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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 […]

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 […]

Certification trademark

By horak LawyersPosted on 10. March 2022Posted in certification mark, trademark, trademark category, trademark lawTagged certification mark, trademark lawNo Comments

In contrast to the individual trade mark, this new trade mark category focuses on the guarantee function; that means that it is not about distinguishing the goods or services of a particular manufacturer or supplier from those of another manufacturer or supplier (as in the case of the individual trade mark), but about certifying a […]

What are trademarks?

By horak LawyersPosted on 10. March 2022Posted in reputation, trade mark application, trademark, trademark category, trademark lawTagged German trademark, trademark, trademark application, trademark lawNo Comments

As a rule, a trade mark is used to identify the goods and/or services of an enterprise. Signs suitable for distinguishing goods and/or services of an enterprise from those of another enterprise can be protected as trade marks. These can be, for example, words, letters, numbers, images, but also colours, holograms, multimedia signs and sounds. […]