To the delight of our taste buds, flavors and gourmet creations are part of our daily lives, but from a legal perspective, the situation is more delicate and the flavor more bitter. Indeed, there is a consensus on the need … Read More
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Canada: Accession to the Madrid System
Since March 17, 2019, Canada has officially become a member of the Madrid Protocol, the Nice Agreement and the Singapore Treaty. These treaties will be applicable in Canada from 17 June 2019. Following a long process of reform, Canada’s adoption … Read More
Evolution of the number of domain name registrations in the world
In this article, we present the latest key statistics on domain name registrations from a report published by Verisign in March 2019. According to this report, the number of top-level domain names registrations (TLDs) reached approximately 348.7 million at … Read More
“Karawan” and “Caravan”: sign used as a reference, potential trademark infringement.
According to the judgment “Société Roche Bobois Groupe v. Société Caravane” of 23 January 2019, n° 17-18693, the French Cour de cassation held that a sign used to reference a piece of furniture may constitute a trademark infringement. In the … Read More
New French Decree on the protection of trade secrets : provisional sequestration of seized documents
French Decree No. 2018-1126 of 11 December 2018 on the protection of trade secrets, enacted in application of Act No. 2018-670 of 30 July 2018 published in the Official Journal on December 13, 2018 establishes new rules to preserve trade … Read More
Challenge to the validity of the « three-stripes » figurative trademark of Adidas, because of a lack of distinctiveness.
According to the judgment « Adidas AG / EUIPO », T-307/17, of the 19th of June 2019, the General Court (ninth chamber) of the European Union dismissed an appeal by Adidas against the decision of the EUIPO to declare the famous « three-stripes » … Read More
Conflict between trademark and plant variety
In the decision of June 18, 2019, the General Court of Justice of the European Union applied Article 7, paragraph 1, m) of Regulation No. 2017/1001, which prohibits the registration of trademarks that consist of “an earlier plant variety denomination … Read More
New developments for trademark protection in China: what has changed.
China is once again named top one in trademark applications received in 2018, making already 16 consecutive years. In addition, many changes impacted the Chinese Trademark Law and the China Trade Mark Office (CTMO), the most remarkable ones are the … Read More
Brexit : The withdrawal of the United Kingdom and the EU Rules on Domain Names.
Despite the Brexit uncertainty, some issues seems to be seeing light at the end of the tunnel. On 18 July 2019, the European Commission issued an updated notice to stakeholders concerning the <.eu> domain names registered by UK residents. This … Read More
Brief: new steps in the opening of the 2nd Round TLD expansion program.
On June 17, ICANN’s Global Domains Division published a document in which further steps related to the next TLDs expansion rounds are assessed. Brands shut out of the first round will be able to apply for their proprietary TLD. This … Read More
