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Messi vs. Massi

28. September 2020

In 2011, Lionel Messi filed an application for the trademark "Messi" with an associated figurative mark with the European Union ...

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Designation of Contracting States in a divisional application

01. September 2020

In the case concerning the decision of the Board of Appeal J 0012/18 of 19.05.2020, the applicant and appellant contested the decision...

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"Square. Practical. Good."

05. August 2020

Ritter Sport remains the only square chocolate. The Federal Supreme Court (BGH) has ruled in the last instance that the characteristic...

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EuGH News

15. June 2020

In its judgment of 11 June 2020 (C - 833/18), the Court of Justice of the European Union stated that...

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