Tag: Intellectual Property

Matchedharmony (Trade Mark: Opposition) O05417: IPO 10 Feb 2017

Sections 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) Earlier Trade Marks – Distinctive and dominant components
Sections 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) Earlier Trade Marks – Composite word marks
Sections 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) Earlier Trade Marks – Treatment of descriptive / allusive elements
Sections 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) Earlier Trade Marks – Particular visual / aural / conceptual considerations

Citations:

[2017] UKIntelP o05417

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Intellectual Property

Updated: 26 March 2022; Ref: scu.587833

Matchedharmony (Trade Mark: Opposition) O05517: IPO 10 Feb 2017

Section 5(4) Earlier Rights – Passing off (Issues arising from Registry proceedings)
Section 5(4) Earlier Rights – Relevant date
Section 5(4) Earlier Rights – Added value (circumstances where S.5(4)(a) offers an advantageous position in comparison to S.5(2)

Citations:

[2017] UKIntelP o05517

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Intellectual Property

Updated: 26 March 2022; Ref: scu.587834

Simplicity Switches and Sockets (Trade Mark: Opposition): IPO 10 Feb 2017

Citations:

[2017] UKIntelP o05217

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See Also – Simplicity Switches and Sockets (Trade Mark: Opposition) IPO 23-Nov-2016
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See Also – Simplicity Switches and Sockets (Trade Mark: Opposition) IPO 31-Jan-2017
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Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Intellectual Property

Updated: 26 March 2022; Ref: scu.587840

Yoshida Metal Industry v EUIPO: ECJ 11 May 2017

ECJ Appeal – EU trade mark – Registration of signs consisting of a surface with black dots – Declaration of invalidity – Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Article 7(1)(e)(ii) – Article 51(3)

Citations:

C-421/15, [2017] EUECJ C-421/15, ECLI:EU:C:2017:360

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property

Updated: 26 March 2022; Ref: scu.584356

Schrader v CPVO – Hansson (Seimora): ECFI 4 May 2017

ECJ Judgment – Plant varieties – Application for revocation of the Community plant variety right for SEIMORA – Application for annulment of the Community plant variety right granted to the variety SEIMORA – Application for Community plant variety rights in respect of the variety SUMOST 02 – Composition of the Board of Appeal of the CPVO – Principle of impartiality

Citations:

T-425/15, [2017] EUECJ T-425/15, ECLI:EU:T:2017:305, [2021] EUECJ T-425/15DEPII_CO

Links:

Bailii, Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property, Agriculture

Updated: 26 March 2022; Ref: scu.584349

Martin y Paz Diffusion Sa v David Depuydt: ECJ 19 Sep 2013

Trade marks – Directive 89/104/EEC – Article 5 – Consent on the part of the proprietor of a trade mark to the use, by a third party, of a sign which is identical with that mark – Consent given in a situation where there is shared use – Possibility for that proprietor to put an end to the shared use and regain the exclusive use of its mark

Citations:

[2014] ETMR 6, [2013] WLR(D) 351, [2013] EUECJ C-661/11, [2014] Bus LR 329

Links:

Bailii, WLRD

Statutes:

Directive 89/104/EEC 5

Jurisdiction:

European

Citing:

Opinion – Martin y Paz Diffusion Sa v David Depuydt ECJ 18-Apr-2013
ECJ Trade marks – Directive 89/104/EEC – Article 5(1) – Exclusive rights of the trade mark proprietor – Shared use of a trade mark – Consent – Revocation of consent to use a trade mark – Unfair competition . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Intellectual Property

Updated: 25 March 2022; Ref: scu.583675

Glaxo Wellcome Uk Ltd (T/A Allen and Hanburys) and Another v Sandoz Ltd: CA 10 May 2017

Challenge to validity of trade mark, and, specifically, whether it is invalid on the ground that the subject matter of the registration is not clear or precise and is not such that it will be perceived unambiguously and uniformly and so contravenes Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009 on the EU trade mark (the ‘EUTMR’).

Judges:

Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor, Floyd, Hitchin LJJ

Citations:

[2017] EWCA Civ 335

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Intellectual Property, European

Updated: 25 March 2022; Ref: scu.583653

COP v EUIPO – Conexa (Amphibian): ECFI 3 Apr 2017

ECJ Judgment – Brand of the European Union – Invalidity proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – AMPHIBIAN figurative mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Distinctive character – Lack of descriptive character – Article 7, paragraph 1, b) and c) Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Citations:

ECLI:EU:T:2017:241, [2017] EUECJ T-215/16

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581711

Glaxo Wellcome UK Ltd (T/A Allen and Hanburys) and Another v Sandoz Ltd and Another: CA 6 Apr 2017

Appeal from refusal to allow addition of two further defendants in claim of trade mark infringement.

Judges:

Floyd, Moylan LJJ, Sir Timothy Lloyd

Citations:

[2017] EWCA Civ 227

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Litigation Practice, Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581430

J and Joy v EUIPO – Joy-Sportswear (Jn-Joy) T-388/15: ECFI 29 Mar 2017

ECJ (Judgment : Eu Trade Mark – Opposition Proceedings) EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – EU word mark JN-JOY – Earlier national figurative mark joy SPORTSWEAR – Relative grounds for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the goods – Similarity of the signs – Assessment criteria – Composite mark – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Citations:

ECLI:EU:T:2017:232, [2017] EUECJ T-388/15

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 8(1)(b)

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581306

J and Joy v EUIPO – Joy-Sportswear (J and Joy) T-387/15: ECFI 29 Mar 2017

ECJ Judgment : Eu Trade Mark – Opposition Proceedings – EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – EU word mark J AND JOY – Earlier national figurative mark joy SPORTSWEAR – Relative grounds for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the goods – Similarity of the signs – Assessment criteria – Composite mark – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Citations:

ECLI:EU:T:2017:233, [2017] EUECJ T-387/15

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581304

Alcohol Countermeasure Systems (International) v EUIPO – Lion Laboratories (Alcolock): ECFI 29 Mar 2017

ECJ (Judgment : Eu Trade Mark – Invalidity Proceeding) EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark ALCOLOCK – United Kingdom word mark ALCOLOCK – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(a) and (b) and Article 53(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Genuine use of the earlier mark

Citations:

ECLI:EU:T:2017:229, [2017] EUECJ T-638/15

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581303

Brevan Howard Asset Management Llp and Others v Reuters Ltd and Others: QBD 28 Mar 2017

Application by the Claimant (‘BHAM’) for an interim non-disclosure order. The First Defendant (‘Reuters’) is the well-known international news agency. The Second Defendant, Ms Keidan, is a financial journalist working for Reuters. The Third Defendant is identified as ‘Person or Persons Unknown’ alleged to have leaked the confidential documents, or the information derived therefrom, the use of which BHAM seeks to restrain by this application.

Judges:

Popplewell J

Citations:

[2017] EWHC 644 (QB)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Litigation Practice, Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581310

J and Joy v EUIPO – Joy-Sportswear (Jandjoy) T-389/15: ECFI 29 Mar 2017

ECJ (Judgment : Eu Trade Mark – Opposition Proceedings) EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – EU figurative mark JandJOY – Earlier national figurative mark joy SPORTSWEAR – Relative grounds for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the goods – Similarity of the signs – Assessment criteria – Composite mark – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Citations:

T-389/15, [2017] EUECJ T-389/15

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581305

Regent University v EUIPO – Regent’s College: ECFI 28 Mar 2017

ECJ (Regent University) (Judgment : Eu Trade Mark – Invalidity Proceedings) EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark REGENT UNIVERSITY – Earlier national figurative mark REGENT’S COLLEGE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Citations:

ECLI:EU:T:2017:226, [2017] EUECJ T-538/15

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581157

Capella v EUIPO – Abus (Apus): ECFI 16 Mar 2017

ECJ (Trade Marks : Trade Marks Intellectual, Industrial and Commercial Property – Judgment) European trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community word mark APUS – Earlier national word mark ABUS – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8 (1) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Likelihood of confusion – Successive limitations on the application for registration before the Board of Appeal – Article 43 (1) of Regulation No 207/2009 – Jurisdiction of the Board of Appeal – Article 64 (1) Of Regulation No 207/2009 – Right to be heard – Second paragraph of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 – Rule 13 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95

Citations:

ECLI:EU:T:2017:174, [2017] EUECJ T-473/15

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581045

Vignerons De La Mediterranee v EUIPO – Bodegas Grupo Yllera (Le Val France): ECFI 23 Mar 2017

ECJ (Judgment) European trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the European figurative trade mark LE VAL FRANCE – Earlier European word mark VINA DEL VAL – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8 (1) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Citations:

T-216/16, [2017] EUECJ T-216/16

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581057

Hoffmann v EUIPO (Genius): ECFI 22 Mar 2017

ECJ (Intellectual, Industrial and Commercial Property : Trade Marks Intellectual, Industrial and Commercial Property : Trade Marks – Judgment) European trade mark – Application for a European Genius word mark – Absolute ground for refusal – Lack of distinctive character – Article 7 (1) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Citations:

ECLI:EU:T:2017:199, [2017] EUECJ T-425/16

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Intellectual Property

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581051