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Can geometric signs on footwear be distinctive? Yes, says EUIPO

The IPKat

By decision of 9 October 2023, the Board of Appeal (BoA) of EUIPO annulled the initial refusal to register a position trade mark for footwear. Background On 12 April 2022 Paredes Holding Center SL (the Applicant) filed an application for the EU registration of the position trade mark no. 7 (1)(b) of the EUTMR. The Applicant appealed.

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[Conference report] Whither will bifurcation go? A critical discussion on Germany's bifurcated patent proceedings

The IPKat

A topic of interest in the UK courts at the moment (see the various applications to expedite trials because of it here ). One possibility for synchronization is already provided by the law: the infringement court could stay proceedings while awaiting a decision by the BPatG. Ahhh, the German injunction gap. In this regard, Sec.

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Journey Through “Octobers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) 

SpicyIP

Check Justice Prabha Sridevan’s post ‘ Cultivating The Commons ’, drawing our attention to the idea that “ Access to education is not ancestral property, it is common property. In another development, Publishers united to Fight Copyright Infringement on ResearchGate , although it was settled out of court.

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What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening (around Article 17)? Tales from Hungary, Germany, Italy and Sweden

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Article 17 has been a (the) leading buzzword of the copyright reforms of the European Union in recent years (at least half a decade already). The Hungarian Ministry of Justice and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, based on more than 100 responses, published an amended draft bill at the end of July 2020. Hungary (Péter Mezei).