community
Overview page. Subjects: Social Sciences — Arts and Humanities.
Many sociological and anthropological definitions exist, but most tend to privilege some combination of small-scale, relative boundedness, strong affective ties, traditionalism, and...
The overlap between registered Community designs and Community trade marks
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
March 2006; p ublished online February 2006 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 6343 words.
Legal context: Community trade marks and registered Community designs have co-existed since April 2003. The relevant European legislation permits some subject matter to be...
Invalidating a Registered Community Design
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
October 2011; p ublished online October 2011 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 1222 words.
This case shows the enthusiasm of both the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) and the General Court to choose the best available evidence connected with the Community...
Earlier Community trade mark enforceable against later Community trade mark without prior invalidation
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
August 2013; p ublished online August 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 1161 words.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided that an earlier registered Community trade mark can be enforced against a later registered Community trade mark without the need...
Community design: prior in time, stronger in right
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
June 2012; p ublished online June 2012 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 977 words.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has clarified that the holder of a registered Community design is entitled to bring infringement proceedings against any third party,...
BOA constricted by Community trade mark law
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
December 2006; p ublished online November 2006 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 738 words.
The registrability of a descriptive and non-distinctive word as a Community trade mark cannot be secured by reliance on the argument that the word also has a second, entirely...
Community trade mark round-up 2010
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
May 2011; p ublished online May 2011 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 14430 words.
Legal context
The purpose of this article is to give a quick overview of the most significant trade mark cases decided in 2010 by the Court of Justice of...
Community trade mark round-up 2012
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
April 2013; p ublished online April 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 16461 words.
Arnaud Folliard-Monguiral works in International Cooperation and Legal Affairs, OHIM, Alicante. David Rogers is a member of the Boards of Appeal, European Patent Office, Munich.
Th...
Community trade mark round-up 2011
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
May 2012; p ublished online March 2012 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 16749 words.
Arnaud Folliard-Monguiral works in International Co-operation and Legal Affairs, OHIM, Alicante and David Rogers is a member of the Boards of Appeal, European Patent Office, Munich.
null...Repeated filings of a European Community trade mark
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
March 2014; p ublished online March 2014 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 4251 words.
Karin Stumpf is a partner with Stumpf Patent Attorneys in Stuttgart, Germany, specializing in trade mark law.
In order to overcome the strict use requirement for trade marks, trade...
The enforcement of judgments of Community trade mark courts
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
May 2012; p ublished online May 2012 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 3534 words.
Gert Würtenberger is a Partner with Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff in Munich, Germany. He is also a member of the JIPLP Editorial Board.
In this article, the author discusses the unitary...
CFI rules on scope of discretion for Community Plant Variety Office
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
June 2009; p ublished online April 2009 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 1585 words.
In this, the first decision on an issue arising from an application for grant of a Community Plant Variety right, the Court of First Instance decided on the scope of discretion which the...
Community registered design invalidated by prior registered trade mark
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
July 2006; p ublished online May 2006 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 1214 words.
In a series of four decisions, the OHIM Invalidity Division has declared invalid Community registered designs 00016245-0001 to 0004 in the light of international trade mark registration...
Implementing Community obligations in the realms of intellectual property
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
June 2006; p ublished online May 2006 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 5980 words.
Legal context. The various Acts of Parliament governing UK intellectual property law have been significantly amended to give effect to Community law. This article discusses the...
Community trade mark for Lego brick is knocked down
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
February 2011; p ublished online February 2011 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 912 words.
The Court of Justice of the European Union held that the iconic Lego brick shape cannot be registered as a Community trade mark since that shape is necessary to obtain a technical result.
null...The ECJ says ‘no’ to the Community Patents Court
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
August 2011; p ublished online June 2011 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 1197 words.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘ECJ’) holds that the draft Agreement on the European and Community Patents Court is not in accordance with the EU Treaty and the TFEU Treaty.
null...Unregistered and registered Community design rights: further guidance expected from CJEU
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
March 2013; p ublished online March 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 3108 words.
Germany's Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) seeks helpful clarification from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on standards for establishing, challenging and enforcing...
Mediation and Community trade marks: new gimmick or real benefit?
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
September 2013; p ublished online September 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 5666 words.
Sven Stürmann is accredited Mediator and Legal Advisor at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), OHIM. He collaborated in setting up OHIM's Mediation...
Community design invalidity: the issues, as viewed through the case law
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
September 2009; p ublished online July 2009 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 7184 words.
Legal context
In 2003, Council Regulation (EC) No. 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs set in motion the Registered Community Design, an IP...
Galileo's Contribution to Community trade mark law before the General Court
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
April 2012; p ublished online January 2012 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 1200 words.
The General Court confirmed that there is no likelihood of confusion between two trade marks each containing the word Galileo, where the applied for Community trade mark (CTM) will be...
Coexistence in Community trade mark disputes: conditions and implications
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
October 2006; p ublished online September 2006 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Arbitration; Intellectual Property Law. 8223 words.
Legal context. A defence based on coexistence has no legal basis in the Trade Mark Directive or in the Community Trade Mark Regulation. Still, a practical approach to Community...