IP Talk
“LOST” n’a pas perdu…
{jcomments on}Le 19 décembre 2008, la Chambre des Recours de l’OHMI a confirmé une décision d’opposition qui a retenu que les marques LOST et LOST GIRLS étaient similaires pour des produits de la classe 25. Le terme “GIRLS” a été considéré comme fréquemment utilisé dans le domaine de la mode afin d’indiquer le public visé …
Une exception à la protection limitée des marques courtes ?
Le 26 novembre 2008, la Cour d’Appel de Paris a considéré comme similaires les marques TATI et ITAT. Pour le Judge, par un effet miroir lié à l’inversion de l’ordre des lettres, ITAT constitue la parfaite symétrie de TATI de sorte que les signes peuvent être vues et lues de la même manière ou encore …
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Philip Morris unfairly deprived of its right to act against trademark NEXT for dilution…
Paris Court of Appeal – November 19, 2008 Philip Morris took revocation action in law against two NEXT trademarks referring in particular to clothes, on the basis of their non use, and putting forward the French Evin law, under which those marks were viewed as obstacles to the use of Philip Morris’ identical trademark NEXT.
Bag shape
On October 21, 2008, the European Court of First Instance stated that the shape of a trapezoidal bag topped with two handles was not distinctive as a 3D trademark. It was regarded as directly evocative of the representation of a typical contemporary bag and therefore improper to affect the memory of consumers and indicate a …
Chipie’s Dog Life
On April 30, 2008, the Douai Court of Appeal ruled a likelihood of confusion between the CHIPIE’s dog flagship and a trademark representing a dog. For the judge, even if their race was not really defined, the two dogs represented only differed in details that medium care consumers could not perceive nor remember. This is …