Le 5 Novembre 2008, le Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris a décidé que SO WHITE ! imitait la marque antérieure ISOWHITE.
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ENVY différent de NVY, N&VY et n&vy
Le 14 octobre 2008, le TGI de Paris a considéré ENVY et NVY, N&VY et n&vy comme non similaires.
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Recul dans le processus de comparaison des marques figurative à l’OHMI ?
Le 29 janvier dernier, la Division d’annulation de l’OHMI a considéré qu’aucun risque de confusion n’existait entre des marque représentant des empreintes de pas. Les éléments graphiques composants les empreintes ont été considéré comme visuellement différents.
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Bag shape
On October 21, 2008, the European Court of First Instance stated that the shape of a trapezoidal bag topped with two handles was not distinctive as a 3D trademark. It was regarded as directly evocative of the representation of a typical contemporary bag and therefore improper to affect the memory of consumers and indicate a…
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New step for past commented decision
On November 12, 2008, the CFI confirmed the partial cancellation of the Lego brick for construction toys. The Court regarded as pointless the addition of non-essential characteristics having no technical function. The objective appreciation excludes perception through the sole target consumer. At this stage, the fighting margin of LEGO was limited to law considerations but…
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FIFA not scoring their trademarks on the bench!
On June 20 and 30, 2008, the First Board of Appeal of the OHIM declared the Community trademarks WORLD CUP GERMANY, WORLD CUP 2006, WM 2006, GERMANY 2006 and WORLD CUP 2006 GERMANY as invalid. For the Board, these signs are exclusively descriptive indications of the goods and services claimed, which must remain available for…
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Smooth French distinctiveness
On May 23, 2008, a French Court of First Instance regarded SPORT NUTRITION CENTER as distinctive for health foods. Even if “NUTRITION” could be considered as descriptive, the judge considered the mark as an arbitrary combination of words for such products. This decision shows that a combination of descriptive words may be distinctive depending on…
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Numerals under the trademark practice
Both the French trademark law and the Community trademark Regulations provide that numerals are eligible to trademark protection. We are often questioned by our clients as to what the situation really is. So we hereby propose to make a short review of the practice relating thereto.
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A bitter foie gras
The owner of a 3D trademark represented in the form of a cylindrical foie gras lollipop sued Fauchon for infringement by their made of foie gras half balls on a stick. On June 25, 2008, the Paris Court of Appeal regarded the earlier mark as distinctive but exonerated Fauchon on the basis of the specific…
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Blind Test
On May 16, 2008, tthe Paris Court of Appeal considered the marks BLIND TEST as distinctive in respect of “discs, games, phonographic records”. For the judge, the proofs submitted were not sufficient to consistently establish that this expression was commonly used in the French language at the date of filing. The appreciation of the distinctiveness…
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