Conflicts between company names and trademarks (or tradenames) are very common. In this article, María Cadarso clarifies for us the relationship and differences between the respective concepts.
In the last few years, the so-called “Eurasian IP System” has emerged in Northern Europe to harmonize and unify, to a certain extent, the registration of trademarks in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
General Court has confirmed in its judgment dated 10 March 2021, that registration of the trade mark KERRYMAID in the EU cannot be permitted on grounds of the likelihood of confusion with the earlier trade mark KERRYGOLD.
After almost 30 years since the Somalia Intellectual Property Office was closed, as a result of the very serious civil war, and thanks to a very slow but essential process of reconstruction of a failed state, the Somalia Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has been established in Mogadishu.
The Provincial Appellate Court of Madrid has upheld the dismissal of the unfair competition complaint lodged by Heineken against its competitor Mahou in relation to the advertising for the launch of Mahou Cinco Estrellas Radler in the summer of 2018.
On February 24, 2021, WIPO published the announcement of the accession of Pakistan (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) to the Madrid Protocol, becoming the 124th member of the Madrid System.
Spain has been removed, for the first time since 2017, from the “Notorious Markets List 2020” blacklist drawn up annually by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), which highlights online and physical markets that reportedly engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy.
Mercantile Court No. 5 in Barcelona issued a judgement on 19 January 2021, accepting in full the patent infringement claim lodged by the German company Vorwerk against Lidl Supermercados, the Spanish subsidiary of the German retailer Lidl.
Companies try their best to adapt to change, but sometimes it seems that if you don’t follow trends in the sector or new technology trends, you become obsolete. Pilar Soriano, Sales Director at ELZABURU, offers a useful and practical approach, in an effort to help companies envision new professional projects that entail a certain degree of innovation or disruption.
Despite the uncertain times we have been living through over the past year, it seems that the European Union’s commitment to promoting industrial leadership in Europe remains intact.
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