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Judgement of the Court of Justice of 8 September 2016.

Judgement of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), of 29 June 2016, in case T-567/17. Group OOD vs EUIPO and Kosta Iliev.

The Judgement of the General Court of 29 June 2016, in the case Universal Protein Supplements Corp. versus EUIPO and H Young Holdings plc, interprets the applicant’s obligation laid down in Rule 37(b)(ii) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95.

The Judgement of the General Court of 29 June 2016, in the case Universal Protein Supplements Corp. versus EUIPO and H Young Holdings plc, interprets the applicant’s obligation laid down in Rule 37(b)(ii) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95.

The Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2016, in the case Loops, LLC versus EUIPO, discusses the distinctive character of the following three-dimensional mark:

The Judgement of the General Court of 7 April 2016 resolves the appeal filed by the company Industrias Tomás Morcillo, S.L. against the resolution of the Board of Appeal refusing the registration of the mark requested

Judgement of the General Court, 8 April 2016. Case T-638/14 Frinsa del Noroeste, S.A. vs European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

In its Judgement of 24 February 2016, the General Court examines the distinctive character of the three-dimensional Community trade mark applied for by The Coca Cola Company, rejected by both the Examiner as well as the Board of Appeal of OHIM, and which resolves the appeal against the examiner's decision.

Riesgo de confusión. Artículo 8, apartados 1, letra b), y 5, del Reglamento (CE) nº 207/2009: “Cuando, por ser idéntica o similar a la marca anterior y por ser idénticos o similares los productos o servicios que ambas marcas designan, exista riesgo de confusión por parte del público en el territorio en que esté protegida la marca anterior; el riesgo de confusión incluye el riesgo de asociación con la marca anterior”.

The COINTREAU Company filed a claim for infringement of the international, three-dimensional trade mark Nº 553.499 consisting of a bottle with certain features for Classes 32 and 33 with effect in Spain, against the companies Vidirerías Masip, S.A., Licores Deva, S.A. and Destilerías La Vallesana, S.A. for the manufacture and marketing of a liqueur presented in a bottle basically identical to that of the mentioned brand, COINTREAU, without their authorisation.   The plaintiffs opposed this…

In its Judgement of 4 February 2016, the Court of Justice resolved the following preliminary ruling question: Does the first sentence of Article 23.1 of the (EC) Council Regulation 207/2009, of 26 February 2009, referring to a Community trade mark, “Legal acts referred to in Articles 17, 19 and 22 concerning a Community trade mark shall have effects vis-à-vis third parties in all the Member States only after entry in the Register” preclude a licensee who is not entered in the Register from…