Browsing: Trade Mark

adidas 3-stripe trademark invalid: EU Court

Photo Markus Spiske (LUXEMBOURG) – The adidas EU trade mark, which consists of three parallel stripes applied in any direction, is invalid, the EU’s top Court ruled Wednesday, as the…

Louboutin wins right to red sole in EU Court

Louboutin shoe (LUXEMBOURG) – Luxury shoe designer Christian Louboutin won a case at the European Court of Justice Tuesday over the right to trademark its exclusive red sole trademark used…

(LUXEMBOURG) – Applications for European Union trade marks continued their upward rise in 2015, with Germany leading the way from the Member States, and Paris from the regions. Almost 90,000…

In accordance with the Community Trade Mark Regulation the shape of a chocolate rabbit or reindeer with a red ribbon cannot be registered as a Community trade mark, the General Court…

The Court of First Instance (CFI) has dismissed the appeal of a Polish company who sought registration for a complex sign consisting  of colorful ribbons and the numerical elements ‘100’…

The registration of the trade mark ‘CANNABIS’ is not valid in respect of the branding of beverages, according to a European Court of Justice ruling.The Court’s ruling  upheld an original…