A ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case of Land Nordrhein-Westfalen v Dirk Renckhoff has ensured that website operators cannot post copyrighted material originating elsewhere without first obtaining permission to do so from the original publisher.
This article addresses a number of ways in which a trade mark might be opposed for registration, and how such opposition may lead to proceedings.
In 2007 things began to melt for KitKat when Mondelez International, then Cadbury Schweppes, filed an action for invalidity against NestleÂs KitKat trade mark.
The question is whether a reasonably well informed and reasonably observant and circumspect consumer would associate scotch whisky with a German based Glen Buchenbach to support GI.
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that Facebook and the operator of a Facebook page are equally responsible for the protection of visitors personal data. Each must inform visitors on how personal data is processed.
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) will be a common court to the Member States of the European Union, it will therefore be a part of each Member State’s judicial system. As the name suggests, it will only hear cases that relate to European patents.
Yesterday (26 April 2018) the UKÂs government deposited the instrument of ratification with the EU Commission.
While it seems the United Patent Court and Unitary Patent system across the EU was a non-starter, following Brexit, the UK has taken another step towards ratification.
In Spain, the rights holders of the film Dallas Buyers Club went after alleged pirates in Bilabo and San Sebastian.
When the Unified Patent System was first announced, it looked to be the improvement needed to raise the European Patent system up with the other IP rights.
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