French trademark "PACANET" vs domain name "pacanet.net"
Since December 8, 2000, it is now possible to file a European patent application online, on the web site of the European Patent Office (EPO), through a securised access.
Before filing an application for the registration of a trademark, it is highly recommended to conduct a search for anteriorities among the trademarks which are already filed.
Since 1991, the publishing house P has been publishing a dictionary of Legal Texts (presentation and synthesis of about 400 legal texts in form of cards.
On August 21, 2000, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center brought in a decision concerning the registration of the pagesjaunes.com and pagesjaunes.net…
On June 20, 1989, the Le Coq Sportif (i.e. the sportive cock) Company filed a figurative mark which represents a stylized cock within a triangle. This mark designates particularly clothes.
On…
The facts : The English Company WIGGINS TEAPE Ltd, is titular of the word mark "CONQUEROR" as well as of the complex mark composed by the word "CONQUEROR" and by the representation of a knight, in a…
For the first time in France, a Court of First Instance has canceled a registered mark because it was anteriorized by a web site.
In the infringement action proceeding, according to Article L. 716-6 of the French Trademark Law, one may ask for a "provisional prohibition against the continuation of the allegedly infringing acts,…
The famous internet bookstore Amazon.com has instituted proceedings against the owner of the Amazon.gr site, which presents itself as the "Greece's Biggest Bookstore". Two lawsuits are instituted,…
