Common
Short Codes
The Next Venue for Trademark
Disputes? While even the
least tech-savvy person
knows about the existence of
domain names, even the most
tech-savvy trademark ...
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After
thoughts
Champ v.s. Champagne: Is the
Supreme Court of Switzerland
more Catholic than the Pope?
It’s not polite to question
the rights afforded
geographical indications,
and ...
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Harmony or fallacy
An International litigation
comparison Intellectual
property laws and procedures
more harmonised. Nowhere is
this more apparent than in
the European Union where
many could ...
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Outwitting the cybersquatter
The trademark defence in .eu
domain name revocation
proceedings In order to
counter cybersquatting, new
top level domains (‘TLDs’)
are now often being
introduced ...
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The
name game
Céline Sàrl vCéline SA Case
C-17/06 Céline Sàrl v Céline
SA (Advocate General
Sharpston) 18 January 2007.
On a reference to the
European Court ...
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What’s
in a name
Companies and the “own-name”
defence to trademark
infringement and passing off
in the U.K. Since the
enactment of Kingdom, there
has been a the ...
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You cannot fight a fire with
water from far away
Addressing trademark issues
in China China has a fairly
poor reputation when it
comes to the protection of
intellectual property rights
(IPR), particularly for ...
Case Comment
Concepts and signs
The reasoning behind the
Dyson Judgment Can a
(visible) functional feature
of trademark? If not, on
what basis is a this
impermissible? Issues
surrounding ...
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Crystal ball gazing
OHIM Seeks to ensure CTM
registration is not a ‘game
of chance’ Coca-Cola’s
‘contour bottle’ was one of
the first 3D shapes to be
...
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Living
in a bubble?
Comparative advertising
questions referred On 5
December 2006, the Court of
Appeal handed down a
decision in the ongoing
dispute between two UK
mobile ...
Ambassador Hayes joins Hogan
& Hartson
United States/Switzerland –
Hogan & Hartson LLP has
recruited Rita Hayes, the ex
Director General of the
World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), as a
...
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Big
fight over the big game
United States - The National
Football League (NFL) is
attempting to register ‘The
Big Game’ as a trademark in
order to stop companies from
...
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Bright
new Dai for Brooke North
United Kingdom – Dai Davis
has left Nabarro Nathanson
to join Leeds-based legal
practice Brooke North LLP as
a partner in the firm’s IP
...
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Cigar company “implied
consent” according to UK
court
United Kingdom - The UK
Court of Appeal has
dismissed a lawsuit filed by
Corporacion Habanos SA
(CSA), the owner of the
Habanos cigars, in ...
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Cisco and Apple settle
iPhone dispute
International - Cisco
Systems and Apple have
finally settled their legal
dispute over the rights to
the name ‘iPhone’. Cisco has
been threatening Apple ...
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Clothing store wins
trademark spat in Russia
Russia - With the help of
International law firm
Lovells, Swedish clothing
company Hennes & Mauritz has
won a trademark dispute in
Russia over ...
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Coca-Cola hires NetNames
United Kingdom – NetNames, a
European leading domain name
management specialist, has
been appointed by Coca-Cola
Enterprises to help protect
its key trade services ...
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Court invalidates Brazil’s
historic football logo
United Kingdom - The UK High
Court has invalidated the
logo used on Brazilian
football shirts between 1914
and 1971. The ruling, which
...
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Court rules on rap star’s
“Diddy” problem
United Kingdom - The
multi-named hip-hop
superstar Sean Combs, who is
also known as Sean Puffy
Combs, Puffy, and P. Diddy,
has been found ...
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Crowell & Moring snaps up
Clune
United States – Crowell &
Moring LLP has added partner
Kathryn L. Clune to the
firm’s Litigation Group and
Intellectual Property Group
in Washington, ...
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ECJ
tells OHIM and Kaul: you
both got it wrong
Luxembourg - The European
Court of Justice (ECJ) has
issued its decision in:
Office for Harmonisation in
the Internal Market (OHIM) v
Kaul GmbH , ...
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Fox News sued over Red Eye
name
United States - Tribune Co.
has filed a trademark
infringement lawsuit against
Fox News in order to stop
the channel from using the
‘Red ...
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Hulme
promoted to partner
United Kingdom – Scottish
law firm Burness has
announced that Colin Hulme
has been promoted to partner
in the firm’s Dispute
Resolution department. Hulme,
...
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Litigation roundup
NAME Richard Dearlove v Sean
Combs BEFORE UK High Court
DATE 28/02/2007 WIN FOR
CLAIMANT Rap star Sean ...
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Lycos
mark invalidated in Spain
Spain - Lycos Europe has
announced plans to appeal a
Spanish court decision that
invalidated its LYCOS
trademark and lycos.es
domain name. In April ...
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Microsoft sued after talks
break down
United States - Software
company Microsoft is being
dragged into legal action
again, this time over its
use of the phrase “Office
Live”. ...
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New IP boutique opens its
doors
United Kingdom –
Five-partner intellectual
property boutique, Powell
Gilbert LLP, is now open for
business. The firm, which is
appropriately based in the
...
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Patent
Office to change name
United Kingdom - The UK
Government has taken the
advice of Andrew Gowers and
has decided to change the
name of the UK Patent ...
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Starbucks to withdraw
trademark opposition
Ethiopia - The Government of
the Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia and The
Starbucks Coffee Company
have released a joint
statement in which Starbucks
...
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Stibbe strengthens IP
practice
Belgium – In order to meet
the increasing demand of IP
law assistance, law firm
Stibbe has recruited IP
lawyers Ignace Vernimme
(partner) and ...
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Taking
INTA forward
The International Trademark
Association (INTA) has been
going through somewhat of a
transition of late. Late
last year, it opened its
Europe Representative Office
in ...
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Unified Trademarks Law to
stretch across six countries
The Middle East - The Member
States of the Gulf
Cooperation Council, which
consists of Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain
and U.A.E., have ...
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WORLDleaders International
IP Awards 2007
Trademark World, Patent
World and Copyright World
are the world’s leading
titles for intellectual
property specialists and
together they have been
serving the ...
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Who’s
in the news
Organisations in the news:
Altana Pharma AG Apple Corp
Corporacion Habanos SA Cisco
Systems Fox News Hennes &
Mauritz ...
