Thursday -- What A Busy Day

1 Two coups for the Butterworths 3 Selenium-Ace

In Case T-312/03 Wassen International Ltd v OHIM, Stroschein Gesundkost GmbH the Court of First Instance has ruled that the Community merchandise grade applicant's SELENIUM ACE give-and-take mark, for goods in addition to services inward Classes 3, five in addition to 42, was probable to elbow grease confusion alongside the opponent's before figurative High German grade (illustrated here) for much the same goods.


4 ALADDIN/ALADIN

In Case T-126/03 Reckitt Benckiser (Espans) SL v OHIM, Aladin Gesellschaft the Court of First Instance annulled the Board of Appeal's determination on a complex "proof of use" termination relating to whether the opponent's grade had been used or not. Time is likewise pressing for the IPKat to bargain alongside this illustration inward detail, but it looks quite interesting in addition to he volition move reading it at leisure over the weekend. If anything exciting is said inward it, he'll permit you lot know.


5 H5N1 packet of fun

In Case C-173/04 Deutsche SiSi v Werke GmbH, Advocate General Luis-Jarabo Colomer of the European Court of Justice has given his Opinion on whether the Court of First Instance was right to spend upward SiSi's application to register equally a Community merchandise grade a bundle shape for soft drinks. Alas, it's non inward English, but tin anyone tell the IPKat what this means:

"V – Kostenentscheidung

61. Gemäß Artikel 122 inward Verbindung mit Artikel 69 § ii der Verfahrensordnung des Gerichtshofes, der gemäß Artikel 118 auf das Rechtsmittelverfahren Anwendung findet, ist popular off unterliegende Partei zur Tragung der Kosten zu verurteilen. Wenn der Gerichtshof entsprechend meinem Vorschlag popular off von der Rechtsmittelführerin geltend gemachten Rechtsmittelgründe zurückweist, sind ihr popular off Kosten des Rechtsmittels aufzuerlegen.

VI – Ergebnis

62. Aus den genannten Gründen schlage ich dem Gerichtshof vor, das von der Rechtsmittelführerin gegen das Urteil des Gerichts erster Instanz vom 28. Januar 2004 inward den verbundenen Rechtssachen T‑146/02 bis T‑153/02 eingelegte Rechtsmittel zurückzuweisen und der Rechtsmittelführerin popular off Kosten des Verfahrens aufzuerlegen".

6 En garde!

Last but non least, the ECJ has ruled inward Case C-192/04 Lagardère Active Broadcast v Société pour la perception de la rémunération équitable in addition to others. In this illustration the Court was asked to dominion on the making of royalty payments inward sure enough cross-border situations. The ruling says it all:

"1. In the illustration of a broadcast of the sort at termination inward this case, Council Directive 93/83/EEC on the coordination of sure enough rules concerning copyright in addition to rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting in addition to cable retransmission does non forestall the fee for phonogram role beingness governed non solely past times the police describe of the Member State inward whose territory the broadcasting companionship is established but also past times the legislation of the Member State inward which, for technical reasons, the terrestrial transmitter broadcasting to the commencement State is located.

2. Article 8(2) of Council Directive 92/100 on rental right in addition to lending right in addition to on sure enough rights related to copyright inward the champaign of intellectual belongings must move interpreted equally important that, for determination of the equitable remuneration mentioned inward that provision, the broadcasting companionship is non entitled unilaterally to deduct from the total of the royalty for phonogram role payable inward the Member State inward which it is established the total of the royalty paid or claimed inward the Member State inward whose territory the terrestrial transmitter broadcasting to the commencement State is located".

volition move studying the implications of this decision. Meanwhile, he's happy to listen from anyone alongside rigid opinions on it.