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The European Union Trade Mark No. 17 966 918 was filed for Class 33, related to alcoholic beverages. The REGULATORY COUNCIL OF THE TORO DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN filed an opposition against all the goods, invoking Article 8(1)(b), Article 8(5), and Article 8(6) of the EUTMR, based on prior rights.

On September 11, 2024, the Third Board of Appeal of the EUIPO dismissed an appeal regarding a request for invalidation of Community Design No. 5 809 746-0001. The design in question pertains to the construction of a portable sauna.

The 2024 MARQUES Annual Conference, held in Stockholm from September 24-27, gathered over 900 intellectual property practitioners to discuss the evolving challenges in the field.

On February 29, 2024, the Supreme Court (Criminal Chamber) issued a ruling addressing a dispute concerning a crime against intellectual property. The company ABASIC S.L., creator of the artistic prints for the brand Desigual, faced off against Ali&Alex, S.L. and its manager Daniel. They were accused of marketing handbags that reproduced ABASIC S.L.’s original artistic creations without authorization.

The 9th Section of the Commercial Court of Barcelona, in its ruling dated July 29, 2024, addressed a case concerning the exercise of an action for intellectual property rights infringement. In this case, it was alleged that the television program "Eufòria" had plagiarized the format of "Operación Triunfo" (hereinafter, OT).

The decision issued by the Fourth Board of Appeal on August 30, 2024, in case R 790/2024-4, addresses the application for the registration of European Union trademark No. 18 876 003, relating to the sports drink trademark "PRIME".

Decision of the Court: The lower court dismissed the claim, concluding that, given the circumstances of the case, the defendant could reasonably understand that he had his wife's consent to publish the photographs.

On September 1, 2023, the Commercial Court No. 1 of Alicante issued a judgment in favor of MAKEBLOCK Co Ltd in the case of trademark infringement and unfair competition against DISTINTIVA S COOP and its joint administrator, Diego.

Dr. Cristina Hernandez-Marti Perez, representing HERNANDEZ MARTI ABOGADOS, will be attending the 38th MARQUES Annual Conference, which is scheduled to take place in Stockholm from September 24 to 27, 2024.

In October 2019, Google LLC sought to register the EU word mark "GPAY" for a variety of goods and services under Classes 9 and 36. EPay AD, a company based in Sofia, Bulgaria, opposed the registration, citing its earlier registered Bulgarian figurative mark "ePay," which also covers electronic payment services.

Global Power Service SpA applied for the registration of the figurative trademark "GPS GLOBAL POWER SERVICE" for services in classes 35, 36, 37, 42, and 45 of the Nice Agreement. Naturgy Energy Group, S.A.

On July 2, 2024, the Opposition Division issued a resolution regarding the opposition filed by Louis Vuitton Malletier against the European Union trademark application No. 18 871 237 by Cheng Wang.