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Trademark: Terms of Renewal

By horak LawyersPosted on 18. July 2022Posted in absolute grounds for refusal, certification mark, danger of deceiving the public, DPMA, General, German Patent Application, lack of distinctiveness, Patent law, Patent license law, Patents, trade mark application, trademark, trademark category, trademark law, tribunal decisionTagged brand, EUIPO judgement, German law, intellectual property, IP-law, trademark, trademark application, trademark law, trademark protection, tribunal decisionNo Comments

Trademark´s Renewal Terms of protection: 3 Things To Know 1. After the Trademark Law Reform In the case of a trademark registered as of 01/14/2019, the term of protection begins on the day following the filing of the application and ends at the end of the day corresponding to the day of filing […]

Trademark Maintenance

By horak LawyersPosted on 19. May 2022Posted in absolute grounds for refusal, certification mark, danger of deceiving the public, descriptive term, DPMA, General, trade mark application, trademark, trademark category, trademark lawTagged attorneys, authorization, competitors, control, German law, German trademark, infringement, license, maintenance, protection, protective rights, registration, trademarkNo Comments

Trademark maintenance: what happens after you have registered your trademark? It’s done! You have successfully registered your trademark. Congratulations. Your trademark now enjoys protection under trademark law. Once your trade mark has been registered, you might think that your work is done but unfortunately, we have to contradict this. Trademark protection is only of use […]

BGH Eastern Decision on the Lindt Gold Bunny

By horak LawyersPosted on 19. April 2022Posted in certification mark, danger of deceiving the public, descriptive term, DPMA, General, German Patent Application, lack of distinctiveness, reputation, trade mark application, trademark, trademark category, trademark law, tribunal decisionTagged bgh, federal decision, German law, germany, golden, MarkenG, paintiff, plaintiff, public, respondent, trademark, trademark law, trademark regulation, tribunal decisionNo Comments

BGH Decision on trademark protection of the gold tone of the Lindt gold chocolate bunny Federal Supreme Court, Judgment of 29.07.2021 – I ZR 139/20 – Gold tone of the Lindt Gold Bunny enjoys trade mark protection – Let’s have a look at this interesting BGH, German Federal Supreme Court. The Federal Supreme Court has […]