On 22 January 2003, the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal disclosed a decision G 1/02 relative to the competence and the nature of the “decisions” of the formalities officers
In the case R 1022/2000-2, the Second Board of Appeal of the OHIM rejected the opposition against the application for a complex trademark Chipitta
In a decision G 1/03 - G 2/03 dated September 26, 2002, a Board of Appeal of the EPO has underlined the compulsory technical aspect of an invention, not only in the object of the patent, but in the…
The Ordonnance n° 2001-670 of July 25, 2001, in force on July 30, 2001, modified the criterias allowing the appreciation of the validity of a French design and the infringement thereof.
Two appeals relating to opposition division decisions allow to illustrate the comparison of goods as it is studied by the OHIM.
Group M., nurserygardener breeder is the owner of a new plant variety certificate for a variety of strawberry-plant named "Mara des Bois".
One of the means proposed by the French Law against the infringement of a design or a trademark is that the customs administration may suspend:
The Boards of Appeal of OHIM seem to search whether the trademark constitutes the normal way to designate a product
The Court of Justice of the European Community delivered a judgment C-2/00 relative the use of a trade mark with descriptive purposes in the course of trade.
How is a game protected ? Is it possible to sell a game which is "similar" to an existing game ?
