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Liz Bodey
The CJEU has rendered its decision on the invalidity actions brought by Yokohama against the below shape mark filed by Pirelli. The mark represents a single groove of a tyre tread, covering “tyres, solid, semi-pneumatic and pneumatic tyres, rims and covers for vehicle wheels of all kinds, vehicle wheels
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Liz Bodey
Whether it be Liberty Oilfield Services launching the critical “Thank You North Face” USA campaign calling out The North Face’s hypocritical and extensive fossil fuel use, or Greenpeace’s Australian campaign criticising AGL for its extensive greenhouse gas emissions, many companies and activists toe the line of trade mark and
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Liz Bodey
In what will be welcomed by innovative design brands, on 14 July 2021, the General Court of the EU handed down a decision annulling the EUIPO and Board of Appeal’s decisions that a mark filed by Guerlain lacked distinctive character. This decision emphasises that a distinctiveness assessment of a
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Liz Bodey
The importance of ensuring trade mark registrations accurately reflect the marks in usage has been brought into sharp relief by the recent decision of a Delegate of the Registrar of Trade Marks in Planet Plumbing SW Works Pty Ltd v Green Planet Maintenance Pty Ltd [2021] ATMO 32.
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