The EU General Court upheld a BoA decision concerning #genuineuse of this #EUTM registration, rejecting both appeals, in a dispute between Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, & ePlus Inc Case T‑570/23 curia.europa.eu/juris/document… Case T‑604/23 curia.europa.eu/juris/document…

MARQUES is hosting two workshops in November: (1) Licensing for Beginners (25 Nov) marques.org/events/2024112… (2) Coexistence Agreements (26 Nov) marques.org/events/2024112… Spaces are limited so go to the website to register now!

No likelihood of confusion between this #EUTM application for G&S in classes 34 & 35 and earlier mark KING's for identical/similar G&S - EU General Court in Case T‑118/23, House of Prince A/S v EUIPO/Andrzej Biały curia.europa.eu/juris/document…

No acquiescence due to lack of evidence of actual awareness of mark - EU General Court upholds BoA decision in #EUTM invalidity case - Case T‑136/23, Vintae Luxury Wine Specialists SLU v EUIPO/Grande Vitae GmbH curia.europa.eu/juris/document…

In Case T‑200/23, Domingo Alonso Group, SL v EUIPO/Ald Automotive, SA (arising from an invalidity case), the EU General Court upheld a finding of likelihood of confusion between this #EUTM and this earlier Spanish mark curia.europa.eu/juris/document…

#EUGeneralCourt confirms that Chiquita's blue and yellow oval cannot be protected as an #EUtrademark for fresh fruit 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

#EUGeneralCourt: The figurative sign consisting of the phrase ‘RUSSIAN WARSHIP, GO F* *K yourself’ in Russian and English cannot be registered as an @EUTrademark 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

The EU General Court issued a 3rd decision in the 8-year dispute arising from an opposition to this #EUTM application, based on the earlier mark ONE - Case T‑359/23, Société des produits Nestlé SA v EUIPO/Amigüitos pets & life, SA curia.europa.eu/juris/document… Opposition rejected!

BoA erred in finding likelihood of confusion between #EUTM application for DAOgest and earlier mark DAOSIN as signs only have average visual & phonetic similarity - EU General Court in Case T‑396/23, Stada Arzneimittel AG v EUIPO/Bioiberica, SAU curia.europa.eu/juris/document…

The OECD Trade ➡ Making Trade Work for All Report on the Trade in Counterfeit Goods and the UK Economy has been published today. The report estimates that in 2021, the value of counterfeit and pirated goods imported into the UK amounted to GBP 7.1 billion, equivalent to 1.5% of total UK imports.

Ordinary shops remain the most common location for counterfeit goods sales investigated by Trading Standards. Investigations into social media and private residences continue to increase Read more in our Trading Standards Successes Survey: bit.ly/TSSuccess23-24

Watch the first in a new series of videos made by members of the MARQUES Copyright Team!

Question the Trade Mark Judges, hosted by UCL-IBIL and MARQUES, will take place in London on 25 March at 6.00 pm and will feature judges including Nina Korjus, Mrs Justice Joanna Smith & Al Skilton. Find out more and book your place here ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

It seems to have been a busy year on the trade mark front! Join us and MARQUES=IP on 25 March UCL Faculty of Laws to meet and question some of the judges that are deciding our trade mark disputes. Full details at: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20….

New leadership team for MARQUES: at the Spring Meeting, Claudia Pappas became Chair, Leo Longauer 1st Vice-Chair and Tapio Blanc 2nd Vice-Chair. Read more here: marques.org/blogs/class46/…

On 8 May 2025, Advocate General Szpunar delivered the highly anticipated Opinion in the Joined Cases Mio and USM Haller concerning copyright protection for works of applied art. Evert van Gelderen of the MARQUES Copyright Team summarises the Opinion marques.org/blogs/class99/…

MARQUES is pleased to announce that the Italian “Meet the Judges” Symposium has been rescheduled to take place at the OFF/OFF Theatre, at Via Giulia 20 in Rome, on Thursday 2 October 2025. Registration will open soon! marques.org/blogs/class46/…

Episode 25 of the Talking MARQUES podcast is all about this year's Annual Conference, which takes place in The Hague from 16-19 September 2025. It features Willem Leppink, Liselott Enström and Dieuwerke van der Schalk marques.org/podcast/

You can now book your place at the rescheduled MARQUES Judges Meeting in Rome on 2 October 2025: find out more and sign up here! marques.org/events/2025100…