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General Court of the EU Judgment T-44/20: Trademark dispute between Chanel and Huawei

18. May 2021

On 26 September 2017, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd applied for registration of the following figurative trademark for inter alia, computer hardware ...

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“Swissone” versus “Toblerone”: Bern based Start-Up wins trademark dispute against Toblerone

06. May 2021

"Toblerone" (established 1908 in Bern, registered trademark EU000031203 from 1996) wanted to bar the Bern-based Start-Up "Swissone" from production in 2020 ...

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Decision of the BPatG 28th Senate (Trademarks) of January 21, 2021 (AZ 28 W (pat) 518/20) "Schaffer".

27. April 2021

According to the 28th Senate of the German Federal Patent Court, when assessing whether a trademark application is precluded by a requirement of availability ...

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BGH concretises FRAND case law

14. April 2021

If a patent of a patent proprietor is "standard essential", a market participant taking into account an industry standard would infringe ...

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