The EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has held that the term ÂBREXiTÂ is devoid of distinctive character and therefore not capable of registration as a trade mark.
As the UK stalls and splutters its way to even more chaos – the European Commission today fined Google Â1.49 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. The EU claims that Google has abused its market dominance by imposing a number of restrictive clauses in contracts with third-party websites which prevented Google’s rivals from placing their search adverts on these websites. Expect more litigation news on this…….Please also reach out if you have any news or stories concerning Google and how its advertising has affected your business
For the record, 29 March is the 88th day in the year and the day in 1871 that Queen Vitoria opened the Royal Albert Hall, going forwards this date will have a huge impact on intellectual property in the UK.
29th of March is a monumental day in history for many reasons, for starters on this date in 363 Roman Emperor Julian defeated the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, in 1999 the Discovery Space Shuttle completed its first docking with the International Space Station and this year, 2019, the UK will leave the EU. Whilst trade marks were not in the minds of Roman Emperor Julian and the astronauts in the International Space Station they are on our mind at Lawdit.
An request for a stay of proceedings by using Brexit as the reason was dismissed in the CJEU.
The UK Intellectual property office has released guidance online in the hope of encouraging businesses, organisations and individuals to register trade marks before Brexit.
With Brexit looming and the potential of a No Deal Brexit very real, it is important to sit up, take note and take action in respect of your IP.
Trade marks and community designs, being a registered system, are the most harmonised of the IP rights within the UK and EU.
Following the referendum and the ongoing saga in respect of Brexit, patents have been a particular hot topic of discussion.
Uber CEO: Âvery few brands become verbs for Uber to have achieved this shows how weÂve captured imaginations and become an important part of our customers livesÂ.
