The registration as a Community trade of the Rubik cube’s shape is valid. The graphical representation of the cube doesn’t contain a technical solution to prevent its protection as a trademark. At the request of Seven Towns, a British company which manages especially intellectual property rights related to “Rubik Cube”, the Union Trademark Office (OHIM) […]

The High Court of Cassation and Justice ruled that, for the purposes of art. 3 paragraphs. (1) pt. 11 lit. a) of Law no. 344/2005, counterfeit goods is “any goods, including packaging, bearing without authorization an identical trademark or which does not differ in its essential aspects of a product or service trademark, legally registered […]

The Madrid Union Assembly approved new changes to the Common Regulation during his 48th session held in September in Geneva. These new changes came into effect on 1st January 2015. When an application will be processed, the international bureau will use new guidelines. Some amendments include the changing of renewal fees for international registration, which […]

OHIM says that these applications are unlikely to pass. Even though a large number of application were filed all over the world, none of them has been filed at OHIM yet. However, France’s IP office rejected 50 attempts to trademark the phrase “Je suis Charlie” due to “overriding public interest”.

Due to the case Hejduk vs. EnergieAgentur, CJEU ruled that an EU member state has the power to hear an infringement action regarding the copyright-infringing work accessible online in that country. The court is concerned about the posting of copyrighted images online without the consent of the copyright owner.

CJEU said that an artist or his heir could claim royalties from the re-sale of their work. The Court also said that even if the seller should pay the re-sale, the cost could actually be borne by the buyer. The EU’s Resale Right Directive specifies that member states should provide a re-sale right for the […]

Even though the number of patent applications grew last year more than the year before, the total number of granted patents was smaller in 2014 than in 2013.  In 2014 were 64.600 patents granted compared to 66.700 in 2013.

OHIM says that these applications are unlikely to pass. Even though a large number of applications were filed all over the world, none of them has been filed at OHIM yet. However, France’s IP office rejected 50 attempts to trademark the phrase “Je suis Charlie” due to ‘overriding public interest’.

The Court of Justice of the European Union released on Thursday, December 18, 2014, the judgment in the Case C-364/13. A body unable to evolve into a human being is not a human embryo in the Directive regarding the legal protection of biotechnological inventions.Therefore, the uses of such a body for industrial or commercial purposes […]

The High Court of Cassation and Justice ruled that, for the purposes of art. 3 paragraphs (1) pt. 11 lit. a) of Law no. 344/2005, counterfeit goods is “any goods, including packaging, bearing without authorization an identical trademark or which does not differ in its essential aspects of a product or service trademark, legally registered […]