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,…
The idea of the internet being a land-without-no-law is more and more inconsistent. Two recent decisions from the First Instance Court of Paris show that rules, such as speciality of goods and/or…
AG Communication Systems Corporation v. Microsoft Corporation (Court of Appeal of Paris - 18/12/98)
According to Art. L 713-4 (1) of the Intellectual Property Law, the right conferred by a mark shall not entitle an owner to prohibit its use in relation to goods which have been put on the market in…
According to Art. L 115-1 of the Consumption Law, an Origin Appellation is constituted by the denomination of a country, a district or a locality designating a product which comes therefrom and of…
When filing a patent application in France, it is possible to request the priority date of a prior french application, for the common elements, providing that :
- the two applications are filed by…
L 713-6 : Registration of a mark shall not prevent use of the same sign or a similar sign as the necessary reference to state the intended purpose of the product or service, in particular as an…
