Enfin un office qui sait se remettre en question ! L’USPTO vient de mettre en place une procédure en-ligne qui consiste pour les déposants de marques à contester des décisions administratives contradictoires avec des précédents. Nous qui en avions assez d’entendre les offices de marques nous répondre « nous ne sommes pas tenus par nos …
Le renouvellement d’une marque française, dont la durée de validité est de dix ans, peut se faire dans les 6 mois précédant sa date d’échéance. Avant cette période, le renouvellement sera considéré comme anticipé ou précoce et ne pourra être pris en compte par l’Office des marques. Il faudra alors réitérer l’opération dans la période …
Le renouvellement anticipé associé à un nouveau dépôt Lire la suite »
Since September 1st, 2008, the Madrid Protocol takes precedent on Madrid agreement. We can consequently proceed with the WIPO extension on the basis of a French trademark application only. However, in practice, before proceeding with the international extension, applicants should wait for the end of the opposition, approximately four months in France. Otherwise, in case …
Pros and Cons of the change in the Madrid System Safeguard Clause Lire la suite »
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 …
In line with our commitment to offer specific services to our customers, we are glad to announce the creation of our new department LexWine. LexWine is dedicated to wines and spirit under Claire Mourrieras’ responsibility (Manager of our office in Bordeaux) with Jean-Baptiste Thial de Bordenave (IP Lawyer and former member of the BNIC, the …
On September 10, 2008, the CFI ruled similarity of the trademarks EXE (fig) and EXE in respect of «clothing, excepting shoes » and « shoes for men and women ». The Court focused its comparison on the « clothing » and « shoes » categories without considering the specific exclusion. This typical case-law shows the …
On September 24, 2008, the European Court of First Instance ruled that “retail and wholesale services, including on-line retail store services” could relate to all goods. The Court thus retained a similarity with “clothing, headwear, footwear, athletic bags, backpacks and knapsacks wallets” of the earlier mark. This establishes the scope of protection of retail sale …
Large similarity for unspecified Retail sale services Lire la suite »
H&M filed an opposition against the French trademark application HMM ! in class 25. On April 9, 2008, the Court of Appeal considered the signs as similar. The Court denied a potential conceptual difference and retained the phonetic resemblances due to the spelled pronunciation of the contested mark as « H-M-M » and not « …
On June 17, 2008, the Court of Appeal regarded CASTORAMA and STORAMA as dissimilar. STOR was considered as descriptive of the covered products and ORAMA as generally used for evocating overall views. For the Court, the communication also showed that the public used the abbreviation CASTO to designate CASTORAMA This decision can be highly criticized. …
Croisette Beach is a successful 80-place restaurant located on La Croisette in Cannes.Olivier Serantoni is the Chef of the restaurant and, beyond the handling of menus, dishes and staff, he is implied in all business issues of the restaurant.He kindly replied to our questions to enable us to collect the main needs of chefs as …
WHEN OLIVIER SERANTONI TALKS ABOUT HIS CREATIVITY AS A COOKING CHEF… Lire la suite »
