TM-Conqueror: Trademark law in Germany, Europe and the World
trademark application, trade mark infringement, German trademark law, EU trademarks, IR, national trademark protection, trademark analysis, trademark portfolio management
Dispute on the apple/swatch slogan “Think Different” and the importance of trademark protection Judgment of 08.06.2022; Ref. T-26/21; T-27/21 and T-28/21 In the following judgment of EUIPO in joined cases T-26/21, T-27/21 and T-28/21, the Luxembourg judges ruled in favour of Swatch. The watch manufacturer had applied to the European Trade Mark Office in 2016 […]
Andorra – the independent state : Bureaucracy problems The Principality of Andorra is not allowed to register its own name as a Union trademark. The government of the small principality is not allowed to protect the name “ANDORRA” as a Union trademark. The figurative sign should be used for marketing various goods and services. But that was recently […]