In CREW Republic Brewery GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) (Case R167/2015-4), the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM has found that the registration of the word mark DETOX as a Community trademark (CTM) for “beers” in Class 32 is eligible for registration because its meaning is neither descriptive, nor does … Continue Reading
Maren Ebner reports the case of Best-Lock (Europe) Ltd. v. Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) and Lego Juris A/S (Case T-396/14) in which the General Court has upheld a decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM, finding that Lego’s figure is a valid trademark, despite the fact that it includes … Continue Reading
Maren Ebner discusses the case of Levi Strauss & Co v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) (Case T-604/13). The General Court has overturned a decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM, finding that the Community Trade Mark (CTM) application for the word mark 101 was visually and phonetically similar to … Continue Reading
In general, most, if not all, trademark authorities around the world will not allow marks of an immoral nature on their registers. In the U.S., for example, if a “substantial composite of the general public” would perceive the mark, in context, to have a vulgar meaning, then the mark as a whole consists of scandalous … Continue Reading
