parties who convey already been to Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on the query of identity of merchandise marks.

This spider web log volition practise its best to alternative these decisions upwards equally they come upwards out, linguistic communication permitting ...

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