WorldTrademarkReport: “Token Use Does Not Demonstrate Genuine Use“:
In Sonia Rykiel Création et Diffusion de Modèles v Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) (Case C-131/06, April 30 2008), the Court of First Instance (CFI) has annulled a decision by the Second Board of Appeal on the grounds that the board had
WSJ: “The Turf War Over a Dance Craze“:
Alexandre Barouzdin, a 31-year-old party promoter who used to work in the finance industry, says he has spent about $47,000 to trademark the Tecktonik brand. He says he recently quit his job as an assistant trader at Merrill Lynch & Co. so he could promote
Class 46: Not sure who is writing this blog on European trademark matters but check it out.
IPKat: “Gola Kicks Globe Into Touch“:
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acobson acquired the GOLA footwear brand and its associated intellectual property rights way back in 1996. Globe sold and imported footwear into the United Kingdom, including shoes known as ‘Globe Finale’, ‘Globe Wedge’ and ‘Globe Motto’. Globe’s shoes featured a stripe design on the sides known
BBC: “Danone to Challenge China Ruling”
“French food group Danone is to appeal against a decision by a Chinese court that it no longer has any rights to the popular Wahaha beverages brand. On Monday, a Chinese arbitration commission said a trademark transfer deal signed in 1996 had expired, a ruling that Danone
The Korean law firm of Kasan sent me its newsletter, summarizing recent trademark decisions, and containing a handy flowchart of the Korean trademark process.
Silicon Valley.com: Chinese Script Writer Wins Suit Against Sohu.com:
“A Chinese court ordered Sohu.com to compensate a script writer for lost income after the Web site sold romantic mobile phone messages he wrote without paying him, the writer and his lawyer said Friday.
The Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate Court ruled on Thursday that
Memo on changes to Vietnamese Trademark Law prepared by the Winco law firm.
NY Times reports on the similarities bewteen Chinese carmaker Shuanghuan’s CEO and BMW’s SUV. Core 77 Design Site has discussed the economics of Chinese car ‘counterfeiting’ previously.
China Daily: Pepsi Loses Lawsuit to Small Brewery Over Infringement :
“The high court of East China’s Zhejiang Province reversed the first verdict of the lower court and decided in favor of a local small-sized brewery to claim 3 million yuan as compensation against Pepsi Cola over trademark infringement, China Intellectual Property News reported.
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